As church families, our vision is:-

"To draw closer to God and to each other so that we may more ably bring his love to the world."

We want to make a difference in these communities for God.

A copy of the data privacy notice for each church can be found by clicking on the name of the church at the top of this page.

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, victims/survivors of domestic abuse and vulnerable adults. 

The PCCs have adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England’s website.

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding

Details of Parish Safeguarding Representatives can be found on the noticeboards in each church. Our Parish Safeguarding Representatives can be contacted via safeguarding@tenpennyvillages.uk

Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor Danielle Law, can be contacted via email at dlaw@chelmsford.anglican.org or by telephone at 01245 294472.

The Diocesan Safeguarding Team can be reached at 01245 294444

Safe spaces-supporting survivors of church related abuse, email: safespaces@victimsupport.org.uk      Tel: 0300 303 1056

Services at St. Andrew’s, Alresford (StA), St Anne & St Laurence, Elmstead (StAL) and St Mary Magdalen, Thorrington (StMM)

Recorded services from St Andrew’s and St Anne & St Laurence are available on our YouTube channel. For the latest version of our Noticesheet, please click here. Information on enquiries to our Benefice Office can be found on our Contact Us page. Further events and meetings can be found in our Calendar, please click here.   

* - For Zoom link please see noticesheet

For a link to our facebook page, please see below. If you have any specific prayer requests please send them to prayer@tenpennyvillages.uk (These will be kept confidential)                 

Rev Andrew Fordyce and Rev Pauline Hart

To find out how you can give to the churches in the Tenpenny Villages benefice, please click here

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We are delighted to announce that the Tenpenny Villages Benefice has been awarded a Bronze Eco Church Award.

To view our Bronze award certificate, please click here

The aim of the Eco Church award scheme is to celebrate the ways that church communities have been engaging with caring for the earth as a key part of our Christian faith.

For more information, please click on the Bronze Award logo on the left.

For accessibility information for each of our three churches, please click on the name of the village at the top of this page