8th March 2022
Our current services can be viewed on our services page, and we have removed all social distancing restrictions from our church buildings. We are asking people to consider wearing masks, especially when moving around or singing, and we are providing hand-sanitiser at the entrances too. We continue to offer communion in one kind only at the present time.
9th April 2021
We are saddened to hear today of the death of Prince Philip, and extend our condolences to the Queen and all the Royal Family at this very difficult time.
24th March 2021
The risk assessments for reopening our buildings for public worship are now available, ready for our services on Easter Sunday and following. You can download these as Microsoft Word documents. Bradfield's risk assessment is available here, and Mistley's can be downloaded here.
13th March 2021
On Easter Day, there will be communion services at Bradfield at 9:30am, and at Mistley at 4pm. On the following Sundays, we will have in-person services at 9:30am each week, alternating between the buildings (starting with Mistley on 11th April). We will continue to meet each Sunday on YouTube at 11am, too.
9th March 2021
We are currently in conversation about when and how we will reopen our church buildings. It is important to be able to gather together physically, but due to the restrictions we face, and the responsibility we share to limit the spread of the virus, these decisions cannot be taken lightly. Further updates will appear on this website and our Facebook page in due course.
24th December 2020
Following the recent announcement that our area is now in Tier 4, and having seen the number of cases of the Covid-19 virus significantly rise in recent days, we have taken the decision to suspend all in person worship / prayer meetings in our buildings until further notice. We will, of course, continue to meet online via Youtube.
12th December 2020
Sorry that the information on this site has been out of date for a while. We are working hard to update the site, and to continue to improve the functionality and design. Please watch this space!
UPDATE: 22nd June 2020
The Government has recently made the decision to allow church buildings to open for the purposes of private prayer and small funerals. At present our two church buildings remain closed, but we have issued an update on our plans. You can read the statement here, or watch a video of it being read on our YouTube channel, here.
16th June 2020
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we have been unable to tend to the churchyard at Bradfield as we would normally do over the last few months. However, we are hoping that the overgrown areas will soon be able to be tackled, and are in discussions about how best to facilitate this. We will let you know what the plans are as soon as we've sorted them out.
16th June 2020
A faculty to remove and replace a memorial in the St Lawrence churchyard has recently been granted, and Public Notice of this, with more information and details of how to raise any objections, can be seen by clicking this link.
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