We are a gathering of people who love Jesus; everything we do is orientated around Him.
Worshiping God is our highest calling and we seek to offer all we do to Him.
Prayer is how we connect intimately and grow in our relationship with God.
We aim to share God's love with the world through service and telling people of the Good News of Jesus Christ.
The church is one big family of God and so everyone has an important part to play.
BELIEFS
We believe that God the Father, out of love, created humankind in a good and right world because He is Love. However, humans have turned their back on God and are all caught in sin.
We believe that through Jesus, the Son of God, our relationship with God is restored. When He was born, the light of God entered our world. When He died on the cross, He destroyed our death. When He was resurrected, He restored our life.
We believe that God is still active and at work in our world today. We believe the Holy Spirit comforts, restores and empowers us to have life in abundance.
In the fourth century, Christians composed a statement (the Nicene Creed) which declares who God is. All Christians throughout history have held to this statement of the truth of God. It is not a dry bullet-point list about a distant God but a declaration of the Living God who so loves us that he gave His Son that we are able to know Him.
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through Him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation He came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and was made man.
For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
He suffered death and was buried.
On the third day He rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and His Kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic [universal] and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
MOZAMBIQUE
For the last 17 years St Mary's has enjoyed a partnership with the parish of Sao Paulo's in Mandimba, Mozambique. Over the years we have built wells and churches, set up a range of healthcare projects and funded a motorbike to enable the parish priest to support the growing number of outlying congregations. We have exchanged news and supported each other through prayer. Occasional visits have strengthened the partnership and the next visit is planned for October 2023.
Perhaps the most significant aspect of the link is the Good Seeds Project. Through Good Seeds, St Mary's funds the schooling of over 100 children a year who would not otherwise have access to education, including many children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. We have also funded vocational training for a few school leavers. This project is a genuinely life changing part of the ministry of St Mary's.
MTV YOUTH
After consultations with those living in the western end of Hampton in 2011, St Mary's opened MTV Youth for the young people living there.
The club proved immediately popular and has gone from strength to strength. Whilst MTV Youth is now its own separate charity, St Mary's members continue to play a major role in running and staffing the club.
For more information about the club visit the website: www.mtvhampton.org.uk
ST MARY'S PRIMARY SCHOOL
Following the success of MTV Youth and out of concern for families who struggled to gain a place at a local primary school, St Mary's Church of England Primary School opened its doors to its first pupils in 2013
The school received a resoundingly good Ofsted report in 2015 and in 2017 received an outstanding SIAMs inspection (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools).
See the school’s website for more information: www.stmaryshamptonschool.org.uk