St Mary's Church, Maidenhead

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St Mary's Church
Borough Church of St Andrew and St Mary Magdalene
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Following refurbishment in 2018
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St Mary's Church
51°31′24″N0°43′07″W / 51.5234°N 0.7185°W / 51.5234; -0.7185
OS grid reference SU 890 812
Location Maidenhead, Berkshire
Country England, United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Conservative Evangelical
Website stmarysmaidenhead.org
History
Status Parish church
Founded1270
Dedication
Dedicated1451
Consecrated 1965 (1965)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Style Modern
Administration
Province Province of Canterbury
Diocese Diocese of Oxford
Episcopal area Reading Episcopal Area
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Berkshire
Deanery Maidenhead and Windsor
Parish Maidenhead St Andrew and St Mary Magdalene
Clergy
Bishop(s) Rob Munro ( AEO )
Vicar(s) Jon Drake
Honorary priest(s)
  • Dave Atallah
  • Neil Watkinson
Minister(s)
  • Ian Miller
  • Adam Curtis
Laity
Churchwarden(s)
  • Anthony Kan
  • Lindsay Reisser-Weston
Business manager
  • John Blackbeard
  • Dick West
Youth ministry coordinator
  • Nick McDonald (children)
  • Vacancy (youth)
Parish administratorJane Thrift
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St Mary's Church is a conservative evangelical Church of England parish church in the centre of Maidenhead, England. It has a congregation of mixed ages and backgrounds. The church aims "to know Jesus and make Jesus known." [1]

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Buildings

There are several buildings on the St Mary's Church site. There is the church itself, the church halls, the 'Old Vic' (the vicarage from 1950 to 1992), the chapel and the Old Vic garden.

St Mary's Church has been rebuilt three times. Currently it is the fourth St Mary's Church. The fourth church was constructed in 1965. The spire is made of fibreglass and had to be hoisted into position by a crane. It had a major refurbishment starting in 2016, completing in 2018. [2]

Staff

Following the departure of the previous vicar, Revd Will Stileman, to All Souls Church, Langham Place, the current incumbent is Revd Jon Drake. The church employs two associate ministers, the Revds Ian Miller and Adam Curtis. In addition to the clergy, the church employs other ministry and administrative staff. [3]

St Mary's receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet (currently Rob Munro) [4] , having passed a resolution in accordance with the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests.

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References

  1. ↑ "About St Mary's". www.stmarysmaidenhead.org. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Will Taylor (12 January 2018). "£2million renovation at St Mary's Church completed". Maidenhead Advertiser. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Staff Team". www.stmarysmaidenhead.org. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Case Studies: The difference it makes 'on the ground' to have passed a resolution" (PDF). The Bishop of Ebbsfleet. December 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 14 January 2024. Although there was no pressing reason as we had a male bishop whose oversight we were happy with, we passed the House of Bishops' Resolution, in 2016


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