From upcycling to painting, flower arranging to card making; groups in churches across our diocese combine #faith and #creativity.
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📸: Great Clacton Parish, St Mary's Church Woodford and Holy Trinity Southchurch
A beautiful baptism at St Peter's Church in Bocking last month.
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In February, hundreds of people from across our Diocese, gathered to celebrate those who have completed the Chelmsford Diocese Course in Christian Studies and the Pastoral Care Part One Course.
Find out more and see all the photos from the event at buff.ly/FoM3yZ3
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Worshipping communities across our diocese marked #AshWednesday and celebrated #ShroveTuesday with a variety of services and events.
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1/3 📸: Parish of High Ongar, St. Peter's Church - Great Totham, Saint Clement Leigh and St Andrew's Church Halstead.
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Read the article about the "thriving Pastoral Care Team" led by Pastoral Assistant Jo Waller on pages 30-31 in the latest edition of WEPRAY.
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James Anderson, Churchwarden at St Mary the Virgin Church in Shenfield, recently shared with us how St Mary's has used the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) to enable people in their church community to give generously:
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Over the last month, churches and worshipping communities across Essex and East London celebrated the reason for the season.
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📸: St Luke's Church Primary School, Christchurch Three Mills, St Paul's Woodford Bridge and Saint Clement Leigh.
St Leonard's Church in Lexden had a wonderful time at their Messy Nativity service during Advent.
"Many thanks to our Toddler group family for taking the parts of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus."
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On the third Sunday of Advent, St Laurence Church in Barkingside "had a joyful time singing Christmas carols outside Aldi Supermarket. It was wonderful sharing Christmas joy with our local community."
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Earlier this month, St Mary's Church in Broomfield watched a Christmas classic at their Film Club, with Christmas cake and mince pies enjoyed halfway through.
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Last week, the Meet and Make craft group at St Andrew's Wickford, had their Christmas party.
"A good time was had by all!"
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📸: Wickford & Runwell C of E Churches
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The Chelmsford Diocese Environment Team's 2025 #AdventCalendar, is full of inspiring stories about churches and schools across the Diocese who are caring for God's creation.
The 1st day of Advent is ‘Refill for Creation!’ by Anna Pritchard & Liz Tymms at St Nicholas' in Witham.
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Churches across our diocese organised alternative-to-Halloween events for their local communities last month.
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📸: St Peter and St Paul Black Notley, St Luke's Church Moulsham Lodge and Tile Kiln, christchurchthreemills.
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The Deanery of Colchester recently brought over 150 people together from their parishes for a Deanery Day, with worship, workshops, 12 visiting speakers covering a variety of topics, and lots of food!
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Read the article on page 22 of WEPRAY 👉 buff.ly/XejbTvm
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Hour long family friendly sessions under the Red Planet will run from 10am each day between Monday 27 and Thursday 30 October.
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Find out more and book your place at buff.ly/y0wykje...
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Earlier this summer, St Andrew's Church Barnston celebrated the work on their roof with tea and cake.
"Thank you to all who made this possible."
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"🌿🐒 What a wild adventure in the jungle! 🐘🦜"
Christ Church in #Colchester shared some great photos from their Jungle Explorers Holiday Club in August.
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In July, St Mary Magdalene Church in Great Burstead took part in a fantastic Summer Fete!
"A BIG thank you to everyone that made the Fete such a great day!"
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“... The repair café offers electrical, sewing, and bike repairs, and since we started, people have volunteered as mechanical, watch, spectacle repairers and jewellery cleaners, and we have spanned the generations, with people of all ages coming along."
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St Margaret’s Church in Barking recently started a new after-school church service for Children and Families – Pizza & Praise.
Every Thursday, from 3.30- 5pm, local families come together for games, fellowship and of course, delicious pizza!
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22 young people from six different churches across the Chelmsford Deanery recently spent a weekend of fellowship, activity and fun at the Fellowship Afloat lightship ‘Trinity’ in Tollesbury, run by the charity Fellowship Afloat.
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Here are some more photos from the Bradwell Pilgrimage & Gathering earlier this month!
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All Saints Church in Cranham have had a memorial poppy made of stones in their churchyard since #VEDay80 was celebrated in May.
It will remain until #VJDay80 in August "... remembering those who 80 years ago were still fighting for freedom."
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The annual #BradwellPilgrimage took place earlier this month. Bishop Adam shared this video on Instagram and reminded us that:
"This amazing place, known locally as Bradwell Chapel (aka the Chapel of St Peter on the Wall in Bradwell on Sea) is open all year round ..."
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On 15 June, Saint Clement's in Leigh-on-Sea shared:
"Happy Music Sunday! What a wonderful way to spend a summer Sunday afternoon, on the inaugural Southend Organ Crawl. Thank you to all the churches involved, who gave so generously of their time, and to all who took part."
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In the latest edition of WEPRAY, Archdeacon Mike writes about his trip.
Read the article on page 14 - buff.ly/aQJBUZW
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