News & Chat 5 November 2020
Amazing Photo of the church
This wonderful photo was taken last night by Roger Farrow who lives near Christ Church.
Ordination & Induction Anniversary
Wow, I can’t believe it has been a year since I was Ordained and Inducted as your Minister! And what a year it has been – most of it in ‘lockdown’ or some sort of restrictions preventing normal worship and activities, and now we are on the cusp of another month-long (at least) lockdown. Sadly, […]
News & Chat 29 October 2020
News & Chat, 29 October 2020
The BIG Christmas Appeal launched
Because 2020 has been such a strange and awful year for people and many more people will have slipped from just coping to really struggling, we have an extra appeal to help local people with food and gifts at Christmas. Please send donations (BACS or cheques) to the Treasurer, marked ‘Christmas Appeal’ If you prefer […]
Thought for 3 tier week! (extracted from News & Chat)
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a […]
Minister’s 1st wedding – same-sex!
On Saturday 3 October, our minister, Naomi Young-Rodas, conducted her first wedding (she was only ordained in November 2019). We are very happy to say that it was a same-sex marriage. We are the only church in Rayleigh that can conduct same-sex marriages. The Rayleigh couple, Pam and Dianne, have been together 23 years and […]