This edition of Church Matters will be covering three Sundays as the Parish Office will be closed from Friday 27 February to Monday 16 March.  All messages will be replied to after this date.  If you need to make contact regarding a pastoral matter, please contact our LLM Gerry Stacey on gerrystacey1@outlook.com

Sunday 1 March

10am Parish Communion – St Mary’s, Avington

4pm Café Church – Itchen Abbas Village Hall

Sunday 8 March

8.30am Holy Communion – St Mary’s, Easton

10am Valley Worship and Ark – St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy

Sunday 15 March – Mothering Sunday

10am Parish Communion – St Mary’s, Easton

More information and tickets at www.buytickets.at/martyrworthylectures

Do please come and kindly support the Series – I am sure it will be a fascinating evening.

Lent Lunches

Lent lunches were started in the 1990s by the late Juliet Burnand, and the non denominational tradition has been carried on ever since. They are hosted in private homes, offering a simple lunch of soup, bread and cheese. Everyone local, young and old, are welcome and there is an opportunity to donate to a charity: this year the collection is for the  Winchester Hospice.

Judith Mezger and Verity Coleman

for global peace

for those who are ill or suffering at the moment or for those recently bereaved

for Andrea, Mark and Alice as they mourn the loss of Primrose

for the parish in this time of interregnum

for David and Rachel Cooke as they make plans to join us

Please check our website in case of

any unexpected changes:

http://www.itchenvalleychurches.org