to the churches of the Hedinghams & Upper Colne Benefice

We are seven village churches in North Essex committed to following Jesus in our local communities.

Welcome

Join us on Sundays

Our usual pattern of services is shown below:

St Andrew's Church, Great Yeldham

11am each Sunday.

Communion on 1st & 3rd Sundays.

Please note - the service pattern will be slightly different in July, August and September. On three Sundays during these months, there will be no service at Great Yeldham: on 26th July and 13th September there will be benefice services in Toppesfield, and on 9th August a benefice service in Sible Hedingham.

St Peter's Church, Sible Hedingham

9:30am each Sunday.

Communion on 2nd & 4th Sundays.

Please note - the service pattern will be slightly different in July, August and September. The service on 9th August will be at the later time of 11am and on six Sundays during these months, there will be no service at St Peter's Church: on 12th July, 23rd August and 30th August there will be benefice services in Great Yeldham, on 26th July and 13th September there will be benefice services in Toppesfield, and on 16th August there wil be a joint service in Castle Hedingham.

St Peter & St Thomas' Church, Stambourne

9:30am on 1st & 3rd Sundays.

Communion on 3rd Sundays.

Please note - the service pattern will be slightly different in July, August and September. There will be no service at St Peter & St Thomas' Church on 2nd August.

St Margaret of Antioch Church, Toppesfield

11am on 1st, 2nd Sundays; 3pm on 3rd Sunday.

Communion on 1st & 2nd Sundays.

Please note - the service pattern will be slightly different in July, August and September. There will be no service at St Margaret of Antioch Church on 2nd August but there will be a service instead at 11am on 26th July.

Whenever there is a 5th Sunday in the month a benefice service is held at one church within the benefice. Our next benefice service, on a 5th Sunday, will take place at St Andrew's Church, Great Yeldham, 11am on Sunday 30th August.

Life together

Throughout the week, for all ages, and through the ups and downs of life

Meet the team

Tia Stickland, Curate

Barbara Hume, Associate Priest

Sue Cruse, Associate Priest

Justin Tomkins, Rector

Mark Galvin, Churchwarden

Tracy Goodchild, Churchwarden

Brian Moody, Churchwarden

James Blackie, Churchwarden

Val Kerrison, Churchwarden

Anne Metson, Churchwarden

Sue Southgate, Churchwarden

Safeguarding

We are committed to Safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. Our Church Councils have adopted the Church of England's policies and best practices on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England's website: https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding

Details of our Benefice Safeguarding Officer, Kelly Gregory, and other safeguarding information can be found here.

Prayers for each day

Contact Us

Email

Phone

mail@justintomkins.org

01787 237 211

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