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St Mary’s Church and School Summer Challenge 2024 — Many thanks to all who ‘rode & strode’ last Saturday. It was a fantastic, sunny day and so lovely to be able to greet so many of you in church. Thank you for bringing yourselves and your smiles, as well as artwork/route maps for us to display. If you managed to fundraise too, you can now submit your donations via our JustGiving page — https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/stmarysrideandstride2024 . Half of any money raised will enable us to improve our church building and half will help other Essex churches to improve theirs. Thank you again!

CONFIRMATION SERVICE: We will holding a Confirmation Service at 4pm on Sunday 18 May, if you would like to find out more about being Confirmed then please speak with or email Darren. If you have a child in Year 6 then please speak with Debbie Catton. We will shortly begin the preparation sessions so please make contact a.s.a.p.

MOTHERS UNION: Mothers Union will be meeting on March 12th for Holy Communion in the Chapel at St Peter’s Church Hutton at 1.30pm, 

ST. MARY’S OPEN BRANCH: Our next meeting is on Thursday 13th March at 8pm in the Parish Hall when Richard Pusey will be talking about “Antarctic Exploration”. Visitors and new members are always welcome at our meetings (admission for visitors £5, refundable upon joining). Tickets will be on sale at the March meeting for the Beetle Drive on Monday 14th April (£3 for members, £8 for non-members). Rosemary Eaton (205410)

MOTHERS UNION: Mothers Union will be meeting on March 12th for Holy Communion in the Chapel at St Peter’s Church Hutton at 1.30pm, followed by the meeting in the hall at 2pm with refreshments. We look forward to seeing you. 

ORGAN REPAIRS: We need your help! We are trying to raise £20k to cover necessary organ repairs, which will be carried out between the end of May and the middle of July. If you feel able to make a contribution, we would be extremely grateful! The best way to donate is via our Just Giving page – https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/stmarysorgan. For more information, please click here. Suzanna Brooks.

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