Past Events: 2023
December
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
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
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
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.
