Welcome To Our New Parish!
As a new parish, we have big plans for our website but we're not quite there yet! Over the coming weeks we will be uploading more information about our past, present and future so please keep checking back to see what's been added - but the best way to get to know us is to pay us a visit. Our service times are below and we look forward to welcoming you!
A Plea For Help!
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It's a challenging time for many, but our work goes on. At a time where you may be thinking of protecting yourself by ordering online, you may be pleased to know that any online purchases you make could also support us. With Give As You Live, you're able to earn a donation equivalent to a % of your spend at 4,400+ online retailers, at no cost to you or us. Click the image to the left or see our Giving page for more information.
Alternatively, it is possible to make a one-off donation using the link below. Many thanks for your generosity.
Our Sunday Services |
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St. Peter's and St. Mary's are two churches working as one in Staines.
This gallery has some pictures of our life together. A Message for Sunday 22nd March 2020 by Rev. Jonathan
John 19: 25-27 & 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 |
News and Events
Dear St Mary & St Peter parishioners
By now perhaps you have already heard of the government and Church of England’s advice to avoid any kind of public gathering to protect individuals and communities from the risk of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) transmission.
Yesterday, it was mentioned in parliament that avoiding non-essential traveling and gathering includes public worship, and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York advised that public worship should be suspended until further notice. This has been indeed a very difficult decision for the senior leaders of the church, but considering the importance of protecting the people of God from this very dangerous virus, they had no other choice.
As your vicar, I can only imagine how hard it will be for you not to have worship services in your church and not to be able to worship, to sing and to pray together, and to see each other as often as you have done in the past.
Although we are not going to have Sunday services and midweek Communion services until further notice, we are planning to have weekly virtual video messages and prayers available on YouTube, Facebook, and the Parish website for those who stay at home in order to protect themselves.
Offering online services, reminds me of the persecuted church in the Middle East which is not able to get together for collective worship, yet nothing stops it from being the church of God and following Christ faithfully in the face of hardship.
So, can I please ask you to hold fast to your holy faith and hope in Christ and ask him to fill you with his love and his presence daily in order to be strong and to encourage others?
Let us remember that “nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ” and “the love of God casts out every fear from our hearts”.
In practical terms, can I please ask you to look out for those who might be on their own or more vulnerable, to make sure we are in touch with each other and can offer our support at this difficult time?
We are going to put together a list of such people and will ask those who are able to keep in touch with them to take responsibility of calling them on regular basis to make sure they are well and have everything they need.
Please pray for all those who are in public service and especially for the medical staff, and pray for the parish and our congregations to remain united and strong to be able to offer help and ministry to those in need.
If you have any questions or you need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me directly by email: vicar@stmaryandstpeterstaines.co.uk or if it is not possible for you to use email please call 01784 613581.
With love and prayers
Rev. Jonathan Samadi
Vicar, St Mary & St Peter Staines
18/03/2020
By now perhaps you have already heard of the government and Church of England’s advice to avoid any kind of public gathering to protect individuals and communities from the risk of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) transmission.
Yesterday, it was mentioned in parliament that avoiding non-essential traveling and gathering includes public worship, and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York advised that public worship should be suspended until further notice. This has been indeed a very difficult decision for the senior leaders of the church, but considering the importance of protecting the people of God from this very dangerous virus, they had no other choice.
As your vicar, I can only imagine how hard it will be for you not to have worship services in your church and not to be able to worship, to sing and to pray together, and to see each other as often as you have done in the past.
Although we are not going to have Sunday services and midweek Communion services until further notice, we are planning to have weekly virtual video messages and prayers available on YouTube, Facebook, and the Parish website for those who stay at home in order to protect themselves.
Offering online services, reminds me of the persecuted church in the Middle East which is not able to get together for collective worship, yet nothing stops it from being the church of God and following Christ faithfully in the face of hardship.
So, can I please ask you to hold fast to your holy faith and hope in Christ and ask him to fill you with his love and his presence daily in order to be strong and to encourage others?
Let us remember that “nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ” and “the love of God casts out every fear from our hearts”.
In practical terms, can I please ask you to look out for those who might be on their own or more vulnerable, to make sure we are in touch with each other and can offer our support at this difficult time?
We are going to put together a list of such people and will ask those who are able to keep in touch with them to take responsibility of calling them on regular basis to make sure they are well and have everything they need.
Please pray for all those who are in public service and especially for the medical staff, and pray for the parish and our congregations to remain united and strong to be able to offer help and ministry to those in need.
