Gressenhall Church - St Mary's  
 
Gressenhall Church, Dereham

Welcome to St Mary's

At St Mary's we do our best to give a warm welcome to everyone who visits us. Thank you for looking at our website. Whether you are looking for information about the church or inspiration about the Christian faith, we hope you find the site useful - and welcoming.

Our typical pattern of services for each month is:

1st Sunday Family Service
2nd Sunday Holy Communion
3rd Sunday Family Service
4th Sunday Morning Prayer
5th Sunday Benefice Service

We have a great museum of country life very close to the church. Our prayer and determination is that the church building, although it is far more ancient than the Museum, may not become a 'museum of Christianity'.

In the church, the great east window depicts the Good Samaritan. We long to reflect our heavenly Father's love and see his name honoured in practical ways - in our community, in our work and in our homes.

The great west window, the crucifixion scene, declares the basis of our peace with God. Forgiveness, true membership of his kingdom and our hope of heaven are all tied to the mercy of God in that precious cross.

We long that each person visiting and attending our church, might discover peace with God; be 'ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven', through our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God who loved us and gave himself for us.

As a church we trace our more recent spiritual history to a godly, Victorian Squire, John David Hay Hill. By a series of well-chosen Bible verses, his memorial wall-tablet (just by the pulpit) shares his Christian faith. The verses on this, and on other Hay Hill family memorial stones, are words of challenge and encouragement to all who read them, pastor and people alike.

You are most cordially invited to join us on Sunday morning. Visiting on other occasions is by appointment.

  • Our 'Fresh Expression' is Jaffa, a small but growing work among families with young and teenage children. Jaffa meets on the second and fourth Sunday during term time in the Old School.

  • For those interested in their 'Family Tree', our registers have been transcribed and are available to purchase in a large and magnificently bound volume (£25 + £5 p&p).


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