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After 17 years in the parish John and Roger are retiring, 6 July being their last Sunday with us.If you would like to make an online donation towards a farewell gift, please scan the QR code below. Alternatively, you can make a BACS transfer: Account: PCC of St Mary’s Merton Sort&nbsp;Code: 60-24-06 Account Number: 37174274 Reference:&nbsp;John & Roger
Envelopes are available in church to make a cash or cheque donation at Sunday services.
Thank you.
David Reeves & Andrew Mills Churchwardens
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St Mary's Church Merton

After 17 years in the parish John and Roger are retiring, 6 July being their last Sunday with us.

If you would like to make an online donation towards a farewell gift, please scan the QR code below. Alternatively, you can make a BACS transfer:
Ac...

Retirement of John Hayward as Vicar of St Mary's

2025 New Electoral Roll&nbsp;&nbsp;
Every sixth year we have to start our Electoral Roll from scratch. 2025 is that year and we are asking everyone to register between now and 30th April.

The electoral roll acts as a membership list for churchgoers in the parish and provides entitlement to vote at the Annual Parochial Council Meeting, (APCM). It gives you the opportunity to shape our future by taking part in the decisions

You are entitled to be on the roll if you are baptised, become 16 years of age during the next twelve months and either live in the parish or worship regularly at St Mary’s.
<a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/289c75bb-5f11-4122-a569-c299ce09d223" target="_blank">Click here</a> for details of why the Electoral Roll is important.
The new parish Electoral Roll with names only will be displayed for inspection two weeks before the APCM on Sunday 18 May.
Please apply on the Electoral Roll 2025 Application Form below.
If you know of anyone who has recently joined St Mary’s and may wish their names to be added to the roll, please let me know.

The last day for application is 30th April

Hazel Abbott, Electoral Roll Officer Email - <a href="mailto:hazel.abbott@stmarysmerton.org.uk">hazel.abbott@stmarysmerton.org.uk</a>
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Please complete this form if you would like to be on the Electoral Roll for the Parish of St Mary's Merton.

Apply to join St Mary's Electoral Roll

Our Vicar, Revd. John Hayward, delivered a number of sermons&nbsp;at St Mary’s following his&nbsp;sabbatical travels.&nbsp;They reflect both John's Camino de Santiago walk in 2014, and his sabbatical trips to Egypt and Greece&nbsp;in 2023.&nbsp;

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Download them all below:
Camino de Santiago
<ul><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/bb1177ae-cae0-4d0e-8961-1f68e1d5924d">Pilgrimage to Santiago Journey through Lent,&nbsp;Hebrews&nbsp;11: 1-3, 8-16</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/48a761f8-afdb-4ce8-855f-3b11efe273eb">Pilgrimage to Canterbury, Abp. Becket, Addington Palace and RSCM</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/bc9efd56-7aa1-4a01-9d41-b29fb9e790bc">Pilgrimage -&nbsp;&nbsp;Road to Emmaus linked to Camino, Luke 24: 13-35</a></li></ul>
Greece
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Egypt 
<ul><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/8528cd3a-f46c-4707-8399-591d73b313c3">Moses, The Law, 10 Commandments, Transfiguration, Elijah, Burning Bush, St Catherine’s Monastery</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/b1ee136d-1a81-4f3b-bffb-fb56d148463d">St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/31472e28-f881-4664-a99b-bc3835ad6dc9">Moses, snake, overcame, deliverance, passion, death and resurrection, Prince Philip’s walking stick.&nbsp;Exodus 7 and Luke 22</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/f0bbaafb-33b9-435f-8fe7-e5657164cc24">Romans, Moses, Bible, The Law, 10 Commandments, Transfiguration, Elijah, Burning Bush, St Catherine’s Monastery</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/740041b8-2789-4f78-a742-a860c7aedae3">Matthew 2&nbsp; 1-12:&nbsp;God chooses his name, flight to Egypt, tyrants and avoiding tyranny – bias to the future and outward looking as Christ is made manifest to the wider world</a></li><li><a href="https://landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/file/b573e9dd-13d0-468a-b44d-29e99f92c7e5">Ecumenical Councils – conciliar church government: Acts 4 1-22</a></li></ul>

Our Vicar, Revd. John Hayward, delivered a number of sermons at St Mary’s following his sabbatical travels. They reflect both John's Camino de Santiago walk in 2014, and his sabbatical trips to Egypt and Greece in 2023.



Download them all below:...

John Hayward's Sabbatical Sermons

Our choir, led by Director of Music Tristan Weymes, was privileged to be invited to sing Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 22 August 2023. 
The music list was:
Responses - Smith Canticles - Noble in B minor Anthem - Verleih uns Frieden - Mendelssohn

Our choir, led by Director of Music Tristan Weymes, was privileged to be invited to sing Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 22 August 2023.


The music list was:

Responses - Smith
Canticles - Noble in B minor
Anthem - Verleih uns Fri...

Retirement of John Hayward as Vicar of St Mary's

Apply to join St Mary's Electoral Roll

John Hayward's Sabbatical Sermons

St Mary's Choir sings Evensong at Westminster Abbey