Morning service from Christ Church Swindon
churchadmin2016-10-27T22:37:29+01:0010.00 Morning Service from Christ Church led by the Revd Canon Simon Stevenette and Alistair Senior
10.00 Morning Service from Christ Church led by the Revd Canon Simon Stevenette and Alistair Senior
Just a reminder to anyone who drives on the pathways around the church and the community centre. They are not roadways and are shared paths with pedestrians some of whom may not be as quick on their feet as others. Please drive considerately,observe the speed limit signs and be aware that people may, at any time, step out of the church doors into your path or be using the paths around the church.
The access way to the community centre is for disabled parking and drop off only – please take care to drive carefully and considerately. In recent months both the handrail and the listed Victorian wall around the community centre have been struck by vehicles. The latter being so badly damaged that it has had to be repaired and made safe at a considerable cost. The pathway lights have also been put out of action by careless drivers.
The church and its grounds and community centre are open for the use and enjoyment of the whole community. They are not funded by external grants or income and rely entirely on the goodwill and financial support of the local congregation and other friends of Christ Church whose generosity and commitment keep the whole site in good repair and available for public and private worship, contemplation and enjoyment – a place of calm and stillness at the heart of Old Town.
Please treat the roadways with respect and take care.
Listen to our Evensong service from last Sunday
http://ipad.io/11nw0
Our Parish Clerk Carol Simmons deals with weddings, blessings of marriage/renewal of vows enquiries and baptism/services of thanksgiving for a child and can be contacted by email at any time. She is available in the office on Thursday between 5.30pm-7.30pm and Saturday 10am-12noon (but Saturday timings can vary when there are weddings in church so please phone her – 01793 522832 before coming in).
Our Parish administrator deals with all other church business. If you need to contact the parish office our opening hours are:
Monday – Friday 9 am – 1 pm Telephone: 01793 522832 – Email: parishoffice@christchurchswindon.co.uk
Find out all about where we are here: https://www.christchurchswindon.co.uk/contact.htm
At our APCM last year our electoral role stood at 284. This year’s meeting is on the 17th April at 11.30 in the community centre.
Our worshipping community is 304 children and adults.
Our usual sunday attendance is 169. Over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 870 attended services. 45 babies and children were baptized, 21 couples were married and 4 people from our Partnership were confirmed. The staff team took 45 funerals.
You can find out more about the past year’s work at Christ Church in our Annual Report and Accounts.
Listen to our Partnership Palm Sunday service March 20th 2106 – if you cannot activate this content – try this link
Our Easter Eve Ramble is on Saturday 26 March. 7 miles, Avebury to Marlborough via Fyfield Down. A service of traditional evensong from Christ Church in Swindon. Led by director of music Tim Eyles, organist Richard Sutcliffe and the choir and friends of Christ Church. Music by Charles Wood, Edward Elgar.
Listen again here. http://ipad.io/fJ
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Our Annual Report & Accounts have been published.
Read them here.
https://www.christchurchswindon.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Annual-Report-2015.pdf
Anyone passing Christ church the other day might have been surprised to note that we had 3 different flags flying within the space of 24 hours.
The serial sequence was as follows, with a brief explanation:
We are proud to celebrate the diversity of our church family and visitors to our community – our use of flags reflects this. All are welcome at Christ Church
Thanks to the hard work of Rob our sexton and Daniel our Church Warden, we have some new signs in and around the church and community centre. Our roadways are shared with pedestrians and those using the church, burial ground and community centre so it is essential that all vehicle users using them keep their speed right down and are alert to people exiting the church. We often host very small people from our local schools so please obey the limits and use the roadways considerately.