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Christian Aid Concert


Sat 18 Oct 3pm Christian Aid Concert at St Mary Magdalene’s Church, featuring St Barnabas Band £7, under-12s free. This event finishes about 5.30pm.

 

Remembrance

 

Sat 1 Nov 1.30pm Remembrance Walk  On this guided walk in St Mary’s Churchyard we lay crosses at the Commonwealth War Graves as we remember the war dead. Led by the East Ham Nature Reserve Heritage and Conservation Volunteers. All welcome.

 

Sun 2 Nov 10am All Saints Day Joint Parish Eucharist at St Mary’s There will not be 10am Eucharist at St Bart’s or at St Edmund’s that Sunday.
 

Sun 2 Nov 5pm Annual Memorial Service at St Mary’s: at this service of reflection and thanksgiving we gather to remember our loved ones who have died. Please send names of those you would like remembered at this service to info@easthamparish.org.uk

 

Tue 4 Nov 12.15pm Eucharist of All Souls (Commemoration of the Faithful Departed) at St Edmund’s.

 

Sun 9 Nov Remembrance Sunday Eucharists: 9am at St Bart’s followed by Act of Remembrance at War Memorial in Central Park; 10am at St Mary’s followed by Act of Remembrance at War Memorial in St Mary’s Churchyard. There will not be 10am Eucharist at St Edmund’s that Sunday.

Sun 16 Nov 10am St Edmund's Patronal Festival: Joint Parish Eucharist. Guest Preacher: The Revd Dr Rachel Pennant, Chaplain to the Bishop of Chelmsford. No 10am Eucharist at St Mary’s or St Bartholomew’s on that day.

 

Christmas



 

Sat 22 Nov 11am-3pm Christmas Market in St Mary’s Church Hall, Norman Road.

 

Sun 14 Dec 3.30pm Church of South India Carol Service at St Bartholomew’s.

 

Sun 21 Dec 6pm Nine Lessons and Carols at St Mary’s.

Wed 24 Dec Christmas Eve: 5pm Christingle Service at St Mary’s; 8pm First Eucharist of Christmas at St Bartholomew’s; 11pm Midnight Mass at St Mary’s.

Thu 25 Dec Christmas Day: 10am Sung Eucharist at all our churches: St Mary’s, St Bartholomew’s and St Edmund’s.


 

Advent and Christmas in the Parish

Advent course with East Ham Ministry and Mission Partnership. You can join any session - no need to have attended the earlier sessions. The course is a word study on key Advent themes in the Bible: Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. You can join either online (Tuesday evenings 9 and 16 Dec) or in person (Thursdays at 11am at St Bart’s 11 and 18 Dec). The Tuesday and Thursday sessions cover the same material. This course is offered by and for the East Ham Ministry and Mission Partnership, with sessions led by Joan Dallas of St George’s, East Ham, and by Fr Paul. Please email info@easthamparish.org.uk to sign up to the online sessions. Catch up or get ahead by watching the videos which form the basis for each sessions’ at https://bibleproject.com/videos/collections/advent/

St Mary Magdalene Advent Conversations Our series of ‘conversations in the Spirit’ on Wednesday evenings continues as we reflect on scripture and see what God is doing in our own lives and in the life of the St Mary Magdalene community. This is facilitated by Fr Paul and Ana Ferreira of Centre for Theology and Community.  Wed 10th, 17th Dec at 7.15pm (following the 6.30pm Eucharist). Held in the Church Hall.

Nine Lessons & Carols at St Mary’s Sunday 21st December 6pm  We will be welcoming visitors and readers from the wider East Ham Community for this annual festival of carols and readings, followed by mulled wine. We will be having a special collection to help fund our hosting of the NewDawn Nightshelter. All are welcome.

 

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Upcoming Events

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