Kersey Church and Shrine
Caring, sharing and a little bit daring
Church Flagpole
The Ukrainian flag is flying outside St Mary's. Use this as a reminder to pray for the people of Ukraine. Oppressed, invaded and with their freedoms crushed.
Lighten their darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend them from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
From time to time we fly a flag at St Mary's Church. Flags can be surprisingly polarising things, as we've discovered! Never-the-less there are occasions such as royal events, saints days, Diocesan days, Pride month, or international events when a flag is a visible reminder to thank God, celebrate our diversity, pray for a group of people or just be old fashioned joyful!
Anyone in the parish can request a flag be flown and when a flag is flying there will be an explanation here within 48 hours. Sometimes you may need to give us time to log on first after hoisting it.
We need to keep St Mary's open
This is really important...
We've spent the last three months responding to the crisis by doing so much for our communities: raising money for hospital staff welfare; making hundreds and hundreds of virtual visit telephone calls; distributing meals twice a week, keeping everyone stay connected with our four videos a week; and sadly helping many people say goodbye to their loved ones.
But we need to make sure that the church can stay open and for that we need your help. It's really simple and it's something we do together, please can you take part by making a monthly contribution? It's super easy but completely changes the prospect of your church staying open and serving the community. The government will also add 25% to your contribution if you pay tax. We can stay open with your monthly giving, thank you!
To give a monthly gift just call the Parish Giving Service on
0333 002 1271
To keep your chosen Church open quote the reference:
Kersey Parish Church - 330633057