Community, Parish Council & Village
Vacancy for 3 Parishes Church AdministratorThe 3 Parishes Churches are looking for a church administrator to support the work of Rev Mandy Elmes’ 3 parishes of West Bergholt, Great Horkesley and Langham with Boxted. This is due to the retirement of the current administrator.
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The Great ConsultationIan Hilton writes about this consultation:
St Mary’s Church has a once in a generation opportunity. The church hall has reached the end of its lifespan and needs to be replaced. At the same time the Methodist Church and hall are up for sale and the Village, with St Mary’s, are expressing an interest in taking them on jointly to continue to make them available for the community.
These are both major decisions that offer wonderful opportunities but also Continue reading “The Great Consultation – End of life Church Hall”
Lots of Interest in Future of Methodist ChurchResidents showed lots of interest in the future of the Methodist Church & Hall with 75 attending our recent consultation event. The next step is to participate in an online survey established by the Parish Council and St Mary’s Church to build on the event. The deadline for completing the survey is 10 pm on Sunday 30th June.
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What Future for Methodist Church & Hall?What future the Methodist Church & Hall face depends in significant part on what the community want to happen. The Parish Council & St Mary’s Church are jointly hosting a consultation event in order to stimulate this conversation. This takes place in St Mary’s Church Hall on Saturday 15th June between 9 am and 12 noon.
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St Mary’s Church is holding a quiz evening on 6th July, to raise funds to help finance the work of their Families’ Worker, Jo Jeffery. If you wonder what Jo does; she works with all the 3 village schools in the local Church community, toddler and youth groups. She supports staff and leaders getting alongside families providing valuable Christian input.
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St Mary’s Church May/June 2019 update provides listings of services, contacts and other events and news. This update includes activities for Christian Aid Week, a Quiz Night, Children’s Society collection and details of Summer Term arrangements for Tuesday Home Groups. Continue reading “St Mary’s May/June 2019 Update”
St Mary’s April 2019 UpdateSt Mary’s Church April 2019 update provides listings of services, contacts and other events and news. This update includes an Easter message from Rev. Mandy Elmes, news of Church decoration, Annual Parochial Church Meeting and Easter Services. Continue reading “St Mary’s April 2019 Update”
From Ghosts to GravesTwo short stories in this news update, requests for ghosts and help respectively.
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If so, please email the team at [antibot mailto=”[email protected]”].
St Mary’s Churchyard CleanupFolk from St Mary’s Church ill be having a spring cleaning day on Saturday 16th March. Running between 9 am – 12.30 pm they aim to tidy the churchyard and the church. All helpers are welcome, even if you can only spare an hour.
Tea/coffee & bacon butties will be provided!
For more information, contact Ron Seymour on 01206 273579.
Bats in the Belfry?As previously announced the £10,000 target for repair of the roof and the tower at the Old Church has been reached. Unfortunately work has not yet started as a bat survey indicated that the bats were still roosting in the church. Apparently the bats are late leaving this year because of the cold spring but should leave soon. The Churches Conservation Trust have given assurances that everything is in hand and should start work by September.
The Friends of the Old Church continue to fund raise for the ongoing maintenance of the church. In time they also hope to have electricity laid on and install lighting in the building. At present they rely on the generosity of the owners of Bergholt Hall for a limited electricity supply.
In this vein they would like to express their thanks to the Co-op and their customers who supported the Old Church with their tokens. This has resulted in a generous donation of £500 to kick start the next wave!
St Mary’s Church update for 19th January provides listings of services, bible readings and other events and news such as Resolve Course, Ignite Youth Celebration, Ladies Breakfast & more.
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.
Ignite! – Youth CelebrationSt Mary’s West Bergholt Youth Group (Wired), together with young people from the Langham and Boxted Churches Youth Group, will be leading a special service on Continue reading “St Mary’s update – 19th January”