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
NEWS ABOUT REVD ANNE-MARIE RENSHAW
Anne-Marie’s last Sunday with us AS TEAM RECTOR is 7th September,
when there is a service at 9.30 am at St Luke’s Tiptree,
and a Farewell Lunch at 12 noon. Everyone welcome.
Her installation as Archdeacon of Morgannwg at Llandaff Cathedral IS on Sunday 21st September at 4 pm. Anyone who would like to attend will be very welcome. Alternatively we can watch it livestreamed at St Luke’s at 4 pm or you can watch at home - the link will be found at: Llandaff Cathedral - YouTube
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 de la Haye, Layer Marney and Tiptree
For the Copford, Easthorpe, Feering & Kelvedon cluster you can find out more from: https://www.kelvedonandfeeringchurches.co.uk/whats-happening/weekly-newsletter
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.