March Services
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Notice of Election of Churchwardens and Annual Parochial Church Meeting
These meetings will be held on Thursday April 30 2026, at 19.30 in the Community Hall. Churchwardens will be elected for the coming year. The retiring churchwardens are Sebastian and Corinne and they are both eligible for re-election. Two Deanery Synod Representatives will be elected. The retiring members are David and Clare. Three PCC members will be elected to serve for three years. The retiring PCC members, who are eligible for re-election, are Sarah (Sally), Suella, Susan and Marian. The updated Electoral Roll will be accepted at the meeting and annual reports on finances and from various committees and other groups will be received. The reports will be available in the usual booklet shortly before the meeting. Nomination forms will be available from the PCC Secretary or the Church Office.
Church Magazine -March 2026 to May 2026
The latest edition of the Church Magazine is available to view here with additional cover page. There is also an addendum page.
Volunteer Chaplain – Babraham Research Campus (BRC)
The Granta Deanery seeks to appoint a volunteer chaplain for two days per week at BRC. This role offers a trusted presence for staff and visitors, extending the ministry of Wednesday@ and supporting the Deanery’s wider aspiration for chaplaincy across the science and innovation parks of South Cambridgeshire.
Applicants should be lay or ordained Christians with pastoral gifts and the ability to engage inclusively. Chaplaincy experience is helpful but not essential. Please see the role description and job description.
For more information, please contact the Revd Michael Wilcockson, Rural Dean Granta Deanery.
michael.wilcockson@elydiocese.org
☎️ 01223 891005 (home)
Applications (via email) via the application form welcome until 14 March 2026.
Interviews will take place 26 March – 1 April, 2026
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees to undertake safeguarding checks and training relevant to their role and to adhere to the Church of England’s safeguarding policies and procedures (click here for more).
SOUP MAKERS URGENTLY NEEDED
Soup and Sandwiches is our popular monthly lunch which regularly attracts between 40 and 60 attendees from across the community. It is run by a friendly and extremely efficient team of wonderful volunteers.
We are now urgently looking for more people who would be able to make soup at home in advance of our lunches. If you think you could help, even on an occasional basis, then please get in touch with Mary Richmond or via the office office@stmatyssawston.org.uk / 01223 837298. Alternatively, come along to Soup and Sandwiches in the Community Hall at 12.30pm on the second Thursday of the month and have a chat with us.
A Thankyou from the Children’s Society
We have received a lovely thankyou letter from the Children’s Society for the money raised over Advent 2025!
Annual Parochial Church Meeting – 8th May 2025
The Election of Churchwardens and Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held in Church on Thursday 8th May at 19.30. The churchwardens will be appointed and there are four vacancies on the PCC, three to serve for three years and one to serve for one year. Anyone wishing to stand for the PCC should obtain the relevant form from the secretary, Mary Dicken.
The usual booklet of papers are available here or from Church.
St Mary’s PCC Sawston – Financial Statements FY24 including IE report
St Mary’s Community Hall Sawston – Financial Statements FY24 including IE report
History of Sawston Church
In response to requests, we have had Ronald Bircham’s History of Sawston Church to 1800 reprinted by Red Graphic. Copies are now available with a suggested donation of at least £10 to cover printing costs. They are in Church or can be obtained from the Church Office.
Congratulations Revd Ian Henderson on your Priesting on 28th June 2025
and Thankyou for your First Mass on 29th June 2025
Granta Deanery Confirmation Service with Baptisms at St Mary’s – June 2025
Huge congratulations to all the candidates and thank you to all those who gave their support.
Welcoming the Revd Ian Henderson – July 2024
It is a pleasure to welcome the Reverend Ian Henderson to St Mary’s and St Peter’s. Following his ordination at Ely Cathedral on 30th June 2024, by the Bishop of Huntingdon, he joins us as Assistant Curate.
APCM – April 2024
The meeting to appoint Churchwardens and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held on Thursday April 25th in Church at 7.30pm. The reports are available to view here, appendix 1, appendix 2.
APCM – April 2023
The Meeting to appoint Churchwardens and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting was held on Thursday April 27th in Church at 7.30pm. The reports are available to view here.
Mission Committee News – April 2025
EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE (EAAA) will be our ‘home’ charity from 1st April – 30th June 2025
A charity providing life-saving critical care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by air and road. From road traffic collisions to cardiac arrests to medical emergencies, their specialist doctors, critical care paramedics and pilots bring the advanced skills, equipment and medicine directly to you and your family, in the fastest time possible. Covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, they bring hope to the most seriously ill and injured people in East Anglia.
Welcoming the Revd Kathryn Waite – June 2021
It was a joy to welcome Revd Kathryn Waite as the new incumbent of St Mary’s Sawston and St Peter’s Babraham at a service of Institution and Induction on Tuesday 22nd June. 
