St Mary's Church, Bures

The Village

Bures is a rural village of about 1,600 inhabitants, situated in the east of England between the small market town of Sudbury and the larger town of Colchester.

The people of the village come from all sorts of backgrounds, but generally the community is a fairly prosperous one, with some farming families, and many professional earners of whom quite a number commute to London.

Our church

St Mary's Bures is one of three churches which make up our benefice and occupies an old 14th century building in the centre of the village. It has been well maintained, and there have been alterations to the tower to make rooms for Young Church groups, meetings, crèche, etc.

We have two Sunday services, 8 a.m. using the Book of Common Prayer and the main one at 10.30 a.m.  The music is provided either by an organ with choir or by a music group - or usually both. 

The exception is the second Sunday of the month when we have three services, 8 a.m., 10.30 a.m. and an informal service known as 'Second Sunday' which starts with coffee and pastries at 10  for 10.30  a.m. and is held in the school hall.  If you are not familiar with church, this service is the one for you. 

Once a term we have an evening of informal worship 'Come Together'.   Throughout the week there are also morning meetings, mother and baby days and many other events. 

For more information go to our services and meetings page.  Here you will also find the times of services in the churches in our other two parishes of Assington and Little Cornard.

There are eight home groups which meet to study the Bible and to support one another in our Christian faith.  To find out which group might suit you, please contact me,  Robin King (see bottom of page).

Our Hopes for the Future

Whilst the congregation in Bures is active and growing, the mission of the church is to all people. In this troubled world we are constantly considering ways of making our prayer, worship, study and service more effective and relevant — to help us all understand better the love of God and his call to follow Him.

We hope to broaden the activities of those already in church, with more people involved in home groups and prayer groups, in teaching and leading worship, in visiting and prayer for healing.

Please browse our website to discover what’s happening in our church.

Robin King, Vicar

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