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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...

Lenten Reflection: An Urban Wilderness
Today’s Lenten reflection was recorded by Revd Clare Carson, an Associate Tutor for the Licensed Ministry Training programme. You can find a transcript of the video below: So when...

Churches Across the Diocese Mark Lent in Many Beautiful Ways
Churches across the Diocese of Winchester have been marking Lent in many different ways. It’s an important time in the church calendar for reflection, study and preparation for Easter....

Lenten Reflection: The Wonder of the Wilderness
Today’s Lenten reflection was written by Revd Helen O’Sullivan, a Tutor within the Licensed Ministry Training programme. “Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings; he knows...

Lenten Reflection: Through the Darkest Valley
Today’s Lenten reflection was written by Revd Ian McGill, an Associate Tutor within the Licensed Ministry Training programme. Throughout my experience as an LLM, and more lately through ordinand...