St. Andrew's currently in a period of interregnum whilst we await the appointment of a new Parish Priest, however services will continue and the church is led by the Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council, elected annually by those on the Electoral Roll.
Sunday 1st September 2024
From Bishop Roger and Archdeacon Ruth
We are delighted to announce the good news that (subject to appropriate DBS clearance) The Revd Sharon Guest has been appointed Vicar of St Osyth & Great Bentley and Priest-in-Charge of Weeley with Little Clacton.
Sharon began her ministry as a Lay Reader over twenty years ago. She was ordained in 2012 and served her curacy and her first post in the Barking Episcopal Area. Sharon has been a Team Vicar in the Roach Parishes in the Southend Archdeaconry of this Diocese for over five years.
Sharon says,
“I’m really looking forward to ministering with the people of these parishes and am excited to have been called to these churches and the Colchester Episcopal Area. I am excited that these parishes will be working together in a new way.
“I will of course miss the people of the parishes where I have been ministering and I will miss my wonderful colleagues Kim, Hayley, Gary and Ernie and the wardens and lay people who I also minister alongside.”
We look forward to welcoming Sharon and Ernie into your parishes and the Colchester Episcopal Area and ask for your prayers for them as they prepare to move and as she prepares to take up her new ministry with you.
We also pray for the Roach Parishes, as they prepare to say goodbye to Sharon.
Thank you.