The Venta Group of Churches

Arminghall Church

Welcome to the pages for St Mary's Church, Arminghall. We are delighted that you have visited our website today, but we would be even more delighted to welcome you to our church for one of our services or event - details appear on these pages

Arminghall church is at the centre of the village, looking over the houses here for many centuries. We want to be at the centre of all that is happening in our community, making and deepening relationships with and between people, and sharing the good news about Jesus in all that we say or do wherever we are. If you would like to contact someone about Arminghall church, you could email arminghall@venta-group.org. Otherwise try clicking on Who's who towards the top of this page.

The church building is normally open on Saturdays during school term between about 10am-4pm. You may find it open at other times as well and you’re very welcome to have a look round. We’re also happy to arrange to open on other days if you let us know in advance by emailing as above, or calling 01508 492305. Our commitments in our other churches mean that it is often difficult to open on Sundays apart from when there is a service taking place here, but we’ll always do our best to help.

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Rob's message for June

Posted: Wed, 27 May, 2026 (1 week ago) by Rob

Let’s talk about our generation!

As my teenagers are extremely fond of reminding me, the proportion of things which are older than me is getting smaller and smaller as the years go by. Even with my advancing years, occasionally I am surprised that something is much older than I remember, and I had this just now when I went to look up My Generation by the Who. In my mind I knew, really, that they had lots of hits in the 60s, but I think there is something timeless about it which makes it always feel very urgent and new.

It’s a very interesting song, because its main message is of a new generation who want to be listened to, but the way they seem to expect that to happen is partly by the current generation “fading away” – as if old and young somehow need to compete for attention, and there isn’t enough room for both of them.

In our churches over the years we have done all sorts of things to try and provide for everyone, rather than prioritising one group over another. We have a mixture of things on Sundays; we take equal care with baptisms, weddings, and funerals; we run school holiday clubs and youth groups as well as weekday gatherings for older people, and bereavement events every year.

But there’s always a bit more that we can do. At the moment we are in the process of thinking and praying about how we will gather as churches from September, when Cathryn and I and those teenagers I mentioned will have moved on to a new place. One of the things we have been looking at in particular is our morning and afternoon Sunday gatherings in Stoke, and what we can do to bring together the different generations reflected by these two congregations. We are going to have a little go at this when we meet together at the Church Hall on 14^th June, and you are welcome to join us for this – of course, you are welcome to join us at any of our events and services all round the villages and all through the month.

The Bible promises all of us who know Jesus that we have an inheritance waiting for us that cannot perish, or spoil, or fade, so even when generations or vicars or anything else come and go, there is nothing to be afraid of. And there’s certainly no reason to be worried about anyone else coming and taking what’s ours or pushing us out; every generation is God’s generation.