Welcome to the church of St Mary the Virgin.
Constructed in 1350 and located in the heart of Northamptonshire, our Parish church looks forward to welcoming you to a weekly service, life event, or one of our many events throughout the year.
We have a very active church community with various groups and committees meeting throughout the week as well as organising events throughout the year. Our 2023 flower festival, themed around ‘Festivals’ raised over £2,800 for church funds and December’s Christmas Tree Festival which saw the church filled with trees decorated with various Christmas stories raised a further £1,600. For more details about upcoming events and what’s on, click here!
St Mary’s is a Grade 1 listed building constructed of local ironstone accommodating up to 350 people. The church is full of character with a notable strainer arch installed in the 14th or 15th century and a pipe organ which arrived in 1717 originally built for St George’s Chapel, Windsor.
At St Mary’s we take any safeguarding concerns very seriously, for more details on our Safeguarding policy and links to the Diocesan website for access to their Safeguarding information, please visit our Safeguarding Page.
Please note:
Following consultation it has been agreed that from September 2024, the Wednesday morning communion service will move to Tuesdays at the same time. This is to facilitate Rev’d Morna’s work at Bouverie Court.
Floodlight sponsorships for the week commencing Sunday 8th September 2024:
Pamela Chapman
In memory of Colin Chapman
Joyce, Mark, Emily and Sarina
In loving memory of Bryan
on the 10th Anniversary of his death’
Much loved and greatly missed.
Taken too soon.
Please see below a list of upcoming dates:
Saturday 7th September 10am – Craft and Chat
Friday 13th – Sunday 15th September – “World of Art” Flower Festival
Saturday 14th 10am til 6pm – St Mary’s welcomes Ride+Stride 2024
Sunday 15th September at 6:00pm – Flower Festival Evensong
Thursday 19th September 10am – Outreach Coffee Morning (Mission Room)
Saturday 21st September 10am – Family Funday
Sunday 29th September 9:30am – 50th Anniversary of Father Stan’s Ordination
Saturday 5th October 10am – Craft and Chat
Sunday 6th October 4:30pm – Joint Harvest Faith Supper
Thursday 17th October 10am – Outreach Coffee Morning (Mission Room)
Saturday 19th October 10am – Family Funday
Saturday 2nd November 10am – Craft and Chat
Saturday 16th November 10am – Family Funday
Thursday 21st November 10am – Outreach Coffee Morning (Mission Room)
29th Nov – 1st December – Christmas Tree Festival “Christmas on Stage”
Saturday 30th November 7:30pm – Rushden Town Band Christmas Concert
Saturday 7th December 10am – Craft and Chat
Thursday 19th December 10am – Outreach Coffee Morning (Mission Room) and Christmas Raffle Draw
Saturday 21st December 10am – Family Funday
Sunday 22nd December 4pm – Christingle Service
Coming Soon Early 2025 – Beer & Hymns
Please click the button below to download this weeks service sheet.
Please click the button below to download an electoral roll form.
Coming Soon:
Keep an eye out for what events we have upcoming.
