About our church
The village of Madingley lies four miles due west of Cambridge and is only slightly larger now than it was in the Domesday Book, with about 200 residents. The church lies just within the gates of Madingley Hall, a fine Tudor house with a modern wing behind it set in beautiful grounds, which is part of the University of Cambridge. The church is an attractive medieval building founded over nine hundred years ago and which draws its regular congregation from the village and surrounding area, including Cambridge.
Our Priest-in-Charge is Rev'd Dr Mandy Maxwell, and our Associate Priest is Rev'd Christine Barrow. A weekly Sunday service is held at 11.00am (Common Worship) and is usually that of Holy Communion or occasionally Morning Prayer. Visitors are very welcome.
The church is open during the day. Please feel free to visit it for a service or privately at other times. You could also take time to enjoy the surroundings: some of the Hall grounds are open to the public for walking and there is a restaurant at The Three Horseshoes not far from the church.
You will find more detailed information about the church, its people, services, plans for the future, history and ways of contacting us by following the links.
Services
Services take place on Sundays at 11am. Everyone of whatever age is sure of a warm welcome. The service is usually a Eucharist in modern language, [Common Worship], with an occasional service of Morning Prayer.
Safeguarding
The designated Safeguarding Officer for Madingley Parish Church is Dr Sara Day who can be contacted by emailing safeguarding@madingleychurch.org.
In the event of not being able to contact Sara, please go direct to the Ely Diocesan Safeguarding Team via the contacts at www.elydiocese.org/safeguarding.
In the event of an emergency, contact the emergency services on 999.
Our Safeguarding Policy can be found at www.madingleychurch.org/information/ or on the church noticeboard.
News
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Announcement: The Rev’d Dr. Mandy Maxwell
29th January 2019
The Rev’d Dr. Mandy Maxwell will be leaving her post as Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of Madingley and Rector of Girton [...] -
The West End Development Project – breaking news!
2nd December 2018
Our dream is to become reality! Plans to make Madingley Parish Church more able to serve its community can now go ahead [...] -
Christingle Service – Sunday 16th December at 3pm
8th November 2018
This annual event is an ideal, informal way of explaining why we are celebrating Christmas using a simple format, aimed at [...]
Sermons
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Candlemas: the light of Christ in our lives
18th February 2019
Sunday 3 February 2019 - Candlemas: the light of Christ in our lives St Luke is a very gifted storyteller. The people [...] -
3rd September 2018
Sunday 2 September 2018, 14th Sunday after Trinity – Morning Prayer, 11.00 am WASHING HANDS James 1 17 – 27 I [...] -
“Who is this? What does it mean?”
25th June 2018
A recent attempt to put together an e-fit picture of God reveals how such things are doomed to failure, and ignores the fact that we have been adjured not to do that. But there’s a more important reason why we should not create images of God…