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Christmas is coming around Winchester Diocese
Over the past weeks, churches from Basingstoke to Bournemouth have been working hard to offer their communities many opportunities to mark Advent and get ready for Christmas, with Christingle...
The Diocesan team visit SCRATCH Southampton
It was a real joy for Bishop Debbie and the Parish Support team to visit SCRATCH Southampton, a local Christian charity who, at Christmas-time, provides toys and gifts to...
Warm Spaces in our Diocese
As the weather gets colder and the cost of living remains intolerably high for many households, a large number of churches in our diocese are creating ‘warm spaces’ within...
Christmas Wreath-making at St Mary’s Southampton raises money for Amber Chaplains
Last Friday 2 December, St Mary’s Southampton hosted a Christmas wreath-making event to fundraise for Amber Chaplains, a Southampton based Christian chaplaincy service for women involved in the sex...
Faith Groups Recognised as Vital to Social Care in Southampton
On Wed 30 November, representatives from faith communities met with Southampton City Council to sign a new ‘All Parliamentary Group on Faith Society’s (APPG)’ ‘Faith Covenant’, affirming their commitment to...
Ukrainian Teenagers Learn the Ropes of Sailing
This weekend youth worker, Helen Chatfield from the benefice of North Hampshire Downs took a group of nine Ukrainian teenagers, who are part of her youth group at All...
Christmas Card Competition
Each year our Bishop’s send out a Christmas card and this year we asked our Church of England school students to submit their designs of the Nativity Story. From...
Churches and schools marking Advent in different ways
St James Pokesdown Advent installation Inspired by Winchester Cathedral’s light of hope, St James Pokesdown have made their own version using some plastic tubes from Dorset Scrapstore! Light of...
The Dinner Table
More to Life Church in Odiham and North Warnborough, Basingstoke, have set up a fantastic new initiative in collaboration with Basingstoke-based cyber security company, SonicWall, to bring people together...