Gardens will be open from 10:00 am to 1:00pm and from 2:00pm to 5:00pm

Click the image for maps and details of gardens.

"The Chosen" is the largest crowdfunded media project of all time. There will be a free showing each month of episodes taken from the series at Fordingbridge Town Hall.

Click the image for details, click https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/newlife to book, and click ‘Events’ for details of the next showing.

God’s Acre at Hyde, a celebration of Hyde Church and Churchyard, will be held on Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May from 2pm to 5pm.

Free Entry - Plant Sales - AVCM Stall - Nature, Adventure and Ancestor Trails - Music and Spoken word Concert - Wildlife Photography Exhibition - Free Cream Teas

Join us to welcome Bishop Debbie, Bishop of Southampton and Acting Bishop of Winchester, who will preside and preach at a 10am Whole Benefice service at St Mary's Church in Fordingbridge next Sunday 19 February.

Please come and welcome her to our parish!

Avon Valley Community Matters is opening a new charity shop on Fordingbridge High Street! We need a full time (and part time) Manager to run the shop for us. Could this be you? Retail experience preferred but individual training plan and specialist training provided. Please download the full Job Description on this web page to apply: www.avonvalleychurches.org.uk/avcmatters or email avcommunitymatters@gmail.com for more information.

Full details of the vacancy are available at the Winchester Diocesan Website.

• Full Time

• Closing Date 9th February

• Interview Dates: 28th February - 1st March 2023

Exciting news! The team behind Avon Valley Community Matters - the charity which organises the Friendship Group, two thriving local Playgroups, Messy Church and outreach projects for children, youth and the elderly - have decided to open a charity shop on Fordingbridge High Street. Will you help support us in this new venture? Click above to find out more…

The Superstars playgroup in Fordingbridge is the happy recipient of £4,500 thanks to donations to the Local Community Fund scheme from customers of the Fordingbridge Branch of Coop. Revd Kate Wilson of Avon Valley Churches and its associated charity Avon Valley Community Matters collected the giant cheque at the recent celebration event held at the Fordingbridge Store. To find out how you can support support the charity and donate to our Friendship Group please click the image of Kate above.

Members of the community, congregation and uniformed services gathered to our moving Remembrance Day services held at Stuckton Road Cemetery and at the Memorial Gates in Fordingbridge, followed by a procession to the service at St Mary's Church. Thank you to Julie and Ashley Francis for these wonderful photographs.

Join us for an evening of Fundraising Fun in aid of Open Doors UK. Click image for more details.

St Mary’s Church Hall, 6:30 for 7pm-10pm 12th November.

Since the recycling facility was set up, the ability to recycle certain items has either become easier for you, the consumer, or harder for us, the people responsible for this facility. Therefore, we have had to make a few changes - see the poster (pdf file) or click the picture for details.

We were overjoyed to welcome with open arms from America our own Andrea Board, who found us online and came to visit our Avon Valley Churches in person. Andrea recently renewed her baptismal vows in a very moving service at St Mary’s in Fordingbridge.

Wonderful to see so many at our Civic Service commemorating the life and work of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at St Mary’s in Fordingbridge this morning.

Thank you to all who made it so special

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Avon Valley Churches with easyfundraising? Click here to support us and find out more: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/avonvalleychurches/

Let us pray! On Wednesday 28 September, there will be a Day of Prayer for the future of the parish and, in particular, asking for God's help and guidance in the search for a new incumbent. It is hoped that prayer, silent or spoken, will be continuous throughout the day. Come and visit the relevant church at one or more of these times… (click on photo above for details).

Join our 6pm service on Sunday 4 September, followed by an optional, free, informal meal at St Mary’s Church in Fordingbridge. September’s theme is ‘The Church.’ Email office@avonvalleychurches.org.uk for more information.

Join us at 7pm from 14 September 2022… Alpha is a friendly way to find out about faith and so much more! Email curate@avonvalleychurches.org.uk for more information. Meal included.

James Lovelock has just died, aged 103. World famous for his “Gaia Theory”, he saw this planet as a living organism imperilled by recent human activity. In the 1970s he warned that this would lead to fundamental future problems.

This raises the question as to how much the Church should raise its voice to support the care of God’s planet.

Surely we should not leave it to the likes of the brilliant James Lovelock to be lone voices in this commercial world.

In addition to our full-time assistant curate Tom, our Churchwardens, our Lay Worship Leaders and Lay Pastoral Team, our ordinand Jo, each of our churches has appointed Focal Ministers. Click the image to read more.

Sadly due to a major fire on the evening of 14th July, All Saints is closed for the foreseeable future. Many people in our area are closely connected to All Saints, so please pray for their church as they find, with God’s help, their way forward.

Help with the restoration efforts by donating here.

Having felt prompted to do something to support our Partner Deanery in Kinkiizi, for whom life is much tougher than it is for us here, Sarah Perrelle and Pat Bloomfield planned what was going to be a Ploughmans’ Lunch but with God’s guidance, and Gill Tybjerg’s inspiration morphed into an African-style Lunch!

The final amount sent off after the Kinkiizi Lunch was £455!

The return of Frogham Fair also saw the return of Holy Ascension Hyde’s Tent Service, featuring “Songs of Praise” with the Hyde Band and Alex & the Mustard Seeds - and much more! Funds were raised for TEARFUND’s work in Ukraine and for Salisbury Hospice.