St Mary's Spring Fair
Saturday 26th April 2025
Eaton Bray Village Hall
12pm - 3pm
Come and enjoy a coffee and cake, or some delicious lunchtime refreshments including our legendary bacon butties!
Then browse the lovely craft stalls, plus jigsaws, raffle, chocolate tombola and plants for sale.
If you would like a stall for the event, please contact Barbara Morton.

This, the 34th annual Puzzle that Gordon Gray has set, has a theme designed to help completion and will appeal to people who enjoy doing crossword puzzles, such as in the Daily Telegraph (though it is not a crossword puzzle). Puzzlers have plenty of time to find the answers and Puzzles should be returned, with donation, by 5 February 2025.

To download a copy of the Puzzle go to www.christmaspuzzle.uk. Alternatively puzzles can be collected from St Mary's Eaton Bray.

All the money you donate, except for the prize-money, will go to charity.

Why do we want this project?

• Our current lights installed in 1991, are beginning to fail, creating dark areas in the church
• Modern lighting schemes can create softer and more versatile lighting to create a better ambience
• As we are a bronze level Eco-church, we wish to take further steps to improve our eco-credentials through installing a modern low-energy system. 
• We would welcome lower energy bills!

Who is the contractor?

• CLS Electrical Services Ltd who have considerable experience in church lighting, have provided a proposal and technical scheme which can be seen by contacting the churchwarden.
  You can download an easy read summary here.

How will we pay for it?

• We were fortunate to receive a significant legacy in 2021 which the PCC decided to use to fund this project.

This, the 33rd annual Puzzle that Gordon Gray has set, has a theme designed to help completion and will appeal to people who enjoy doing crossword puzzles, such as in the Daily Telegraph (though it is not a crossword puzzle). Puzzlers have plenty of time to find the answers and Puzzles should be returned, with donation, by 28 January 2024.

To download a copy of the Puzzle go to www.christmaspuzzle.uk. Alternatively puzzles can be collected from St Mary's Eaton Bray.

All the money you donate, except for the prize-money, will go to charity.

I'm sorry to inform you that this summer's Open Gardens event has sadly been cancelled due to there being too few offers of gardens to visit. One explanation for this may be the serious damage done in December by 10 days of the temperature being 14 degrees below zero. This has been compounded by the subsequent wet spring followed by the current period of hot and dry weather. If you have a lovely garden and would like to help ensure the Open Gardens event takes place next year please contact Gordon Gray.

Thy Kingdom Come
A global prayer movement
18th - 28th May 2023
Here, at St Mary's Church there will be Morning prayer and praise, Praise services, Prayer walks, Evening prayer, Prayer stations
For more up to date information check with our pew leaflet, website and Facebook page.

The North Chilterns Group of Parishes Lent Study 2023
Tuesdays 28th Feb, 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th March 2023
St Giles' Church Hall, Totternhoe
Refreshments 7.30pm Talk 7.45pm
'Alphabet of Christianity' led by Martin Rees
Bring those questions you have been wanting to ask for ages, but perhaps have felt they are really something you 'should know', or have forgotten. Bring an open mind and a willingness to learn and enjoy yourself. Bring a bible if you have one.

There is still one side free on the Memorial of Remembrance, and the names of those whose ashes are buried in the churchyard will continue to be recorded there.

• Plan of Churchyard showing location
• Plan of proposed area

If you would like further information, please contact us.

This, the 32nd annual Puzzle that Gordon Gray has set, has a theme designed to help completion and will appeal to people who enjoy doing crossword puzzles, such as in the Daily Telegraph (though it is not a crossword puzzle). Puzzlers have plenty of time to find the answers and Puzzles should be returned, with donation, by 29 January 2023.

To download a copy of the Puzzle go to www.christmaspuzzle.uk. Alternatively puzzles can be collected from St Mary's Eaton Bray.

All the money you donate, except for the prize-money, will go to charity.

The evening combines the solemnity of words and music from The Festival of Remembrance with the joyful music of The Last Night of the Proms. This year's musicians will be the South Beds Concert Band, and Dagnall Community Choir along with soloist Michelle Norton,

The programme includes music by Rod Stewart, John Rutter, Neil Diamond, Rogers & Hammerstein, and will include favourites from The Last Night of the Proms by Elgar, Henry Wood, Arne and Parry that you may have missed as a result of the cancellation of the event in the Royal Albert Hall as a result of the death of our late Queen Elizabeth II.

It will be a wonderful evening of entertainment and is likely to attract a sell out audience. Hurry to get your tickets, priced £12.50 from the Box Office, 01525 222283 and don't forget to bring your flags.