Welcome to the website for the Parish of Langdon Hills.
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Main service times
St Mary's: 9am
St John's 11am
Full list of service times
Contacts
Rector: Colin Hopkinson (01268 542156)
Parish Office: 01268 490400
Further Contact details
Pre-School
Manager: Gaynor Carter (01268 490400)
More about our Pre-School
From Our Church Mag – Jan
Bigger. Better. More explosions
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The Nightingale’s Christmas Meal
There were about 15 of us ladies and we went to The Artichoke at Brentwood on Wednesday 14th December for our christmas meal.
It was a lovely 3 course meal and we were all bloated after the 2nd course of the carvery but all managed to eat dessert, some of us even managed “Syryp pudding and custard” !!
From our Church Mag – Dec
Eulogy for a fiend
I’m quite honoured this month. I’ve been asked to write a piece about a much loved yet much maligned (in this column) member of the Hopkinson family. Sox the cat. I first saw Sox as a kitten at the rectory. I wanted to pick him up then, but I held back as he wasn’t my cat. Mind you, he wasn’t the Hopkinsons’ cat either, He was no one’s. Cats own themselves. If anything, he would have owned a Hopkinson human once he’d chosen which one he wanted. Besides, he was far too busy jumping on the furniture and being curious about everything.
Christmas services
Sunday 27th November
at St Mary’s: 6.30pm Advent Carols with the Methodists
Sunday 11th December
at St Mary’s: 4.00pm Carol Parade
Sunday 18th December
at St John’s: 11.00am All Age Carols
at St Mary’s: 6.30pm 9 Lessons & Carols
Christmas Eve at St Mary’s:
2.00pm Christingle Recommended for younger children.
4.00pm Christingle This service is often very crowded. We regret doors must be closed when full.
6.00pm Christingle Recommended for older children.
11.30pm Midnight Communion
Christmas Day
at St John’s: 11.00am All Age Worship
For information about services at St Therese of Lisieux (Catholic) and Langdon Hills Methodist Church see their websites for details or contact information.
Men at Wapping – Rob Aley
Rob Aley has kindly written about the men’s group outing on the 7th November evening to Wapping and recalls the evening’s events.
After meeting at Laindon and travelling to Fenchurch Street, where we met with others, we had a very interesting walk through the old East End to Wapping. This part of London has changed immensely and been refurbished beyond recognition, however many of the old landmarks still remain intact.
Christmas Gifts With a Real Mission
This year you can shop on line for your exciting, high quality Tearcraft gifts from www.createdgifts.org . If you don’t have access to the internet then phone 0845 218 3960 for a catalogue.
Please consider buying from Tearcraft and bringing hope to those in the world’s poorest communities.
From Our Church Mag – Nov
Yaaaaay, it’s firework month
At least, it seems like a month where I live. They can’t just have them on November the fifth or the closest Saturday, no. It’s every night for about the whole of November and sometimes the last couple of weeks of October as well. Mind you, we don’t appear to have had the October part this year, so maybe we’re in for a quietish November too. Times really are hard, aren’t they?
Confirmation Celebrations
On Sunday the 16th October we hosted a Confirmation Service with the Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell. It was a great time for celebrating the commitment that all the candidates had demonstrate and the support they gained from there friends and family.
St John’s had 12 candidates from our own parish and a similar number from other parishes in our deanery so space was going to be tight! In total we believe we managed to pack in over 190 folks into St John’s Church.
From Our Church Mag – Oct
My garden’s so big
They’ve been teaching the Oak Wood pre-school kids hymns for the harvest service. One tiny was with a parent over by Lincewood primary school and was asked to tell mumsy’s friend about the garden song. It’s one of those dreaded action songs that Colin has us leaping up and down to now and again (hah, he wishes). Guess what the song is. Go on. Give up? You’ll kick yourselves.
Ladies Autumn Breakfast
Ladies come and join us at our Autumn breakfast on Saturday 8th October 8:30-10:30am at St Johns Church, Forest Glade.
Our guest speaker will be Bev Murrill author of “You Can Be God’s Agent for Change”. Tickets will cost £4.00 each. For further details/tickets contact Jill Hurley on 01268-543179
Alpha Praise Service – 18th Sep
Please come and join our Alpha Praise Service, Sunday 18th September, 6.00pm at St John’s Church, Forest Glade, Langdon Hills.
We are holding this service in preparation for our forth coming Alpha programme which will be running this year for 10 sessions starting on Thursday evening, 22nd September at St John’s and a day time programme starting on Friday 23rd September
From Our Church Mag – Sep
How many Ls in mulberry?
It pays to advertise. Last month I happened to mention on my Off the Wall page on Facebook that this month’s article would pose the question above. Just how many Ls are there in mulberry? I now have a following of 3 people that my hook line caught and they are eagerly awaiting this month’s Ben Jericho column. I expect that’s 3 more than usually read it. Read the rest of this entry »
