St Stephen's Church

There was a buzz about our coffee morning this week. We beavered away making fabric flowers under the careful instruction of Ann. ...

Our coffee morning on 17th March 2022 was a great success. All donations for the delicious home-made cakes and drinks were sent to the...

A big ‘thank you’ to all our volunteers who turned out again to tackle the brambles and hedging that had encroached upon the churchyard. ...

Phase two of Operation Churchyard took place on a cold, but infinitely brighter day than phase one! Our band of volunteers, well wrapped...

On a misty, murky Saturday morning in January, an intrepid band of volunteers set about clearing the dense growth of brambles and...

Sunday, 28th November 2021, marked the beginning of Advent in the Church’s year; counting down the days to Christmas and the birth of...

When the Community space was formally opened back in June by the Colchester Mayor, Councillor Robert Davidson, we were still limited to...

St Stephen’s welcomed our new vicar, Rev Jude Bevan, to her first service with us for our celebration of Harvest. Harvest Festival was an...

Saturday 11th September 2021 St Stephen’s Church, Great Wigborough, took part, for the first time, in the national initiative to open...

Join us at St Stephen’s for the final event in our summer programme - Heritage Open Day on Saturday 11 September. The event will include...

Youngsters and their families enjoyed a fun churchyard safari, hunting for minibeasts, before crafting their own spectacular dragonflies...

The inaugural St Stephen’s at Night event was a great success with about 40 people enjoying an inspirational evening of bat-watching,...

Three generations take part in fun earthquake experiments at the ‘shake table'. Great excitement was had on Wednesday 28 July, when the...

Martin Crowther, our friendly Heritage Officer, gets down to business, clearing some of the paths for the walks. There are three walks,...

In our latest blog, Great Wigborough resident Ann Coates looks back fondly at St Stephen’s flower festival fêtes in the 1980s and 90s. We...

Poet Laureate John Betjeman. Copyright National Media Museum. Following some in-depth research and aided by a fortuitous £5.50 purchase...