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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...
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...
Bishop Debbie hears stories of recovery from Rwandan genocide
Our diocese recently hosted Sister Mary-Louise, a nun from Rubengera in Rwanda, whose convent has played a vital role in helping its community recover from the Rwandan genocide of...
Bishop Debbie joins All Saints Mudeford for a seafaring Rogation Sunday
Bishop Debbie joined All Saints Mudeford for their annual Rogation service last Sunday, leading alongside the Revd Helen Griffiss and with significant help from RNLI Mudeford who enabled the...