What’s On – St Mary's Church, Leake

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St Mary’s holds services around three times a month. We have two main types of service. The first is Holy Communion, in which we share bread and wine, following the example of Jesus. The second is Cafe Church, which is a more informal service with refreshments, in one of our village halls. We also have extra services to mark special times in our communities and the church year. At all of our services we read the Bible, pray and sing hymns. After the service we often share tea and coffee.

Everyone is welcome at our services, whether you usually go to church or not. We love including new people. Most people who come live locally, but some travel a significant distance to be with us.

Despite being a Medieval building, you will be delighted to hear that the church has both heating and a toilet!

We also have social events throughout the year. These are also open to everyone, not just people who come to services. We hope that these help people from our villages to get to know each other better.

The services and social events that are coming up at Leake are listed below. There are also services every week across our group of churches, which can be found here.

What’s On

Wednesday 26 February 2020 11:00 AM	Ash Wednesday. St Mary’s Church Leake A simple service of Holy Communion with ashes as we mark the start of Lent.
Thursday 27 February 2020 7:30 PM	Lord Teach us to Pray. St Mary’s Church Leake You are invited to a course led by Rev Dianne Gamble and Charles Forman, a spiritual director currently training on the York Ignatian Spiritual Accompaniment Course. The course aims to introduce a variety of different prayer forms over ten sessions. There is no commitment to sign up for all ten, you are welcome to come to one, some or all of the sessions. Full details of each session are here.
Sunday 1 March 2020 11:00 AM	Holy Communion. St Mary’s Church Leake Do join us, as we celebrate Holy Communion together. All are welcome.
Sunday 8 March 2020 10:30 AM	Cafe Church. Knayton Village Hall Do join us at one of our informal Cafe Church services.
Saturday 14 March 2020 10:00 AM	Hike to Cowesby for the Come and See Mission. St Mary’s Church Leake There are a range of events happening locally as part of the Come and See Mission, led by the Archbishop of York. Our contribution is a walk from our church to Cowesby church on March 14th at 10am, which is a gentle ramble of around six miles. There is an optional Forest Church service to follow. Please let us know if you plan to come so that we can arrange a lift back to the start.
Sunday 15 March 2020 9:00 AM	Holy Communion. St Mary’s Church Leake One of our regular services of Holy Communion. All are welcome.
Thursday 26 March 2020 7:30 PM	Lord Teach us to Pray. St Mary’s Church Leake You are invited to a course led by Rev Dianne Gamble and Charles Forman, a spiritual director currently training on the York Ignatian Spiritual Accompaniment Course. The course aims to introduce a variety of different prayer forms over ten sessions. There is no commitment to sign up for all ten, you are welcome to come to one, some or all of the sessions. Full details of each session are here.
Sunday 29 March 2020 11:00 AM	Holy Communion. St Mary’s Church Leake Join us for this service of Holy Communion as we continue to mark the season of Lent.
Sunday 5 April 2020 11:00 AM	Palm Sunday. St Mary’s Church Leake A special service of Holy Communion as we mark Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week.
Sunday 12 April 2020 11:00 AM	Easter Sunday. St Mary’s Church Leake Join us for this family friendly service of Holy Communion as we celebrate Easter together.