News and Updates
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Community comes together to raise money for the Church roof
28 March 2025
Last weekend our famous St Edward's Quiz took place at the Church. It was really well supported by the community, with an amazing afternoon tea mid way through. Although we were claiming it a "fix" when Father David's team won, but on the more positive side, we raised over £1000 for the Church roof! Thank you everyone who supported us.
St Edward's Church 1890
24 March 2025
If you zoom in you will see the two steeplejacks at the top of the spire - they are working with no scaffolding, only a ladder and some rope! They are gilding, or repairing the cockerel on the weathervane. The trees in the foreground are still there and looking good, the wall unfortunately is not looking so well, the railings are long gone! No fear and I am guessing this was before insurance! What a moment in history captured!
St Edward's Christingle Team
10 February 2025
Our amazing band of volunteers were helping out again last weekend. Here is a fabulous photo of them making up the candles for the Christingle service. What would we do without them?
Everyone gets involved at St Edward's!
29 January 2025
We have been trying new ways to involve the children in the congregation so they really feel welcome at St Edward's. This can include them taking the offertory, helping out with taking the Elements as well as sharing their work at the end of the service. This weekend we tried to be even more inventive with our youngest bellringers giving it a go! As you can see from their faces they loved the experience.
We have twinned out Toilet
13 January 2025
If you pop to spend a penny at our Church in the Market Place - you will see an unusual photo in the toilet. To support the aims of our Eco Church Team we have twinned our toilet with a latrine in Nepal. You will see the photo of the toilet in our loo! In all seriousness, the principle of toilet twinning is you choose a toilet you use and twin it with one given to a community who are in need of safe places to go to the toilet. The money we have raised not only funds a toilet, but also helps support community education and sanitation programmes.
10th Dec 2024
Well done St Edward’s – Outstanding Ofsted Inspection
Dear friends and colleagues,Following our Ofsted inspection on 22nd and 23rd October, we are delighted to be able to share our report with the school community today. The overall outcome of the inspection is that St Edward's has been graded as a school that is Outstanding in all areas.We are so proud of our staff and children, and this report is just a milestone in the journey of improve-ment we have been, and continue to be, on. We are particularly proud that the report highlights our commitment to inclusion, excellent teaching and learning and our Christian values that underpin all that we do.If you would like to read the full report, it can be found here: https://shorturl.at/ecdTGThank you for the part you have played on our school journey.
Kind regards
Chris Speller
Head Teacher
Live Streaming update
10th Dec 2024
If you are a regular attendee of our live stream, you will see we have made some exciting changes! If you log in early enough you will see some updates and news for St Edward’s Church. We also now have the words displayed for the readings and the hymns. Please do sing along at home with us! We hope that this makes you feel even more connected and involved in our service!
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
5th Dec 2024
Well, this is not something you see every day. Last week our beautiful church was being used in filming for a programme due to air later on in the year!
Here's a photo taken when the lights were in place and on, it looked stunning!
Progress on Poppy Display
October 12 2024
Working together as a community, amazing things happen. Please watch the video of our latest poppy attaching day on 12th October. We only have 2 more "attaching days" to go before we go live on 2nd November! Saturday 19th from 9am until 4pm and Saturday 26th 9am until 4pm. Please feel free to pop in at anytime, you don't have to stay all day!
Proud to host the Ordination of 5 new Priests
Sept 30th 2024
St Edward's Church, Market Place, Romford hosted the ordinations of 5 new priests.
Say ‘hello’ to our #ChelmsDioNewPriests from the Barking Area who were ordained by Bishop Lynne at St Edward’s, Romford at Saturday 28th September. Kat Bennett serving at St Lukes E16
Jacintha Danaswamy serving at St. Mary's Church, Walthamstow , St Gabriel's Walthamstow, & St Luke's E17
Naomi Snelling serving at St James St Johns Collier Row & Havering-atte-Bower
Rachel Summers serving in the West Roding Mission Partnership - St Mary's Church Woodford , Wanstead Parish - St Mary with Christ Church , St Gabriel's Church Aldersbrook and St Peter's-in-the-Forest
Bernard Eaton serving at St Peter's-in-the-Forest
Find out more about the priest ordinations at https://buff.ly/465DX0M
Please pray for all our new Priests as they embark on their new ministry 🙏