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February 2025

09
February
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 4th Sunday before Lent – 9th February 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

23
February
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 2nd Sunday before Lent – 23rd February 2025 – St Marys Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

March 2025

01
March
2:30 pm — 9:00 pm
@ St Faith’s Church
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St Mary’s presents ‘Dick Whittington’

The clergy and congregation of St Mary’s & St Faith’s present ‘Dick Whittington’, a pantomime for the whole family. Join us at St Faith’s Church for either an afternoon performance at 2.30pm or an evening performance at 7pm. Tickets cost £4 for adults or £2 for those under 16. You can book tickets by contacting 02392 822 990 or officeassistant@portseaparish.co.uk

02
March
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Sunday before Lent – 2nd March 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

04
March
6:30 pm — 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Races & Food

Join us as we celebrate Shrove Tuesday, before Lent begins. We’ll be holding a series of pancake races, eating African food, and then competing in a quiz. Tickets cost £3 for adults and £2 for those under 16; they must be booked in advance, either through officeassistant@portseaparish.co.uk or from the back of church.

05
March
12:00 pm — 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Ash Wednesday

Join us as we mark the beginning of the Lent season. At 12pm, there will be a quiet service with the imposition of ashes. Later, at 7pm, we will be holding a special sung mass, again with the imposition of ashes.

09
March
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 1st Sunday in Lent – 9 March 2025 – St Mary’s Church, Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

16
March
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 2nd Sunday in Lent – 16th March 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the

16
March
4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Music Foundation Concert Series 2025: Grant Hardy

Join us for an afternoon of classical music and musical theatre with St Mary’s Choir’s own, very talented, tenor – Grant Hardy! From Purcell and Handel to Lloyd Webber and Bernstein, come along for a varied musical experience. This is a FREE concert in aid of The Music Foundation with a retiring collection to support Endometriosis UK, whom Grant will be further supporting by undertaking a skydive in the summer.

19
March
12:30 pm — 1:30 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Soup Lunch for Bishop’s Lent Appeal

Join us for a soup lunch after our Noon service, a chance for community and to support the Bishop’s Lent appeal (supporting Tearfund, USPG, and Vista; more details on the dioceses’ website)

23
March
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 3rd Sunday in Lent – 23rd March 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

23
March
4:00 pm — 4:40 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong

A traditional service of Choral Evensong will be held on Sunday at 4pm – a time of peace and reflection for our “Living Hope” Lenten reflections. The music for the service will be: Responses – Plainsong Office Hymn: Maker of Earth, to thee alone (Caithness) Psalms 12 & 13 (Anglican Chant – Walmisley, Ouseley, Harker, Buck) Setting: Walmisley in D minor Anthem: O Vos Omnes – Croce Final Hymn: As Jacob with Travel (Jacob’s Ladder)

25
March
7:30 pm — 8:30 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence – Thanksgiving Mass for the Feast of the Annunciation

A Thanksgiving Mass as we keep the Feast of the Annunciation at St Mary’s. During the service, we will be giving thanks for the lives of the recently departed from our community, including Rita Fergusson, David Yates, Jean Alford; Arthur Haselden and Fr Michael Brotherton. The service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel, you can the order of service here and the hymn sheet here.

29
March
7:30 pm — 9:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Portsmouth Choral Union: Passion Music and Feel the Spirit

Join the Portsmouth Choral Union as they perform Will Todd’s ‘Passion Music’, a fusion of jazz and choral music which journeys through the Passion story, and John Rutter’s Feel the Spirit, a cycle of seven well-loved spirituals. Alongside the choir will be conductor David Gostick and a jazz band including a saxophone, trombone, and piano. Tickets can be bought in advance on the PCU’s website or on the door by card payment only. Adult tickets cost £18, while tickets for…

30
March
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Mothering Sunday – 30 March 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel To follow along, you can find the order of service here. You can find our notices for the week here.

April 2025

05
April
9:45 am — 12:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Messy Holy Week

Join us for a morning of Holy Week crafts & activities to help families explore the hope and joy of the Easter story. Activities include egg painting, biscuit decorating, an egg and spoon race, and the construction of a tomb from cardboard boxes. Registration will begin at 9.45am, with activities continuing until 11.15am when there will be a story and songs.

06
April
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence – 5th Sunday in Lent – 6th April 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

To watch our livestream, you can go to our Facebook page or our YouTube channel To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

06
April
4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Passiontide Meditation

This coming Sunday sees a special Meditation for the season of Passiontide: one of the most important points of the church year. Please join us for this special service of Readings and music – featuring a selection of beautiful and captivating choral works, organ preludes and piano pieces, in the glorious space of St Mary’s Church. Free entry, with a retiring collection in aid of the Music Foundation.

