Welcome

St Mary’s is in the Diocese of St Albans of the Church of England, and was the first Christian Church to be recorded in Barnet, dating back to at least 1080AD.  Since then the dedication of the church has been to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Today we are committed to being an inclusive parish church, as a clear expression of breadth of the worldwide Anglican tradition - a ‘mixed economy’ church with a variety of activities and styles of worship to suit a range of personalities and preferences.

Since 2008 the parish has been registered with the Inclusive Church network, and is committed to the East Barnet Anglican-Methodist Partnership with Barnet Brookside Methodist Church.

See the Latest News section on the far right of each page  for the most recent news and information from St Mary’s, and the Pages list to help you find your way around.  The Rector’s Blog, with random thoughts, prayers and recent sermons can be found here, and the latest edition of our monthly parish newspaper, The  Herald can be read here. [You can download free Adobe Reader software using the link at the bottom of this page.]

Other than at service times, the church is open for private prayer, reflection and visiting on Saturdays between 10am and 2pm.  The noticeboard outside the Church carries the following WARNING:

Here we practise the inclusive Gospel of Jesus Christ. This means you may be mixing with tax collectors, sinners, adulterers, hypocrites, Greeks, Jews, women as well as men, female and male priests, homosexuals, lesbians, the disabled, thieves and other sinners, the dying, white people, black people, Asians and people from other races, Muslims, Bishops, bigots, people of other faiths, strangers, heretics and people with no particular faith etc. etc.  In fact, anyone like those with whom Jesus himself mixed.

So beware—this is not a private club. Welcome to all.