Our Holy Week services are now published below, and also on our Lent page.

Palm Sunday - 25th March
St Peter & St Paul's - Grays Thurrock
​10:30am - Holy Communion

Monday 26th March
All Saints' - Chafford Hundred
7.30 - 8.30pm - 'The  Final Journey' - with imagery and music

Tuesday 27th March
St Clements - West Thurrock
7:30 - 8:30pm - 'The Christ We Share'

Wednesday 28th March
St Mary's - Little Thurrock
7:30pm - 'A Momentous Week' - the journey of Holy Week in pictures

Maundy Thursday - 29th March
St Peter & St Paul's - Grays Thurrock
10:30am - Holy Communion
7:30pm - Holy Communion with hand washing

Good Friday - 30th March
St Clement's - West Thurrock
10:00am - Hear the Good Friday story, followed by a Walk of Witness to West Thurrock Chapel

St Mary's - Little Thurrock
2:00 - 3:00pm - An hour at the cross

St Peter & St Paul's - Grays Thurrock
10:30am - Ecumenical Service
2:00 - 3:00pm - Guided meditation

Easter Eve - Saturday 31st March
St Peter & St Paul's - Grays Thurrock
4:30pm - Easter egg Hunt
5:00pm - All Age Worship

Easter Day - Sunday 1st April
All Saints' - Chafford Hundred
11:00am - Family Communion followed by Easter Egg Hunt

St Clement's - West Thurrock
11:00am - Family Communion

St Mary's - Little Thurrock
9:30am - Family Communion

St Peter & St Paul's - Grays Thurrock
8:00am - Holy Communion (BCP)
10:30am - Family Communion
​7:00pm - Easter Worship

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
Lent courses in the team – see the Lent page for further details.
 
Thursday 1st March 2018
10am Morning Prayer followed by open church until 12 noon.  Drop in to join with us for Morning Prayer or at any time during the morning for a cuppa/chat/prayer.
 
Toddler group. In the hall during term time from 9.30am - 11.00. Parents and carers welcome with pre-school children.  £1.50 per family/adult.
 
Foodbank Needs
The foodbank currently requires tea bags, longlife fruit juice, cooking sauces, sponge puddings, longlife whole milk, squash drink and instant mash. If you are able to donate any items, please put in the boxes as you enter the church.
 
Parish Magazine
If you would like to submit a prayer, a testimony or a poem for the parish magazine, please email rosalind.sarwan@outlook.com. This would go into the next issue. If you would like to subscribe to the magazine, please speak to Felicia. 

Food Bank and drop in for tea and coffee Tuesday 2pm - 4pm in the hall. We are short of sponge puddings which we are desperate for as we have actually run out, long life fruit juice and cooking sauces.
 
Wednesday 28th
#LiveLent - Let your light shine
A weekly group begins at 9.30am in church, everybody is welcome.

Thank you to all who helped to make the Coffee Morning a success
 
Friday 2nd March - Woman’s World Day of Prayer
2pm @ Salvation Army, Clarence Rd, RM17 6RA.
7.30pm @ Grays Methodist Church (top of Hathaway Road) - everyone welcome
 
Church cleaning and churchyard tidying on Saturday 3rd @ 9.30am

Prayer Meeting -  Monday @ 7.00am -  All Saints’ vestry
Family Night - Friday @ 6.30pm  (Bim Joseph)

Lent Course at All Saints’ - tonight at 6.00pm -  all welcome!
#Live  Lent – Let Your Light Shine
6.00 – 7.30pm 25th Feb, 4th, 11th, 18th March - all welcome!
Please see our Lent page for courses taking place in the Team.

Evangelism Training
Socketts Heath Baptist Church
9th March @ 7.30-9.30pm, 10th March @ 10am-4pm
Further details at: http://tiny.cc/w9kbry 

Book club
Speak to David Hooper if you are interested.

Don’t’ forget to take your prayer cards home and use them during the week.

Stewardship and giving
If you would like to give money to the church by using a standing order or electronic transfer, please speak to Maureen Bamford
 
Foodbank
Please remember the foodbank when you are doing your shopping.  Items can be placed in a box in the Oak Room

Lent Courses
There is still time to join one of the Lent courses across the team. Please see our Lent page for details.

Easter Eggs
Cathy has a few Meaningful Chocolate, Fairtrade Eggs for sale at £4 each. Please ask her if you would like one.
             
Do you Tweet?
Please follow our church Twitter account: @GraysParishCofE

Lent Lunch
Thank you to all the 21 who attended the lunch. We raised £81 for the Bishop's Lent appeal. We may do something on Palm Sunday, watch this space.