13
April
9:30 am — 10:00 am
@ St Mary’s & St Faith’s
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Palm Sunday – 13th April 2025 – St Mary’s Church, Portsea

Join us at 9:30am at St Faith’s Church as we process through Fratton with palm crosses, streamers and a band as we begin the journey to the Cross, remembering Jesus’ own entry into Jerusalem. The procession will arrive at 10:00am at St Mary’s Church where we will hold our Sunday eucharist as a parish. If you do not feel able to partake in the procession, join us at this point for our Sunday service and to hear the Passion Narrative.…

14
April
April 14, 2025 7:00 pm — April 16, 2025 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence – Mass & Reflections for Holy Week

Join us for an evening eucharist and reflections from our guest preacher, Canon David Isaac. Services will take place each day from 7pm.

17
April
7:30 pm — 11:59 pm
@ St Mary’s & St Faith’s
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Maundy Thursday

At our services we reflect on the events of the Last Supper – the washing of the disciples’ feet; Jesus breaking bread and sharing the cup; and then his ask of us to ‘watch and pray with him’ in the Garden of Gethsemane till he is betrayed by Judas. Join us at St Mary’s Church from 7.30pm for a Eucharist of the Last Supper, including washing of feet, before a watch of prayer until midnight. This service will be livestreamed…

18
April
11:00 am — 11:59 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Good Friday for Young People

Join us as we use music, pictures, and arts and crafts in a procession around the Stations of the Cross, to explain Jesus’ journey to the cross. This service is designed to be accessible to families, and will end with toasted hot cross buns.

18
April
1:00 pm — 3:00 pm
@ St Mary’s & St Faith’s
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Good Friday

Our churches are stripped and empty – our focus is on the Cross and all it stands for and means. We hear John’s Gospel’s account of the first Good Friday and reflect on the cross, pray at it’s feet, and end in stillness receiving the body of Christ. Join us at St Mary’s Church at 1pm for a series of reflections on the cross, interspersed with silence. At 2pm, we will hold a Liturgy of the Cross, as we remember…

19
April
8:30 pm — 10:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Holy Saturday

As a Parish we all gather for one of the most beautiful and special service of the year as we gather in darkness before welcoming the coming of the light of Christ – celebrate his new life with light and joy! Join us for the Vigil of Readings before we move into the first mass of Easter! The service will be livestreamed to our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service…

20
April
8:00 am — 5:00 pm
@ St Mary’s & St Faith’s
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Easter Sunday – 20th April 2025 – St Mary’s Church, Portsea

Join us on Easter Sunday as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ! At St Mary’s Church, join us for a traditional Book of Common Prayer service at 8am, a Sung Mass & Baptism at 10am, or Choral Evensong and Benediction at 4pm. The sung mass will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page . To follow along, you can find the order of service here. You can find our notices for the week here. At St Faith’s…

May 2025

04
May
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 3rd Sunday of Easter – 4th May 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

05
May
10:00 am — 4:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Churchyard
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May Fayre 2025

St Mary’s Church will once again be opening its churchyard up to thousands of visitors with its annual May Fayre. The event will host a variety of activities and stalls, from Morris dancing to choir singing, local businesses to the Real Ale Beer Tent, and fairground rides to community activities. Entry to the May Fayre, and to watch the performances, is FREE. As is traditional for May Day celebrations, the May Fayre will include a troupe of Morris Dancers performing…

09
May
6:30 pm — 7:30 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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PHS Young Musicians

Music Foundation Concert Series: Portsmouth High School’s Young Musicians

Join us for an early evening concert of music from the young musicians of Portsmouth High School, showcasing and celebrating their varied musical achievements. Entry is FREE, with an optional retiring collection in aid of the Music Foundation, St Mary’s charity which helps provide musical access and education to young people in our local community.

17
May
10:00 am — 12:00 pm
@ St Faith’s Church
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A Big Breakfast for Christian Aid

A chance to enjoy the legendary Bacon butties and help raise funds for Christian Aid.

25
May
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 6th Sunday of Easter – 25th May 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

29
May
10:30 am — 11:30 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Feast of the Ascension

Join us at St Faith’s as we remember Jesus ascending to heaven to sit at the right hand of his Father.

June 2025

01
June
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 7th Sunday after Easter – 1 June 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

06
June
7:00 pm — 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Music Foundation Concert: William Saunders Organ Recital

Join us for another evening of great music, showcasing the amazing sounds of St Mary’s organ. This concert will be performed by William Saunders, a concert organist who has performed across the UK, Europe, and North America; William is known for his imaginative programming, critically acclaimed recordings, and passion for music education. The programme will include works by Mendelssohn, Elgar, Holins, and Farrington. Entry for this concert is FREE. There will be an optional retiring collection in aid of St…

08
June
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Pentecost – 8th June 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

Dress in red and join us as we celebrate the Holy Spirit descending upon Jesus’ disciples! This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. You can find our notices for the week here.

