St Mary’s Christmas Cards Report

by Cheryl Cole | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorised

St Mary’s Handbells – For 2019’s Christmas card, David Pearce created a beautiful photographic composition of the St Mary’s hand bells with the sheet music for Ding Dong Merrily on High.  At Christmas the bells are used to ring carols around Barnes for the...

Flower Arranging Team Report

by Cheryl Cole | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorised

Obviously, we have not been able to arrange any flowers over the last few weeks, but the flower ladies look forward to being back to normal and able to decorate the church again. In normal times, week by week we do our two urns and have had some lovely foliage given...

Thy Kingdom Come

by Cheryl Cole | May 23, 2020 | Uncategorised

We live in an extraordinary time, and I want to invite you to use the forthcoming season from Ascension to Pentecost (21-31 May) to grow closer to God in prayer. After the first Ascension Day, the disciples gathered with Mary, constantly devoting themselves to prayer...

Barnes Charity Bicycle Sale Report

by Cheryl Cole | May 23, 2020 | Uncategorised

We were hopeful to continue the amazing upward trend of bikes donated and sold, therefore the resulting proceeds seen in recent years – but Covid-19 had other ideas. The Barnes Fair has been cancelled for 2020.  We really want to run The Barnes Charity Bike...

Barnes Team Ministry Report

by Cheryl Cole | May 15, 2020 | Uncategorised

The three Church of England churches in Barnes are legally joined as a Team Ministry.   While we keep our own PCCs, finances and distinct ethos, the team structure gives us all, clergy and laity, extra strength for our mission and ministry from receiving and giving...

Fabric Committee Report

by Cheryl Cole | May 8, 2020 | Uncategorised

The Fabric Committee supports the PCC in maintaining our grade II* listed building in good condition, and where we can, improve our facilities. Unlike last year, it is hard to make much of a claim that work on the church has been very visible. Did you spot that the...