St. Mary's Church

Welcome – St. Mary’s is a lively, family friendly church; seeking to make Jesus known in Becontree. You can find us on Grafton Road. Please take time to explore our website and find out more about who we are.

Update from the Church of England: Opening Churches for personal private prayer

Please see the statement from the Church of England and the Diocese of Chelmsford on opening churches for personal private prayer here. Churches remain closed for public worship.

St Mary's will be open for personal prayer this Wednesday 12-8pm. Everyone attending for personal prayer will be asked to used hand sanitiser, maintain social distance and follow directions through the building. We regret that our toilets will not be open and there will be no refreshments. Our church bibles will not be available, but you are welcome to bring your own. Please let us know if you have any questions.

PCC (Church Council) have met and agreed to not open on a Sunday for public worship before August 30th. Please read the full statement from Rev Katie Miller here.

Our services are live streamed on our Facebook page every Sunday and Wednesday at 11am and uploaded to our YouTube channel. The Bible readings of the gospels will be uploaded daily.

Alpha Online launches Friday 3 July at 7pm. More details here.

A new kind of Bible Study is livestreamed Saturdays at 3pm on our Facebook page and uploaded to our YouTube channel. Stay at Home Group. More details here.

Please let us know if there is anyone you would like us to pray for or practical needs at this time, which we will do our best to meet. Please contact 0208 592 2822.

We are pleased to welcome our new curate, Tim Broadbent, and his family from September. You can find more about him here.

We celebrate with Cecilia Morkeh-Yamson Pelligrin the good news of her training for ordination.

There are updated resources and links to our Youtube channel, Children & Young People's resources and Bible Study apps here.

Please feel free to contact us through our Contact Us page or to email a member of Our Team.

With every blessing

Rev. Katie Miller

We are committed to Safeguarding Children, Young People, Victims/perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and Vulnerable Adults. The PCC has adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England’s website: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding.

Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Emilia Tejuoso, who may be contacted at church or by email: safeguarding@stmarysbecontree.org.uk