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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...
St Mary’s Bishopstoke host ‘an afternoon of all things nature’
To mark The Great Big Green Week 2023, St Mary’s Bishopstoke are hosting an eco event for their community on Saturday 10th June with interesting speakers and fun activities...
How All Saints Hordle gained their Bronze Eco Church Award
To mark World Environment Day 2023, we share the story of All Saint’s Church Hordle who recently qualified for their Bronze Eco Church Award. This has been the result...
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...
Young people from our diocese join the Big Sleep Out in solidarity with the homeless
On Friday 12th May, lots of young people from the churches in our diocese spent the night under the stars in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral in homemade cardboard shelters....