This Week at St Mary’s

Thursday 4 June
10.30am Midweek Service

Sunday 7 June : First Sunday after Trinity
8am BCP Communion
10am Communion with Baptism
4pm St Mary’s@4 at the Parish Centre

Monday 8 June
9am Morning Prayer on Zoom

Wednesday 10 June
12noon Midweek Midday Prayer
2pm Mothers’ Union at the Parish Centre

Thursday 11 June
10.30am Midweek Service

Sunday 14 June : Second Sunday after Trinity
8am BCP Communion
10am All Age Worship

Link to This week’s readings

St Mary’s is usually open 9.30am until 5pm each day for private prayer and reflection. There are various acts of prayer and worship being led via our Facebook Page

Please pray this week for:
Sick: Margery and Giuliano, Pam Atkinson, Judith Charnley, Rosemary Hensor, Mike Robinson, Tom Sumner, Graham

Praying for Burley Street by Street: Great Pasture Lane, Greenholme Mills and Iron Row

Notices

Fairtrade Stall: On Sunday 7 June we will welcome Hilary and her Fairtrade stall.  As usual, there will be craft and food products from a range of suppliers from different countries. Thanks for your support, Hilary and Jane.

Christian Aid Week: A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to Christian Aid Week, whether it was attending the coffee morning, giving online or in an envelope. We have added the coffee morning total to what has been given in the envelopes and a total of £968.53 is being sent to Christian Aid. I am sure that money given online will greatly increase this. Thank you again. Janet Squire and the Christian Aid Committee. 

June Magazine: Now ready, please let us know if you are unable to collect during the week.

Duck Race Tickets: Annette will be selling duck tickets at Church on the next few Sundays. They are a £1 a ticket and there are five prizes ranging from £100 down to £10. The Duck race takes place on Sunday 21 June followed by Teas on the Green, and the money raised will go to support Burley Scout and Guide group.

Sarah Monroe will be speaking to us at the Mothers’ Union meeting on Wednesday 10 June. She will be telling us about ‘My Grandmother’s Cook Book ~ from slavery to the present day’. We meet at 2pm in the Garden Room at the Parish Centre and visitors are welcome, you don’t have to be a member.

Ilkley & Otley Choral Societies will be performing Rutter’s Magnificat, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Jean Racine’s Faure Cantique at St Margaret’s Church Ilkley, on Saturday 13 June at 7pm. Tickets are available from the Grove Bookshop, Ilkley; the Bookshop on the Square, Otley and online via eventbrite.

Message from Zoe: You are invited to my ordination to the presbyterate on Saturday 27 June 2026 at 3pm in Bradford Cathedral. The service will last no longer than two hours. To reserve one of the seats allocated to me in the Nave, please sign up for a ticket via https://bradfordcathedral.churchsuite.com/events/hcmjsaky  by 14 June. If you find that you cannot come, please cancel your booking. There will also be some unallocated seating available on a first-come-first-served basis. Doors will be open from 2pm and you are asked to be seated by 2.45am. If you have accessibility needs, please let us know on your booking form. The service will also be live-streamed on the cathedral’s Facebook and YouTube channels and available for up to two weeks after the event.

There is a list at the back of Church for folks to sign for the Bring & Share Lunch on the Sunday (28 June) after Zoe’s Ordination. Let’s make this a joyous occasion.