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To keep spirits up, we will post a beautiful photo each day - press the [Picture of the day] button above. The hills above the south end of Derwent Water give a spectacular view, with the river Derwent below our viewpoint weaving its way past the Lodore Falls Hotel and through the flood-plain to feed the lake. Do email your own photos, which must be appropriate for the purpose for consideration to info@fosmw.com - please use 'POTD' (Picture of the day) in the Subject.

Bishop Olivia has posted a Sermon for Pentecost, which can be found HERE.

Do attend the 11am livestream Sunday service that takes place each week. (You can join it any time after 10:45am.) This week, it is Morning Prayer in the St Martin's tradition. Please also join us for a live stream Evening Prayer/Compline service via Zoom to be held every Thursday evening at 8.15 pm.

We have put brief appreciations of Joyce Underwood, Mary Haynes and Marian Hopkins, who have recently died. Please use the IN MEMORIAM button above or click HERE.

Brian's jokes are HERE.

Events The AGM of the Friends of St Mary's Winkfield was held at Popels Hall on 21/2/20 Report on the 2019 Music and Merriment concert Forthcoming events Please refer to the News and Events page. Information Good Neighbours help with transport Become a Friend by email! Link to page about the organ!!

St Mary's church from tower height - Photo by Paul Wickens

St Mary's Church is at the centre of our community. Please help by becoming a Friend of St Mary's Winkfield Or simply make a donation!! For a direct donation, Gift Aid brings 25% more - so please consider sending us your Gift Aid application. Welcome to the Friends of St Mary's Winkfield, a charity set up to raise money for the conservation, embellishment and maintenance of fabric and facilities of the medieval church of St Mary's in Winkfield, East Berkshire, south of Windsor. Its full address is St Mary's church, Church Road, Winkfield, Berks, SL4 4SF. The Church of St Mary has been a focal point in Winkfield for over 700 years. Our aim is to preserve this magnificent building in the best possible condition for generations to come. St Mary's is a place of peace and all are welcome. This wonderful building is a piece of English history and our aim is to ensure it remains so. The cost of maintenance of St Mary's church and of its amenities is wholly carried by voluntary donations. Please help us, either by becoming a Friend (follow the menu item above) or by a donation. You can CAFDonate to the Friends' general fund by clicking the link at the bottom of the page. This will take you to the CAFDonate website, which will process your kind gift. Thank you!! You can donate to special projects, which will have a well-identified button. From time to time, the Friends organise community fund-raising events. Do support these - they will be well-documented on this website. To make this easier we are able to take secure card-payment.

PARISH EVENTS

Regular parish events can be found by following this link. More detail about future events can be found in the current Parish Mag (which can be accessed online on this link).

FUTURE EVENT FLYERS

Founder's Choir

Unfortunately it is with great regret that this has been cancelled. Luke Saint who has been one of the organists at St Mary’s for several years was conductor of the Founders Choir of Royal Holloway College and had agreed to a concert at St Mary’s. I was very fortunate and had attended a performance of the choir at Holloway and thought the sound quite magical and Luke an exceedingly polished performer. We hope there may be an opportunity for the choir to perform at St Mary’s later in the year.

St Mary’s Guild

The Afternoon tea on 7 July at the home of the Treasurer will still take place, providing we are out of lock down. However there will be no additional stalls. Instead it will be an “At Home”. We have organised these before with some success. There will be a wonderful “Afternoon Tea” and the opportunity to win a large hamper of interesting goodies. There will be a charge of £10 which will be passed to the church to help with the Parish Share bill for this year. If we have to change the date it will move to the following Guild meeting date Tuesday 4 August. You can now purchase tickets on line. The address will be advised on purchase of ticket(s).

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