Travel Directions
The church is at the
bottom of Chapel Hill, Stansted CM24 8AG (B1051). Follow the sign to Chogou and AVS. The car park is behind the church.
Welcome
Covid Updates
Sunday worship is held in the church every Sunday at
10.30am. Seating is socially distanced but we have space for a few visitors. Please read our COVID19
Risk assessment if you are thinking of joining us. Please wear a face
covering when entering and leaving the church and during the service, unless
you are exempt. Congregational singing
has now resumed (with face coverings). Coffee is served after the service on
the 1st Sunday of each month.
The Place on the
Hill is
now open in the church foyer on Wednesdays from 10 am – noon for adults only. We are open throughout December and January. All welcome, no need to book. Face
coverings are oprional. We are hoping to re-open for all ages in the new year. More details to follow
Recycling Used ink cartridges (not toners), stamps
and dental products (toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes and electric toothbrush
heads) can still be left in the box outside the main door of the church. Ink cartridges should be originals, not own
brand or remanufactured
Messy Church restarted on 14th November. Visit www.stanstedchurches.com/messychurch
for pictures and more details.
We are currently seeking a new URC
minister as our previous minister retired at the end of July 2021. Our worship
is varied with some formal services and some informal services catering for all
ages. During the winter months, our services are sometimes held in our warm and
comfortable hall. Stansted Free Church
is part of the Bishop’s
Stortford Methodist Circuit and the West Essex & Bishop’s Stortford URC
Pastorate (WEBS), which also includes Bishop’s Stortford URC, Clavering LEP and Saffron Walden URC
Our Story
On 1st September 2006, the
Methodist and United Reformed Churches in Stansted (Essex) joined to form
Stansted Free Church (Methodist/URC).
The Methodists had been worshipping in the Quaker Meeting House for over
75 years, as they had no building of their own.
They are delighted to now have their own ‘home’! The joint church meets
in the former United Reformed Church in Chapel Hill, Stansted CM24 8AG. The
church and hall have been refurbished to provide a welcoming and comfortable
environment with a small fitted kitchen, full disabled facilities and free car
parking. The hall is used regularly by village groups but is also available for
hire for one-off events. Free internet
access is available for all users of the church and the hall. Please email
us for details.
is our church
newsletter, but production has been suspended at the present time. To view previous editions of Imagine, please
click here.
Imagine sinking into a comfy sofa or
armchair, sipping a free cup of Fairtrade ground coffee…. The Place on the Hill
offers this and more …. a selection of
teas, soft drinks, light refreshments, fresh fruit, good company, WiFi
internet, computers, a place to ‘chill out’ and escape the telephone, somewhere
for the kids to play, books to read and borrow. Come to the foyer of the Free
Church, every Monday (not Bank Holidays), Wednesday and Friday 9.30am –
12.30pm. We are open during school
holidays. Click here for more details. See the
photos of our Christmas, Easter and Harvest special
events. You can also bring along ink cartridges for recycling (see below). Unfortunately
The Place on the Hill
cannot re-open in this format at the present time – see above for
current arrangements.
If you have used
inkjet cartridges, please consider recycling donating them to our church funds,
using pre-paid envelopes. Please follow
this link to see
details. Alternatively, you can drop them into one of our boxes at the church
on Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings 9.30 am – 12.30 pm. All makes can be taken, but they must be originals, not own brand. We
are also collecting used postage stamps for Guide Dogs for the Blind, and
dental products (toothbrushes and toothbrush heads, toothpaste tubes) for Essex
Air Ambulance. Note: due to the Coronavirus, the church
is only open on Wednesdays at the present time.
Items may be left in the boxes outside the main door.
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