Could you host our figures of Mary and Joseph for a night in December?

Fairtrade Advent Calendars will be on sale next Sunday (17 Nov) in church. If you would like to reserve one then contact Jane in the Parish Office. The Real Advent Calendar is a nativity advent calendar - a fun way for parents, grandparents and Godparents to share the Christmas story. The 2019 calendar comes with a free 24-page Christmas story activity book designed to be used every day in Advent. Calendars are priced at £3.99.

We should be delighted to welcome singers to join the choir for our traditional Christmas Carol Service at 6.30pm on Sunday 22 December. For further details and rehearsal dates contact our Choir Master, David Pimm: david.pimm@hampton-church.org.uk

There’s an awful lot of lost property piling up at the back of church. If you have recently lost your spectacles, dolly, cardigan, scarf, gloves, umbrella or handbag then do have a look through - you might well find it. We are planning to take any lost property to the charity shop if it’s not claimed by the end of November.

Our annual Christmas Fayre is a little over a month away so start collecting things to sell and raffle and get baking those Christmas puddings!

Thank you to everyone who donated so generously to the Good Seeds education support project in Mandimba at our Harvest services. Already over £1800 has been raised, which is fantastic. The cost of a year’s schooling in Mandimba is £41 for a secondary pupil and £28 for a primary pupil - extaordinarily small sums for such life-changing outcomes.

Questions of Life is a step-by-step guide to the basics of the Christian faith. Nicky Gumbell explores key themes, questions and objections to faith, leading us on an engaging, personal journey of discovery.

We’ll be running sessions to prepare children aged seven and older to receive communion through the early summer.

Our summer holiday club is coming up soon, and all help is appreciated. Talk to Laura if there is anything you can offer or if you want your child to attend.

Check out the books page for half a dozen new recommendations.

There is a slight change to the pattern of services during the week starting in May.

This year we’ll be sharing a meal of lamb within the context of our Maundy Thursday service. Make sure to sign up.

This year we are recommending The Merciful Humility of God by Jane Williams and Reconciliation by Muthuraj Swamy as Lent reading.

During Lent we will be sharing a simple lunch of soup and bread together after church on Sundays.

Check out the new books page for half a dozen new recommendations.

A group from St Mary’s recently visited our link parish in Mandimba, Mozambique so build relationships and visit projects.

In November we will be exploring God’s vision for St Mary’s in the coming years. These are definitely weeks you will not want to miss.

Check out the new books page for half a dozen recommendations.

Our Autumn sermon series - Living Faith - focusses on how God is calling us to live out our faith through our actions.