Articles by: Diocese of Winchester - Communications Team
New Volunteer Appointments for Mission and Ministry in the Diocese
Two new volunteer support roles have just been announced – a Winchester Diocesan Lead for Chaplaincy and a Single Clergy Representative. Find out more about these roles and how...
Bursledon Parish Sees Real Blessings From its Make Lunch Group
One day a week during school holidays Bursledon Parish provides a hot meal for families at St Paul’s Church. The scheme started with one mum and child in February...
Easter Celebrations Around the Diocese of Winchester
Churches across the diocese have marked Easter with a range of different services and events with many taking the good news of Jesus out into their local communities. These...
Churches in Southampton Come Together for Huge Outdoor Service
Hundreds of people joined an outdoor service in Southampton’s Guildhall Square on Good Friday to mark the holy day together. The event followed the success of last year’s event...
A Collection of Crosses from Around the Diocese This Easter
As part of our Easter celebrations, we asked churches from across the diocese to share photos and stories of crosses in their contexts, as part of a wider reflection...
Rural Community Gathers Together for the Blessing of the Lambs
The lambing shed at Box Farm in Vernham Dean is one of the more unusual settings for a church service! Around 50 people gathered last Sunday afternoon to give...
St John’s Hythe Celebrate Palm Sunday and a Year of Bubble Church
Bubble Church is a special service for babies, toddlers and young families. Since it started a year ago at St John’s in Hythe, numbers have increased from one family...
Lenten Reflection: A Wilderness of Waves
Today’s Lenten reflection was written by Revd Canon Angi Nutt, Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO). The sea is a wilderness of waves,A desert of water.We dip and dive,Rise and...
Lenten Reflection: Lost in a Spiritual Wilderness
So begins the Rhyming Bible’s telling of John the Baptist, and despite my best efforts, my daughter still prefers The Gruffalo, although “Jonah and the Big Fish” comes in...