{"id":3030,"date":"2022-12-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:12:12","slug":"st-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2022\/12\/07\/st-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm Wednesdays at St Mark&#8217;s Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a frosty start, today&#8217;s Advent Calendar window opens for St Mark&#8217;s Church on Queensway and their Warm Wednesdays. This and every Wednesday in Winter they are offering Warm Wednesdays, 10-3pm, in the Choir Vestry, Church End of the building, for friendship, fellowship, films, games, advice, support, signposting, warm food and drinks, in a cosy room. Don&#8217;t be cold, bored or lonely and come along and say hi! Everyone is very welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"3046\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/St-Marks-Weavers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/St-Marks-Weavers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/St-Marks-Weavers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today Weavers Academy choir students helped warm up some of our local community at St Mark&#8217;s Warm Wednesdays, with some carol singing, turkey &amp; stuffing rolls and mince pies. Here is Father Ben telling you all about their Warm Wednesdays and all the other activities at the church:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Warm Wednesdays at St Marks - Advent Calendar\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aTWJb5UZjEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>St Mark&#8217;s is always a welcoming church with a family atmosphere, in which all who come are valued and cared for. They pride themselves in being flexible and friendly, offering a varied range of worship, traditional and modern, reflective and interactive. Here are their weekly services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Sunday<\/td><td>9:30am Sung Holy Communion Service in Church<br>This service is broadcast live on Facebook.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stmarkswellingborough\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here for the link&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Mini-Marks takes place in the vestry for children (except 1st Sunday)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tuesday<\/td><td>7:15pm Evening Prayers in church<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday<\/td><td>9:30am Said Holy Communion service in church<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monday,<br>Tuesday and Wednesday<\/td><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>9:00am Said Morning Prayer in church<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"384\" data-id=\"3047\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221207_110725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221207_110725.jpg 682w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221207_110725-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They also hold many other social and fundraising events for all children and adults:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Weekdays<\/td><td>From 8:45am Happy Dayz Nursery (in term time) &#8211; Michelle 07886 450069<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mondays<\/td><td>7pm Alcoholic Anonymous &#8211; Fr Ben 07977 243197<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tuesdays<\/td><td>2pm-4pm Tuesday Friendship Group (fortnightly) &#8211; Frances 07548 729095<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>7:30pm:Keep Fit Group<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wednesdays<\/td><td>10am-3pm Warm Wednesday Support Drop-in :&nbsp;Fr Ben 07977 243197<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>6pm Young Peoples Music Club<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>7:30pm Bingo Wednesday Group (1st of Month) &#8211; George 07939 321692<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursdays<\/td><td>6pm Beavers, Cubs and Scouts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fridays<\/td><td>UP2U Youth Club (fortnightly) &#8211; Contact:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/up2uyouthclub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/up2uyouthclub<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; 6pm &#8211; 8yrs old to Year 6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp; 7:30pm &#8211; Year 7 and above<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturdays<\/td><td>10am &#8211; 12pm Well-being Coffee Shop &#8211; Fr Ben&nbsp;07977 243197<br>(with local councillors, parish nurse, support, friendship and prayer.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221207_103020-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3052\" width=\"234\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221207_103020-1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/20221207_103020-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Feel free to pop over at St Mark&#8217;s today from 10am until 3pm. It&#8217;s free and a great opportunity to come and meet new friends and enjoy a chat. Warm Wednesdays are every Wednesday until February. They look forward to seeing you soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saintmarkschurch.org.uk\/Maps.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for directions to St Mark&#8217;s Church, 142 Queensway, Wellingborough, NN8 3SD<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a frosty start, today&#8217;s Advent Calendar window opens for St Mark&#8217;s Church on Queensway and their Warm Wednesdays. This and every Wednesday in Winter they are offering Warm Wednesdays, 10-3pm, in the Choir Vestry, Church End of the building, for friendship, fellowship, films, games, advice, support, signposting, warm food and drinks, in a cosy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/2022\/12\/07\/st-marks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Warm Wednesdays at St Mark&#8217;s Church<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advent-calendar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3030"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3058,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3030\/revisions\/3058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellingboroughecogroup.org.uk\/eco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}