In memory of Lance Corporal John Smith who died 21st April 1917, aged just 26. He left a wife and 2 children.
Read more
Producer & Director Debbie Cooper will be on Radio Manchester on Saturday 21st April talking about the Giving Back award
Read more
Our walk was led by Geoff Hamilton and was an educational adventure of industrial mill ruins of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We were aided by the Bury & District Local History Society book titled ‘The Forgotten Valley’.
Read more
Our annual Benefice walk around the Boundary of the two Parishes will take place this year on Saturday 5th May.
Read more
As part of our response to ‘Setting God’s people free’, Café Church on 8th April 2018 looked at 1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 and considered what it meant to be the body of Christ
Read more
We remember that during the 1st World War, 123 men from the congregations of St John’s and St Mark’s churches in Bury gave their lives for their country.
A truly shocking number.
5 of these took place in one month, March 1918,
Read more
This archive photo of the Mothers’ Union was taken in our church garden. David Howard has just added some names for us – but if you know more please get in touch
Read more
The photo above is the interior of the old St John’s church, now no longer with us. The photo was taken in 1927. The church was on The Rock in Bury, approximately where Costa Coffee is now! You can still find some of the memorial stones, set within the nearby garden.
Read more
We’re still taking bookings for our May Retreat to St Joseph’s Prayer Centre, Formby. This is from Wednesday May 23rd to Saturday May 26th.
Read more
Our Cafe Church services this year will have a common theme. They will look at a groundbreaking report produced for the Archbishops’ Council, called ‘Setting God’s People Free’.
Read moreWelcome to St John & St Mark
If you’d like to support us, please…
VISIT OUR YouTube CHANNEL
Please support us