SERVICES THIS WEEKEND – 23rd August 2026
10.00 am Holy Communion
6 pm Reflective Evening Prayer
MESSY CHURCH – Held on the first Sunday of each month. The next date is 9am on Sunday 6th September. Messy Church is Church, but not as you know it. It is for everyone, and every element aims to be relevant and accessible to all ages. It reflects God’s creativity in its imaginative, hands-on approach to being Church together. Join the fun of creativity, hospitality, and celebration. Everyone is welcome.
COFFEE MORNING – Join us on for coffee and cake on Thursday between 9.15 am and 12.00 pm at St Mary’s, Olveston.
CALLING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
Join us for Refresh, it’s a café style of church held at St Mary’s, Olveston on Saturday afternoon at 4.30 pm. Term time only. Join us and take a long a friend of two. You will be very welcome.
Messy Church is proving very popular indeed. The latest one, 1st February, was attended by 14 children and an equal number of adults. Breakfast provided, probably more healthy than the one served at the Big Breakfast! Arts and crafts for Juniors always enthuse the children Perhaps the highlight of the morning was watching all the youngsters sitting in a semi circle and captivated by David Lloyd’s talk. Well done everyone.
SAVE THE DATES
Is compiled by Martin Gibson (mrtngibs@aol.com) or phone 01454 616856.
SUMMER FETE – We raised just over £2000. This was amazing. thank you to everyone who supported this event.
| Date | Time | EVENT |
| Saturday 5th September | 7.30 pm | Feria Orchestra Concert |
| Saturday 10th October | 7.30 pm | Silent Auction |
The FRIENDS of St. MARY’s financially support our church through the monthly lottery. Over the years, it has donated more than £125,000 by funding items such as church carpets, pew runners, handbells, bell ropes, etc. Currently, we give £5000 annually to the Church.If you want to join the lottery, just talk to Andy Phillips (andisp28@hotmail.com) or ask David Prothero (diprothero@talk21.com). The monthly cost can be as little as £2, and the ten lucky winners receive over £400 monthly between them. Don’t forget if you’re not in, you can’t win!
New Graveyard for St Mary’s
Our graveyard is running out of space, so for several years we have been discussing a very generous offer made by the land owner and the developer, Newland Homes, for a new graveyard off their proposed housing development site, just along Elberton Road.
They have confirmed their offer by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which has been accepted by the PCC and will be signed, in due course, on behalf of us all, by Rev David Moss.
An application in outline is to be made soon, at the developers own cost, covering the use of the land at the bottom of the site off Aust Road for housing and off Elberton Road at the top of the site, for the new graveyard, with a separate vehicular access for each. (see plan)
The details of the layout shown on the application plans are to be considered in another, later application.
Once the application is placed by South Gloucestershire Council on its web site it will be open for public comment. We hope that church members will feel it a useful addition to our existing graveyard, which will also be available to anyone living in the parish who wishes to be buried or remembered there and that you will write to SGC in support. A copy of the MOU, proposed site plan and Minutes from the PCC Meeting are available on the welcome desk inside church. We would like to hear if you have any comments, if so please return them to Mike Wright e: revsrural@gmail.com
