Our Activities

Monthly Prayer Group – on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:30 – 8:30pm in the music room.
Entrance through the main glass doors.
This will be a time of gratitude to God, quiet reflection and intercession.

Those who wish to follow a regular programme of Bible Readings can obtain booklets to help them. Some booklets are bi-monthly, some quarterly and some 4-monthly; but all paid for annually.

For further details contact the Parish Office

Millies Mountaineers – for children from birth – 11 or so.

9:50 am every Sunday except when there is an All Age Communion Service (generally 2nd Sunday in the month) – see below

At Millies Mountaineers:

• we come together to worship
• we come together to pray
• we come together to hear God’s word
• we come together to praise
• we come together to meet God
• and we come together to have fun!

Scramblers:
Pre-schoolers will have the option of meeting in the Small Hall with their parents/carers and having fun with our Bible-based craft kits while the service can be viewed on a monitor. A member of the Mountaineers team will be available to help.
We all come together in Church  for Holy Communion or a Blessing towards the end of the morning. This takes the place of the old creche.
Come and make new friends!

Climbers:
Primary School aged children will meet in the Large Hall and take part in a huge variety of activities based on Bible stories – including cooking, story-telling, dance, singing, drama and craft.
These sessions will be led by a member of the Mountaineers team.
We all come together in Church  for Holy Communion or a Blessing towards the end of the morning. This takes the place of the old Sunday School.
Come and make new friends!

2nd Sunday of the month:
We believe it is important for children and young families to feel they are part of the while St Mildred’s family – so on the 2nd Sunday of every month we hold an ‘All – Age’ Service where everyone is together.
Scramblers kits will still be available in church for pre-schoolers to enjoy, while older, school aged children are encouraged to take part in the service by singing, serving and other fun activities.
Come and make new friends!

 

 

 

From 11 – 16 years of age – school years 6 – 11.

Watch this space for news of our Youth group

St Mildred’s actively welcomes children and young people and seeks to involve them in all areas of our work and mission. The following activities may be particular of interest to young people:

• Millies Mountaineers – as a member or a helper
• Prayer and Praise – both in regular services and special events
• Serving at Holy Communion services
• Choir and worship band

Contact the Parish Office for more info on how you can be involved or help with activities.

 

This is our parish magazine where you can find out what our church groups are doing plus details of any social events. The magazine also includes articles of general interest. A sample can be found here

The Parish Post can be obtained from Church for 50p per issue (10 per year) or by joining the Friends of St Mildred’s (see above) and having it delivered to you.

If you would like to submit an article for publication, please email or write to the Parish Office.  Copy deadline is the second Tuesday of the preceding month.

Help support St Mildred’s by making a suggested, gift-aidable, donation of £25 per annum to Church funds. You will be kept up to date with what is happening through your 10 complementary copies of the Parish Post.

You can also tailor your involvement by requesting which special information you would like to receive – e.g. children’s activities, musical events, special services etc.

For further details download the forms or  contact the Parish Office.

ST MILDRED’S TODDLER GROUP

St Mildred’s Toddler Group will be re-opening after half-term holiday on Tuesday 2nd Nov, from 9.30 – 11.15 am in the Large Hall.
All babies and children under school-age welcome with their Mums/Dads, Grandparents, cost £1.50 per family group.

Run mostly by Mothers’ Union members plus other friends on behalf of the church, we would always welcome more help.
Duties are not onerous – in fact a real pleasure and include setting up/packing away, sitting down greeting families on arrival at the Welcome Desk – or in the kitchen serving refreshments – or even if crafty , lending a hand with that ( all resources provided….) or reading a story/leading singing at the end of the session.

Our branch of this major Christian Charity (tap here for more details) meets on the first Thursday of each month in the Lady Chapel – a range of times  – sometimes from 10.45 – 12.15, sometimes  from 2pm – 4pm. Occasionally 8pm.

We have a busy branch at St Mildred’s ( pandemics permitting!).

We are involved:
with a premature baby unit – knitting tiny clothes and providing tea and cake for the parents;
with the Croydon Women’s refuge;
in supporting the 16 Day of Activism against gender based violence.

Also with various church organisations – like the Drop In for the homeless, Millies Mountaineers and the Toddler group.

We try to meet together once a month – sometimes socially, sometimes with a speaker, but all we that do is bound together in prayer, and with the aim to fundraise for MU Projects helping families here and worldwide.

Across the Diocese of Southwark we are involved in Prison work, helping teach English to those for whom it isn’t a first language, and providing holidays or outings for those who haven’t had a break for years (Away From It All – AFIA).

During the recent lockdowns we have been unable to meet in person (but we have ‘zoomed’ a lot!) and our activities have been somewhat restricted.

See our St Mildred’s Mothers’ Union programme for an idea of what a normal year looks like.

 

 

 

At St Mildred’s we play a part in answer to the prayer ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ by helping our local food bank.

How a food bank works

Frontline care professionals identify people in need: Care professionals such as doctors, health visitors, social workers, CAB and police identify people in crisis and issue them with a foodbank voucher. Foodbanks partner with a wide range of care professionals who are best placed to assess need and make sure that it is genuine.

Clients receive food: Foodbank clients bring their voucher to a foodbank centre where it can be redeemed for three days emergency food. Volunteers meet clients over a cup of tea or free hot meal and are able to signpost people to agencies able to solve the longer-term problem.

How YOU can help

You can help St Mildreds by downloading the shopping list here and bringing the goodies into church week by week.

Consider joining a rota of volunteers to deliver the food to the food bank.

 

Thank you

St Mildred’s hosts a Drop-in for the homeless and needy on Sundays.

We hope to reopen the Drop In  in October 2021

For further information, please tap here

Groups meet fortnightly with time to unwind over tea or coffee, to consider an aspect of the Christian faith, perhaps using the Bible, or a DVD, and to pray. Nobody is required to say anything or to pray aloud – it’s a matter of personal choice. Nobody is ever ‘put on the spot’! But the time is one of relaxed mutual trust and care.

Our Home Groups, meet fortnightly on Wednesdays – groups meeting in the mornings and in the evenings – and on Thursday evenings.

There is a list at the back of church where you can register your interest and find out more.

Or you can contact the Parish Office for further details.

The Women’s Group meets in the Small Hall on the 3rd Thursday of each month – generally at 8:00 pm – unless stated otherwise.

Tap here for more details of the current programme.

The Lit meets in The Pavilion every Tuesday from October to April. 7.30pm – 9.30pm

Subscription for the season is £35;
Non-Members £3.50 per meeting
(includes tea and biscuits which will be served before the meeting  between 7.30 and 8pm)

The 2021/2022 Programme is here