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…
Litter picking in North Baddesley
The Fleming Avenue area in North Baddesley was litter picked by more than 30 community volunteers in an event organised by Parish Councillor Vicky Wotton. Clean up days and individual…
Spirituality and companion animals
Animals should matter to the church because they are given life by the same God who makes every person live. The climate crisis teaches us how our intentional ignorance of…
Pass the printed word
If you get newsletters and magazines from charities that you support please share the information by passing them on to others rather than throwing them away. Passing on publications like…
Assisi pilgrims
A group of pilgrims from Romsey Deanery including some from @acnbchurch have made pilgrimage to Assisi, the place where Francis received the call to ‘rebuild God’s church’ Francis himself chose…
Get groceries delivered
Avoid special trips to the supermarket. Try to have your food delivered to your home. Delivery avoids impulse buying which is often wasteful and can reduce local air pollution. In…
Joining in with Ride and Stride
During Ride and Stride 2019 on 14 September 2019 a team from St Mark and the redoubtable Francois Hugo from Chilworth raised over £660 for the Hampshire and the Islands…
Recycling as part of daily life
Please recycle. Please also take recycling to collection points as part of journeys you have to make anyway: to work, to shop, for leisure. Otherwise your journey adds unnecessary pollution….
Our liturgy has seen chaos before
At St Denys this past Sunday, I looked upon these fragile plaster ribs with worried eyes after a service of Matins. Their form mimics that of the Union Flag. It…
A Church Near You – Adoption in parishes
This week we look at A Church Near You the amazing national project which provides a search optimised web presence to every parish church in England. Today, How parishes can…
Plastic: stopping single use
Take the challenge: Cut out single use plastic this month. Single use plastics are a major problem for recycling, cause global heating and support the oil extraction industries. Taking the…
Enabling parish communication
Communications without budget or paid staff time is a massive challenge. It usually requires some sacrificial volunteering. People doing this go by a variety of titles, from social media manager…
Borrow your next book
Borrow some of books you need from a library rather than buying them. Support libraries – there are social, environmental and community benefits. – The Eco Tip for the ninth…
A balanced life with God
The life of St Benedict of Nursia (6th Century AD) may not be familiar to you, but he made a lasting contribution to the way in which Christian religious houses…
A visit to every church in Hampshire?
Jill Low dropped in on All Saints on her sponsored journey to visit every church in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. She is helping bring All Saints Fleet back…
Adult craft evening stimulates creativity
A social craft evening at All Saints North Baddesley drew 12 people together to explore their creativity, new crafts and community. Pyrography (wood burning), beading and painting on pottery were…
Share Produce: Eco Church for Trinity VI
Serve the common good: share produce from our gardens with those in need. The Eco Tip for this week. If you are a gardener and have surplus harvest: share with…
Lead theft from Ampfield Parish Church
Lead theft at St Mark, Ampfield has damaged 24m of the roof of this historic church.
Eco Church: pollinators under threat: The fifth week of Trinity
We are running out of pollinating insects: Ecotip: Plant flowers for bees and other insects; try for a long flowering season so they always have food available.
Digital Day with the Diocese
The 2019 Digital Day for the Diocese of Winchester brought the Church of England social media champion Liz Morgan to train on developments in social media and A Church Near You. Watch, and let Liz explain what’s it was all about.
Eco Church for the fourth Sunday after Trinity
In Acts the believers were recorded as ‘having everything in common’. Could building a reuse tradition in @acbchurch benefit our communities both practically and theologically?
Re-Creation, and Holy Days
As we look towards the holy-days: the root of the whole idea of holiday, Jesus’ offers up something amazing with that phrase “rest for your souls”. It’s a whole new meaning to the summer holiday. – From The Vicar’s Column July 2019
Eco Church for the third Sunday after Trinity
This week in the ecochurch collection: Water for wildlife, and a developing world perspective on how we look at water from a theological point of view – an issue of increasing importance as Global Heating and migration pose continuing challenges.
Vandalism to the Community AED
The emergency defibrillator hosted by All Saints church North Baddesley was vandalised, probably on the night of the 3 July, making the defibrillator location code impossible to read.
Ampfield Memorial to 1944 D-Day campaign crash
We heard rending crash…the whole forest floor was strewn with debris. The smell of aviation fuel was unbearable. There had been an utter disaster. Watch a short from the service of remembrance of this tragic loss of 5 USAF Airmen 75 years ago with eyewitness Steve, and those who found relatives in the USA
