St. Mary the Virgin, Wivenhoe

Welcome!

We hope you will enjoy looking around our website.

We are a middle of the road Church of England with a diverse range of services and a great musical tradition.

The church is located in the old part of Wivenhoe. Find us on this location map.

Whether you are a Wivenhoe resident who does not generally attend church, or a visitor to the town, we would love to welcome you at our services.

Information about service times is available on our regular services page.

For talk-back and the latest news, click on the picture to go to the blog:

...and some WebWords from the Rector

Dear web-friends

Whether our website is on your 'favourites' list or it's the first time you visit us, I warmly greet you.

When big sports events happen such as Football World Cup, Six Nations, the Olympics, the media drag us into the competition by covering every second of it. A spiritual event like the season of Lent doesn’t get this kind of coverage.

You may wonder what is more important: the England team scoring or living your life with a real purpose. England scoring is fun, living your life knowing that it has a goal beyond death gives deep joy. Fun is temporary, joy is permanent.

I wish you a joyful Easter and above all a fruitful time leading up to this festival of Life.

Erwin

Click here to read the Rector's monthly letter

Click here to launch "A look around St. Mary's" slideshow

What's New?

We are now recording some of the sermons given at St Mary's. These will be uploaded to St Mary's news blog and you can find the player in the right hand side panel of the blog.