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by Canon Brian Davis
WELCOME TO ST MARY’S AN OPEN CHURCH

GUIDE BOOK INTRODUCTION
This booklet is very much about St Mary’s as a building and its history. I think you will agree that there is much here to interest the visitor. It is a fine old building, listed as Grade 2*, truly the jewel in Hinckley’s crown. But as you walk round you need to understand that St Mary’s is also an open church, aiming to welcome everyone in the spirit of Jesus Christ, seven days a week. I was inducted as Vicar in October, 1991 and since May 1992 we have kept St
Mary’s open every day, and have done much to make the building welcoming and useable. We try to be a community church for all ages: our over-riding  aim is to love and care for one another, and reach out to others, with the love of God. We welcome everyone, especially those who come in distress, seeking comfort and hope. However busy the rest of the church building is, the Lady Chapel in the south transept is usually reserved for private prayer.

So we welcome you to St Mary’s, a living church in the heart of the community.

March 2007
St. Mary’s Mission Statement: We are an open church, aiming to make
God’s love real through worship, and by being a welcoming community
where we try to care every day for everyone.
 
BRIEF HISTORY CHURCH EXTERIOR CHURCH INTERIOR

15th August 1999: The Bishop of Leicester, the Right Rev. Tim Stevens with
children at a service following the Holiday Club - also in picture the
Community Worker, Tim Lea, who organised the Club, and the Vicar.

 AND OF COURSE WE ARE A CHURCH THAT WORSHIPS

VICARS

A lively County Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade Service in St Mary’s

 

St Mary’s C of E School use St Mary’s regularly - here is the end-of-term service,
December 2006, with Head Teacher Mrs Carol Cooper

 MORE PICTURES FROM THE GUIDE BOOK OF OUR SERVICES AND

DETAILS OF ALL ACTS OF WORSHIP CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING

 THE SERVICES BUTTON BELOW

SERVICES

 

The first Pet Service in 1997 - always on first Sunday in August.
The aim is not only to give thanks for pets, but to show concern for the welfare
of all animals.

 

PRAYER
written by John Cole Galloway, M.A., Vicar of Hinckley, taken from the Preface he wrote to his ‘Hinckley Sermons’ 1785
Through faith may we build our ship,
Through hope may we hoist our sails,
But it is charity and good works alone
which can waft us into the haven of endless and increasing felicity,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.


THANKS
to all those who have helped in any way with this new Guide to St Mary’s. Many people
have had a hand in it somewhere and we are grateful to them all. We also wish to record
our thanks to AWARDS FOR ALL – Lottery Grants for Local Groups. Their grant covered
most of the production costs, which means that all proceeds from the sale of the
Guides will go to St Mary’s Restoration Fund. We are also grateful for help from the
Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
(Arts Budget).  HARD COPY ON SALE IN CHURCH Printed by Baxters The Printers, Hinckley.