This year's annual Charity Christmas Puzzle has now been posted, and is available to download.

This, the 34th annual Puzzle that Gordon Gray has set, has a theme designed to help completion and will appeal to people who enjoy doing crossword puzzles, such as in the Daily Telegraph (though it is not a crossword puzzle). Puzzlers have plenty of time to find the answers and Puzzles should be returned, with donation, by 5 February 2025.

To download a copy of the Puzzle go to www.christmaspuzzle.uk. Alternatively puzzles can be collected from St Mary's Eaton Bray.

All the money you donate, except for the prize-money, will go to charity.

St Mary's PCC has applied to the diocese for permission to replace the existing lighting in the chancel, nave and side chapels. 

Why do we want this project?

• Our current lights installed in 1991, are beginning to fail, creating dark areas in the church
• Modern lighting schemes can create softer and more versatile lighting to create a better ambience
• As we are a bronze level Eco-church, we wish to take further steps to improve our eco-credentials through installing a modern low-energy system. 
• We would welcome lower energy bills!

Who is the contractor?

• CLS Electrical Services Ltd who have considerable experience in church lighting, have provided a proposal and technical scheme which can be seen by contacting the churchwarden.
  You can download an easy read summary here.

How will we pay for it?

• We were fortunate to receive a significant legacy in 2021 which the PCC decided to use to fund this project.