Welcome to the Five Parishes website

Our Churches serve the communities of Broxted and Chickney, Tilty, Great Easton and Little Easton. Throughout the centuries many have come to our churches to worship God and to find peace and inspiration. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to our church. Details of our services can be found in the Church Services section.

Our churches are places where prayers of thanksgiving have been offered and requests made on behalf of others throughout the centuries. If you would like us to pray for you or something which concerns you then view “Say ONE for me”.

We completed our Lent course in preparation for our Easter Celebrations and I am delighted that the group wishes to continue meeting at The Rectory – 11, 18 and 25 June, 2, 9 July 7.30 – 9pm. If you would like to join this course, or find our more about it, speak with me (01371 872509) or email me on info@thefiveparishes.org.uk. Jesus wants to change and enrich your life and mine, but He needs us to be willing to learn more about him and grow in our faith. I look forward to our learning together.

We are thrilled that 4 of our young people and 3 adults from the Parish will be Confirmed in their faith by the Bishop of Colchester along with 3 members from Takeley and 1 from Stebbing and 1 from Barnston on Sunday 20th May in Little Easton Church. Many will remember the wonderful service we had in May 2009 when 6 of our members were confirmed.

While acknowledging that God is everywhere it is often in church where people can shut out the commotion of everyday life, experience the glory of God and feel in touch with things beyond themselves. Our Churches are open every day to visitors. Many come to enjoy the rich history which the churches offer, while others come for the peace and quiet of the local surroundings – to pause and to pray.

When you visit our churches, take time to look at the booklets (which are free), and take what will be useful for you or for you to pass on to someone else. These include ‘Living with loss’, ‘Daily strength’ – scripture quotations from the bible for each day of the month, ‘The little book of help’ – a taster of what the bible has to say, ‘Why me?’, which helps us to see that it is natural to ask questions when things get tough. The booklet called ‘Inspiring prayer’ is for those who pray regularly or have never really tried it before. It aims to help us explore God’s invitation to pray. If you are unable to visit soon but you would like to have copies of any of these booklets visit www.sgmlifewords.com.

We hope to see you during the year at some of our future events. The main events as they stand at the moment can be found in Church Services. There is also a list of dates for 2012.

With prayerful good wishes for you to experience much joy, peace and hope this year.

Ivy Crawford (Canon)
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