Tag: StMarys

  • Events Planned for 2023

    The church calendar is already filling up. Champing starts again on 31st March with bookings until October already!! Here are just some of the events being planned for this year.

    • Saffron Walden U3A have a planned visit in April and also Friends of Essex churches are booked in for a visit in May
    • Stansted 1st Scouts have a renewal of promise service on Sunday 23rd April at 2pm. Why not join us to support our local scouts. Refreshments available too.
    • Open Sunday on the first Sunday of the month resumes in May. Do come along for a chat and a cuppa. I look forward to seeing you all 2-5pm
    • The bells at St Mary’s will be rung on Friday 5th May in celebration of our King’s coronation. Ringing 3-3.45pm. Thank you to Edmund and the band of ringers.
    • Thisismytheatre is returning on 27th May at 3pm. A date for your diary!! The Wind in the Willows
      Tickets available from www.thisismytheatre.com
      Or by phone. 07732 253311 Costs, £15 adults. £10 under 16’s. Under 4’s free.
      Concessions for CCT friends.
      Written by Kenneth Grahame, a magical tale brought to life right here in church. Ticket sales help with the cost of the upkeep of St Mary’s.
    • Saturday July 8th at 6.30 – 8.30pm, Blue Skies Big Band brings a selection of music to entertain us.
    • Sunday July 9th at 3pm. “The Other Band”. An afternoon of music.
    • Saturday July 15th at 4pm Evensong with the Pheon singers. Back by popular demand! The singers love the acoustics in our beautiful church and we simply love to hear them too!! A definite note for your diary.
    • Sunday September 10th at 3pm. A concert on a summer’s afternoon, performed by Nancy May. Tickets are £10.00 and available from Goldings on Chapel Hill. Cash only. Nancy is a soprano and classical crossover artist.
    • St Mary’s AGM, Sunday 21st May, 11am in the church. All are welcome.

    We look forward to welcoming you all to St Mary’s in 2023.

  • What’s on over Christmas 2022

    Don’t miss a festive extravaganza at St Mary’s this Christmas!

    Lots going on at St Mary’s this Christmas:

    9th December, 4.30 for 5pm. Live Theatre. We welcome back the brilliant actors from thisismytheatre who will be performing ‘The Nutcracker & The Mouse”. Tickets can be purchased online from from thisismytheatre, or phone 07732 253311, or S Golding, Fruit & veg, 6 Chapel Hill. general admission £15, Concessions for friends of St Mary’s.

    10th December, 11am – 4pm. Christmas Tree Festival. This is the first time we’ve been able to run this event in 3 years, due to the Covid pandemic. Come and see a wonderful display of decorated Christmas Trees submitted by various local organisations. If you would like to exhibit a tree, Send an Email to Lynda Dale, or send a message in the Comments at the bottom of this page.

    10th December, 4pm. Carol Service. The traditional Carol Service with Choir. Join in on all of the well-known Carols.

    11th December, 11.30am – 5pm. Christmas Tree Festival. With special guests the Stansted Mountfitchet u3a Strummers. Plenty of opportunities to get up and dance in the aisles!

    14th December, 7pm. Forest High School (FHS) Carol Service, with Special Guests Blue Skies Big Band, performing a Swinging Christmas.

    Refreshments, raffle and mulled wine available each day!

    Christmas at St Mary's

  • Organ Recital 11th September 2021

    Inaugural Recital on the newly-restored organ of St Mary’s Church Stansted, 3pm on Saturday 11h September 2021. Light refreshments available, free entry.

    Organ Recital 3pm 11th Sept 2021