St Paul’s Woodford Bridge exists to worship God, lead people to Christ, build a loving Christian community, and serve a world in need.
St Paul’s Church
Cross Road
Woodford Green
IG8 8BT
Vicar: The Revd Ola Franklin
Prayers and readings and reflection for Sunday 5 April (Palm Sunday) are now available, with a reflection by the Revd Ola Franklin.
The Rt Revd Peter Hill (Bishop of Barking) has also provided an audio recording of a short act of Palm Sunday worship (12 MB, 12 mins) by himself and Ellen Hill.
Please see the Worship page for links to online worship resources.
Posted 3 April 2020. Updated 4 April.
Holy Week at Home is a collection of at home worship resources for each day of Holy Week. The pages will continue to grow over the coming days and include liturgy, prayers, music, video and activities for all ages.
See our Worship page for more links to worship resources.
Posted 2 April 2020
Prayers and readings for Sunday 29th March (Passion Sunday) are now available, along with a reflection provided this week by The Revd Ian Monks. The notes include useful links for online worship resources.
Posted 27 March 2020. Updated 2 April.
Throughout Christian history some Christian people have found themselves isolated from the sacramental life of the Church for all sorts of reasons, and particularly in times of plague, famine and warfare.
At such times the Church has encouraged people to make what is called a spiritual communion. It is a way of uniting yourself with Jesus and entering into communion with him even though you are not able to receive the sacrament itself.
Download the Spiritual Communion Order of Service
Posted 27 March 2020
When we can’t meet to sing praise together, why not lift your spirits by singing along with some Christian Praise?
Posted 22 March 2020
Prayers, readings and a reflection for next Sunday are now available, provided this week by Mac Leonard. The notes include useful links for online worship resources.
A Worship link has been added in the menu - the Magazine link can now be found under the About Us menu.
Updated 23 March 2020
It is with sadness that we make known that our son Robert died in his sleep between the 5th and 6th of March.
His funeral will be in Hampshire where he lived, followed by the Burial of Ashes at St Paul's following a service there.
At the moment we await the coroner, before we can make any arrangements.
Ian and Rosemary MonksThe Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Posted 8 March 2020
The Spring 2020 edition of Good News! opens with Vicar Ola’s article “Conversation with a Stranger”. Ola reflects on the meeting on the road to Emmaus and the value for us of talking to God.
Read about everything happening at St Paul’s this spring, right through to May, including:
Posted 28 February 2020
I will be running The London Marathon on (revised date) for Leukaemia Care, a cause that is very close to my heart.
Leukaemia Care is a national blood cancer support charity who are dedicated to ensuring that anyone affected by blood cancer receives the right information, advice and support.
Please donate to this amazing cause and help to raise a great amount of money for Leukaemia Care UK.
Donations can be made via JustGiving OR through cash donations directly to me.Thank you very much for your support.
Emily.Updated 17 March 2020
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For further information contact Churchwarden Paul Malam.
Posted 8 February 2019
“In for a penny, in for a pound”
At the moment we have no toilets in the church building - the nearest are at the bottom of the churchyard in the church hall. This is very inconvenient for baptisms, weddings, funerals, and other church services and social activities beneficial to the local community.
So we’re planning to have two toilet cubicles, one fully accessible for mobility impaired users, installed in church at a cost of around £80,000 - costing this much largely because the church building hasn't got a sewer pipe outlet and the nearest connection for one to be laid is at the church hall.
Updated 31 January 2019
The Archbishops have requested that Church of England churches to put public worship on hold for the coming months of 2020.
However, St Paul’s will be open when possible for prayer and reflection – please see the list of dates and times on this page.
What’s on this month
See our Calendar for further details.
We are a Christian Parish Church in Essex in the Diocese of Chelmsford, and part of the Church of England. We are here to spread the ‘Good News’ about God and his Son Jesus Christ.
The Bible says “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but may have eternal life” (John 3:16). That means those who ‘follow’ Jesus Christ, who love his company, respect his teaching, trust his promises and are prepared to let this affect their lives.
We are committed to Safeguarding Children, Young People, Victims/perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and Vulnerable Adults.
The PCC has adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding.
Our safeguarding policy including contact details for safeguarding issues can be found from the “About Us” menu on this site.
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Joanna Urbanek.
We are a friendly church and you will find a warm welcome at our services and church groups.
For children, we have a Children’s Sunday Church Club every Sunday at 10:00 in the hall, we run Children’s Holiday Clubs and we have a Christian Playgroup which runs each morning in our Church Hall.
For Senior Citizens, we run a Seniors’ Coffee morning on the first Thursday in each month.
We have an active Mothers’ Union and our Textile Group has created inspiring and colourful banners for the church and meets fortnightly.
“Just for Girls” meet fortnightly on a Tuesday morning from 10—12 noon for Worship, Meditation, Prayer and Fellowship. The group is open to women who are members of St Paul’s church. Please contact Pauline Bolding for further details.
St Paul’s welcomes anyone who is disabled - our Church has disabled access facilities through the South Door off the Main road, and a hearing loop for anyone using a hearing aid.
Light up St Paul’s Spire!
Everyone is invited to participate in our Spirelight Dedication, to commemorate an Anniversary, Birthday or any other memorable date.
Just fill in a St Paul’s Spirelight Dedication form, and the name will be mentioned on that date in the Dedication Book and in our monthly magazine
Forms in Church or from Len Stevens.
