St Mary's Church, Goldington. Registered Charity Number 1131568

14/06/2026

🎼Some music for Sunday 14th June 2026

🎶Hymn: Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem (Neander – Unser Herrscher with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/jEoJbDZUIIs?si=FWfCrSp0VxUCSFow

🎶Hymn: God forgave my sin – Freely, freely (Freely, Freely with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/JvpKXaLGUlQ?si=vFYeSe0Y3g0_FmKP

🎶Hymn: O thou who camest from above (Hereford with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/IJ6pmSEzJ5A?si=IvbpAhc0VZSoVbRs

🎼Two choir anthems for today: Come my Way - The Call by Alexander Brent Smith
https://youtu.be/DomeYtbbeaA?si=4XiSCQeNxdBGQOKK

We cannot measure how you heal (Ye Banks And Braes) by John L. Bell and Graham Maule
https://youtu.be/4LpIF4JhWuU?si=s_WjQ2a17oPzy3Of

🎶Hymn: I, the Lord of sea and sky – Here I am, Lord (Here I Am, Lord with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/2zr9SMm1glI?si=LgsCwYOLRGZyhmM7

🎶Hymn: Will you come and follow me – The Summons (Kelvingrove with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/zk6IUalJ3sk?si=JciX2ApfLIRmHqnM

🎼Let us join together in cheerful song.😇

14/06/2026

🌞Good morning and welcome to Worship at St Mary's Church, Goldington for Sunday 14th June 2026

🎥Sunday 14th June 2026 - Services in Church: 9:30am Service of Holy Communion with Prayers for Wholeness & Healing and 5pm Service of Praise is Rising
‼️Sadly due to audio tech issues we cannot livestream or record services but past service livestreams and recordings are still available but no new ones until further notice. Stay tuned for details of Services livestreamed on our YouTube channel with the recording links on this page when available again.
🎥St Mary's Church, Goldington YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/

🎥Sunday 14th June 2026 - 9am C of E's Sunday Service from Dewsbury Minster in West Yorkshire with Rev'd Caroline Greenwood leading and a reflection from the Archbishop of York - The Most Rev'd and Right Honourable Stephen Cottrell: https://youtu.be/-43iC--xdrc?si=HRjcm2jXvpHVlGoO

🌐Explore our website for information on all our services and events, to contact us or read our monthly Parish & People. Our weekly Pews News will be available to subscribers only - simply fill out our form on our website: https://stmarysgoldington.uk/

Even though some of you cannot join us for public worship; we welcome you to continue to join us with our 'Worship at Home' packages.⛪️ We will keep the recordings up for you to worship at any time.🙏

We hope you enjoy worshipping with us. God bless us all!😇

Here are other links you may be interested in:
💸To donate funds online to the ongoing work of our church:
https://givealittle.co/c/c8f96644-6b9f-4113-bbef-0b845bbe9fe8

👀Parish and People - June 2026: https://stmarysgoldington.uk/parish-people-magazine-june-2026/

📲Daily Prayer App and Download links: https://www.rethinkme.com/

📲Pray As You Go App and Download links:
https://pray-as-you-go.org/

🙏Daily Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer

Please note that due to audio technical issues in our church, we will not be able to livestream or record our services until further notice. Services from The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Goldington, Bedford. UK

13/06/2026

🥳You are all warmly invited to join us at St Mary's for our Patronal Festival weekend.

On Sunday 5th July we have four Patronal Festival Services:
✝️8am Morning Prayer (Traditional) in the Church
🎶9:30am Parish Communion in the Church
🐾2pm Pet Blessing Service in the Church Hall Paddock
🎼5pm Choral Evening Service in the Church

Come celebrate with us!😇

11/06/2026

With the weather forecast better for tomorrow, we are looking forward to opening the Church and Churchyard as part of this year's Count on Nature.

Come along between 7pm and 9pm and explore the wildlife, flora and fauna right in the middle of Goldington! Free parking and refreshments available. Expert guide to the churchyard on hand. Activities for families.

