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
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
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
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's Church, Tilbury-juxta-Clare
Occasional services throughout the year. The next one is at 6pm on Sunday 21st June, preceded by cream teas at 5pm. If the weather looks suitable for sitting outside with cream teas you may like to bring a folding chair. No charge but donations welcomed for the work of Tearfund fighting ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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
Phone
mail@justintomkins.org
01787 237 211
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