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Sunday Services at 6.30pm
A Very Warm Welcome
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you. Isaiah 26:3
SEPTEMBER 2025
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7th |
Evening Service, with Communion 6.30pm |
Mr. Charles deLacy Chelmsford |
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14th |
Evening Service 6.30pm |
Mrs Penny Bloom, Chelmsford |
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21st |
Evening Service 6.30pm |
Rev. Malcolm Boulter Tiptree |
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28th |
HARVEST THANKSGIVING Family & Parade Service Free Breakfast 9am Service 10am Led by Mrs. Carol Hutchings |
Harvest Praise 6.30pm Rev. Jenny Haggar Followed by Sharing the Harvest loaf with cheese and pickles, |
OCTOBER SERVICES
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5th |
Evening Service 6.30pm |
Mr. Thomas Dodd, Linton, Cambs |
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12th |
Evening Service Communion, 6.30pm |
Mr. Charles deLacy Chelmsford |
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19th |
Evening Service 6.30pm |
Rev. Jenny Haggar Ipswich |
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26th
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Evening Service 6.30pm |
Mrs. Norma Huxter, Halstead |
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER, JESUS IS THE SAME
What's on in SEPTEMBER
Tues 2nd Prayers in the vestry 9.45-10.00
Tues 2nd Meet up @ Coffee & Chat 10.00-12.00
A warm welcome & a warm space
Thurs 4th Knit and Natter 10.00-12.00
Sun 7th Evening Service, Mr. Charles deLacy 18.30-19.30
Tues 9th Prayers in the vestry 9.45-10.00
Tues. 9th Meet up Coffee & Chat 10.00-12.00
Thurs 11th Knit & Natter 10.00-12.00
Fri 12th Ladies What Chill 19.30-21.30
Sun 14th Evening Service, Penny Bloom 18.30.-19.30
Tues 16th Prayers in the vestry 9.45-10.00
Tues 16th Meet Up Coffee & Chat 10.00-12.00
Thurs 18th Knit & Natter 10.00-12.00
Sun 21st Anne Smith Rose Garden -Thanksgiving & Dedication 4pm All are very welcome to come along and remember Anne at this informal thanksgiving. Followed by Tea and Cakes led by Rev. Malcolm Boulter
later Evening Service, Rev.M. Boulter 18.30.-19.30
Tues 23rd Prayers in vestry 9.45-10.00
Tues 23rd Meet up @ Coffee & Chat 10.00-12.00
Special Macmillan Coffee Morning with extras please come and support
Thurs 25th Knit & Natter 10.00-12.00
Fri 26th Ladies What Chill 19.30-21.30
Sat 27th Church Open at 2.30pm to receive gifts and decorate for Harvest
Sun 28th HARVEST THANKSGIVING 9am Breakfast followed by
Family & Parade Service at 10am led by Carol Hutchings. In the evening at 6.30pm we welcome Rev. Jenny Haggar from Ipswich. We share the Harvest Loaf with cheese and pickles after the service. Goods will be donated to HomeStart and money once again will go to FCN (Farming Community Network)
Tues 30th Prayers in the vestry 9.45-10.00
Tues 30th Meet up Coffee & Chat 10.00-12.00
This is a special morning with a crime prevention officer coming to help us keep safe from fraudsters. Please tell your friends and neighbours not to be missed.
LOOKING AHEAD OCTOBER
4TH OCTOBER Church AGM Meeting at the church at 10.00
Please do come along and hear what has been happening and the church plans for the New Year ahead. Please could all leaders bring a short report on your groups activities. Thank you.
I Just found a beautiful verse This is for you.
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God
When you are sad, God is your comfort.
When you are weak, God is your strength.
When you cry, God will wipe away your tears.
When you can t go on, God will carry you
You are not overlooked, not forgotten, and not alone.
THANKS & NEWS
The church painting is now completed and it looks great! Thank you to everyone who contributed towards this. Daphne has been hard at work trimming the long hedge down the edge of the church. This is a massive job and we are very thankful to her for helping to keep the church grounds looking so tidy. Dave has kept the roses, trees and bedding flowers watered, so it all looks very nice out the back of the church. Thank you very much!
