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St Mary’s Update – 22nd March 2018St Mary’s Church update for 22nd March provides listings of services and other events and news. This update includes Praise on 4 Café Church, Fellowship Meal, Easter and an update on the Treasurer vacancy.
Come for breakfast at 9:30 am on Sunday 25th March. The church promises coffee & croissants, uplifting Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 22nd March 2018”
St Mary’s Church update for 5th March provides listings of services and other events and news. This update includes Lent Group, Mothers’ Day, Table Top Sale, Heathlands Art Exhibition and a vacancy for a Church Treasurer.
Who Let the Dad’s out?Sunday 11th March is not your regular Messy Church, it’s a chance to do Mothers’ Day differently Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 5th March 2018”
Speedwatch – Call for VolunteersAnthony Robins, the local Speedwatch Coordinator, is issuing a call for volunteers. Speedwatch is a group of volunteers from West Bergholt and EAG who regularly go out and monitor the speed of the traffic on some local roads. Those seen above the limit are reported to the police who, in the first instance, Continue reading “Speedwatch – Call for Volunteers and Some Interesting Dates”
St Mary’s update – 18th February 2018St Mary’s Church update for 18th February provides listings of services and other events and news. This update includes Lent Group, Women’s World Day of Prayer, Table Top Sale, a new format for 4th Sunday services and a vacancy for a Church Treasurer.
You are warmly invited to join this series of Lent groups on 20th and 27th February, 6th, 13th & 20th March at 8.00pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, West Bergholt. Lent is more than simply giving up something for a month; it is an opportunity to encounter Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 18th February 2018”
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”
St Mary’s Update – 6th January 2018St Mary’s Church update for 6th January provides listings of services and other events and news such as free Panto tickets and Churches Conference.
Next Messy ChurchOn Sunday 14th January at 9.30am, Messy Church is Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 6th January 2018”
St Mary’s Church update for 4th April provides listings of services, bible readings and other events and news such as the Good Friday and other Easter events, IGNITE! Youth Service and the Alpha Course.
Don’t forget, the church is now open on weekdays if you would like a quiet space to reflect or say a prayer for someone.
Good Friday – 14th AprilWe will be following the cross through Colchester Town Centre in a silent Walk of Witness. As we walk we will be Continue reading “St Mary’s Update – 4th April”
Easter Holidays Have ArrivedSo, the Easter Holidays have arrived and you have got plans for the kids for every day? If not there is quite a lot going on that you can tap into, the following have been collated from the Colchester Events Company’s guide to events between now and September:
4 April • 10am-4pm • Colchester Castle • Free Continue reading “Easter Holidays Have Arrived”
This Easter 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.
Easter is a wonderful time of year as we celebrate the time when Jesus rose from the dead, proving that God’s power of life over death, light over darkness and hope over hopelessness, is real. It is a time to celebrate and give thanks for all that God has done for us; which is undoubtedly easier to do as the days lengthen and the temperature rises. Continue reading “St Mary’s Easter Good News Update”
This Valentine’s Day 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.