Welcome to the website for St Mary's and St John's Churches in Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex.
We hope you enjoy looking around. The latest news items from St Mary's and St John's can also be found on our Facebook page, or on Twitter.
Welcome to the website for St Mary's and St John's Churches in Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex.
We hope you enjoy looking around. The latest news items from St Mary's and St John's can also be found on our Facebook page, or on Twitter.
Main service times
St Mary's: 9am
St John's 11am
Full list of service times
Contacts
Rector: Colin Hopkinson (01268 542156)
Curate: Steve Spencer (01268 490869)
Parish Office: 01268 490400
Further Contact details
Pre-School
Manager: Gaynor Carter (01268 490400)
More about our Pre-School
Messy Church is an event for families with primary school children: Church as you’ve never known it!
Where: Laindon Baptist Church, High Road, Langdon Hills
When: Saturday 16 January 2010 starting at 3 pm
Come and enjoy as a family together: Craft–Games–Singing–Stories - ending with a meal together
Please note that all children and young people must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Contact Details: Linda Spencer 01268 490869
Tuesday 12th January, 2010: The Old Testament
Tuesday 19th January, 2010: The New Testament
Venue: St John’s, Forest Glade. The speaker will be Ian Hollingworth.
7.45 for an 8.00 pm start.
For more information please contact Eddy Lee on 01268 412016.
Another for the diary: Saturday, 27th MARCH: Ladies Spring Breakfast at St John’s. 8.30 am.
St John’s has applied for funding to build an extension to our premises to provide additional capacity for our preschool and after schools clubs. The proposed extension will provide two additional rooms for these groups.
If the funding application is sucessful the building work will start during the 2010 Summer holidays. While construction work continues on the new building during term time we will continue to provide a full service in the existing building. This will be achieved by securely and safely closing off the area where the building work is taking place and by providing a safe and secure temporary external play area in the car park.
Plans of the proposed extension can be downloaded below. They are pdf documents.
1. Site plan (1.75mb)
2. Elevations (196kb)
3. Roof plans (656kb)
ALPHA COURSE 2009 DATES
Alpha Service of Praise and Worship
Sunday 13th September, 6.30 pm St. John’s Church
Team Training
Tuesday 15th September, 8.00 pm St. John’s Church
Daytime Course Dates
Evening Course Dates
For information, contact Linda Spencer, telephone 01268 490869

The Parish of Langdon Hills is looking for someone to assist in the development of the church-based youth work and strategic outreach into the local community, and play a part in the existing outreach initiatives in the wider town of Basildon.
STM are looking for a skilled schools worker who will work alongside the team leader in delivering high quality schools work in Basildon. They should be confident to work on their own in lessons, assemblies and extra-curricular clubs. We will look to tailor what they do to fit the skills and gifting they bring.
You can download the full job description and an application form below. They are both Word documents.
Christian Aid week is approaching - it takes place from the 10th to the 16th May. During this time volunteers from the parish will be collecting from houses all over the parish - we collect for the work of Christian Aid, who work with those in need in developing countries.
See you on the doorsteps perhaps. If you’d like to find out more about Christian Aid week click here: Christian Aid Week 2009 - 10-16 May - Christian Aid
Where: St John’s
When: Friday 1st May
Time: 7-9pm
Who’s it for? Those 10 years+
Bring a friend, but you must get a permission slip signed in advance by a parent / carer - available from Jill Hurley, Donna Martin or Sally-Ann Childs. Please return them as soon as you can so we know how much food to buy.
[Rather a last minute notice and one that I posted before Easter, but I thought I’d repost just in case someone is looking for last minute information]
Sunday 26th April 2009:
7 -9 pm following Worship at St John’s Church at 6.30 pm
All members on the church electoral roll or resident in the parish and on a Register of Local Government Electors are warmly invited to attend the above meetings at which we will be appointing our Churchwardens, their Deputies, Deanery Synod Representatives, PCC members and Sides persons for 2009/2010.
Nomination forms will be displayed on the notice boards of both churches .
There will also be presentation of Annual Reports on the proceedings of the PCC and the Deanery Synod, the Fabric of each Church, the activities of church and uniformed groups, changes in the electoral roll and submission of audited financial statements and Treasurer’s Report.
Please come and join us.
A booklet containing the Agenda, last year’s Minutes and the reports will be available from Sunday 19th April.
For further information please contact Ann Sargent – PCC Secretary.