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Back to School Sunday
Back to School Sunday - join us and Miss Marris of Wanstead Church School on Sunday 1st September at Christ Church, 9 & 10am. Bring your backpacks & pencil cases to be blessed! A great way to start the new school year.
Find out more »Jazz Vespers – Wanstead Fringe
The next Jazz Vespers will be held on Sunday 8th September at 6pm in Christ Church, and features as part of our Jazz offering during the Wanstead Fringe. Jazz Vespers is a reflective candlelit service centred around Jazz and supports local musicians with our amazing Jazz Quartet - The Nick Tomalin Quartet - consisting of Piano, Sax, Bass and Drums and professional singer Inge-Lise Nygaard-Parsons. The congregation can bring their own refreshments - soft drinks, wine etc which they can relax and enjoy during the service…
Find out more »Walkin’ with the King – Wanstead Fringe
Part of the Wanstead Fringe, drummer John Petters and the New Orleans All Stars present a foot tapping evening of praise, gospel music and drums with a real Dixie-land beat. A bar, provided by the Cuckfield, will be available before the performance and during the interval. Tickets cost £15 (£7.50 for children) and can be purchased via wansteadfringe.org.
Find out more »Ride and Stride Day
Help Essex Churches Trust preserve our heritage. Members from our MMU will be cycling to the following churches on where they will be welcomed by a hospitality team: 9am St Gabriel's Aldersbrook 9.45am Christ Church 10.15am Holy Trinity South Woodford 10.45am St Mary's Woodford 11.30am St Peters-in-the-Forest. For more information or to take part, contact Father Tom. Can't ride? Stride instead!
Find out more »Song Recital: Of Life & Love
Continuing our month of music and as part of the Wanstead Fringe, we are delighted to once again welcome mezzo-soprano Ulrike Wutscher to Christ Church. Enjoy an enchanting programme of songs, including Robert Schumann’s ‘A Woman’s Love and Life‘ and others by Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss, as recently performed in Vienna by mezzo-soprano Ulrike, accompanied by Marzia Hudajarova on piano. Tickets £15, £12 for concessions, including admission and refreshments after the concert, can be purchased online via Wanstead Fringe, from…
Find out more »Georgian Concert
The beautiful surroundings of our Grade I listed St Mary’s provides the perfect setting to hear Georgian music performed on period instruments. More details to follow.
Find out more »Winter homeless shelter meeting
Winter homeless shelter: are you interested in helping out with our temporary shelter based at Christ Church from January - March 2020? We need volunteers to help with cooking/serving food, setting up/clearing away and welcoming and talking with our guests. The proposed Wanstead temporary shelter will be a partnership with Forest Churches Emergency Night Shelters. To find out more, please speak to the Rector or attend an information evening in Christ Church at 4pm on Sunday 22nd September.
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