This week's letter is written by Chris Thomas. Dear Church Family, Those of you who read my offerings on saints and spiritual writers in...

Dear Church Family, Our Gospel text this Sunday comes from John 15 in which Jesus refers to himself as The True Vine. Like last week’s...

This week's letter is written by John Patterson. Dear Church Family, As we gradually come out of lockdown and we are starting to get back...

Dear Church Family, The two passages we will read this Sunday help us to parallel another appearance of the risen Christ with the...

This week’s letter is written by Alice Smith Dear Church Family, It was a wonderful culmination of our Lent and Holy Week journey to be...

Dear Church Family, A very happy Easter to you all! Christ is Risen! It has been a joyful (and tiring) few days getting organised for the...

Dear Church Family, I’m delighted that we can look to re-opening our churches in Holy Week so that we don’t have to miss two consecutive...

Dear Church Family, Did the world stop turning in March 2020? You do not need me to tell you that in the UK we have been living with the...

Dear Church Family, Unfortunately, for the second year running, we are unable to celebrate Mothering Sunday in the traditional way in...

Dear Church Family, I am delighted to be able to write to you this week with some positive news! “Hurray!” I hear you cry… Following some...

Dear Church Family, At the heart of all the major faiths is the basic human need to journey. Pilgrimage is the way of the Hindu to...

Dear Church Family, Lent is here – pitching up in the midst of half term and bringing some sort of liturgical structure to half term week...

Dear Church Family, This Sunday is the last Sunday before Lent begins on the 17th February. The Gospel reading for Sunday invites us to...

Dear Church Family – you have a guest writer this week! A few weeks ago, I noticed a post on Twitter that included the icon below. It is...

Dear Church Family, We are now almost 40 days from Christmas Day as we prepare to celebrate the feast of Candlemas (the actual date is...

Dear Church Family, The traditional church calendar is always good for giving us things to look forward to. Even in the midst of a...

Dear Church Family, I’d like to begin by thanking all of you who wished me a Happy Birthday last week – it was lovely to receive your...

Dear Church Family, A very happy new year to you all – despite the continued difficulties we are facing as a country! I do hope this...

Dear Church Family, Another week of ‘ups and downs’ has passed, and I find myself somewhat confused and concerned about what the best...

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Following on from yesterday’s news that Brentwood and most of Essex will be placed into Tier 3 in order to...