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| 100 Days of Prayer 2026 | | All churches in the Diocese of Chelmsford are encouraged to share in 100 Days of Prayer. Flyers to guide our prayers will be available each Sunday for the week ahead here and also in St Mary’s Church, SW and on the Bulletin.
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| Lighting Project Update | | By the time you read this, we’ll be on the final few tasks on the installation of the lighting and we’ll be ready for the Service of Light at 6:30pm on Sunday 8th March – all welcome!
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| Lent and Easter 2026 | | Courses and services during Lent and Easter at St Mary's Church Saffron Walden from Ash Wednesday on 18th February until Easter Sunday of 5th April
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| Team Lent Course 2026 at St Mary's SW | | Hilary will offer five sessions, starting on Ash Wednesday 18 February at 2.00pm in the Parish Rooms.
Jeremy will offer six sessions, starting on Thursday 12th February, at 7.30pm in the North Chapel. These will be set in the context of Night Prayer.
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| Parish News | | Latest copy of our Parish News. This edition will also be available in print at the back of the church and in the tourist office.
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| Christmas Fair Photos 29th November 2025 | | A selection of photos from Saturday's Christmas Fair. A number of these will also be printed and displayed on a board at the back of the church. Over £4,000 was raised for church funds. Many thanks to all who put so much into this event.
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| 1647 Remembered | | In Saffron Walden during the Spring of 1647, elected 'agitators' were raised from the ranks of the Parliamentary Army that had defeated the King during the English Civil War. They joined 'Debates held in Saffron Walden Church on 15 and 16 May 1647'
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| Saffron Walden 1647 Sculpture | |
Saffron Walden Heritage Development Group is engaged in the commissioning of a sculpture celebrating Saffron Walden's unique role in the development of representative democracy. In Saffron Walden during the Spring of 1647, elected 'agitators' were raise
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| Visit to Canterbury Cathedral 3rd October 2025 | | The Friends had a wonderful visit to this amazing Cathedral on the very day that the announcement was made of our new Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally. Some of our party, quite by chance, met Archbishop Stephen Cottrell after the event and rec
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