Past Events: 2025
December
The Children’s Society
Thank you to all the congregation who have contributed to The Children’s Society boxes collection this year.
A total of £420.69 was forwarded to the Society.
Wednesday 24th December
Christmas Eve
Midnight
Holy Conmmunion
We started our service at 11.30pm and
welcomed Christmas Day with a sharing of
the first communion of Christmas.
Wednesday 24th December
Christmas Eve
Crib Service
At 4pm today we gathered together, dressed up and retold the Nativity Story.
Thank you to all who attended and took part in our re enactment.
A wonderful experience for us all.
Church Nativity Scene
Thank you very much to Diane and Elaine for all their hard work knitting the figures for our Nativity scene.
Mary, Joseph, Infant Jesus, the crib, the three kings (King Melchior, King Balthazar, King Gaspar) , the shepherds and of course the sheep and donkey.
Thank you, they are amazing.
Christingle
Sunday 21st December
Today Revd. Carolyn told us all about the meaning of Christingle. When we heard any of the words or phrases on the sheet we circled them. When we had five circled in a row we shouted out
Christingle Bingle!
Then we made our own Christingle,
lit them and sang our Christingle song.
Carols by Candlelight – Sunday 14th December
A service with carols, readings and reflections with a packed church. A wonderful service with great atmosphere.
Piano accompaniment by Thomas Gough and seasonal refreshments served after the service.
Christmas Memory Tree in the Lady Chapel
Christmas Fayre – Saturday 6th December
Thank you to everyone that supported our Christmas Fayre by helping or attending. An approximate total of £1200 was raised
Thursday 4th December
BasOp Christmas Concert
Thank you to everyone who supported the BasOp Christmas concert.
A very enjoyable evening was had by all and £365 was donated to the Church
from this event.
Tuesday 2nd December
Advent Course
Today was the first week of our 4 week Advent Course.
We are using the study guide ‘O Come Emmanuel’ and reflecting on the Advent antiphons.
St.Aidan’s Advent Calendar
Have you spotted our Advent Calendar ?
Check out our church notice board to see the daily new pages as we progress through the season of Advent.
November
Sunday 30th November
Advent Sunday
Today we wished each other a
Happy New Year.
We welcomed some special visitors to St. Aidan’s for our Advent Sunday morning service. Gareth Buchner and his family, from St. Paul’s Kingston, joined us to celebrate the start of the churches year. Gareth talked to us about ‘hope for the future’.
Friday 14th November – Friday Drop in Centre
We are busy preparing for our Christmas Fayre. Today we wrapped with festive Christmas paper.
Sunday 9th November – Remembrance Sunday
St.Aidan’s held their act of Remembrance by holding a Family and Parade service with our uniformed organisations.
The children paraded into the church with their flags, lowered their flags during our act of Remembrance and then paraded out of the church at the end of the service.
The Brownies and Scouts gave out and collected in the congregations ribbon prayers – where everybody thought of countries that are at war today.
The ribbons were hung on our prayer tree.
Thank you to our flower arranging team for decorating our church and car park with poppies for our act of Remembrance.
October
Sunday 5th October 2025
Harvest
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 – Diane, Karen and Dee.
Thank you for all your donations of food which have been given to Harp, Southend’s homeless charity.
Sunday 5th October
Harvest Lunch
Thank you to everyone who prepared and served a magnificent lunch today.
Everyone enjoyed spending time together in fellowship and also sharing and eating the delicious lunch.
September
Friday 12th September
Today the Friday Drop in Centre began sorting and packing shoeboxes for the ‘Link to Hope’ Shoebox Appeal.
Family and Elderly Shoeboxes were prepared from the donated items.
Thank you to everyone who generously donated items for the shoeboxes or helped in anyway.
A total of twenty shoeboxes were prepared and wrapped ready to be picked up by Link to Hope.
August
Sunday 25th August
Barrie Barnes Memorial Cricket Match
St.Aidan’s Won!
June
Eco Church
Can you spot some new additions to our church grounds?
The Brownies and Guides met on Wednesday 18th June and worked very hard to create bug hotels and citrus bird feeders which they have placed around our church grounds.
Each of the bug hotels are named
– one is called ‘St.Aidan’s Towers’ !
They also carried out a biodiversity blitz.
Thank you for all your hard work.
Sunday 15th June – Father’s day
10.00am today we held a Family Parade service
to give thanks for Dads, Grandads and our Heavenly Father!
We were joined by our uniformed organisations and families.
May
We packed away our lawnmower and allowed wildflowers to bloom freely on our lawn during May.
The reason behind this decision:
Approximately 97% of flower-rich meadows have been lost since the 1930s. With them we have also lost vital food needed by pollinators like bees and butterflies. Leaving a mix of
grass lengths in our lawn from #NoMowMay and beyond means we are giving nature the boost it deserves. With more than 23 million gardens in the UK even the smallest wild patch can make a difference. We can help provide vital food needed by bees and butterflies and connect with nature on our doorstep.
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Friday 9th May 2025
VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebration at the Friday Centre
Today we came together for Coffee and a selection of traditional snacks.
We shared our memories of our own experiences and also those told to us by loved ones.
The hall was decorated for the occasion and there was a display of memorabilia for all to see.
Entertainment was provided by the Bel Canto Vintage Sisters.
They included the music from The Andrew Sisters, Glen Miller, Vera Lynn, and a flag waving tribute to the songs that won the war!
April
Sunday 20th April 2025
Thank you to all our talented flower ladies for the beautiful floral arrangements in church for our Easter celebrations.
Friday 18th April – Good Friday
The Friday Centre met today and shared lovely chats and hot cross buns.
On Good Friday morning our Baptismal families came together to make some Easter Crafts.
We had refreshments including hot cross buns and each child took home an Easter Egg with a ‘hat’.
We created an
Easter Garden
together
Sunday 13th April
Palm Sunday
Revd. Mark James led our worship of Holy Communion
at our Palm Sunday Service today.
March
Sunday 30th March – Mothering Sunday
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 for them.
Lent Course
The Hardest Part
We met each Tuesday starting on 4th March for a 7-part course through Lent that considered our human vulnerabilities alongside the hope we have through the joy and triumph of Easter.
Scripture reading, discussion and time for reflection together.
January
Sunday 12th January 2025
Today we said ‘Thank you’ to Josie for her services to the music at St.Aidan’s. She was presented with a gift and some flowers. Josie then cut her cake. Together we gave our love and thanks to Josie and shared special refreshments to mark the occasion.
