- Island Way West
- St Mary's Island
- Chatham
- Kent
- ME4 3ST
Welcome
We are a thriving, friendly church committed to our mission statement:
"Creating spaces for our community to encounter Jesus."
St Mary's Island Church holds its services in the school hall
at 11:00 am each Sunday.
Did you find any
of the nativity Stones
that were hidden over
the island ?
Thank you
to all those who came to join us
and cheer us on at the
Dragon Boat races last year.
We raced as Noah's Ark. Just as Noah had all-comers on his boat, so did we. The school, the church and a group of friends and neighbours.
Just like Noah we came through at the end and were sixth overall.
Congratulations to the team who worked so hard.
We're coming back again this year!
We celebrate Holy Communion
on the second Sunday
of each month
at 11am
Come and join us!
We are the church on the island and St Mary's Island School is our home. You will always be greeted with a warm welcome. As with many churches, we are a mixed congregation that reflects the population of the Island, with some of our valued members living ‘outside port limits’.
Whether you're just having a look at our website or searching for a new place to worship, we are delighted to have you here.
Members of our congregation are involved in numerous projects and we have strong links with the island community.
The following activities take place in the Island Community Centre:
- Little Fishes
- Youth Club
Other activities include:
- Children's events
- Messy Church
- Ladies' Evenings
- Homegroups
- Prayer Groups
- Trios
- Atlas Place meetings
- Painting and distributing stones for children to find
- Leading worship at St Mary's Island School
- School Governors
Introducing St Mary's Island
St Mary’s Island is made up of some 1,500
properties, mainly houses, mixed with flats, where a pleasant residential area
has been created on the site of what was formerly part of Chatham Dockyard.
The island is completely surrounded by water with a single road providing access.
Driving across the bridge onto the Island, visitors will
immediately see its maritime connections from the yacht basin to the left, the water sports activity basin and commercial dock to the right, and international code flags used to spell out the initial letters of St Mary's Island, SMI in various places.
The C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School was designed to house both school and church, with the school hall doubling as church hall, and included spaces for a church office and storage cupboard. The Hall was licensed for Anglican Worship in 1999 when the school first opened.