The Chalice – Communion Cup
As is happening increasingly across our Bristol Diocese, the chalice will once again be distributed at every Holy Communion service at Christ Church and St Mary’s from this weekend.
This is good news as we know that many have […..]
Who are we?
We are a small group, providing a safe space for growth in Christianity, deeper community connections, an exploration of The Bible’s teachings on love, faith, mercy and grace.
We will do this through meeting together using prayer, devotionals, talking to each other, by […..]
We are collecting items for the children to pack into shoeboxes later in October on behalf of the charity Linktohope. This is a small charity who will be delivering the shoeboxes to families and the elderly in Ukraine, Moldova, […..]
We were joined this Sunday by Rev’d Douglas and Ann Holt. You can hear our full service here.
You can listen again to Ann’s Sermon below.
9.30am-4pm Saturday, 17 September, Pattern Church, Swindon
The Rt Revd. Vivienne Faull, Bishop of Bristol, invites you to an inspiring ‘Creation Restored: Ministry in a time of Climate Crisis’ Diocesan day conference at the Pattern Church.
The aim of the day is to share […..]
Chris Stanley & Bishop Lee Rayfield
Being ill with Covid recently, has not stopped Bishop of Swindon, Dr Lee Rayfield, from getting on his bike once again to take on a huge fundraising challenge, cycling some 881 miles from Land’s End to […..]
Pheonix Enterprises have been shipping out Humanitarian Aid to refugees from Ukraine. Mike Bowden has requested the following items : toys, colouring books, colouring pencils, toiletries, female sanitary products and medical supplies. There is a donation box in the community centre should […..]
The A.P.C.M. is the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. It is actually two meetings the ‘Vestry Meeting’ when we elect Churchwardens for the coming year and the APCM itself which is the business meeting of the Church – like an AGM. This year’s […..]
Christian Aid Week 2022 – 14th to 21st May
Prior to Covid, during Christian Aid Week there would be a concerted effort nationally to raise funds This was primarily focused on the house-to-house delivery and collection of giving envelopes.
Although the restrictions imposed due to […..]
After the lull of Covid, there is a lot beginning to happen in and around Christ Church.
We remain committed to balancing our Eco strategies with good communications. and so avoid printing unecessary paper where we can.
We have produced a downloadable leaflet on our […..]
The weather was fine ( but a bit cold!) but we welcomed a good number of families along with our Mayor Cllr Perkins, his wife Abnet, and Sir Robert Buckland our MP to our commissioning event on Sunday. The Mayor and Sir Robert unveiled a beautiful oak sign made by […..]
Mission Giving at Christ Church with St Mary’s
All our Mission Giving today will be shared between Marie Curie and Swindon Food Collective. Both charities work locally to support our community in different ways. Please use a gift aid envelope and mark it with […..]
