Past Events
November 2024
Today our uniformed organisations joined us in a Parade Service to carry out our act of Remembrance.
Derek read the fourth verse of ‘For the fallen’ (The Ode) by Robert Laurence Binyon.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Then our organist Josie played the Last Post before and after our 2 minutes silence.
The National Anthem was sung and our uniformed organisations paraded out with their flags.
Saturday 2nd November 3pm
Today St.Aidan’s Church and St. Laurence Church joined together for their ‘In Loving Memory’ Service.
It was a service to remember those we love and see no more.
Saturday 2nd November
Sue and Gary hosted a Coffee Morning where everyone enjoyed a cup of tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits. There was also a raffle and a bring and buy table.
Sue and Gary would like to thank all who supported them .
Together we raised £75.
October 2024
Sunday 6th October 2024
St.Aidan’s celebrated Harvest by holding a Parade and Family service with the uniformed organisations.
Our church was decorated beautifully by our flower arranging team.
Thank you for all your donations of food which have been given to Harp, Southend’s homeless charity. Harvest Water Aid collection was £200.September 2024
Saturday 28th September
Reverend Sarah Rachell's Priesting
This morning at 10.30am in St.Andrews Church Chelmsford, Reverend Sarah Rachell had her Priesting Service.
This was followed by refreshments back at St. Aidan’s Church hall.
Freda, our Church Warden, presented Reverend Sarah with some flowers to congratulate her.
Sunday 8th September Reverend Barry Johnson’s last day at St.Aidan’s
Today we gave our thanks to Barry for all that he has done to support and guide us during our interregnum. He will be greatly missed by us all. And YES we had cake!
Wednesday 4th September
The Licensing and Installation
of the
Reverend Carolyn Madanat
August 2024
Saturday 31st August - Sandra & Robert's Wedding
Sunday 25th August
Barrie Barnes Memorial Cricket Match
St.Aidan’s XI Cricket Team played Westcliff XI Cricket Team at Chalkwell Park, winning with a score of 153 for 0.
Westcliff batted first and lost 3 quick wickets, before a big stand between Off(43) and Mortimer(46). After a good knock of 27 by Mackay wickets fell steadily and Westcliff were finally dismissed for 153 off 32.3 overs. St.Aidan’s used 7 bowlers and the wickets were shared around with the pick being McArthur with 5 overs 3 for 12. After tea St.Aidan’s opened with Cannell and Powell. Powell retired after scoring 52, St.Aidan’s continued scoring freely and Cannell retired after scoring 50, Lucas and Britton completed the task in 20.3 overs.
July 2024
Tuesday 23rd July
Admission of Church Wardens and the
Archdeacon’s Charge
A service was held tonight at St.George’s Church, Rushbottom Lane, Thundersley for retiring Church warden Karen and the admission of our Church Wardens Freda and Jackie. The Archdeacon of Southend, Ven. Mike Power, thanked Karen for her service particularly through the interregnum and then prayed for the admitted Church Wardens, Freda and Jackie.
Saturday 20th July
Freda, Robert and Sandra would like to thank everyone who attended their Afternoon Tea. People were served with tea, Proseco, cakes and scones with strawberry jam and cream. There was also a raffle with many prizes. An amazing total of £220 was raised for church funds.
Friday 19th July
Fairways School Prom
The Year 6 children from the school next door to our church, Fairways Primary School held their Prom in our Church hall on Friday 19th July.
Look at the fantastic decorations the PTA provided.
Sunday 14th July
We invited our Baptismal families to celebrate the end of the school term and the start of the summer holiday with a bar-b-que in the church garden.
Our families enjoyed garden games, ate barbecued sausages, crisps and cakes and made an England flag for the evenings final football match of England vs Spain.
Fun and fellowship was enjoyed by all.
June 2024
Saturday 29th June
Sue and Gary hosted a Coffee Morning where everyone enjoyed a cup of tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits. There was also a raffle and a bring and buy table.
Sue and Gary would like to thank all who supported them . Together we raised £95.
March 2024
Easter Sunday
Thank you to Diane, Karen, Sue, Shirley and Freda for the
beautiful floral arrangements in church for our Easter celebrations.
Good Friday - Friday 29th March
On Good Friday morning our Baptismal families came together to make some Easter Crafts.
We had refreshments including hot cross buns and Cadbury’s cream eggs.
Good Friday - We worked together to build an Easter garden.
Look at our step by step photos below.
Our finished Easter Garden
Lent Course
Every Thursday we met as Revd. Sarah Rachell led our Lent course ‘Christ and the Chocolaterie.
Christ and the Chocolaterie is an original, innovative Lent course written by Hilary Brand for small groups or individuals, inspired by the film Chocolat starring Juliette Binoche. It suggests clips from the film, group discussion questions, exercises and meditations, and relevant Bible passages for a powerful aid to Lenten reflection. It also includes appendices on the curious history of chocolate, the unfair economics of chocolate and ideas for a chocolate feast. Twenty-one years since it was first published, Hilary has updated the course for this new edition, which still has so much to inspire those who read and discuss it, on what it means to be human and the power of change.
Sunday 24th March
Palm Sunday
Bishop Adam Atkinson led our worship of Holy Communion at our Palm Sunday Service today.
Sunday 10th March
Mothering Sunday
Parade Service
Today we had our parade service for Mothering Sunday. The children gave their mums a bunch of flowers to thank them for all they do. We also thought about all the mums who were no longer with us and we lit a candle for them.
