A concert featuring the Bournemouth Male Voice Choir is to be held at 7.30 pm on Saturday July 5th at St.Mary’s Church Fordingbridge.

Tickets are £15 at the door and include interval drinks and nibbles.

Taking place on the site of the Frogham Fair (Harry’s Field, Frogham, SP6 2JA), all are welcome to this friendly Songs of Praise service. Plenty of car parking

At the Hyde Church Community Centre

Saturday 14 June

• Cream Tea

• Greetings Cards

• Craft Items

• Groceries

Visit God’s Acre:

• Free teas

• Photographic & Craft Exhibition

• Plant Sales

• Treasure Hunt

• Choir

• And More!

The Hyde Band will be playing at Hyde Church at 7:30pm on 2nd May. Tickets at £10 are available on the door or in advance from AVCM Shop, High Street, Fordingbridge. Glass of wine or soft drink included.

Screening of “The Chosen” Series 2 continues at Fordingbridge Town Hall. Book your free tickets here.

Taizé service to be held at St Giles, Godshill at 11:00 am on Wednesday 16th April. All welcome.

Parking available at St Giles Farm opposite.

All are warmly invited to join the Churches of Fordingbridge & District as we worship together at a special Service of Christian Unity on Sunday 19th January 2025 at 10.30am at St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge, SP6 1BB

Week of prayer for Christian Unity 2025 www.ctbi.org.uk/weekofprayer

Join us for a reflective Carol Service at St Giles in Godshill - followed by mince pies and mulled wine.

Please help us support the poorest workers in the world and their communities by buying fair trade goods.

Christian Aid is working in world trouble spots like Gaza and relies on gifts. There will be a Community Service at Hyde Village Hall on 20th October – this service is an informal “songs of praise” and we hope that many local residents will support it. All donations to Christian Aid. Speakers: Anitha Santharaj from Christian Aid and interview with Luke.

Free showings of episodes from "The Chosen" at Fordingbridge Town Hall. 7:30pm arrival for 8:00pm showing. Book free tickets here.

This is going to be a Great Evening, and a lot of fun, and we are nearly there!    If you would like to come, please contact: sarah.perrelle@hotmail.co.uk for tickets before 24 September.

Do join us for our Tent Service at 10:00am on 30th June at Frogham Cross. There will be activities for the children and some lovely hymns - some accompanied by Hyde Band. who will be playing for us.

Church choir members Annette Young and Margaret Ward have swapped their choir robes for running gear and have registered to enter the Exbury Gardens 10k run on Sunday 23rd June to raise funds for St Mary’s church, Fordingbridge!

Please support them, if you can, by donating via the 'Donate with Card' link found on the AVC website: www.avonvalleychurches.org.uk/give

A Fair Trade Event will be held at the Hyde Church Community Centre on Saturday the 22nd June between 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Greetings Cards will be on sale along with craft items and groceries. Cream tea will be served.

This event will help support the poorest workers in the world and their communities.

St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge, SP6 1BB

Parishes of Christchurch Deanery will be bringing along their ideas to share - what has worked well in your Parish, and might inspire another Parish to do something similar?

Free showing of the “The Wedding Gift” episode of The Chosen at Fordingbridge Town Hall On Saturday 8th June . 7:30pm arrival for 8:00pm showing. Book free tickets here.

The Annual Meeting of the whole Parish is on May 8th at 7.30pm it is an opportunity to look back at what has happened in the previous year and to look forward with our new rector to the coming year.

See HERE for submitted papers.

Screenings of "The Chosen" at Fordingbridge Town Hall continue with this, the second episode. Click the image for more details.

Your chance to catch up with screenings of “The Chosen” if you missed the first episode shown at Fordingbridge Town Hall. “I have called you by name” is showing at 4:00pm at Hyde Church Community Centre. Click the image for more details.

This is the first episode of the "The Chosen" that will be shown at Fordingbridge Town Hall. Click the image for more details.

The Institution by The Rt. Revd. Philip Mountstephen, Bishop of Winchester, and the Induction by The Venerable Jean Burgess, Archdeacon of Bournemouth, of The Revd. Luke Wickings will be held at St Mary’s Church, Church Street Fordingbridge at 7:30pm on Wednesday 28th February 2024.

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of our dear friend and colleague, the Reverend Kate Wilson. So many of us have to be grateful to Kate for her faith, kindness, inspiration, dynamism, and love in her ministry among us. She will leave a huge gap in our common life together.

A Requiem Communion will be held in St Mary’s Church Fordingbridge at 1.30pm on Thursday 23rd November.