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Bishop Debbie’s Christmas 2022 message
To view this message on YouTube click here. Dear Friends, I wonder if like me you look forward to the TV adverts at Christmas time? I’ve been interested to...
From wasteland to prayer space: new spiritual garden opens at Bursledon Infant School
Last week Bishop Debbie visited Burseldon Infant School to open their new spiritual garden. The previously overgrown outdoor space has been funded by community donations, including materials like wood,...
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...