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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. Further events and meetings can be found in our Calendar, please click here.   













 













































*- For Zoom link please see noticesheet


For a link to our facebook page, 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, Rev Pauline Hart and Rev Janine Wilde

Day

Date

Time

Church

Service

Sunday

1st Dec

8.00 am

StA

Holy Communion (Pauline Hart)



9.30 am

StMM

All Age Worship (Judith Clayton/Hazel Martin)



10.00 am

StAL

Family Communion (Janine Wilde)



11.00 am

StA

All Age Worship (Pauline Hart)



11.30 am

StAL

Christmas Tree Festival



4.00 pm

StAL

Advent Reflection (Janine Wilde)



6.30 pm

StA

Waiting Room

Monday

2nd Dec

9.00 am


Morning Prayer on Zoom*



10.30 am

StA

Friendship Circle



12.00 pm

StMM

Funeral of Les Garley



2.30 pm

StA

Memories Group

Tuesday

3rd Dec

9.00 am

StA

Morning Prayer



10.30 am

StA

Tuesday Tots



2.00 pm

StAL

Christianity Today

Wednesday

4th Dec

9.00 am


Morning Prayer on Zoom*

Thursday

5th Dec

9.00 am

StA

Holy Communion in the Sanctuary



4.30 pm

StAL

Rainbow Guides meeting at Elmstead Cricket Club



6.00 pm

StAL

Brownie Guides meeting at Elmstead Cricket Club

Saturday

7th Nov

10.30 am

StAL

Interment of Ashes

Sunday

8th Dec

9.30 am

StMM

Holy Communion (Pauline Hart/Janine Wilde)



10.00 am

StAL

Christingle Service (Gill Bucke/Emma Peck)



11.00 am

StA

Holy Communion (Pauline Hart/Janine Wilde)



4.00 pm

StA

Songs of Praise (Janine Wilde)



6.30 pm

StA

Waiting Room

To find out how you can give to the churches in the Tenpenny Villages benefice, please click here

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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