Mulled Wine at the Old Church and Active Essex
Not normally known to go together, enjoying Mulled Wine & seasonal treats followed with a visit to Active Essex’s website. Why not?
Mulled Wine & Keeping Active
St Mary’s 5T’s Return Edition
Harvest Festival, Gathered Services & 5T’s Return
As we gather more confidence in more normal activities it is good to see 5T’s return in September. In other news:
- New Priest appointed,
- West Bergholt Baby & Toddler Group update,
- Macmillan Coffee Morning,
- Harvest Celebration, and
- Gathered Services.
St Mary’s Easing Out of Lockdown Edition
Gathered Services & Zoom Plus Other News Coming Out of Lockdown
As we await news of when & how we might be coming out of lockdown, this update starts with an update on Gathered Services and then continues with:
… and the usual listings of services and contacts but first:
Gathered Services Update
Continue reading “St Mary’s Easing Out of Lockdown Edition”St Mary’s Ascension Day Edition
Gathered Services, Ascension Day, Christian Aid
Ahead of Ascension Day, this update from St Mary’s starts with news about a return to ‘gathered services and then continues with:
… and the usual listings of services and contacts but first:
Resuming Gathered Services
Continue reading “St Mary’s Ascension Day Edition”Holiday Fraud & Other News
Starting with Holiday Fraud, this news roundup also addresses:
- Climate Emergency Survey,
- Parenting with Teens – a course supported by ECC,
- A couple of articles that might have particular resonance after the past 12 months:
- Protect Your Dog & Garden Furniture from Theft.
- Census first-timer – not sure what to do? There’s help.
- National Day of Reflection – 23rd March.
- CBC Covid-19 Update.
Holiday Fraud Warning
Continue reading “Holiday Fraud & Other News”Zoom Quiz Calling
St Mary’s Church is running a fundraiser Zoom Quiz to support the work of their Families Worker, Jo Jeffery. Jo’s work impacts many in the village and includes activities such as:
- helping with the Toddler Group,
- running the Larder providing food parcels to families impacted by the pandemic, &
- running RE lessons, prayer spaces and wellbeing courses for Heathlands.
You don’t have to have a full house to join in, if you are alone there will be a chance to ‘buddy up’ with a partner online.
Continue reading “Zoom Quiz Calling”Churches Old & New with Christmas News & More
Churches Old & New with Christmas News
This news update starts with Christmas News from the Old Church, then:
- St Mary’s monthly update,
- Call for volunteers to help with COVID vaccination programme,
- New walking routes linking to the village,
- Colchester Community Christmas Giving Tree, and
- Colchester Policing update.
Old Church Update
The Friends of St Mary’s are sad to have to cancel the Carol Service there again this year as they cannot organise it in a COVID-safe way. However, Continue reading “Churches Old & New with Christmas News & More”
The First Window Opens This Evening (& other news)
The First Window Opens
This news round-up starts with the First Window opening this evening and then also covers:
- Kids Christmas Activities;
- Christmas Support Fund;
- Befriending;
- Tennis Courts;
- ASDA & FaNs Christmas Card Appeal, &
- Tier 2.
How it Started
Inspired by other places around the country that turn their village into a giant advent calendar, St Mary’s are very grateful to those who volunteered to decorate a window representing a part of the nativity story.
The idea is that each window has a number in it representing their day and that the actual design is not revealed until the allocated day. The revealed designs are then lit each Continue reading “The First Window Opens This Evening (& other news)”
A Miscellany of News – From Quiz to Scams
A Miscellany of News
This news round-up covers a miscellany of news including:
- Zoom quiz next weekend;
- A Community Recognition Award;
- Keep Colchester Reading;
- Scam Alerts;
- Colchester Budget Survey;
- Parish Council Agenda;
- Road Closure.
Zoom to the Quiz for St Mary’s
St Mary’s are rightly Continue reading “A Miscellany of News – From Quiz to Scams”
Holiday Hunger Programme
Holiday Hunger Programme
The Holiday Hunger Programme has been launched to provide extra support to children and their families this half term. The County Council is working with the Active Essex Foundation to extend the programme. It will see 33 programmes available across the county and more than 1,000 children provided with free activities and food.
St Mary’s Church is Helping
St Mary’s church is offering support, on Tuesday to Friday of this week, to families adversely affected by the Pandemic;