ASCENSION DAY , THURSDAY MAY 21st There will be a Zoom service starting at 7.30pm for Ascension Day, which will include Holy Communion. After the service there will be time for chat and refreshments (please supply the refreshments of your choice). St Mary’s Princes Risborough is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Ascension […]
Princes Risborough Food Cupboard
LAUNCH OF PRINCES RISBOROUGH FOOD CUPBOARD As lockdown continues and people have been furloughed, are unable to work due to childcare responsibilities, have been made redundant or are unable to continue with their self-employed business, economic hardship has hit many households hard. The reality is that with no income, families are struggling to put food […]
UK Blessing Song
Listen again to the UK Blessing song,which was played at the end of the streamed service yesterday (May 10th). If you didn’t hear it then or would like to listen again, here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtll3mNj5U. Over 65 churches and movements have come together to sing a blessing over our land.
Daily Hope – new worship phone line
To address the needs of people who don’t use the internet, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes while church buildings are closed because of the coronavirus. Daily Hope, which is now available, offers music, prayers […]
Prayer Bulletin for May
The new Prayer Bulletin for May 2020 has just been posted on the website. This month it has been prepared by Revd. Michael Hunt. Do download it and use it through the month. It contains a format for daily morning and evening prayer, together with themes for prayer each week of May and a prayerful […]
Streamed Services
During this time of lockdown, St Mary’s is live-streaming a service every Sunday morning at 9.30am To join in the worship visit our YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFAwUkttVbX2H3IvJEfu1Q There is also a weekly online service from Bledlow Church, which is part of the Risborough Team. The service is available from 10.30am each Sunday at https://www.bledlowvirtualservice.uk/
Holy Week and Easter
Services during Holy Week. During Holy Week, we encourage you to visit the Church of England website where you will find services of Morning Prayer and Night Prayer each day. There will also be special services on Good Friday and Holy Saturday. On Easter Day St Mary’s will be live-streaming a special Service to celebrate […]
Local Sources of Help
During the Covid-19 emergency several local organisations are offering help. The Risborough Basket initiative being run by the Town council is up and running with over 200 orders for food packages supplied with goods from local businesses being phoned in. There is a need for more volunteer drivers, packers, call takers, so if you can help […]
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday St Mary’s will be live streaming a Palm Sunday service on Sunday 5th April at 9.30am. The service will be on the St Mary’s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFAwUkttVbX2H3IvJEfu1Q. You can also find it by going to https://www.youtube.com and searching for St Mary’s Princes Risborough. You can subscribe to get future reminders. The Sunday service […]
If you need to get in touch
Following new guidance from the Government and the Church of England earlier in the week the church buildings, St Mary’s in Princes Risborough and St Peter’s in Ilmer, are now closed and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Sadly, it is no longer permissible to hold weddings, funerals or baptism in church. St Mary’s […]