Community, Parish Council & Village
This New Year update starts with a Farewell Message from Rev. Mandy and includes:
… and the usual listings of services and contacts but first:
Dear Friends
I neither anticipated nor expected to be writing to you at this time, but, because of Paul’s accident, and the consequences of it, the 27th December 2020, was, sadly, my last working Sunday.
There is a change coming in the pattern of Sunday worship at the Methodist Church. Up to and including Easter Sunday, April 1st, worship will be continuing as usual on each Sunday at 11.00 am.
Starting on April 8th Sunday services will only be held on the second and fourth Sunday of the month. A different person will normally conduct these each time – this may be an ordained Minister or a Lay Preacher. Usually once a month a service of Holy Communion is part of the service.
On Sundays when there is not a service at our church in the village, the church is setting up some lift-sharing arrangements to services at other Methodist churches within the Colchester Circuit. Please contact Judith, 01206 241969, or Andrew, 01206 242511, if you would like a lift. Full details of all these services will always be available in ‘The Link’.
All other activities are continuing as usual.
St Mary’s Easter 2018 Good News UpdateThis Easter 2018 edition of Good News, St Mary’s Parish Magazine, is reproduced below (together with additional material from various notices), use the links to the stories & news items.
How are you doing with your new year’s resolutions? Continue reading “St Mary’s Easter 2018 Good News Update”
‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel – which means God with Us’
(Matthew Chapter 1, verse 23)
This Christmas 2017 edition of Good News, St Mary’s Parish Magazine, is Continue reading “St Mary’s Christmas 2017 Good News Update”
St Mary’s Autumn 2017 Good News UpdateThis Autumn 2017 edition of Good News, St Mary’s Parish Magazine, is reproduced below (together with additional material from various notices), use the links to the stories & news items.
I am officially an ‘empty nester’ as Continue reading “St Mary’s Autumn 2017 Good News Update”
This Summer 2017 edition of Good News, St Mary’s Parish Magazine, is reproduced below (together with additional material from various notices), use the links to the stories & news items.
I have become more and more aware recently that the Christian faith is far more about having a relationship with God than it is about following a set of rules.
I used to feel that the Christian faith was a set of ideals Continue reading “St Mary’s Summer 2017 Good News Update”
The Friends of St Mary’s invite you to join them for mulled wine, mince pies and refreshments at the Old Church. Taking place between 12-2:30pm on Sunday 11th December the event is a social occasion to meet friends, chat and look at the decorated Christmas trees. You could also become a member (or renew your membership) of the Friends of St Mary’s Old Church. All are welcome, no admission charge but donations gratefully received. Any funds raised will go towards the urgently needed repairs discussed in a previous article on this site.
The friends are also selling packs of Christmas Cards featuring the Old Church in wintry scenes. Costing £3.50 you can buy the cards from Scissorhands, the Pharmacy or directly from Teresa (241878) or Jane (240167).
St Mary’s Church update for 4th July provides listings of services, bible readings and other events and appeals for support for their stall at Heathlands School Fayre.
Thank you to everyone who made the Senior Citizen’s Lunch on Saturday 23rd June such a success. Murray & Kate really appreciate all your hard work and generous donations of food.
Messy Church – Sunday 10th JulyThis coming Sunday the theme for Messy Church will be ‘Come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest’. Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 4th July 2016”
St Mary’s Church update for 21st June provides listings of services, bible readings and other events and appeals for support for their stall at Heathlands School Fayre.
Heathlands School Fayre – Friday 1 July – Sweets needed!St Mary’s will be running a stall at the school Fayre on Fri 1 July and have decided to offer 2 activities Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 21st June 2016”
Congratulations to Mark & Gill on the birth of James, and also to Gemma & Andy on the safe arrival of Samuel!
The following dates listing services and events up to the end of June, have been advised to us by St Mary’s, note italicised services are not in the village. Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 24th May”