We are having a garden and grounds working party at 10am on Saturday 12 September and all are welcome.

We have an exciting project to start.  Come and plant spring bulbs and plugs for a new wildflower meadow! This promises to refresh the front area of the church grounds as well as being a resource for pollinators. This planting is the first part of a rolling plan for garden and grounds for attaining a Silver Award as part of the A Rocha Ecochurch scheme. The aim is to manage our grounds to maximise wildlife.

But we are not just planting: there’s also lots of trimming, weeding and tidying to do at the front and in the garden.

We will need to be careful to observe social distancing. Wear a facemask if you wish. Bring hand sanitizer. We will take a register of attenders’ names and phone numbers for track and trace purposes.

You will need to bring your own tools and refreshments. Particularly useful will be gardening gloves, trowels, snips, secateurs and hoes.

Please let me know if you are coming so that we can allocate people to teams to get as much done as possible and avoid bunching people up. Email me on jclifton60@gmail.com. See you there!

John Clifton

We have a number a home groups within the church. For more information please click here or speak to the Rector or a warden.

Dear friends

This is an invitation to join Radical Presence- Imagining the post- viral age. The charity Green Christian has created a series of 7 online conversations to help churches build a more sustainable, just and compassionate world after the pandemic. Click here to find more details and reserve you place to join us. 

As we edge towards the loosening of Covid 19 ‘lockdown’, it has become clear that there is no longer a ‘normal’ to go back to. In fact ‘normal’ was the cause of many of our problems. People are expressing a ‘hunger and thirst for righteousness’ with an intensity rarely witnessed before.

Now, we are arranging Radical Presence in the Chelmsford Diocese area starting on 9 June. It is available for Christians of any denomination and it is free. The attached flyer tells you more about course and how you can register to take part. We hope you will join us.

Please feel free to share this with any friends that you have who might be interested; all are very welcome to join us.

John Clifton 

St Stephens Church, Colchester

Sunday

Every Sunday morning, join with Rev Lorraine and other members of the congregation for morning worship from 10:15.  You can access this via either the St Stephen’s  Church—Colchester Facebook page or via our Church Web site

All are welcome to join us and share any feedback or requests.  Please share with your friends

Zoom Café

Monday afternoons from 2:00 to 3:30 pm

Pop in and out as you like (free of charge, but bring your own drink and snacks!)

To join on line:

Click here

OR via Zoom with meeting number 860 8099 1277

OR

Join by phone on: 0203 481 5240, 0131 460 1196, 0203 051 2874 OR 0203 481 5237

Meeting number 860 8099 1277

Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesday’s at 10:30 – 11:00 am

To join the meeting via Zoom click here to join via video:

When asked input the Meeting ID: 195 594 506 and password 011904 (if needed)

OR

Phone one of these numbers to join from your land line phone: 0203 481 5240 or 0208 080 6591 and when asked input the Meeting ID: 195 594 506 and password 011904 (if needed)

Click here to access the service order we use in this time of worship together

Weekly Bible study on Thursday evening from 7:30 – 8:30 pm

To join us via Zoom click here to join via video:

When asked input the Meeting ID: 780 700 295 and password 011904 (if needed)

OR

Phone one of these numbers to join from your land line phone: 0203 481 5240 or 0208 080 6591 and when asked input the Meeting ID: 780 700 295 and password 011904 (if needed)

Joint Rev Lorraine for sunrise Easter Vigil, click here.

Click here to join Rev Lorraine and members of St Stephen’s celebrating our Easter Sunday morning service

Please join us for various services over the next few days and beyond, as we prepare for Easter. Please click here to see full details.

To join Rev Lorraine in Sunday worship, please click here