South Witham

Howbridge is a Church of England school, so it is a natural home for us. It s perfectly placed, as it is right on the border between the older housing in South Witham, and the large new estate being built around Maltings Lane.

Witham has grown a great deal in the past few decades, and is growing rapidly now – and some parts of the town are two miles or more from St. Nicolas.  For some people at this end of town, our Church is simply too distant to be a regular place of worship – so that’s why we have regular worship at Howbridge Junior School.

We like to make our services as accessible as possible and quite informal: there are traditional and contemporary hymns and songs, and there is always a mix of lively and joyful moments, along with times of quiet reflection. To make worship easier to follow we use PowerPoint, so people aren’t given a lot of books and service sheets as soon as they come in the door!

The age-span of our congregation covers people in their 80’s to young babies, but a number of young families are regular worshippers, so children and young people form a very important part of the life and feel of our services.  There’s a ‘family’ feel to our growing congregation, and we’ve always been very welcoming to newcomers, allowing people gradually to find their own place in our worshipping community

Our usual pattern is Holy Communion on the second Sunday of the month, and all-age worship without Communion on the fourth.  The services are led by the Team Vicar of St. Nicolas, the Revd. Simon Garwood. He has been developing fortnightly worship at Howbridge since coming to the parish in 2003, but the South Witham service itself has been going for about 12 years.  The congregation has grown over the past few years to around 40 or so, with many more coming to our special services.

Service Information

2nd Sunday     10:30    Hloy Commuion with chidlren's groups

4th Sunday      10:30    All age

For further details contact Father Simon on 01376 519017

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