Sunday 24th March 2024
Sunday service at 9.30 am. in Church
For details see the Sunday sheet each Sunday Morning
Monday 25th Holy Communion 7.00pm
Tuesday 26th Holy Communion 7.00pm
Wednesday 27th Holy Communion at 11.00am & 7.00pm
Thursday 28th March Maundy Thursday 7pm
Friday 29th Stations of the Cross 11.30am
Friday 29th The Road to the Crucifixion 2.00pm
4 – 10 February
In Loving Memory Of : Basil
In Memory Of : Kathleen Bivens
Gill Letts & Family
Trevor, Gary & Tracy Bivens
11 – 17 February
In Memory Of : Jess Lawman (On The 40th Anniversary Of His Death On 12th February)
In Memory Of : Rodney Ablett (Rod) (On His Birthday – With Lots Of Love)
In Memory Of : Jess Lawman (On The 40th Anniversary Of His Death On 12th February)
Rod & Jan Lawman
The Ablett Family
Barbara, Pat & Families
18 – 24 February
In Memory Of : John Smith (On The 1st Anniversary Of The Day He Left Them)
In Memory Of : Clive Hawkes (On The 5th Anniversary Of His Death) – Sadly Missed
Carolyn, Barbara, Leah & Jorja
Victoria Howkins
25 February – 2 March
In Memory Of : Joan Lawman (On What Would Have Been Her Birthday On 27th February)
Remembering Kevan (On The 1st Anniversary Of His Death)
In Memory Of : Colin (On What Would Have Been His Birthday)
In Memory Of : Kenneth Toop (On The Anniversary Of His Death On 26th February 2013)
Rod & Jan Lawman & Family
Bryan, Christine & Rita Chapman & Family
Ellie Mears & Family
The Toop Family
On behalf of the whole parish of Finedon may we invite you most warmly to step over our virtual threshold. You will find within our contact details and details also of forthcoming services and events here at St Mary’s. We are, of course, the parish church not only for the those who worship here but for everyone in Finedon, and the social calendar is almost as busy as the ecclesiastical calendar. Whatever you seek – friendship, community, something to challenge and stretch you, something to give you comfort and peace, the love of Jesus Christ, or simply the satisfaction of curiosity – you are most welcome to step over our real threshold too and see what we have to offer.
The church of ST. MARY-THE VIRGIN consists of chancel, north and south transeptal chapels, clearstoried nave of four bays, north and south aisles, south porch, and west tower. The tower is surmounted by a lofty spire and the porch has an upper story. There is a modern vestry on the north side of the chancel.
Of the original 12th-century building nothing remains except the font, the church having been entirely rebuilt at the beginning of the 14th century. With the exception of the tower and spire it is all of one date, and is one of the finest examples in the county of a church of this period. The tower and spire were erected about fifty years later. The whole building is therefore substantially of one style and it preserves a unity in design which gives it particular distinction.
All copy should addressed by the 15th of the month prior to publication
To: Colin Needle
Tel: 01933 682098
Message from Father Stan,
February 2024
No sooner do we come to the end of the church’s season of Christmas & Epiphany with our Candlemas celebration on February 4th (transferred from February 2nd) than just 10 days later we begin the season of Lent. This year Ash Wednesday falls on February 14th, St Valentine’s day, and there will be two celebrations of Holy Communion that day (11am and 7pm). Ash Wednesday is one of the “days of obligation” when we should all come to receive the grace of God given at the Eucharist. In the early days of the church Lent was observed by those preparing for baptism at Easter and then over the years the Church came to recognise that by observing Lent all Christians could take to heart the call to repentance and grow in faith and devotion to God.
How can we do that in this year of Our Lord 2024? In the introduction to worship on Ash Wednesday we are invited to observe a holy Lent by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting and self-denial; and by reading and meditating on God’s holy word. It is my intention to examine these aspects of Christian living in sermons during Lent this year.
I hope that in whatever way you choose to observe Lent this year, it will be a time in which you can grow in faith and devotion to God. May He pour out his love upon us: a solemn lent leads to a joyful Easter.
May God bless us as we seek to discover and fulfil his will.
The 9:30 Parish Eucharist will be in Church