08
June
12:00 pm — 2:30 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Fratton Together’s Big Lunch Community Picnic

Help us come together as the community of Fratton for a Big Lunch Picnic (bring your own food), organised by Fratton Together. As well as the chance to sit and eat together, there will be activities, live music, and a craft workshop. We will also be presenting the Fratton Awards to local members of our community who have made a difference to life in Fratton and Portsmouth!

15
June
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: Trinity Sunday – 15 June 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

24
June
6:00 pm — 7:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Organ Heritage Workshop – St Mary’s Music & Heritage Festival

Explore how St Mary’s historic organ works in a family-friendly workshop. Activities will include a live demonstration of the organ’s range and an opportunity to play the organ through a virtual keyboard.

26
June
7:00 pm — 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Hägersten Chamber Choir – St Mary’s Music & Heritage Festival

We are excited to welcome Hägersten Chamber Choir to St Mary’s as part of our Music & Heritage Festival. From Stockholm, Sweden, the group will provide a programme of the most beloved Scandinavian choral pieces. This concert is FREE. There will be an optional collection at the end to support St Mary’s Music Foundation, which provides young people in our community with a musical education. Music will include works by Ola Gjeilo, David Wilkander, Toivo Kuula & Gosta Nyöstrem

27
June
7:00 pm — 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Festival Organ Recital by Andrew Lumsden – St Mary’s Music & Heritage Festival

Come and join us as we welcome Andrew Lumsden to play St Mary’s historic organ. This will be a fabulous evening of music, from Bach, Mozart, & Elgar, to Lefébure-Wély and Walton. This concert is FREE. There will be an optional collection at the end to support St Mary’s Music Foundation, which provides young people in our community with a musical education.

29
June
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 2nd Sunday after Trinity – 29 June 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

29
June
4:00 pm — 5:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Festival Choral Evensong – St Mary’s Music & Heritage Festival

Join us as we conclude our Music & Heritage Festival in a service of Choral Evensong, combining our choir’s musical expertise with a format of worship that has taken place for over 450 years. If you would be interested in singing with our choir for this service, please contact our Director of Music at dom@portseaparish.co.uk The service will include: Introit: The Lord is My Shepherd – Andrew Downes Preces and Responses: Psalm 125 – Ayleward Canticles: Gloucester Service – Howells…

July 2025

06
July
1:30 pm — 4:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Strawberry Tea & St Mary’s Tower Opening

Join us for a summer’s afternoon filled with live music, strawberry tea, and community. There will also be the opportunity to climb our tower, which provides a tour around our iconic belfry and a unique 167-feet view across Portsmouth. Tours of the tower and live music are entirely FREE, although terms and conditions apply to climbing the tower (see below). The Strawberry Tea costs £4.50, tickets are available in church or through 02392 822 990 or officeassistant@portseaparish.co.uk Terms and conditions…

13
July
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 4th Sunday after Trinity – 13 July 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

19
July
10:00 am — 12:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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Messy Church: The Race of Life

Explore how we run the race of life in a morning of family-friendly activities. Join us in a series of crafts (making medals, trophies & trainers), art (banners, altar decorations), and sporty activities/obstacle courses. 9:45am – registration begins 10am – activities begin 11:15am – story, songs and prayer

20
July
3:00 pm — 4:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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St Mary’s Young Musicians Annual Music Concert

Join us as we celebrate our talented young choristers, their musical abilities, and the progress they have made over the past year! This will be a FREE concert. There will be an option to donate to St Mary’s Music Foundation, which supports the musical education and engagement of young people in our community.

August 2025

10
August
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 8th Sunday after Trinity – 10 August 2025 – St Mary’s Church, Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

15
August
7:00 pm — 8:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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St Mary’s Patronal Mass

As we remember the Assumption of Mary into heaven, come and give thanks for Mary, her faith, and the example that she set us. We will be joined by Ven Kathryn Percival, Archdeacon of the Meon, as our guest preacher. The service will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel or our Facebook page. To follow along, you can find the order of service here.

17
August
10:00 am — 4:00 pm
@ St Mary’s Church
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St Mary’s Outdoor Sunday Service

Join us for an outdoor service in our churchyard, followed by live music and entertainment. We will also be hosting an outdoor ‘race’ game (no actual racing required) to help fundraise for the choir’s trip to Rochester. We will also be opening St Mary’s tower to the public from 2-4pm (the last entry will be at 3.30pm, please see the full terms and conditions below); come along for an awesome birds-eye view of Portsmouth! The service will be livestreamed on…

24
August
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 10th Sunday after Trinity – 24 August 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. If you would like to sing along, you can find the hymn sheet here. You can find our notices for the week here.

31
August
10:00 am — 11:00 am
@ St Mary’s Church
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Celebrating Christ’s Presence: 11th Sunday after Trinity – 31 August 2025 – St Mary’s Church Portsea

This service will be livestreamed on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. To follow along, you can find the order of service here. You can find our notices for the week here.

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