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. This is an exciting time to join us as we move together into a new stage
of our common life.
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 but we have strong and growing relationships across our parishes.
click to see our Lent Course details for 2025:
‘A Christian Look at the Environment’
click here to read the proposal paper on the witham Deanery Consultation to reorganise our parishes
Report from the meeting held on Saturday, 11th January at St Luke’s Church Hall Tiptree
Our Team Rector, Anne-Marie, opened the meeting with a very clear, helpful and convincing explanation of those factors that had led to proposals for reorganising the deanery and the benefice. It was evident a great deal of careful thought and work had gone into drawing up the proposals, bearing in mind the restrictions and limitations on what is possible. Anne-Marie went on to explain the pros and cons of Options 1 and 2 in the proposals. This was followed by group discussions before voting on preferred options. Apart from one person who preferred Option 2, there was unanimous support for Option 1; an enlarged benefice with four full-time stipendiary clergy.
Useful Documents discussed at the meeting and the preferred proposal maps are to be found by clicking on the links below:
Parish Groupings: Maps Option 1 Map Option 2
Diocesan: Financial Sustainability Review
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.