St Paul’s Woodford Bridge exists to worship God, lead people to Christ, build a loving Christian community,
and serve a world in need.
Latest news
Walk & Talk: weekend of September 24th-25th
We’re holding a St. Paul’s Woodford Bridge Sponsored Walk Fund-raiser.
YOU choose whether the money goes to:
- the St. Paul’s Toilet Fund,
- the Kenyan Street Children Feeding Fund, or
- St. Paul’s Church Fund.
Walks take place on:
- Saturday 24th September 11:00-15:00
- Sunday 25th September 11:30-13:00
The ‘talk’ part is to invite family and friends along with you to chat as you walk.
You can join at St. Paul’s - choose from three different courses, none of them very long - 400-700 yards,
and walk as many laps as you want.
You can bring your dog, scooters or dolls prams for children, wheelchairs...
If you can’t join in at St. Paul’s how about arranging your own walk and sponsor-system? You can help us from miles away!
Contact Mac Leonard for more details and a sponsor form.
All money raised needs to be credited to the PCC bank account (details below)
giving your name as the reference. You also need to inform our Treasurer Len Stevens.
Posted 7 August 2022
Date and time changes
September’s PCC meeting has been moved to Monday 26th September at 19:45,
as the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on the 19th.
In addition, the Confirmation Service on 9th October has been moved to the earlier time of 15:00.
Posted 11 September 2022
Weekly coffee mornings at St Paul’s Church
Every Thursday from 10 to 12 noon.
All welcome!
Who we are
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.
Groups and activities
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 also run
Children’s Holiday Clubs.
For Senior Citizens, we run a
Seniors’ Coffee morning every Thursday from 10 to 12 noon.
We have an active Mothers’ Union meeting on the first Tuesday
of each month 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.
Giving
Spirelight Dedication Book
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.
Parish giving - please help if you can!
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak we had to temporarily close our church building. As a result, giving reduced
dramatically at a time when we were making progress with our
project to install toilets in the church building.
The cost of running the church is high, and even while the building is closed we have bills to pay.
We would like to say a big thank-you to those of you who have given already and, if you are able to give,
that will help to keep us solvent.
Below are details on how to give via Bank Transfer:
- Account Name: St. Paul’s PCC
- Bank: Barclays, Loughton, IG10 1AZ
- Sort Code: 20-52-74
- Account Number: 10775215
- Reference – your name
If you can top-up your gift with Gift Aid, and we don’t already have a Gift Aid declaration from you, let
us know and we’ll send you one.
Please contact our Treasurer,
Len Stevens.
St Paul’s Toilet Fund
“In for a penny, in for a pound”
We need your help...
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.
How you can help us...
You can make a donation to the Toilet Fund in any of the following ways:
-
Make a Bank Transfer donation to:
- Bank: Barclays, Loughton Branch, IG10 1AZ
- Account Name: St. Paul’s PCC
- Sort Code: 20-52-74
- Account Number: 10775215
- Reference – Toilet/your name
If you donate online, please
download a Gift Aid form [MS Word, 18 KB].
Email the completed form to Len Stevens: <lenstevens9@aol.com>. Note: a signature is not required.
-
Put your donation in a blue Gift Aid envelope available in church and mark it
“Toilet” (cheques payable to ST. PAUL’S PCC)
Contact
St Paul’s Treasurer Len Stevens
for further information.
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For further information contact
Churchwarden Paul Malam.
Disabled Access
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.
