Home

Search Our Site

Register
  • Default
  • Title
  • Date
  • Random

Welcome to the Church of Saint Mary's North Creake

Jeremy Whigham StMNC 1000px

 

Welcome to St Mary’s, the parish church of North Creake, where for over seven hundred years villagers have gathered to praise God. We are a parish church in The Church of England and The Diocese of Norwich.

We are part of The Benefice of North Creake, South Creake with Waterden, Syderstone with Barmer, and Sculthorpe.

Our Rector is The Reverend Clive Wylie who was instituted to the Benefice on 3 May 2012.

Our style of worship is traditional and we use the Book of Common Prayer for our regular services and the Revised Version of the King James Bible for our readings.

We are a Corporate Member of The Prayer Book Society which promotes use of the BCP in England and of whom The Prince of Wales is Patron.  The Society publishes much useful information which is available on their website here.

The usual service pattern is:

First Sunday of the month: Evensong at 5pm

Third Sunday of the month: Holy Communion at 8:30am

 

Please check the calendar on the right for full details.

Our beautiful church, built in the 13th and 14th centuries, is first and foremost a living place of worship but we invite you to admire its beauty and the ambition of its builders.

With its impressive tower commanding the road, the magnificent hammer beam nave roof, the Perpendicular period windows, the Charles I Royal Coat of Arms of 1653 over the north door, the glorious chancel roof sympathetically restored in the 19th century, the fine organ installed in the early 20th century, through to our recently recast and augmented ring of eights bells, you can trace the generosity and dedication of North Creakers to their village church over the years.

Our patron is Earl Spencer in whose family this privilege has remained since Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, acquired it along with much of the land in the parish in the early 1700s.

Rejoice with us who have the good fortune to call this our church and have the privilege of worshipping here and caring for it. We ask you to join your prayers to ours that fill this church. Do come and visit and come into the presence of God in this place and take his blessing with you when you leave.

 

Click here for How to Find Us.

Thinking Anglicans

13 November 2024

  • Lord Sentamu and the Bishop of Newcastle

    We reported last year on the Bishop of Newcastle’s withdrawal of Lord Sentamu’s Permission to Officiate. Links to our previous articles are here. The bishop issued a new statement on Monday of this week, which is copied below. A Statement from the Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Newcastle First published on: 11th November 2024 […]

    The post Lord Sentamu and the Bishop of Newcastle first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
  • Opinion – 13 November 2024

    Madeleine Davies Church Times ‘In church-going terms, we have failed’ “Are lessons from the mixed results of church-growth programmes being learned” Augustine Tanner-Ihm ViaMedia.News The Sovereignty of God and Pastoral Responsibility in Political Turmoil Neil Patterson ViaMedia.News What Have the Bishops Done? Pippa Bailey The New Statesman The race for Lambeth Palace “Can the next […]

    The post Opinion – 13 November 2024 first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.
  • Reactions to Canterbury resignation

    Statements from bishops Archbishop of York Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Birmingham Bishops of Blackburn, Burnley and Lancaster Acting Bishop of Carlisle Bishop of Chelmsford Bishop of Chester Bishop of Chichester Acting Bishop of Coventry Bishop of Derby Bishop of Dover Acting Bishop of Durham Acting Bishop of Ely Bishops of Exeter, Crediton […]

    The post Reactions to Canterbury resignation first appeared on Thinking Anglicans.

King James Bible Daily Reading

13 November 2024

  • BOOKS OF THE BIBLE - 2 PETER
    November 13, 2024

    2 Peter 2
    1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Church of Saint Mary

Church Street, North Creake NR21 9JJ  07970 875052
 
Data Privacy Policy
North Creake Parochial Church Council's Data Privacy Policy can be downloaded here.