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Christian Aid week count in church
- Start date: Fri, May 18th 2012
- Start time: 18:30
- End time: 20:30
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Tomorrow

Christian Aid: Cake Stall near The Post Office
- Start date: Sat, May 19th 2012
- Start time: 10:00
- End time: 12:30
Christian Aid week count in church
- Start date: Sat, May 19th 2012
- Start time: 18:30
- End time: 20:30
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Sun, May 20th 2012

Holy Communion - David Ainge
- Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
- Start time: 09:00
- End time: 10:00
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
All Age Service - Jo Hargrave & Helen Wright
- Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
- Start time: 10:30
- End time: 12:00
- Please join us for coffee and tea after the service
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
Hymn Service at Grove Court
- Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
- Start time: 15:30
- End time: 16:15
- Where: Grove Court
Holy Communion & Ministry of Healing - David Ainge
- Start date: Sun, May 20th 2012
- Start time: 18:00
- End time: 19:00
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Mon, May 21st 2012

Week 21 of 2012
- Start date: Mon, May 21st 2012

Wed, May 23rd 2012

Pram Service
- Start date: Wed, May 23rd 2012
- Start time: 10:00
- End time: 12:00
- Where: St Mary's Room
Chatterbox
- Start date: Wed, May 23rd 2012
- Start time: 15:00
- End time: 16:30
- Chatterbox is a new group for people who live on their own to meet together for tea and a chat and to make new friends. We meet at 3pm on the last Wednesday of the month. For more information please contact Rosemary Crowley or Margaret Hodges.
- Where: Blue Cedars, Beaumont Hill

Sun, May 27th 2012

Pentecost
- Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
Holy Communion - Philip Tarris
- Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
- Start time: 09:00
- End time: 10:00
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
Parish Communion - Philip Tarris
- Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
- Start time: 10:30
- End time: 12:00
- Please join us for coffee and tea after the service
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE
Holy Communion @ Redbond Lodge
- Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
- Start time: 16:00
- End time: 16:45
- Where: Redbond Lodge
Pentecost Praise - Gerald Crowley
- Start date: Sun, May 27th 2012
- Start time: 18:00
- End time: 19:00
- Where: St Mary's church, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AE

Mon, May 28th 2012

Week 22 of 2012
- Start date: Mon, May 28th 2012
Holy Communion at Alan Hasler House
- Start date: Mon, May 28th 2012
- Start time: 10:15
- End time: 11:00
- Arrangements have been made for the staff from St Mary’s, Great Dunmow to come to provide Services.
- Where: Alan Hasler House

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Mark James

published by Mark on Mon, 01/05/2006 - 15:24

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Hello. I’m Mark James and I’m Assistant Curate here at Great Dunmow and Barnston. I’ve been here since July 2005. A curate is basically a vicar in training and I shall be here ‘learning the trade’ for about three years before moving on to my own parish.

How have I come to be here? Well, it’s a long story but in short I am actually an Essex man having been born and bred in Southend-on-Sea. For a number of years I was a teacher in a comprehensive school in Hornchurch near Romford, where I taught Geography and Information Technology. I ended up as Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for the Curriculum and Assessment. Round about the year 2001 I felt that God was calling me out of teaching into something new, so after a lot of thought and reflection, I gave up my teaching job and went to train for the Church of England ministry in Cambridge.

Some people might suggest that I need my head examined! Giving up a good job, moving house, becoming a student once again, experiencing a complete change of lifestyle and all for what? Becoming a vicar! But to be honest I have never found the Christian faith to be boring or irrelevant and my faith in Jesus Christ gives me tremendous resources for living in the 21st century. I want to try and share something of that faith through my work here.