Welcome to St Mary’s Parish Church. St Mary’s is a thriving, growing, laughing, loving and inclusive church. It is a welcoming and safe space.
Services are held every Sunday at 10.00 am at St Mary’s C of E Church in Stanley Lane, Eastham, Wirral CH62 0AQ. Some weeks there are also services at St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close and at the Church Centre (aka the Chapel of the Holy Spirit) in Eastham Rake. All of our services are followed by tea, ☕️ coffee, biscuits 🍪 and some time to be together. We’d love to welcome you and get to know you at any of our church venues.
Safeguarding: At St Mary’s, we work hard to maintain a safe environment for all. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ safeguarding policies and good practice guidance. For details and contacts please see our safeguarding page.
Services and Events
Ash Wednesday 18th February at St Mary’s Parish Church
10.15 am Midweek Holy Communion: This is a 45 minute said service. David Colenso will be preaching and Rev’d Maureen Coats will be celebrating Holy Communion.
Evening Service for Ash Wednesday at St Mary’s Parish Church
7.00 pm Evening Service Rev’d Beth Glover will preach and preside at a special evening service of Holy Communion as we enter into the season of Lent. The service will include the anointing of hands for service.
Sunday 22nd February at St Mary’s Parish Church
This is our foodbank Sunday 🥫Those coming to St Mary’s are invited to bring an item or two of non-perishable food and /or toiletries if they are able to do so; this includes the J4U service.
10.00 am Holy Communion with choir. Rev’d Beth Glover will be preaching and celebrating Holy Communion. Children and families are welcome. Activities for children are available at the back of church.
The service will also be live streamed. St Mary’s Eastham Live Stream. This will go live about 10 minutes before the service is due to start. We will put a link on our Facebook Page which is available here:fb.com/StMarysEastham.
11.15 am J4U. Our monthly family service with songs, 🎶 musical instruments 🥁 for all, fun, stories, prayers 🙏 cake 🍰 and a whole lot more. We will also be welcoming the families of little ones who are coming to St Mary’s for Baptism. This is a very informal service aimed at children and their families. Come for 11.00 am for refreshments.
Sunday 22nd February St Peter’s Chapel in Brookhurst Close
11.00 am Holy Communion: Rev’d Maureen Coats will be preaching and celebrating Holy Communion.
Lent Groups ✝️
There will be house groups in each of the five weeks of Lent (groups of six to eight people meeting in peoples’ homes). These groups, which have been arranged in consultation with other local churches, are starting in the week beginning on Monday 23rd Feb. Please use the sign up lists are the back of St Mary’s Church if you’d like to be involved. There are choices of evenings or day times. There are more details on our coming soon page.
Church Open for Prayer 🙏 and Visits
St Mary’s Church is open every Friday and Saturday between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm. It is a chance for people to look around and/or use the church as a quiet space for private prayer and contemplation.