{"id":406,"date":"2016-08-26T17:36:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T16:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/?page_id=406"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:44:42","slug":"new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to St Mary\u2019s Church, Bathwick"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

Welcome to St Mary\u2019s Church, Bathwick<\/h2>\n

Our Mission Statement<\/h2>\n

By God\u2019s grace and mindful of our heritage we aim to extend the Community of Faith where God is glorified and the Good News of Jesus Christ is proclaimed and lived.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Service Times<\/h3>\n

Sunday Services<\/strong>
\n10:30 Sung Eucharist \u2013 with cr\u00e8che and children\u2019s church
\n18:00 Evening Services \u2013 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month with Choral Evensong usually on the 1st Sunday.
\nAll are welcome to attend both services.<\/p>\n

Weekday Services<\/strong>
\nPlease see our notice sheet on the Benefice Home page for details of additional services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Worship<\/h3>\n

St Mary’s is part of the Church of England.<\/p>\n

Public worship is in a high-church liturgical form with a strong musical and choral tradition. The main service is Sunday\u2019s Sung Eucharist, usually Common Worship based, with a range of settings, traditional and more modern. New English Hymnal is used, supplemented by hymns and songs from other sources. More >><\/a><\/p>\n

The church is also open for private prayer from 9am to midday every Wednesday and Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Music<\/h3>\n

St Mary\u2019s has an exceptional heritage in music, including an excellent choir.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Prayer Request<\/h3>\n

If you would like someone to be the recipient of a prayer please let us know. Your prayer request will be held in strict confidence and any personal information will not be distributed or used for any other purpose.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Church & Church Hall Hire<\/h3>\n

We hire our Church and Church Hall for a variety of events; both regular and \u201cone-off\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

History<\/h3>\n

St Mary\u2019s is accepted by English Heritage as being \u201cof outstanding architectural merit\u201d.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tour<\/h3>\n

Upon entering the building through the south-west porch, the first object to strike the visitor is the Early English font.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

School<\/h3>\n

The importance of the work in the school cannot be emphasised enough as it is here that children receive grounding for their lives in the future.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Toddler Group<\/h3>\n

The Bathwick Baby and Toddler Group meet twice weekly at the Church Hall on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9.30 am to 11.30 am (including school holidays, except August).\u00a0 Parents \/ carers are responsible for their children at all times.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Zambia<\/h3>\n

St Mary\u2019s has a link with the parish of St James in Buchi which is in Kitwe in the Northern Diocese of Zambia.\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

R.A.G.<\/h3>\n

There are several large projects for which we need additional funding. This is being addressed by the Restoration Action Group (RAG).\u00a0 More >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-stmarys.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7MJaB-6y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3800,"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions\/3800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bathwickparishes.org\/stmarys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}