Welcome to St Mary’s Parish Church. St Mary’s is a thriving, growing, laughing and loving 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.
We regularly share information by email with those who have chosen to be on our mailing list. The parish update is an emailed letter from our vicar, Rev’d Beth Glover; it keeps people informed about the things we do in the church, parish and community. If you’d like to be added to the mailing list please contact contactstmaryseastham@gmail.com
Services and Events
Local Churches Together in Lent 💒 ⛪️ 🛐
Tuesday Talks for Lent 7.00 – 8.00 pm continuing on Tuesday 19th March
CTBE (Churches together in Bromborough and Eastham) have organised a series of Tuesday talks for Lent which will be held in Bromborough Methodist Church, Allport Lane, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 7HW. Each talk will be given by a different minister or representative from one of the churches within the CTBE group. This Tuesday’s talk is the last one in the series.
Wednesday 20th March at St Mary’s Parish Church
10.15 am Midweek Holy Communion in St Mary’s Parish Church. This is a 45 minute said service with Rev’d Beth Glover presiding and Nikki Matthews preaching.
For Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter.
Palm Sunday 24th March
10am Holy Communion at St Mary’s with the giving of palm crosses Rev’d Beth Glover and celebrating Holy Communion and Reader Diane Green will be preaching. Our choir will be singing. Children and families are most 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 👨👩👦👦😀 Family Worship at St Mary’s.
We explore Palm Sunday in this month’s J4U 👨👩👦👦 Family Service with songs, 🎶 musical instruments 🥁 for all, fun, stories, prayers 🙏 cake 🍰 and a whole lot more. This is a very informal service aimed at children and their families. Come for 11.00 am for refreshments.
11.00 am at St Peter’s Chapel Brookhurst Close, Morning Prayer with the giving of Palm Crosses.
Reader Diane Green will lead Morning Prayer for Palm Sunday at St Peter’s.
6pm Palm Sunday Choral Worship 🎶 with our excellent Choir at St Mary’s Parish Church.
This evening service will include anthems from “The Cross of Christ” collated by The Royal School of Church Music. The service also features and congregational hymns and refreshments.
7.00 pm Monday 25th March at St Mary’s Parish Church
Journeying with Jesus with food for the journey. A reflective service with a focus on Jesus for the beginning of Holy Week. Movement, reflection and hope, both inside and outside our church!
7.00 pm Tuesday 26th March at St Peter’s Chapel Brookhurst Close
Holy Week Service. 🙏 A prayerful and informal healing and wholeness service including soup🥣, bread 🥖, muisc 🎶 and time to be together.
6.30 pm Wednesday 27th March at the Church Centre (Chapel of the Holy Spirit) in Eastham Rake
Reflections for Holy Week There will be a bring and share meal between 6.30 and 7.00 pm, followed by a service with reflections, prayers🙏 and music 🎶based on the words of Jesus himself 💜.
7.00 pm Maundy Thursday 28th March at St Mary’s Parish Church
Holy Communion with handwashing. We commemorate Jesus’ last evening with his disciples and his commandment to us to love and serve each other. After the service comes the solemn stripping of the church of all its ‘trappings’ to reflect on Jesus’ isolation as he faced the cross.
Good Friday 29th March at St Mary’s Parish Church
10.00 am Good Friday Family Service.
Family worship a reflective time for adults with crafts and activities for children. It is a joint act of worship with St David’s URC.
Followed by refreshments with hot cross buns and chocolate.
2.00 pm Good Friday – The Final Hour ✝️ 💜.
We spend an hour quietly meditating on the unconditional love of God for us.
Easter Sunday 31st March (He is Risen!) at St Mary’s Parish Church
10.00 am St Mary’s Parish Church, Easter Holy Communion with Rev’d Beth Glover and preaching and celebrating communion. The service will be followed by sparkling wine and cake.
Easter Sunday at St Peter’s Chapel Brookhurst Close
11.00 am Easter Sunday Communion with Rev’d Maureen Coats will preaching and celebrating communion at St Peter’s. The service will be followed by Easter refreshments.