St Mary's Parish Church, Great Dunmow

Our mission statement:

To know Christ better, and to make Christ better known.

Welcome to St. Mary's

published by David Ainge on Tue, 18/04/2006 - 21:12

On behalf of St. Mary's Church, may I welcome you to our Internet site. We would be delighted to hear what you think of the site - please give us some feedback (what you like, what you don't, what you'd like added, etc.) using the Contact page.

Great Dunmow is an ancient North Essex town, renowned for its Flitch Trials, with a rapidly expanding population. I am David Ainge, Vicar of St. Mary's and also of St. Andrew's, Barnston, a neighbouring village.

If you have not visited St. Mary's before, and would like to know what to expect at our services, please read on ...

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Transforming Presence

published by Patrick Whittick on Sun, 22/01/2012 - 16:06

Those at the 10:30 service today (Jan 22) will have heard Philip mention Bishop Stephen's article "Transforming Presence".

Here is a link to that article.

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Messy Church

published by Patrick Whittick on Sat, 14/01/2012 - 12:20

The leaders of Messy Church need help with obtaining some materials for February's meeting. Do you have any small clear plastic drinking bottles, scraps of material, old Christmas cards and small boxes? If so, Jo Hargrave (872995) would like to hear from you.

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Just A January Thought

published by Elsie Bouffler on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 00:00

I wonder, after all the planning and all the effort, was Christmas perfect, did we arrive on the day with everything picture perfect, did the meal go perfectly to plan, were all the guests delightful, were we delightful?

Almost certainly things were not perfect, I hope they were happy but I am willing to guarantee that they were not perfect, because we are not still lives in a magazine, we are human with all the flaws and frailties that go along with being human. Yet we try so very hard.

It’s all go this year

published by David Ainge on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 00:00

2012 has arrived and, no doubt, the usual fanfare of celebration accompanied the change of year.

For lots of people, this year will be significant and extremely busy. Here’s a sample of the special things to come:

• The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

• The Dunmow Flitch Trials

• 350th Anniversary of The Book of Common Prayer

• The Olympic Games

• The Paralympic Games

Raising the Roof

published by Patrick Whittick on Thu, 08/12/2011 - 19:27

On Saturday 14th January at 7.30pm, St Mary’s Church will play host to the top-of-the-range choral group called The Cambridge Chord Company.

The Company is a very successful all-male, acappella, close harmony group. They have won singing competitions throughout the UK, and beaten off competitors in European and World competitions too - and they make their Great Dunmow debut in early January.

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St Mary's Riverbank

published by Patrick Whittick on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 10:50

The vast majority of the capital work has now been completed. The paths have been laid and surfaced. Over half the news trees have been planted, and they are growing very nicely. The area looks inviting and interesting. Come for a wander on a fine day. If you see something interesting, please tell us - we're collecting a record of what is seen in the area.

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Outlook magazine - new payment possibilities

published by Patrick Whittick on Tue, 21/06/2011 - 06:16

Do you own a business in Great Dunmow? Thought about advertising in Outlook but been put off by the one-off costs? Now you can pay by standing order - from as little as £15 per month for a quarter-page ad. For further details, please see the ‘Outlook magazine’ page!

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The outlook for Outlook is good!

published by Patrick Whittick on Thu, 19/08/2010 - 15:43

Just as Great Dunmow is expanding, so we are again increasing the number of copies of Outlook we distribute each month. From a 20-page backlet being posted to around 3,500 homes when we first started, we're now posting a 36-page booklet to 4,100 homes in Great Dunmow and Barnston - that's almost 50,000 copies a year!

If you would like to advertise your company in the magazine, please have a look at the details shown in the Outlook magazine page, or get in touch with Patrick or Sally!

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Weddings are up

published by Patrick Whittick on Sat, 04/07/2009 - 09:18

The doom-mongers are proved wrong yet again! Having wrongly predicted the demise of marriage as a helpful institution, they have tried to convince the public that the churches are closing down. Let it be clearly heard, church life is as busy as it has ever been.
Currently there is a boom in the number of couples wanting to be married in church. This year, at St Mary’s alone, there will be three times as many weddings as there were here three years ago. Why? Nice old church … nice old vicar… who knows? We are glad to rejoice with those who are rejoicing.

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