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Our 800th Anniversary celebrations got of to a flying start on Sunday 7th February with the visit of Archbishop George Carey. You can read his sermon here.

St Albright’s is the Church of England parish church for Stanway, Essex, in the Diocese of Chelmsford and under the Episcopal care of the Bishop of Richbrough. St Albright’s is at the heart of the community of Stanway today as it has been for at least 800 years.

The Church is open most days from 9am to 4:00pm.

Rooted in prayer, in scripture and in the catholic tradition of the Church of England, we are called in faith by our Lord Jesus Christ to proclaim his gospel message in word and sacrament and through dignified liturgy and music. We aim to nurture and support each other in our faith and to offer pastoral help to those in need. We aim to make our church a place of welcome to all and a space for prayer and reflection.

We place great importance on Eucharist-centred worship and on teaching the faith of the church as it has been handed on from each generation to the next.

In many ways we are a typical Church of England parish. Our main weekly service is a Sung Parish Eucharist at 10.30am there is also a 9:00am said Holy Communion with traditional language each Sunday and mid week said Eucharist on Wednesday at 9:30am and Thursday evenings at 6:30pm.

On the first Sunday of the month, we try particularly hard to make the service more accessible to children. We try to be a place of quiet and welcome and to make our services welcoming, straightforward and reflective.

St Albright’s has a reputation for being open and welcoming to newcomers and visitors alike so why not visit us one Sunday soon!

Meditation for Lent

Act on Assisted Dying

The headlines have been captured this week by the confession of Ray Gosling, a freelance documentary-maker, to smothering to death his homosexual partner, who was suffering from AIDS. The confession was aired in a 12-minute documentary on death and dying, broadcast by BBC East Midlands on Monday, 15 February, at 7.30pm. Mr Gosling, 70 has since been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Although he is currently refusing to answer police questions about the identity of the person he killed, when and where, it is important to be aware that the case is likely to be used by pro-euthanasia lobby to continue to apply pressure for a change in the law on assisted suicide.

Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, is due to publish guidelines within the next few days. The guidelines will outline the circumstances in which he would or would not bring a prosecution against someone assisting in the suicide of another person, both within England and Wales and overseas. In effect, the guidelines will provide those who want to help others die with a “check-list” of how they can avoid prosecution whilst achieving their purposes.

Write to Keir Starmer
Please consider writing to Keir Starmer at the address below, encouraging him to uphold the law as it stands on Assisted Suicide and not to allow it to be weakened in any way.

Keir Starmer QC,
Director of Public Prosecutions,
50 Ludgate Hill, London
EC4M 7EX.

E-mails: complaints@cps.gsi.gov.uk and HQPolicy@cps.gsi.gov.uk