If you have any questions or you need any help, please do not hesitate to contact me directly by email: vicar@stmaryandstpeterstaines.co.uk or if it is not possible for you to use email please call 01784 613581.
With love and prayers
Rev. Jonathan Samadi
Vicar, St Mary & St Peter Staines
18/03/2020
Dear All
We would like to launch a Parish buddying scheme to support all our parishioners during the current crisis. The broad idea is to pair up people (ideally a relatively younger person with an older one) so that they can keep in touch by phone/email and offer support, encouragement, experience and practical help when needed. We do already have pastoral care people at both churches but they can't be expected to keep in touch with everyone! Please let me know either by direct reply or private message if you are willing to join the scheme and , if so, give me your phone number and over the next few days we will pair you up and ask one of you to make the first call. A list of older non FB users who would appreciate support has already been drawn up. You never know, you may make a new friendship which will last a lifetime! Please see "St Peter Church Staines" Facebook page for more info.
We would like to launch a Parish buddying scheme to support all our parishioners during the current crisis. The broad idea is to pair up people (ideally a relatively younger person with an older one) so that they can keep in touch by phone/email and offer support, encouragement, experience and practical help when needed. We do already have pastoral care people at both churches but they can't be expected to keep in touch with everyone! Please let me know either by direct reply or private message if you are willing to join the scheme and , if so, give me your phone number and over the next few days we will pair you up and ask one of you to make the first call. A list of older non FB users who would appreciate support has already been drawn up. You never know, you may make a new friendship which will last a lifetime! Please see "St Peter Church Staines" Facebook page for more info.
PRAY FOR THE PARISH
Please pray for our new Vicar, Rev. Jonathan and his family and for the future of our parish as we move into a new and exciting era.
HALL HIRE
Contact the parish office. The office is open Tuesday to Friday, 10:00am to 12:30pm, for all your general and hall booking enquiries.
Parish Office, St Peter’s Church Hall, Laleham Road, Staines, Middlesex TW18 2DX
Tel: 01784 469155
Heaven@11 Programme
The Heaven@11 programme for the Autumn 2019 term is now available here.
Please pray for our new Vicar, Rev. Jonathan and his family and for the future of our parish as we move into a new and exciting era.
HALL HIRE
Contact the parish office. The office is open Tuesday to Friday, 10:00am to 12:30pm, for all your general and hall booking enquiries.
Parish Office, St Peter’s Church Hall, Laleham Road, Staines, Middlesex TW18 2DX
Tel: 01784 469155
Heaven@11 Programme
The Heaven@11 programme for the Autumn 2019 term is now available here.
Please see Our Parish Newsletter under EVENTS on top of the page
It was just announced that our dear Curate Rev. Christopher Henley has been appointed as Assistant Curate to the parish of St Philip & St James Whitton together with St Stephen's Hounslow. We are so grateful for his ministry to our parish in the last four years and we pray that God continues using him in his new parish. Congratulations and many thanks to Christopher.
PARISH SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
We follow the Diocese of London Guidelines, and keep updated through regular training at Diocesan House, and through personal contact with the Diocese Safeguarding Officer. We have a Parish Safeguarding Policy which can be found on this website. All our volunteers who work with our children or young people are DBS checked (or are in the process of being checked) and receive Safeguarding training. We review the Safeguarding Policy each year and report to our PCC twice yearly. Our Safeguarding role also covers the care of Vulnerable Adults, i.e. those who are 18+ years and up to our eldest members.
Our Safeguarding Officers are St Mary: Beth Scott 01784 450407, St Peter: Kathryn Ellidge 01784 421704
We follow the Diocese of London Guidelines, and keep updated through regular training at Diocesan House, and through personal contact with the Diocese Safeguarding Officer. We have a Parish Safeguarding Policy which can be found on this website. All our volunteers who work with our children or young people are DBS checked (or are in the process of being checked) and receive Safeguarding training. We review the Safeguarding Policy each year and report to our PCC twice yearly. Our Safeguarding role also covers the care of Vulnerable Adults, i.e. those who are 18+ years and up to our eldest members.
Our Safeguarding Officers are St Mary: Beth Scott 01784 450407, St Peter: Kathryn Ellidge 01784 421704
Contact General Enquiries
The parish office is open Tuesday to Friday,10:00am to 12:30pm, for all your general and hall booking enquiries. Parish Office, St Peter’s Church Hall, Laleham Road, Staines, Middlesex TW18 2DX Tel: 01784 469155 Email: office@stmaryandstpeterstaines.co.uk |
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