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November is the time of Remembrance, you are welcome to join us for our Remembrance Services:
St Mary, Layer Marney 9 am Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance led by Revd Liz Barnes
St Luke’s, Tiptree 9.30 am Café Church 10.55 am Act of Remembrance in Church
Friends from Great Braxted are invited to join us for this service, or may gather at the joint Gt Braxted, Lt Braxted and Wickham Bishops’ Service at the village War Memorial at 2.30 pm.
2.10 pm Tiptree Remembrance Parade leaves from ‘The Centre’, Tiptree to the War Memorial and service there at 2.20 pm
3.15 pm Joint churches Remembrance Service at Tiptree URC - Revd Liz Barnes is representing the parish and will be preaching
St Mary, Layer Breton with Birch, 10.45 am Remembrance Service at the Cross, Birch led by Revd Michael Hatchett
All Saints’, Messing, meet at 10.45 am for our 10.50 am Remembrance Sunday Service led by Anne Wild
All Saints’, Inworth 12.30 pm Act of Remembrance led by Harold Toms
resources for services:
Weekly News Sheet
This includes news and information about services and events in our churches in:
Great Braxted, Inworth, Messing, Layer Breton with Birch, Layer Marney and Tiptree
For the Copford, Easthorpe, Feering & Kelvedon group of churches you can find out more from their newsletter by clicking here Layer de la Haye have recently become part of the Waterside Parishes, and their newsletter may received by contacting Rosie Pollock, Administrator in the Blackwater Benefice. Use the ‘Contact Us’ page on our website if you would like to receive a copy.
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.
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WEDDINGS
Just one of our beautiful churches, St john the baptist, Layer de la Haye
Are you thinking of getting married in one of our churches?
Click on the button 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.