Forthcoming Event
MARCH 2024
Sunday 3rd 9am Holy Communion BCP with Rev. Terry Brown
Sunday 10th 10am Mothering Sunday service, collect your posies, with Jenny Molyneux-Berry
Sunday 17th 10am Holy Communion with Canon John Brown
Sunday 24th 10am Palm Sunday service with Canon Andy Griffiths, collect your palm cross
Good Friday 12 noon Service of reflection and meditation with Melissa Clark
Sunday 31st 10am EASTER SUNDAY Holy Communion with Rev. Sandy Southee
PLEASE NOTE BRITISH SUMMER TIME BEGINS THIS DAY!
APRIL 2024
Sunday 7th 9am BCP Communion with Rev Terry Brown
Sunday 14th 10am Morning Service with healing theme
Sunday 21st 10am Holy Communion with Canon John Brown
Sunday 28th 10am Morning Prayer with Canon Andy Griffiths
INFORMATION FOR LENT COURSES
Across the Diocese, leading up to Good Friday, there will be a series of courses offered under the title Lent Modules. The courses are open to anyone and there is a mixture of face to face, Zoom and Online Moodle. The cost has been kept to a minimum, starting at £15 for a two session course, rising to £25 for 5 session courses. All information is also available on the Lent Modules page of website Lent Modules | The Diocese of Chelmsford (anglican.org) . This year subjects include the following: Romans - Blueprint of the Gospel, Thoughts of God, "The Last Week", The Place of Grace, Poems and Prayer, The Unknown Bible, I Believe in the Resurrection, The Development of Holy Communion, Church History, Encountering Christ through Art. I would be grateful if you would publicise the programme over the coming weeks. Booking forms should be returned Diane Hardy, via email: dhardy@chelmsford.anglican.org . Places on some modules are limited, so to avoid disappointment early booking is recommended and payment should be made electronically wherever possible, details of how to do this are on the booking form.
WEEKDAY MORNING PRAYER SERVICES will be held on ZOOM every Thursday at 8.30am
details available from Compass Churches Group website: www.compasschurches.org.uk
WHAT IS THE COMPASS CHURCHES GROUP?
The Compass Churches Group aims to work together, inspiring communities to grow in the Christian faith through mission, outreach and presence.
The Compass Churches Group is made up of 12 churches. These churches have agreed to work together as they have a lot in common, many being village churches who wish to thrive and be the centre of their communities. Most of the churches have similar churchmanship except for one which has a rather high church profile, we also have Holy Trinity in South Woodham Ferrers which is an ecumenical partnership between the Anglicans , Methodist and Catholics. This group grew out of a smaller group of 7 churches, these comprised, South Woodham Ferrers, Woodham Ferrers, Bicknacre, East Hanningfield, Sandon, Little Baddow and Danbury. They found there were positive things to be gained by having such a partnership, and so it was agreed to form with Stock, West Hanningfield, South Hanningfield, Downham and Ramsden Bellhouse. This larger group now makes up what is called a Mission and Ministry Unit (MMU) of the Diocese of Chelmsford. These have been set up so that as clergy retire and may not be replaced, people can work together to see there are sufficient ordained and licensed people to run our churches succesfully. We are all getting to know each other well and can be supportive in times of illness or vacancies. In the coming months we hope to explore more things we may do together for our mutual benefit.
Look at the website www. compasschurches.org.uk for details of events