Today our uniformed organisations joined us in a Parade Service to carry out our act of Remembrance. The flags were lowered and 2 minutes silence was held.
St.Aidan's celebrated Harvest by holding a Parade service with the uniformed organisations and a 6pm Holy Communion service. Our church was decorated beautifully by our flower arranging team. Thank you for all your donations of food which have been given to Harp, Southend's homeless charity. Harvest Water Aid collection was £120.
St.Aidan's Church were fortunate to have the Rochford District Heritage Tapestry on display in church for the month of May. The Tapestry had 10 'timeline' panels which depicted key historic, Christian and social events across the 14 parishes of the Rochford district since the battle of Assandun in 1016 to the present day. It took 20 months from initial concept to tapestry completion, with around 90 adults and 80 children taking part. The project's original title 'Knitting our Heritage together', inspired the creation of knitted items to match against the tapestry. Historical narratives were also displayed alongside each panel. We had 260 visitors to the Rochford District Heritage Tapestry display held at the back of the church. 47 Booklets were sold for the Rochford District and £200 was raised for church funds. A big thank you to everyone and especially to Diane for organising this event.
Monday 8th May 2023St.Aidan's Church hall was open today for tea and cakes to celebrate the King's Coronation.A great time was had by all.
