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St Mary’s tower hosts a ring of 10 bells. The tenor is 25cwt. The bells are rung for services, weddings and other special occasions. Normal ringing times are:

St Mary's Parish Church supports a mixed choir of adults and juniors. The main duty of the choir is to lead the music for worship at the principal parish service at 10.00am on Sunday mornings. These services are CW Order 1 Parish Communions. On the fourth Sunday of the month, when parish communion is replaced at 10.00am by a family service, these responsibilities are taken over by the Church Music Group and a section of the choir sings at the CW Order 2 Sung Communion at 6.15pm.

The choir also sings at the great festivals of the Church, for weddings and for the numerous special services which occur throughout the year.

Choir rehearsals take place in church on Fridays (juniors 6.30 - 7.45pm; adults 7.00 - 8.15pm) and on Sunday mornings before service at 9.20am. New members are always welcome in the choir. For further details contact James Gutteridge on (01673) 843009 or via the Parish Office.

The Flower Guild members are responsible for all the flowers in the church both for weekly services and special occasions.

The Chairperson of the Flower Guild is Dina Neale who can be contacted via the Parish Office.

The Friends of St Mary's was formed over 25 years ago to promote the work of St Mary's Parish Church and to help with the maintenance of furnishings and fittings within the building.

For more information on the Friends of St Mary's please contact the Chairman Mr Ian Neale via the Parish Office.

The Junior Church meets on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays of the month. Children between 3 - 13+ are welcome.

For more information please contact the Parish Office or a member of the clergy team

Men's breakfast meetings are a new innovation for the parish. These are open to all men from around the parish.

For more information on the Men's Breakfast Meetings please contact Ian Neale or Derek Larder via the Parish Office.

The Mothers Union is a worldwide organisation whose aim is the advancement of the Christian Religion by supporting marriage and family life. Nearly 50 members make up the St Mary's branch in Melton Mowbray which meets monthly. The group also meets for other Deanery and Diocesan events.

A chain of prayer unites Mothers Union members throughout the world in a very real fellowship.

Meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of each month at 2.00pm in the Colles Hall, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray. All Mothers Union meetings and events are shown on the Parish events page.

Please contact Janet Larder on (01664) 569245 for further details.

The music group plays at two services a month, Family Communion and Family Service, plus occasional special services i.e. Confirmation, Harvest, Christingle etc...
Family Communion takes place on the second Sunday of the month with a 9.20am rehearsal prior to the service at 10.00am. The Family Service takes place on the 4th Sunday with a 9.30am rehearsal before the service at 10.00am.
New members are always welcome providing they are at least Grade 2 standard and can read well enough to cope with the short rehearsal involvement.

Music Group Leader is James Gutteridge who canbe contacted via the Parish Office.

The main responsibility of the pastoral committee is organising social and fund-raising activities for St Mary's Church. See diary for forthcoming events.

For more information please contact Derek Larder on (01664) 569245

Pathfinders is fun, if you are aged between 11 - 14 then come and join us on a Friday evening and expect to have a good time.

Pathfinders meets from 7.30 - 9.00pm Friday evening at Sandy Lane Methodist Church. For more information please contact Susan Paterson on (01664) 850225 or email Susan spaterson@leicester.anglican.org

Pram Club is a meeting place for parents, grandparents and carers of preschool children. It meets every Monday morning (except bank holidays) from 10.00am - 11.30am in the Colles Hall, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray.

Pram Club is led by Carol Parker.

This committee was established initially to develop policy and support ministry in the areas of local community support, wider mission support and charities support.

The Chairperson of this committee is Gillian Beavis who can be contacted via the Parish Office.

Twice a month on the first and third Sunday's you can opt to join in worship in the Colles Hall (across the road from St Mary's Church on Burton Street). There, children and adults sing together and discover the morning's theme before the children go to Junior Church and the adults are led in a time of bible study, discussion and prayer.

Children under 3 are looked after by a rota of volunteers. Everyone then joins together again for a song and moves over the road to St Mary's Church to join in the communion and stay behind for drinks and a chat. This provides something for everyone.

For more information on Sunday Option please contact one of the Clergy Team.

The trailblazers group meets on Thursday evenings from 6.00 - 7.30pm at Thorpe Arnold Village Hall. All children from 7 - 11 years are welcome. The first meeting is free for new members and after that everyone pays 50p a week.

The evenings usually start with lots of fun, noisy games and then move on to a discussion and acitvities based around the theme for the evening. Half way through the evening there is tuck and everyone is allowed 20p's worth of sweets, including leaders! The activities then continue and the evening ends with a short time of prayer.

For more information on Trailblazers please contact Catherine Shenton via the Parish Office.

The role of the worship and nurture committee is still unfolding in its relatively new format.Broadly, it is a group of people drawn from a wide spectrum of the church community, and it seeks to work with the clergy team to promote the development of services at St Mary's which will meet the worshipping needs of every part of that community.

In the meetings the group looks at the services critically, reflecting upon the responses they have heard, and then suggest possible ways forward.

Similarly, 'Nurture' for the group means being concerned for the spiritual growth of everyone in the church community and there are close links between this group and the leaders responsible for work with various age groups.

For more information on the workship and nurture committee please contact Enid Young via the Parish Office.