Welcome to St Mary's Shortlands

Worship and prayer

A service of Holy Communion for Ascension Day will take place at 8pm (in church and live-streamed via Facebook) on Thursday 13th May.  Click here for the order of service.

Sunday services take place at 10.30am (in church and live-steamed via Facebook, either pre-recorded or live-streamed). Click here for the latest order of service.

Morning Prayer is available Monday to Saturday at 9am, via Facebook.   Click here for the order of service. 

Compline (Night Prayer) takes place every Wednesday at 8.30pm, via Facebook.  Click here for the order of service.

The church is open for private prayer on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm.

St Mary's latest pewpaper

Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)

Pastoral and practical support
If you or anyone you know needs some practical or spiritual support during this time, we can arrange for regular telephone calls to be made to individuals, along with assistance with essential shopping.  It may be that you would like the church to pray for you or a friend or member of your family.  Whatever support can be provided, we at St Mary's will do our very best to help.  Please contact either Revd Gary Best - 07493 072695 - or go to our Community Support page for further information about practical and spiritual support.

St Mary's monthly News Sheet

St Mary's Parish Newsletter - SPAN

Safeguarding
As a church we take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously: we are committed to ensuring our church and hall buildings are safe places for all.  If you have any concerns about safeguarding you can contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Kay Coleman, on 07879 337567.