Category Archives: Church Matters

Services this Sunday  Sunday 25 May 10am Parish Communion – St John’s, Itchen Abbas 6pm Evensong – St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy This Sunday (25th May) Revd Peter’s last services in the parish will be held.  He plans to take 10am … Continue reading →

Services this Sunday  Sunday 18 May 10am Parish Communion (and Ark) – St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy We are looking forward to welcoming the Bishop of Winchester, The Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, to our 10am Parish Communion this Sunday (18th May) … Continue reading →

Services this Sunday Sunday 11 May 8.30am Holy Communion – St Mary’s, Easton 10am Valley Worship (and Ark) – St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy   Valley Worship this Sunday at 10am We do hope you will be able to attend Valley … Continue reading →

As you will no doubt be aware by now, Revd Peter has resigned from his position as Rector of the Itchen Valley; his message to the Parish can be read here.  We are very grateful to both Peter and Georgie … Continue reading →

Following the Message from Bishop David which was circulated recently but can be read here, Revd Peter will be continuing to take leave.  Lent Lunch – the last lunch will take place this Friday (11 March) at Beech House, 24 … Continue reading →

Following the Message from Bishop David which was circulated recently but can be read here, Revd Peter will be continuing to take leave.  Sunday 6 April 10am Parish Communion – St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy with LLM Gerry Stacey 4pm Café … Continue reading →

As mentioned in the Message from Bishop David which was circulated previously but can be read here, Revd Peter will be taking leave until the end of the month.  This Sunday – Please remember the clocks change! Change of location … Continue reading →

As mentioned in the Message from Bishop David which was circulated yesterday but can be read here, Revd Peter will be taking leave until the end of the month.    This Sunday 10am Parish Communion- St Mary’s, Easton – with … Continue reading →

Please note: Lent Lunches start on Friday 14 March (not this Friday as was announced in church), details below. This Sunday  8.30am Holy Communion- St Mary’s, Easton 10am Valley Worship (and Ark) –  St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy Pancake Party What … Continue reading →

Celebrations before Lent STOP PRESS – Lent Lunches begin Friday 14 March (not this Friday 7 March as was announced in Church). If Lent is a time of year when things become a little bit more reflective, it’s not surprising … Continue reading →

Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a quietly important day in the Church’s Year—an opportunity to humble ourselves appropriately before the Lord. For Jesus said, ‘those who humble themselves will be exalted, but those who exalt themselves will be humbled’ (Luke … Continue reading →

This Sunday 8.30am Communion – this quiet Communion Service is a great opportunity to enjoy a reflective time of worship and to experience the riches of the Book of Common Prayer (but in 21st-century language!). The service is followed by … Continue reading →

West Window Appeal, St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy – we are delighted to announce that the appeal to raise funds for a new West Window engraved by Tracey Sheppard has been successful; the target sum plus a small surplus (which will be … Continue reading →