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Ampfield Messenger for August
August’s edition of the Ampfield Messenger is available from the Ampfield Parish Council Website.
Ampfield Messenger for July
July’s edition of the Ampfield Messenger is available from the Ampfield Parish Council Website.
Private prayer in church buildings
Private prayer in our church buildings is now possible. Prayer slots must be pre-booked.
The Ampfield Messenger for June
The June edition of the Ampfield Messenger is available on the Ampfield parish council website.
May’s Ampfield Messenger
The May edition of the Ampfield Messenger is available on the Ampfield parish council website.
The Seven Last Words
These video reflections will be used on Good Friday 2020, as part of a reflection for the hour before the Cross. Friends from other churches or who are live-streaming may…
Ampfield Messenger Online
The April edition of the Ampfield Messenger magazine is available on the Ampfield parish council website here. It is not being delivered this month due to the Coronavirus restrictions.
Update 25 March 2020
Update from your parish church on the situation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Hyperlocal to North Baddesley, Ampfield and Chilworth. Support for businesses Amazing fortitude and selflessness has been on…
Update – 24 March 2020
UNITY – coordinating volunteers in Test Valley 0330 400 4116 UNITY are planning to connect and coordianate groups helping with the individuals who are self isolating. 0330 400 4116. Self-isolation…
Update for 20 March 2020
Sunday Live from @acnbchurch, the stopping of public worship, generosity from the White Horse Ampfield, and weekday worship. Sunday live from @acnbchurch We will be talking about and reflecting on…
Stopping public activity
Public gatherings for worship have stopped across the Church of England to avoid contagion in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We set out our plans to continue ministry in Ampfield, Chilworth…
COVID-19 Changes from 15/03/19
Update for the week beginning 15/03/19 Situation update The government has announced that it was necessary to take further measures to delay the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic on 12…
COVID-19 an update from Victoria
Dear friends, I with the ministry team continue to monitor the spread of COVID- 19. We are adapting what we do in light of the changing advice from Government and…
Summary: Lent talk – Our Planet
More than 26 people attended a Lent talk at All Saints Church, North Baddesley led by Mark and Abbie West. This first talk centered on the ill we do to…
Vicar to visit – Care4Calais
Vicar Victoria and Revd Ashdown will be spending a short time in Northern France with the humanitarian charity Care4Calais. You can help by donating priority items. They will deliver donations,…
Winchester Eco Seminar
Ruth Valerio from Tearfund led the Eco and climate action seminar for Winchester Diocese on 14 January 2020. @acbchurch has produced this edited transcript. Time stamps {00:00} refer to the…
Whitenap development
The Whitenap development will build 1300 houses on the edge of Romsey south of the Tadburn road within the enclosing loop of the railway. The plans raise strong feelings about…
Library in Baddesley threatened again
Hampshire County Council are consulting on ending their connection with North Baddesley Community Library. The proposals would mean it wasn’t a HCC library in any way any more. In practice…
Upside down kingdom: climate in crisis
Our common home is in pain: on fire, flooding and melting. At the Eco and Climate Action seminar in Winchester Bishop Tim Daykin and Dr Ruth Valerio outlined steps to…
5P: themes for 2020
Planet, Poverty, Peace, Politics and People are the themes we are using to shape our year as @acnbchurch.
Queen’s speech – pastoral letter
After last weeks election results, there will be many who are feeling devastated, many who are relieved and probably quite a few that are just glad it is all over…
T-Cup café giving back..
T-Cup café are committed to giving a total of £100 per month to good causes suggested by customers. These are some of the locations café donations went in 2019. December…
Hustings transcript
Partial transcript of the hustings held at All Saints Church on 19 November 2019. Information This is a best effort transcript from the Hustings held at All Saints, North Baddesley,…
Avoid waste this Christmas
Advent and Christmas is almost upon us. This time of love come down among us, has become a time when so much waste is created. We’re calling on all to…
Register to vote: #GE2019
There is still time to register to vote for the General Election of 2019. This page has more information. Getting as many people as possible registered to vote is an…
People on the move
This week, one person watched thirty-eight others die in the freezing silence of a refrigerated container. Then they too died. Hateful things have been said about the victims. Unfortunately we’ve…
Vaccination. A common good
Vicar Victoria spent a month in quarantine recently. She came into contact with an outbreak of measles in adults which can be serious. Public Health England told the Vicar who…
Leave packaging at the shop
When you go food shopping, try to take paper bags and containers with you so that you can remove excess packaging in the supermarket and leave it at the till’….
Sustainability fair in Chilworth
The Chilworth Sustainability fair exhibited electric vehicles boats and bicycles as well as ways to reduce food waste and eat better. Environmentally friendly and up-cycled products were also on display….
Be loved you are God’s child
As I write this I’m full of the first cold of the season and am feeling fairly rotten, my youngest child is just out of hospital having been struck down…
