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Welcome to St. Mary's!
Located in the Heart of Wayne

St. Mary's is located on the corner of Louella Avenue and Lancaster Pike in downtown Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Please join us for services this Sunday at 7:45am or 10am. Followed by a coffee hour and fellowship.


Join the community of St. Mary's for Christmas services this year. We'll be glad you did.

Youth Group Painting Weekend
Saturday, January 16 and Monday, January 18

Youth AND Confirmation Retreat
Camp Conrad Weiser Friday, 1/29, 5 p.m. - Sunday, 1/31, 11:45 am

Every Member Canvas
Have your made a financial pledge to St. Mary’s for 2010? If you haven’t, please do so as soon as possible. Also please complete a Time and Talent Survey. There are copies of the survey in the pews, the Narthex of the Church, and outside the parish office.

St. Valentines Day Cookie Decorating - Sunday, February 7, During Coffee Hour
Mark your calendars now so you can participate in this festive mid-winter entertainment and outreach. Some of the cookies and cupcakes will be donated in conjunction with our outreach programs. We will be looking for contributions of home-made cookies or cupcakes, icing, candies or decorations. Questions? Contact Chair Susan Daley-Gibson.

A Conference on Christian Stewardship Sponsored by the Stewardship Committee
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:30 a.m.-Noon Trinity Church, Ambler

This conference seeks to gather parish lay leaders (and clergy) who are enthusiastic about Stewardship or involved in leading and developing Stewardship as a Christian practice. At this conference, you„ll get to

  • Meet other lay people from other parishes who care about Stewardship,
  • Share experiences about the spiritual practice of Stewardship on the personal and corporate level
  • Share and hear practical approaches to developing Stewardship in the parish.

    We will have refreshments and sign-in from

 

Outreach Opportunities

WinterShelter Season- Volunteers Needed
This year’s WinterShelter seasons runs from Friday, December 4 through the end of April - on the first Friday of the month.  WinterShelter is hosted by Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church (22nd & Spruce Streets in Phila.) is a well-run program providing a hot dinner, warm overnight home, and breakfast for up to 24 homeless men for the winter months.  The men served are not transient; most are at the shelter for the entire season.  St. Mary’s has cooked and served dinners there on the first Friday of the month for nearly 15 years.

Food Assistance Requests
Rising food costs are hard on everyone, especially on low-income families. Requests for food assistance from St. Mary's are increasing, as are demands on the St. Mary's, Chester, Food Cupboard. Please don't forget to

  • Bring donations of food (non-perishable)
  • Bring your Acme tapes
  • Register your Genuardi's card to benefit St. Mary's –, and use it when you shop.

Dr. Gordon Turk
Gordon Turk Organ Recital Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square. St. Mary’s Organist Gordon Turk will play a recital in the chapel of the Episcopal Academy on its newly installed and enlarged organ on Saturday, January 23 at 3:00 p.m. Also on the program is Gordon’s colleague Michael Stairs. The concert is in memory of the legendary organist Alexander McCurdy, Jr., who designed the original organ at the former campus. The chapel at the new campus, designed by Robert Venturi, Episcopal class of 1944, has won awards for its imaginative architecture and superb acoustics.

Our very own Organist and Choirmaster Gordon Turk was interviewed on Saturday July 19, 2008 on WRTI's Creatively Speaking, with interviewer David Patrick Stearns. Click here to get a podcast of the interview, go to In addition, here's a link to the Philadelphia Inquirer feature story on Gordon, written by Mr. Stearns. Both pieces focus on Gordon, the organ at Ocean Grove, he performed a special centennial concert on July 31 at Ocean Grove.

St. Mary's on Facebook - Check out St. Mary's new presence on Facebook. If you regularly attend St. Mary's and you have a Facebook account, you can join the group "St. Mary's Episcopal Wayne PA." This is a place where we can share our thoughts, pictures, and videos, and stay in touch even when we're not in the building together. If you have questions or concerns about how to join the group (or how to join Facebook- a social networking website) please contact Mother Jane.


The Youth Group MySpace page, where they have posted photos and other updates from their summer trip. Here's the link.

Features and Updates
  • St. Mary's Thrift shop, Noah's Ark - Newly Added Winter Hours for Noah’s Ark Saturday December 26, January 2 through January 30, 2010 (Saturdays only).

Ministry Directory - Learn more about any of our Ministries.

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