We are holding a thanksgiving and dedication for Anne in the rose garden which has been created in her memory. Some of her family are coming down and it would be lovely to see all who remember Anne come along on what would have been the eve of her 94th birthday.
Denise and Mandy have kept the Friendship Coffee & Chat going throughout August and it is great to see people coming along. We really appreciate others who have stepped in to help out when Denise was away, thank you Eve and Tanya. Of course we mustn t forget Judith and Gloria our Tuesday gang that help every week! Thank you to all who bring donations of cakes for us all to enjoy, you are soooo generous.
We were able to donate the 42.65 to Elsie s Steps. We collected this at our Summer Party at the beginning of July and we do thank especially Tom and John for coming and entertaining us. It was a great sing along and fun morning. This week s coffee morning money 36 was given to Maggie who is raising money for breast cancer. In September we will be holding our Macmillan coffee morning also.
During the summer holidays the wooden floors have been scraped and sanded to remove the old varnish. This proved to be a massive and expensive job, but the feedback we have received so far has all been positive. To be fair it doesn t look great but it was the best we could achieve. The church has to say a huge thank you to Allan Gray for undertaking this work.
CHURCH CONTACTS- on line www.silverendcongregationalchurch.org
Coffee & Chat Tuesday 10.00 - 12 noon
Church Treasurer & Enquiries Mrs. S. Gray Tel. 07710 285214
e.mail sharon@silverend.org
Church Post Code CM8 3QF (Silver Street)
Silver End Guiding Group Contact Mrs. Carol Hutchings 07857 663959
Rainbows, Guides, Brownies, Rangers & other groups
Monday Miffy s Fab & Fit 9.30-10.30am Contact 07575 161060
Tuesday Silver Swans Movement Class 9.45-12 Contact Gemma - 07597 649240
Wednesday MOTHER & Baby fitness class 10.30-11.30 - Contact Leila -07964 076493
Wednesday Carolyn s Dance Group - Disco/Street Dance Contact Harriet 07855 014717
Thursday SILVER TOTS (Baby & Toddler Group) at 9.45am- Chelle -07788 966888 (Term Time)
Thursday Knit & Natter 10.00 12 Contact, Barbara 01376 585467
Thursday Miffy s Fab & Fit 6.30-7.30pm Contact 07575 161060
Friday Ladies What Chill Group Contact Nicki 07773 531055
Sat Pilates Class 9.00-10,00 Contact Leila 07964 076493
SCOUT GROUP Dan Sutton (Scout Leader) dan@silverend-scouts.org.uk 07970 730636
Please help and support this church if you are able. Thank you
Prayers
Dear Lord, at the start of this new academic year we pray for schools, pupils and teachers, asking for Your protection, provision and peace. We especially pray for those just starting their journey in education and those going on to College or University. These can be huge steps for some, we pray for Your love, wisdom and grace for all such.
Harvest Prayer God you are at the centre of creation. Hear our prayer of thankfulness for the gift of land and the richness and diversity of creation. You bring us into partnership to work within creation and, through the efforts of the farmer and grower, bring forth fruitfulness and food from the land. At this time of Harvest hear our prayer for the agricultural community, for all who bring us the produce for our wellbeing and all who work to maintain the beauty of the countryside. These prayers and thanksgivings we offer to you. God of Creation and Fruitfulness. Amen.
Please remember all those in need of our prayers especially those who are grieving. We continue to remember people who have recently lost loved ones. Please pray for one another, for those who come to Coffee & Chat, many of whom have concerns for themselves or others in their families. We keep in our prayers Pat Maholland who is now home after breaking her hip, Carol Wright who is still in great pain, Sheila Want, she has recently been into hospital after falling over. Judy Root who is finding she needs more help, Val, Brenda, Erica, Margaret, Doreen, Barbara, and Iris. God Bless them all.
Just rest with quiet patience and seek the Lord in prayer and place yourself completely in His ever-loving care. Then do not fret or worry, God will take good care of you. For He s the Great Physician and there s nothing He can t do.
Helen Steiner Rice