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  • Sunday Service Online – 6th December 2020

    Sunday Service Online – 6th December 2020

    Join us as we stream Holy Communion live from St Michael’s. This week Eve Lockett is preaching. We will light the second candle in the advent crown and there are wonderful advent hymns sung by the choir including “Like a candle flame” and “On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry”. All…

  • Taizé service for December 2020

    Taizé service for December 2020

    “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”  John 1:14 Meditative singing in Taizé worship To open the gates of trust in God, nothing can replace the beauty of…

  • Eve Lockett’s Wayside Nativity

    Eve Lockett’s Wayside Nativity

    Every year around Christmas, Eve invites us into her home to visit her “Wayside Nativity”. This year, due to the pandemic, things are having to be different. This year, Eve has made a Wayside Nativity video and shared it through the parish website. It’s a fascinating and rewarding insight into…

  • Reverse Advent Calendar – 3rd-10th December

    Reverse Advent Calendar – 3rd-10th December

    Foodbanks have been in greater demand than ever this year so we’re asking everyone to help meet the need and taking inspiration from the idea of a reverse Advent Calendar where instead of getting chocolate, gin or cheese we give to help others.From 3rd-10th December there will be a collection…

  • Worship for Seniors December 2020

    Worship for Seniors December 2020

    Here is this month’s Worship for Seniors, and William Cutting’s theme this month is “Difficult Journeys”. Worship for Seniors is a new monthly resource for seniors and those in care homes. It’s a short devotional programme, with a hymn from our church choir, a short talk and a prayer. It…

  • Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas – December 3rd

    Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas – December 3rd

    Here’s today’s online video in which we’re retelling the stories of the Bible that lead up to Jesus’s birth and hanging a special ornament on a Jesse Tree in St Michael’s. It’s the perfect way to care for your soul by pausing to focus on the real meaning of Christmas.…

  • Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas – December 2nd

    Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas – December 2nd

    Here’s today’s online video in which we’re retelling the stories of the Bible that lead up to Jesus’s birth and hanging a special ornament on a Jesse Tree in St Michael’s. It’s the perfect way to care for your soul by pausing to focus on the real meaning of Christmas.…

  • Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas – December 1st

    Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas – December 1st

    Here’s today’s online video in which we’re retelling the stories of the Bible that lead up to Jesus’s birth and hanging a special ornament on a Jesse Tree in St Michael’s. It’s the perfect way to care for your soul by pausing to focus on the real meaning of Christmas.…

  • New Bishop of Dorchester Announced

    New Bishop of Dorchester Announced

    Wonderful news last week as it was announced that the new Bishop of Dorchester will be the Venerable Gavin Collins, who is presently serving as the Archdeacon of the Meon in Portsmouth Diocese. We very much look forward to welcoming him to the Diocese and to visit our parish once…

  • Sunday Service Online – 29th November 2020

    Sunday Service Online – 29th November 2020

    Join us as we celebrate Advent Sunday. This week, Eve Lockett is leading and Helen Azer preaching. We will light the first candle in the advent crown and there are wonderful advent hymns sung by the choir including “Come thou long expected Jesus” and “People look east”. All the words…