Our parish churches serve the local communities of Fryerns, Craylands, Beechwood Village and Barstable East in the Essex town of Basildon.
We seek to love and worship God, to grow in prayer, flourish in our faith and to joyfully live out the good news of Jesus Christ at the heart of the local community. We see ourselves as a family, inclusive of all, and hope you find a warm welcome with us.
The Reverend Tim Brampton
It has been confirmed that The Reverend Tim Brampton, currently Priest In charge of St Martin of Tours Basildon, has taken on the role of Vicar in plurality of our parish.
He will remain Rector of St Martin’s whilst also being Vicar of this Parish of St Andrew’s with Holy Cross. The two remain Parishes in their own right, with Reverend Tim having responsibility of care for both. For more details as they become available please see here.
Our Weekly Services :
In-church services are now happening on both Sunday and Wednesday mornings.
For details of our services please see here.
We meet together on Sunday mornings at St Andrew’s and Sunday and Wednesday mornings at Holy Cross. Our services will still allow us to use some social distancing. You may also want to consider wearing a face covering still as an expression of our love and care for each other.
St Andrew’s Café
The St Andrew’s Café is open for coffee and toast from 9:00am on Thursday mornings and for a lunchtime meal on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. See here for more information.
Holy Cross Restoration
We are continuing with our appeal to complete the restoration work for Holy Cross. If you’d like to make a donation to support that work please visit our give-a-little page or you can also visit our dedicated Justgiving page.
On-line services
We understand that there are some who do find it difficult to attend church in person, so the Sunday morning service from St Andrew’s also will continue to be live-streamed on our FaceBook page.
As well as the FaceBook livestream, the Sunday morning service will be available on YouTube.
We can continue to worship and pray as a church each one of us where-ever we are. There are some resources to help with this on our worship page.
We are keen to support the local community as much as possible so if anyone needs assistance with shopping etc please message us through our Facebook page ❤️. Our Facebook page is the place for latest updates too.
Find us & Contact us
Basildon CAP Debt Centre
St. Andrew’s with Holy Cross has been a key player in opening Basildon’s CAP Debt Centre. Its services are local and available to everyone in the community, calling the number below is the first step in becoming debt free!
Contact CAP on 0800 328 0006.
Safeguarding :
We are committed to ensuring that St. Andrew’s and Holy Cross are safe places for all.
The Parochial Church Council of St Andrew’s with Holy Cross has adopted the House of Bishops’
Promoting a Safer Church Safeguarding Policy Statement
Please see our Safeguarding page for full details of contact information etc.