Advent

During Advent a candle is lit on each of the four Sundays before Christmas, as we remember the Patriarchs and the Prophets of the Old Testament, John the Baptist and Mary.

• Advent Carol Service  – our Advent Carol Service is held on the evening of Advent Sunday, which is four Sundays before Christmas.  For this we are joined by the Marble Hill Singers.
• Christingle – a family service on a Sunday afternoon in Advent with Christingle candles and carols, when a collection is made for the Children's Society.
• Nativity Eucharist – 9.30am on the third Sunday of December, when the children perform the Christmas story.
• Parish Carol Service – with readings, carols and Christmas anthems on a Sunday evening close to Christmas, followed by mulled wine and mince pies.
• Business Community Carol Service – held on a weekday evening for all who work or live in the local area.
• Funeral Directors Carol Service  –  together with local funeral directors a service of carols and readings for all those whose loved ones have recently died.

Christmas Eve

• Crib Service – 4.00pm.  A service suitable for  children, as we give thanks for the birth of Jesus.
• Midnight Mass – 11.00pm 

Christmas Day

• 10.00am Festival Eucharist

Lent

• Ash Wednesday – Eucharists with the traditional lturgy of ashing at 10.00am and 8.00pm
• Lent Groups – a chance to meet in small groups to explore different aspects of our Christian faith. These groups meet once a week for a five-week period  and help us prepare for Holy Week and Easter.

Holy Week

• Services – the Eucharist is celebrated on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 8.00pm.
• Maundy Thursday – 8.00pm Eucharist of the Last Supper with foot-washing and prayer vigil. 
• Ecumenical Walk of Witness on Good Friday morning together with other churches.
• Good Friday – a series of mediations on Christ's sacrifice on the Cross from midday until 2.30pm followed by the liturgy of Good Friday and Communion at 2.30pm until 3.00pm.
• Holy Saturday - a service when we pray the souls of all those buried in our grounds into the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Annual Parochial Church Council Meeting

• Usually held in April with the Vestry Meeting for all whose names are entered on St Mary’s Electoral Roll - to elect Churchwardens, new members to the Parochial Church Council and Deanery Synod,  to approve the annual accounts and receive reports from our vision groups.

Summer Fayre and Flower Festival

• In conjunction with events in Church Street and part of the Twickenham Festival, the Summer Fayre and Flower Festival are held on a Saturday in June. For 2013 this will be on Saturday 8 June.

Celebration Sunday

• Open air Eucharist in the Garden of Remembrance  –  third Sunday in June (weather permitting).

Harvest Thanksgiving

• Harvest Thanksgiving Eucharist – third Sunday in September.

Bishop Alan Rogers Memorial Address

• In memory of Bishop Alan Rogers who was Vicar of Twickenham between 1949 and 1955 and an active member of St Mary’s during his retirement, this address is given by a guest speaker to honour the memory of this innovator in the Church of England.

Annual Pilgrimage to Walsingham

• Members of St Mary's travel to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in the autumn of every year to pray in the holy house.