07/06/2026

🎼Some extra music on the more traditional side for Sunday 7th June 2026

🎶Hymn: Jesus call us: o’er the tumult (Saint Andrew with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/TLAkxWKQnww?si=EPLSaJ4NC_6qn9X8

🎶Hymn: Be still, for presence of the Lord (Be Still - Evans with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/AKfyudrhGK4?si=GCvaJRpcjIgp7Amp

🎶Hymn: I danced in the morning – Lord of the Dance (Lord Of Then Dance – Shaker Tune with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/7mgvzwXTpM4?si=KFEdZlPomxL7AafL

🎼Two choir anthems for today: The heavens are telling from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn
https://youtu.be/OwqqfbinUDY?si=U8-IINO-4vvfs7Kx

Will you come and follow me (Kelvingrove) arranged by Tom Trenney
https://youtu.be/UvDpH1BKzuc?si=sDbTFm4OdyWRsWQ5

🎶Hymn: Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old (Saint Matthew with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/Wf-8YTllrQ8?si=-kFQ-J36NYlCXcBD

🎶Hymn: At the name of Jesus (Evelyns with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/WCaiVxueLY0?si=7eRf0dBsSrFq-O-2

🎼Let us join together in cheerful song.😇

07/06/2026

🌞Good morning and welcome to Worship at St Mary's Church, Goldington for Sunday 7th June 2026

🎥Sunday 7th June 2026 - Services in Church: 8am Service of Holy Communion (Said) and 9:30am Service of Family Praise

‼️Sadly due to audio tech issues we cannot livestream or record services but past service livestreams and recordings are still available but no new ones until further notice. Stay tuned for details of Services livestreamed on our YouTube channel with the recording links on this page when available again.
🎥St Mary's Church, Goldington YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/

🎥Sunday 7th June 2026 - 9am C of E's Sunday Service from St John's Church in Blackpool with Rev'd Andy D***s preaching and leading: https://youtu.be/awQSVUHFGEM?si=TdW5rxRNnE4umAG6

🌐Explore our website for information on all our services and events, to contact us or read our monthly Parish & People. Our weekly Pews News will be available to subscribers only - simply fill out our form on our website: https://stmarysgoldington.uk/

Even though some of you cannot join us for public worship; we welcome you to continue to join us with our 'Worship at Home' packages.⛪️ We will keep the recordings up for you to worship at any time.🙏

We hope you enjoy worshipping with us. God bless us all!😇

Here are other links you may be interested in:
💸To donate funds online to the ongoing work of our church:
https://givealittle.co/c/c8f96644-6b9f-4113-bbef-0b845bbe9fe8

👀Parish and People - June 2026: https://stmarysgoldington.uk/parish-people-magazine-june-2026/

📲Daily Prayer App and Download links: https://www.rethinkme.com/

📲Pray As You Go App and Download links:
https://pray-as-you-go.org/

🙏Daily Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer

St Mary’s is a place of worship, welcome, community, and prayer.We are growing together as a worshipping church family, seeking to know Jesus more deeply and

06/06/2026

🥳You are all warmly invited to join us at St Mary's Church, Church Hall and Paddock - inside and outside - for our Patronal Summer Fete on Saturday 4th July from 11:30am

🪡🧸🧩🎳🎁🌺🎫All our usual stalls will be here with refreshments of homemade sandwiches and cakes inside the Hall, and a BBQ outside in the Paddock.🥪🍰☕🧃🌭🍔

⛪️Our Church and Tower will also be open with stalls, games and activities spread over all of our site. Why not try your hand at ringing our bells as part of the Tower Tours?!🔔⛪️Or speak to our visiting emergency services officers?!🚓🚒Plenty of games and activities for children and families.🥇🫟

🤩Fun for all the family with free admission.🎟

Free but limited parking including disabled spaces and access.🅿️♿️
Toilets and baby changing facilities.🚻♿️🚼

31/05/2026

🎼Some music for Sunday 31st May 2026 – Trinity Sunday✝

🎶Hymn: Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty! (Nicaea with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/uKSh0wphhOk?si=lgcXlV2RBEK7K1vN

🎶Hymn: Father of heaven, whose love profound (Rievaulx with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/Ox28L9W-4cY?si=vik-X54iJZiQGWBL

🎶Hymn: O Lord, my God – How great thou art (How Great Thou Art with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/PdE_NKyY_o0?si=gMP8IU0Uq-6XXRV_

🎼Two choir anthems for today: Sanctus by Jacobus Clemens non Papa
https://youtu.be/xeuJBJEZBcE?si=1FMjX-tC_-McMZ6G

Holy, holy, holy by Franz Schubert
https://youtu.be/2aT8voXs7zk?si=hnxkGeUoQNBOcriz

🎶Hymn: The God of Abraham praise (Leoni with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/pKAIWQpbSH8?si=U_Hf1kPm9tnOmGvi

