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Christchurch Deanery Visit Kinkiizi Diocese
Rosemary Bartlett and Gill Tybjerg from Christchurch Deanery have recently returned from visiting their Deanery Mission Partners, Kinkiizi Diocese, Uganda. They received a wonderful welcome and felt privileged to...
“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...
Revd Tom Benson Rides to the Arctic Circle to Raise Money for Prostate Cancer
Tom Benson, Rector of the Braishfield benefice is riding his motorcycle to the Arctic Circle to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. In terms of why he’s choosing to...
Tandem bike ride passes through Winchester Diocese to promote ‘Music Sunday’
Over the weekend of 10–12 June, Hugh Morris, Director of the Royal School of Church Music, and Paul Hedley, Assistant Director, will pass through the Winchester Diocese on a...
In IMAGES: Pentecost Sunday around the diocese
Pentecost Sunday was marked in joyful and creative ways, as churches around the diocese celebrated the gift of the Holy Spirit. To find out more about the significance of...
St Mary’s Bishopstoke host ‘an afternoon of all things nature’
To mark The Great Big Green Week 2023, St Mary’s Bishopstoke are hosting an eco event for their community on Saturday 10th June with interesting speakers and fun activities...
How All Saints Hordle gained their Bronze Eco Church Award
To mark World Environment Day 2023, we share the story of All Saint’s Church Hordle who recently qualified for their Bronze Eco Church Award. This has been the result...
In Words and Images: Recent adult baptisms from around the diocese
During this period from Ascension Day to Pentecost, when the Church of England calls on all Christians to pray for more people to come to know Jesus through its...
Churches around the diocese joining in the global prayer movement ‘Thy Kingdom Come’
It’s been encouraging to see so many churches from our diocese organising prayer initiatives to join millions around the world taking part in Thy Kingdom Come, the global ecumenical...