Morning Prayer

Occurring
Every day at for 30 mins
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

Prayer to begin the day, Every weekday Morning Prayer is said in the Lady Chapel at 9am. We use Common Worship Daily Office: there's an app or this and we also have hard-copy books. If not sure what all this means or what to expect, just come along and we'll guide you. Or just be held in prayer

Evening Prayer

Occurring
Every day at for 30 mins
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

Prayer at the end of the afternoon (or beginning of the evening.) Daily prayer on weekdays at 5pm using Common Worship Daily Office. (It's on an app as well as Prayer Books.) Though on Wednesday's we're in Terling parish church at 5pm) . Join us in prayer about things that have been happening in the day,

Benefice Choral Evensong

Occurring
Monthly. Every First Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

Choral Evensong and Sung Evensong? Aren't they the same thing? Generally, the music for Choral Evensong is more complex. At Sung Evensong we all sing everything apart from the Anthem - which the choir sings. At Choral Evensong the choir sings everything apart from the hymns - which we all sing ! It's a lovely service to come to, the sacred music is beautiful, and I find it deepens my experience of worshipping God.

Do you live in Witham or its surrounding villages? You might like to sing in a church choir but can't commit to it every week. So be part of a good choir once a month! We rehearse from 5:00pm for the service at 6:00pm. Interested? Do get in touch.

All-Age Communion

Occurring
Every First Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Witham: St Nicolas, Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM82JS, United Kingdom

On the First Sunday of each month we hold an All-Age Communion Service - for older and younger, men, woman and children. We bring the altar to the front of our mediaeval Rood Screen. Common Worship (in modern language) Bible reading often from the Contemporary English Version, a more interactive sermon, hymns, prayer and the choir. Come and join us. (Also live-streamed at www.facebook.com/stnicswitham)

Sung Evensong

Occurring
Every Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
St Nicolas Church
Address
St Nicolas Church, Chipping Hill, CM8 2JS

Book of Common Prayer Evensong. A timeless service from the old prayer book using, traditional language. We have a really good parish choir singing an Anthem every week - and everyone joins in with hymns and the responses. There's good preaching too. Evensong is one of the treasures of Anglicanism. Join us for this glorious traditional service!

All Souls Evensong with Litany

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

The boundary between our ordinary everyday world and the otherness of life feels thinner at this time of year. Its no accident that Hallowe'en, Bonfire Night and All Souls all occur at this time of year. All Souls is a time to remember our dead. Matching the seriousness of the theme, we hold an austere Evensong (everything is said) and say the Litany too. And then the names are all read out and candles lit in memory.

If you would like us to add the name of someone who has died who is significant to you, please get in touch. Or come into church and add their name(s) to the list.

Chatterbox

Occurring
Every Monday at for 1 hour
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

We begin with a simple service for pre school age and their carers in church at 10:30am. It has a regular and familiar pattern of songs, which really help the children's sense of belonging. Followed by play and refreshments in the church hall. And we now have attached a card for the themes of this term and when we're having a break (eg for Bank Holidays or Summer Holidays)

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Holy Communion

Occurring
Every Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Last Sunday at for 1 hour
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

Holy Communion every week at 9.30am using Common Worship (in modern language). Hymns, readings, sermon and prayer and robed choir (a good choral tradition supports our worship.) and sharing the bread and wine of communion.

The Advent Procession

Occurring
for 1 hour, 15 mins
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

Advent? What's that? Its a time of preparation, prayer and reflection before the coming of Christ. The Advent Procession is a very atmospheric service, It is a series of readings and songs - Advent Hymns, some from the Iona Community, some sung by the choir. The sequence of seven readings begins below the tower. At each reading a candle is lit in a series of candles that culminate at the High Altar. Here our written prayers are offered to God, rising in a great column of incense. It is a deeply moving service, and a great way to begin advent.

Advent Journeying

Occurring
Wednesday 04 December 2024, Wednesday 11 December 2024, Wednesday 18 December 2024 at for 30 mins
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

A simple and reflective service held 8pm on Wednesday evenings during Advent. Making a time of stillness and calm amidst the hectic busyness of all our Christmas preparations

The church is in semi-darkness. We gather at the back of church. Together, holding candles and singing a Taizé or Iona chant we process together to the Lady Chapel. Here there are short readings, a hymn and a meditation or reflection: and then a time of quiet. We then process (singing) back to where we started.

Image ©Jane Ray (used with kind permission)

Just for Advent

Christmas Tree Festival

Occurring
for 1 day, 5 hours
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

A forest of Christmas Trees decorated by different organisations in our town. The trees and music create a great atmosphere, full of wonder and simple joy. There will also be food and drink, raffles... A lovely community event for the run up to Christmas in Witham.

Carols by Candlelight

Occurring
for 1 hour, 15 mins
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

One of my favourite services in the year, this is a traditional carol service with readings, carols for us all to sing, and carols sung by our excellent choir. There are seven readings which tell the story of Jesus born among us: the promise of a Messiah in the Hebrew Scriptures, the story of Jesus's birth in the Gospel according to Luke, and the significance of Jesus birth including the glorious prologue of the Gospel according to St John.

And its by candlelight (the clue is in the name!)

Christmas Eve Crib Service

Occurring
for 1 hour
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

Come and share the story of Jesus' birth, as we retell it together. Christmas Carols, Christmas Crib, and then singing carols in the candlelight. Such wonder on the edge of Christmas. I always feel Christmas has truly begun in this service.
A Service for Families and Children of all ages. And if would like to, come dressed as a Christmas character...

Image ©Jane Ray (used with kind permission)

Christmas Eve Midnight Communion

Occurring
for 1 hour, 30 mins
Venue
Witham: St Nicolas
Address
Chipping Hill Witham Chelmsford, CM8 2JS, United Kingdom

It's midnight on Christmas Eve. The town is quiet. And we gather in the dark of night to tiptoe into Christmas Day. This is a lovely and ancient service. I remember the first time I was old enough to stay up for Midnight Communion (or Midnight Mass) with its Christmas carols and Christmas story. The songs of shepherds and angels from long ago echo through our service, proclaiming the story of Jesus Born among us. God's living message of hope and faith for our wonderful broken world. And then we emerge into Christmas Day, our faith renewed. Just wonderful.