By Rev Stewart As the days begin to turn into Autumn (the leaves on the “Christmas light” trees outside St Mary’s are dropping incredibly early already!) it is a good time to reflect on how the summer has gone in our Parish. It is also time to get ready for some great new things in…
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So what is a Licensed Lay Minister?
By Rev Stewart Gibbs and Geoff Willis Many people are familiar with the idea of Vicar – they wear a “dog-collar”, lead church services, drink a lot of tea! But perhaps people are less familiar with the idea of Lay Minister. High Ongar Parish are blessed to have two wonderful Lay Ministers – Katherine Garner,…
Senior Citizens: Don’t be lonely in Ongar!
The St James’ Church in Marden Ash invites all to tea, biscuits, and good company on Mondays at 2pm. Special events included.
Sad news about Ken Webb
We are sorry to announce the very sad news that Ken Webb died at 9.00am on Thursday 11th April. Ken was a wonderful man. He was a devout Christian, who walked with Jesus as his Lord and Saviour everyday (and was never ashamed to tell you that he did). Ken was Churchwarden for many years. He…
January 2021: Letter from the vicar
Dear Residents of the Parish of High Ongar, Happy New Year to you all from the Parish Churches of High Ongar! We continue to live in strange and difficult times. Our area has had high rates of Covid-19 infection. Some members of our community have been ill, and unfortunately a few have passed away. These…
Update from the Wilkes
So, here we are, seven weeks since we moved to Gorleston. Someone once said to me you should never start a sentence with so, but once a rebel always a rebel! By Martin and Linda Wilkes We arrived late on the Thursday having left our house in immaculate condition (our buyers words, not ours) to…
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