Sunday 3rd March
Tea, cake and crafts
Today our Baptismal families were invited for tea and cake.
The children made gifts for their mums and had a lovely time playing together.
January 2024
Sunday 28th January
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
The Rt. Revd. Tim Stevens led our worship of Holy Communion today.
Tim started his journey as a Curate in East London. He then moved on to be Team Rector of St. Nicholas on Canvey Island, Archdeacon of West Ham, Bishop of Dunwich and finally Bishop of Leicester.
He retired in 2015.
Sunday 7th January
Tea and Cake
Baptismal families were invited for tea and cake to celebrate the start of the new year and to give us all an opportunity to get to know each other better. We had a lovely time together chatting and the children loved playing together. Thank you to the families that attended.
December 2023
Sunday 24th December
Crib Service
Led by Revd. Sarah Rachell
Thank you to all the families who joined us for our Christmas Eve Crib Service. The children dressed as Nativity characters and joined in the retelling of the Christmas story to finally make a tableau.
Everybody had a great time and it reminded us of the true meaning of Christmas.
May the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the perseverance of the wise men, the obedience of Joseph and Mary, and the peace of the Christ Child be ours this Christmas; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be with us, with our families, with our friends and our neighbours and all who we love, today, this Christmas and always. Amen
Sunday 11th December
Second Sunday in Advent
Christingle Service
Thank you to everyone who attended our lovely Christingle Service. We all made our own Christingles and then made a circle around the church and lit our candles. It looked amazing.
As we received the light, we remembered that Jesus is the Light of the World. Whoever follows him will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
A Christmas Gift
Church Foyer
Thank you to Rascal’s for their amazing ‘Angel’ which decorates our church foyer. A lovely gift to the church.
Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th December
Christmas Tree Festival Weekend
This weekend we held our first Christmas Tree Festival. We had over 20 trees decorated by various groups, individuals and businesses. At 3.30pm on the Saturday the Concert of Christmas Music took place to a packed church and was a great success. Sunday concluded with our Christingle service with Revd. Mark James.
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this event a success and also to all the visitors for joining us for our first Christmas Tree Festival.
November 2023
Wednesday 29th November 2023
The Rt. Revd. Adam Atkinson
Today St.Aidan’s welcomed the Bishop of Bradwell, Rt. Revd. Adam Atkinson to our church.
He presided over Evening Prayer and then joined the congregation for refreshments and a chat in the hall.
Sunday 12th November 2023
Today our uniformed organisations joined us in a Parade Service to carry out our act of Remembrance.
The flags were lowered and 2 minutes silence was held.
October 2023
Sunday 1st October 2023
St.Aidan’s celebrated Harvest by holding a Parade service with the uniformed organisations and a 6pm Holy Communion service.
Our church was decorated beautifully by our flower arranging team.
Thank you for all your donations of food which have been given to Harp, Southend’s homeless charity. Harvest Water Aid collection was £120.
May 2023
Coronation Weekend 6th – 8th May 2023.
Thank you to our floral arranging team who decorated our church with beautiful red, white and blue floral arrangements.
Monday 8th May 2023
St.Aidan’s Church hall was open today for tea and cakes to celebrate the King’s Coronation.
A great time was had by all.
Rochford District Heritage Tapestry Event – May 2023
1000 years of history displayed on tapestry panels in our church.
St.Aidan’s Church were fortunate to have the Rochford District Heritage Tapestry on display in church for the month of May. The Tapestry had 10 ‘timeline’ panels which depicted key historic, Christian and social events across the 14 parishes of the Rochford district since the battle of Assandun in 1016 to the present day.
It took 20 months from initial concept to tapestry completion, with around 90 adults and 80 children taking part. The project’s original title ‘Knitting our Heritage together’, inspired the creation of knitted items to match against the tapestry. Historical narratives were also displayed alongside each panel.
We had 260 visitors to the Rochford District Heritage Tapestry display held at the back of the church. 47 Booklets were sold for the Rochford District and £200 was raised for church funds. A big thank you to everyone and especially to Diane for organising this event.
December 2022
Christmas 2022
Thank you to all the floral arranging team for making our church Christmas ready.
Thank you also to Fairway’s Day Nursery for their amazing ‘hand print’ Christmas tree which decorated our church foyer. A lovely gift to the church.
October 2022
Saturday 8th October 2022
Jumble Sale
Thank you to all who came to help, support and buy at our Jumble Sale today.
£320 was raised for St.Aidan’s.
Sunday 2nd October 2022
Harvest Thanksgiving
Today the uniformed organisations joined us for a Parade service at 10.00am for Harvest Thanksgiving. We also held a service of Holy Communion at 6.00pm.
Thank you for all your kind donations which we have taken to HARP, Southend’s homeless charity. Harvest WaterAid collection was £401.72
September 2022
Saturday 10th September 2022
Following the announcement of the Queen’s death on Thursday 8th September 2022 a bell ringing group formed in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The group took it in turns to pull the rope and ring the bell 96 times – the Queen’s age, for an hour.
March 2022
Sunday 27th March 2022
Mothering Sunday
At 10.00am today we had our Mothering Sunday Parade Service where all the uniformed organisations joined us and everyone was given a bunch of flowers to give to their mother.
After the service a member of our choir, John Hill, planted a tree at the edge of our church car park as part of the Queen’s Jubilee Green Canopy project.
