Mission

St. Mary Aldermary: Rooted in the City’s history and welcoming to all, a place of outstanding hospitality, sanctuary, and warmth, where faith

and community meet.

Vision

One: Resonating at the Heart of the City

Be a leading and valued City heritage destination, building connections and resonating locally, spiritually, and culturally.

Two: Creating Space for Stillness and Belonging

Serve as a place of quiet sanctuary, warmth, and wellbeing, fully accessible to all - regardless of physical ability, faith, background, or heritage - where sacred and secular have no boundaries or divide.

Three: Walking Alongside the Overlooked

Build faith and community side by side, ministering to and enriching the lives of those overlooked in the City’s busyness, especially the street homeless and those who are isolated or lonely.

Four: Leading by Living Sustainably

Show leadership by being adaptable, resilient, and sustainable both environmentally and financially:

• As an early adopter of sustainable renewable energy technologies, aiming for Net Zero by 2028, and a demonstrator for other heritage sites and churches.

• By developing the Host Café, engaging programmes, and hosting church

communities and local businesses.

Objectives

Preserve and Conserve Heritage.
Foster Community Engagement and Participation.
Achieve Organisational Sustainability.
Champion Sustainability and Net-Zero Initiatives.
Enhance Hospitality, Visitor Experience, and Accessibility.
Ensure Long-Term Legacy and Impact.

Community

We are a welcoming community offering an opportunity to anyone who wants to dive deeper – exploring our relationship with God; the world around us; and one another.

A Contemplative Church

In sharing the love of God, we offer space to encounter the Divine and accompany people on their spiritual journey. We listen to all, respecting difference and seeking the insights others may inspire in us.

We are committed to Host Café and its outreach to the City, looking for opportunities to be with them in their weekday busyness and social occasions.

Prayer and reflection, both collectively and personally, is part of our calling. To go deeper with God, we offer both silence and guided prayer.

Through the week at St Mary Aldermary, we offer meditation and Taizé prayers.

A Welcoming Church

Relationship

Exploring our relationship

– with God

Through a regular offering of prayer, we are disciples seeking to discern the will of God for our lives, both collectively and personally.

We spend time with the Bible, Christian writers and other sources of wisdom, learning about the nature of God and humankind.

We seek the insights of others; often a spiritual director, soul friend or other accompanier.

Exploring our relationship

– with one another

We worship as a community through the week: we journey together and personally with God.

We create opportunities for friendship and support within St Mary Aldermary.

Exploring our relationship

– with the world around us

In our choices, we consider our stewardship of the environment, justice for all people and opportunities for charitable giving in both time and money.

In work, leisure and acts of service, we seek to be creative mirroring the Creator; we seek to engage with the arts and experience the divine Artist.

Both as St Mary Aldermary and personally, we seek opportunities for loving service, offering models of community in an often individualistic and lonely city.

Relationship

We are an inclusive church

We believe in inclusive Church – church which does not discriminate, on any level, on grounds of economic power, gender, mental health, physical ability, race or sexuality. We believe in Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ; which is scripturally faithful; which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation; and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep
is the love of Jesus Christ.

inclusive-church.org
onebodyonefaith.org.uk

Safeguarding

We take the welfare of all those on staff, in our community, and who visit the church very seriously. Please find our latest safeguarding policy here.