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New Church Community Re-opens the Doors of St Barnabas Church in Southampton
A new church community is growing in Southampton with exciting plans for the new year. Saint Mary’s Church, one of the diocesan resource churches based at Chapel Road, has...
Young People in Andover Plan and Run Their Own Youth Church
Andover Youth Church’s slogan is ‘for young people – by young people’. The Sunday evening service is imagined, planned and run by teenagers for their peers. It involves eating...
St Clements Boscombe Sees God at Work Through its Kids’ Breakfasts Scheme
St Clements Church in Boscombe is situated in an area of significant poverty. In March last year the community started providing breakfasts each Thursday morning for children on their...
Lord’s Hill Church Southampton Shares Story of its Revitalisation
The team at Lord’s Hill Church, Southampton, are rejoicing after seeing their congregation of less than 30 grow over the past 6 months – such that over Easter there...
Resource Churches Start 2024 with Confirmations and Adult Baptisms
What an encouragement to see so many people confirmed and baptised by full immersion at three of our Resource Churches last weekend! Confirmation and baptism are two important acts...
Saint Mary’s Southampton Seeks New Ways of Accommodating Worshippers After Reaching Capacity Attendance
This news article was originally published on the Church of England website on 28 July 2023: Saint Mary’s Southampton is looking at ways of accommodating more people after its 10:30...
“Good Grub Club” Launches in Andover Parish
Andover Parish has begun a new collaborative project called The Good Grub Club, which is being rolled out through its social outreach programme (the Lighthouse Social Action Hub) working...
Bishop Pontien from Burundi visits St Mary’s Andover
The congregation of St Mary’s Andover enjoyed a visit from Bishop Pontien Ribakare of Burundi last weekend, building on the mission partner link between the Andover deanery and the...
St Mary’s Andover teams up with Abel&Cole to reduce food waste and bless community
On Christmas Eve, St Mary’s Andover partnered with organic food company Able & Cole, and the Waitrose Farm Shop on the Leckford Estate, to reduce food waste and deliver...