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2024

The Tenpenny Villages Benefice of Alresford, Elmstead and Frating with Thorrington

As church families, our vision is:-

"To draw closer to God and to each other so that we may more ably bring his love to the world."

We want to make a difference in these communities for God.

St Andrew’s, Alresford

St Anne & St Laurence, Elmstead

St Mary Magdalen, Thorrington

Pauline Hart Associate Priest

A copy of the data privacy notice for each church can be found by clicking on the name of the church at the top of this page.

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people, victims/survivors of domestic abuse and vulnerable adults. 

The PCCs have adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England’s website.

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/safeguarding

Details of Parish Safeguarding Representatives can be found on the noticeboards in each church. Our Parish Safeguarding Representatives can be contacted via safeguarding@tenpennyvillages.uk


Safe spaces-supporting survivors of church related abuse, email: safespaces@victimsupport.org.uk      Tel: 0300 303 1056


Andrew Fordyce MBE  Rector

Services at St. Andrew’s, Alresford (StA), St Anne & St Laurence, Elmstead (StAL) and St Mary Magdalen, Thorrington (StMM)


Recorded services from St Andrew’s and St Anne & St Laurence are available on our YouTube channel. For the latest version of our Noticesheet, please click here. Information on enquiries to our Benefice Office can be found on our Contact Us page.













 

















*- For Zoom link please see noticesheet


For links to our Instagram, Twitter and facebook pages, please see below. If you have any specific prayer requests please send them to prayer@tenpennyvillages.uk (These will be kept confidential)                 Rev Andrew Fordyce and Rev Pauline Hart

Day

Date

Time

Church

Service

Sunday

24th Mar

10.00 am

StAL

 Family Communion (Andrew Fordyce)



11.00 am

StA

 Holy Communion (Pauline Hart)



3.00 pm

StMM

 All Age Worship (Andrew Fordyce/Janine Wilde)

Monday

25th Mar

8.00 am

StA

 Lent Quite Day

Tuesday

26th Mar

9.00 am

StA

 Morning Prayer



10.30 am

StA

 Tuesday Tots



2.00 pm

StA

 Pilgrim Group

Wednesday

27th Mar

9.00 am


 Morning Prayer on Zoom*



10.30 am

StA

 Start Up Cafe



5.30 pm

StAL

 Holy Week Walk  



6.30 pm

StAL

 Soup & Roll  



7.30 pm

StAL

 Foot Washing Service

Thursday

28th Mar

9.00 am

StA

 Holy Communion in The Sanctuary



4.30 pm

StAL

 Rainbows



6.00 pm

StAL

 Brownies



7.30 pm

StA

 Informal Communion

Friday

29th Mar

10.00 am

StAL

 Good Friday Workshop



2.00 pm

StMM

 An hour at the Cross

Friday

30th Mar

2.00 pm

StA

 Easter Trail



7.30 pm

StAL

 Lighting the Easter fire

Sunday

31st Mar

6.30 am

StA

 Sunrise Service (Andrew Fordyce)



9.30 am

StMM

 Holy Communion (Andrew Fordyce/Janine Wilde)



10.00 am

StAL

 Family Communion (Pauline Hart)



11.00 am

StA

 Holy Communion (Andrew Fordyce/Janine Wilde)

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We are delighted to announce that the Tenpenny Villages Benefice has been awarded a Bronze Eco Church Award.

To view our Bronze award certificate, please click here

The aim of the Eco Church award scheme is to celebrate the ways that church communities have been engaging with caring for the earth as a key part of our Christian faith.

For more information, please click on the Bronze Award logo on the left.

Janine Wilde Curate