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  • Sat, 18 May
    In Christ, we have been marked with the seal of the Holy Spirit; this is the pledge for us of the freedom of the people whom God has taken for his own, to the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:1-14)
Diocesan News

Welcome to the Church of Our Lady Saint Mary South Creake

Visitors to this website, just like our real visitors, come for many different reasons and with differing levels of knowledge about the Christian faith, about church buildings and church history. We have tried to design the site so, whoever you are and whatever your needs, you will find the information you want.

St Mary's from the east

We have therefore quite deliberately built the site with two starting points. If you know your Common Worship from your Book of Common Prayer, your Clerestory from your Chancel and your Anglo-Catholic from your Evangelical, go to About us.

And if that sounds like gobbledygook but you want to know more about our beautiful church and why we love it, go to Visitors.

We also have a FAQs page where we answer, or attempt to answer, some of the more commonly asked questions about our Church and our Christian faith.

But if none of those are right for you, maybe we are being too clever so just dive right in.

 

Fr Clive runs in Archdeacon's Charge

Fr Clive has started his training for this annual event being held on Bank Holiday Monday 6 May at Raynham Hall near Fakenham.  

Set up by the Archdeacon of Lynn, the Venerable John Ashe, the Charge is an opportunity to join others in walking or running anywhere from 3 to 10 miles to raise money to support the life-saving work of the East Anglian Air Ambulance and the Church’s work in the parishes of the Diocese of Norwich.

Fr Clive invites you either to join him in the Charge or to sponsor his run.  Contact him if you want to sponsor him or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , the Archdeacon's PA, if you want to take part in the Charge.

More information on this event can be found on the Diocesan website.

 

Ascension Day 9 May

Solemn Mass with the Creakes Choral Group

In celebration of Ascension Day Solemn Mass will be sung at 7.00 pm by the Creakes Choral Group from a setting by Victoria.  This date coinicides with the first anniversary of Fr Clive's induction and institution to the benefice so to mark this occasion there will be a drinks' reception after the service.

 

History of St Mary's: Tour and Talk

Guided Tour and Talk by Barbara Allen, Churchwarden on 11 May at 3.00 pm in church

Cost (to include tea and cakes) £5 per person, £2.50 for OAPs and 5-16 year olds, under 5s free

Contact for booking and information: Pete Hayward on 01328 823920

Proceeds to South Creake Memorial Pavilion Fund


 

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