🎶Hymn: Go forth and tell! (Yanworth with lyrics)
https://youtu.be/w2kvft8QkiQ?si=yCr_i1Z8sKN7_clh

🎼Let us join together in cheerful song.😇

31/05/2026

🌞Good morning and welcome to Worship at St Mary's Church, Goldington for Sunday 31st May 2026 - Trinity Sunday✝

🎥Sunday 31st May 2026 - Trinity Sunday‼️Sadly due to audio tech issues we cannot livestream or record services but past service livestreams and recordings are still available but no new ones until further notice. Stay tuned for details of Services livestreamed on our YouTube channel with the recording links on this page when available again.
🎥St Mary's Church, Goldington YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/

🎥Sunday 31st May 2026 - Trinity Sunday - 9am C of E's Sunday Service for Trinity Sunday from the Woodbridge Group of Churches in North Wiltshire with the Area Dean of North Wiltshire - Rev'd Steve Wilkinson preaching and leading: https://youtu.be/Oe9eB7qIEZU?si=yld3ldg6WSfupL4R

📰📨Here's a link to the email overview by Ceri-Anne Ashby and Debbie https://mailchi.mp/stmarysgoldington.uk/pews-news-8339389?e=48c6187155

Even though some of you cannot join us for public worship; we welcome you to continue to join us with our 'Worship at Home' packages.⛪️

We will keep the recordings up for you to 'worship' at any time.🙏

We hope you enjoy worshipping with us. God bless us all!😇

Here are other links you may be interested in:
💸To donate funds online to the ongoing work of our church:
https://givealittle.co/c/c8f96644-6b9f-4113-bbef-0b845bbe9fe8

👀Parish and People - June 2026: https://stmarysgoldington.uk/parish-people-magazine-june-2026/

📲Daily Prayer App and Download links: https://www.rethinkme.com/

📲Pray As You Go App and Download links:
https://pray-as-you-go.org/

🙏Daily Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer

Please note that due to audio technical issues in our church, we will not be able to livestream or record our services until further notice. Services from The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Goldington, Bedford. UK

30/05/2026

⛪️Please read our Pews News from Sunday 31st May 2026 - Trinity Sunday✝️

📰📨This link takes you to an online copy that Ceri-Anne Ashby and Debbie Richardson produces and emails out to those signed up: https://mailchi.mp/stmarysgoldington.uk/pews-news-8339389?e=48c6187155

‼️Sadly due to audio tech issues we cannot livestream or record services but past service livestreams and recordings are still available but no new ones until further notice. Stay tuned for details of Services livestreamed on our YouTube channel with the recording links on this page when available again.
🎥St Mary's Church, Goldington YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/

👀There are many important items to read and sign up to in this week's edition, including: dates for your diaries of services and events; contact details of our Patronal Festival Co-Ordinators; the ongoing notice re no livestreams or recordings until further notice; the notice and link (below) to June's edition of Parish & People; our next Family Breakfast is scheduled for next Sunday (7th June); a poster for our Churches Count on Nature events including an Explore the Churchyard scheduled for Friday 12th June evening; a poster for our next Praise is Rising service scheduled for Sunday 14th June; a poster and invitation for our Messy Church Picnic scheduled for Sunday 28th June; a notice for our Cuppa, Cake and Chat aka Warm Spaces on Mondays 1 - 4pm and Warm Spaces 2.0 on Thursdays 1 - 2:30pm and an ongoing notice that new volunteers welcome; and a notice re donations (link below) to Impact Bedford for books to be given to local Year 6 students transitioning up to secondary school.

💸To donate towards Impact's books: http://www.impactbedford.org.uk/donate/

Even though some of you cannot join us for public worship; we welcome you to continue to join us with our 'Worship at Home' packages.⛪️

We will keep the recordings up for you to 'worship' at any time.🙏

We hope you enjoy worshipping with us. God bless us all!😇

Here are other links you may be interested in:
💸To donate funds online to the ongoing work of our church:
https://givealittle.co/c/c8f96644-6b9f-4113-bbef-0b845bbe9fe8

👀Parish and People - June 2026: https://stmarysgoldington.uk/parish-people-magazine-june-2026/

📲Daily Prayer App and Download links: https://www.rethinkme.com/

📲Pray As You Go App and Download links: https://pray-as-you-go.org/

🙏Daily Prayer: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer

Our Vision is to grow together as a worshipping church family, to know Jesus better and to find new ways to express our faith within our local community, and to be a safe place of joy and peace for the whole community.