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The rain may have fell relentlessly on Saturday, but that did not stop the barbecue celebration that brought together for the first time the community of the New Forest Edge Churches (NFEC). The NFEC comprises five churches on the edge of the western side of the New Forest, with churches from the villages of Bransgore,Continue reading “A successful weekend of harvest celebrations for the five churches on the edge of the New Forest”

It was all hands-on-deck as a team from St Mary’s descended upon the church and the resource centre to give it a good in-depth clean. It took all day to do the deep cleaning, with all the chairs being scrubbed and the blinds being taken down and cleaned, with many other cleaning activities undertaken whichContinue reading “St Mary’s Spring Clean”

Over half the tickets have been sold already; order yours now in case we sell out. See Shirley Burke or Stephen Hayes to get your name on the list. Closing date March 15th. Military Wives Choir The Marchword Military Wives Choir will be performing at Saint Michael’s Church on the 2nd May for the MaytimeContinue reading “Maytime Music Event at St Michael’s”

Today the people of Thorney Hill were treated to a performance of Orland Furioso, with Hannah Ely as soprano and Harry Buckoke on the vilo de gamba (which is like a mini cello, yet it is fretted and more in-line with the lute family than the cello family – this information was provided by Harry).Continue reading “Orlando Furioso performance at All Saints Church”

Happy New Year! What better way to start the new year by blowing off the cobwebs with a morning walk in the New Forest with friends. Starting from All Saints Church at Thorney Hill, members from our church community met-up on a grey and cold morning for a 4 mile walk through the forest, nearContinue reading “New Year’s Day Walk”

Happy new year! Last night the Benefice of Bransgore and Hinton celebrated a Kenyan New Year’s at St Mary’s, Bransgore. The countdown and singing of Auld Lang Syne took place at 21.00 (Kenyan time), allowing for those with children (or those who wanted to go to bed!) to celebrate the New Year with friends andContinue reading “Should auld acquaintance be forgot…”

Today the village of Bransgore descended on St Mary’s – the church was packed-out with people of all age ranges. The children acted out the nativity and sang the first verse of Away in a Manger. Even King Herod made an appearance (as a 7ft inflatable)!  There was a great talk by the vicar aboutContinue reading “A Marvellous Nativity”