On Sunday 14th of October there will be a single joint service at 10am for Confirmation with the Bishop of Reading, The Right Reverend Andrew Proud.

St Mary’s Church, Burghfield is looking for a reliable and flexible, well-organised team worker with excellent MS Office skills. You should be confident, self-motivated and able to work alone,with a strong desire to serve others. The role is for 12.5 hours a week, to provide administrative support and to be an accessible contact point between […]

Followed by Tea, cake and looking at ‘Making Church Memories’ to build a timeline of how St Mary’s has featured in people’s lives. Please do stay after our joint service and join in the discussion and fellowship which forms part of our engagement with PMC (Partnership in Missional Church). This exercise will enable us to […]

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Moverley, aka Dan & Bex! They were married at St Mary’s last week, as Bex’s parents also were, 30+ years ago. Thank you for the privilege of sharing in your joy: may God bless you and may the happiness of your wedding day continue throughout your married life.

St Mary’s Burghfield Church building is 175 years old! Saturday 23rd June and Sunday 24th June, 10am-5pm Saturday 23rd  Festival of Creativity: come and see the fabulous creations of your friends and neighbours! Display of church and village photos and memorabilia: lots of fascinating Burghfield history Display of entries to the Art competitions for local […]

So now it’s only 2 days to go…these pictures combine beautiful quilting with our (fairly) recent history. These quilts have been out of church for a couple of years, but now they’re coming home. Come and marvel at the detail, and the portrayal of community life in this place  20 or 30 years ago. Plus […]

We can hardly wait! Although of course it’s not Christmas you will be able to appreciate these beautiful knitted figures when you come at the weekend…. As well as lots of other lovely knitting…. And the fabulous Pam demonstrating her spinning wheel on Saturday morning! Looking forward to seeing lots of friends and family there: […]

Not long to go to the anniversary weekend….. Pictured here are some “clay pots” made by the congregation a couple of weeks ago. They will be on display next weekend, reminding us that we are all “treasures in clay pots”. There is lots of dough to spare, so we are inviting visitors to make their […]

One week left to wait! In seven days you can come down to the church and parish centre, and enjoy our 175th celebrations. Today you are seeing some exquisite Japanese embroidery, just one of several pieces we will be exhibiting, made by a member of our community here in Burghfield Common. You really need to […]

Eight days to go… until our 175th celebration weekend! We’ve told you about the Festival of Creativity and the wonderful local history that will be on display, but that’s not all! Saturday 23rd June will see the return of some “Extreme Messy Church” activities, including the very popular “splat the rat”, seen in action here […]