St. Mary’s, Litton Cheney, is part of the Bride Valley Benefice.
Rector: The Revd Jane Williams, tel: 01308 898799 email: bvrector@outlook.com
THE MINISTRY
ST MARY’S CHURCH
St Mary's is one of seven Parish Churches within the Bride Valley Benefice. Church
business is dealt with on a day to day basis by the standing committee of the
Parochial Church Council:
Chairman: The Rector,
Churchwardens: Richard Jones and John Vercoe
Secretary: Wendy: Firrell
Treasurer: Freddie Spicer
The full Council meets four times a year including the Annual Church Meeting in April.
The pattern of Worship currently in use on a monthly basis is Morning Worship at
9.30 a.m. with refreshments afterwards, Holy Communion with hymns at 9.30 a.m. on
the 2nd Sunday, Matins at 9.30 a.m. on the 3rd Sunday and Holy Communion at 9.30
a.m. on the 4th Sunday; the service on a 5th Sunday varies and is usually a United
Valley Service at one of the Valley Churches.
Copies of the Parish Magazine and Bride Valley News are available in the Church.
The Churchyard: The churchyard surrounds the Church and slopes
fairly sharply in places from north to south; the extension at the north
end is presently a wildlife area with paths and picnic places from
which you can enjoy a vast panoramic view of the coastal ridge with
Hardy's monument to the east. There are many interesting old
gravestones including box graves cut from Purbeck stone liberally
adorned with yellow lichens. The grass is cut and the yard generally
maintained by a small band of volunteers who are constantly on the
lookout for additions to their number!
The War Memorial is situated to the west of the church porch. More
details here
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SAFEGUARDING
St.
Mary’s
Church
takes
is
responsibilities
surrounding
the
safeguarding
of
children,
young
people,
and
adults
who
may
be
at
risk
very
seriously
and
works
in
partnership
with
the
Diocese
of
Salisbury
to
ensure
that
we
work
in
accordance
with
best
practice
at
all
times.
Our
Parish
Safeguarding
Policy
was
adopted
by
the
PCC
on
8th
May
2018
and
a
copy
of
it
is
available
on
the
shelf
inside
the
Church. It can also be downloaded from the Salisbury Diocese website: www.salisbury.anglican.org
If
you
have
safeguarding
concerns,
our
Parish
Safeguarding
contact
is
Paul
Cheater
01308
482223,
email:
cheaterprc@gmail.com
.
Alternatively
if
you
have
queries
you
may
contact
the
Benefice
Safeguarding
Officer,
Liz
Slater,
on
01308
897751
or
by
email
at
liz@ruddle.org.uk
The Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is Heather Bland 07500 664800 email:
heather.bland@salisbury.anglican.org
NEWS LETTER
The church was beautifully decorated for Christmas and our thanks go to those who decorated the tree and arranged all the flowers.
Thanks to the generosity of the congregations at the Carol Service, the Crib Service and Midnight Communion, the combined
collections totalled £536, which has been donated equally to Julia’s House and the Pilsdon Community.
Many thanks to those who kindly donated for the church to be floodlit for a total of nineteen nights over Christmas and the New Year.
The floodlights lit up the church over Christmas, but unfortunately a fault prevented them coming on for six nights over the New Year.
Now having been inspected by an electrician it appears that the floodlights are badly corroded and will have to be replaced, which
hopefully will happen over the next few weeks. When they are once again functioning they will be lit up for the “missing” six nights.
During the weekend of 14th – 16th February there will be a Wedding Festival throughout the Benefice – a joyful celebration of loving
relationships of all kinds. All the churches will have wedding-themed displays on Saturday 15th from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm, and on
Sunday 16th all the churches will hold the same service at 10.30 am to celebrate “Loving and Caring”.
The end of the month sees the start of Lent, with Pancake Day on the 25th and Ash Wednesday on the 26
th
January.
SERVICES for February 2020
Sunday
2
nd
-
9.30 am - Morning Worship
Sunday
9
th
-
9.30 am - Holy Communion
Sunday
16
th
-
9.30 am - Special Morning Worship
Sunday
23
rd
-
6.00 pm - Holy Communion by extension
