It is good to welcome you to this website of the dynamic and vibrant community that worships in the two parish churches here in Moseley - St Anne’s and St Mary’s. We are an open and inclusive, wide-ranging group of people of Christian faith and those exploring faith, who meet together to worship God and encourage one another. The Eucharist is central to our worship and through it we receive empowerment to share God’s love to the people in the village and beyond. Our congregations regularly contain multiple generations worshipping together and in both churches you will receive a warm welcome, experience the opportunity to worship God, to learn about faith in creative ways and to be challenged and encouraged to make new friends. We always need people to help but its also fine to ‘just be’! Some of St Mary’s services are live-streamed. Please see our weekly bulletin for details of how to access these if you are not able to join us in person. With a range of ‘services’ there is something on offer for most people – please have a look. We offer Breakfast Church, as well as worship in traditional, contemporary, Celtic and Taizé traditions - something for most people.

God says through the prophet Isaiah that he is ‘about to do something brand new’.  We worship a God who is always creating and moving forward.  New schools, new jobs, new timetables and patterns of life often feature at this time of year and it’s no different for us in the parish. 

Revd Christine McAteer will be licenced to join our parish on August 27^th and complete her curacy training with us.  Some of you may know her already, since Christine was originally from the parish and has served in several ways, prior to ordination. We look forward to her ministry with us. Our building projects are also moving forward.  At St Mary’s we begin our exploratory archaeological work, as part of our ongoing building work for the church.  Our organ refurbishment is almost complete, and we give thanks to all who have contributed to this venture to enable our musical ministry to continue for years to come.

Finally, our Oversight ministry continues to grow.  We are part of a group of four churches, along with Rea Church on the Pershore Road, and the United Church of St Paul’s in Balsall Heath.  We pray for each other, spend time together and support each other wherever we can.  Mindful of our parish motto for 2025, we recognise our diversity and difference, and the strength we can have together as we show Jesus’ love to each other.   “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love” (Ephesians 4:2).  We pray that this autumn God will keep on doing new things in us as we continue to value each other and journey together in our Christian faith.   

With warm best wishes,    

Revd Angela Hannafin, Vicar of Moseley Parish (St Mary’s and St Anne’s churches)