WELCOME TO THURSTABLE & WINSTREE CHURCHES
Our parishes are all committed to the Chelmsford diocesan strategy “Transforming Presence”. We seek to be a Christian presence in each of the communities we serve and all of our churches are keen to welcome new people and to grow spiritually and numerically.
Thurstable and Winstree is a Team Ministry formed by the joining together of three neighbouring benefices, comprising nine parishes. Each of our churches has its own distinctive character and we have strong relationships across our parishes.
Our team is soon to become part of a larger new Benefice of 18 churches within the Witham Deanery, and are looking to recruit more clergy and form stronger bonds between us working more closely together as a team and sharing our talents and strengths.
This is an exciting time to join us as we move together into this new stage of our common life
resources for services:
Weekly News Sheet
This includes news and information about services and events in all of our churches: Copford, Easthorpe, Great Braxted, Inworth, Messing, Layer Breton with Birch, Layer de la Haye, Layer Marney and Tiptree
About us
Find out about who we are and what is going on in our churches for children, young people and families, as well as services and events by following clicking the drop-down menu ‘About us’. Also, details about the Foodbank.
To find out what we do, click link here:
WEDDINGS
Just one of our nine beautiful churches, St john the baptist, Layer de la Haye
Are you thinking of getting married in one of our churches?
Click below to find out more about how to go about this:
Our church at Great Braxted is only open for visitors by appointment, you can watch the video below to see the church before arranging this:
A short video about weddings at our church, All Saints Great Braxted. Thank you to our lovely couples for helping us with this.