Unfortunately, due to the latest lock down from 5th November, services are again no longer allowed in churches.
On Sunday 8th November there will be a special Zoom Remembrance Service at 10.50 and the link can be obtained from Church Wardens or Rev Canon Dodie Marsden.
The Benefice Zoom Services every Sunday at 11 am will continue until lock down ends. Further decisions about future services will be made then and details published here.
There is also a Zoom Benefice Home Communion at 6 pm on 5th and 19 November. It last for about half an hour and it is a more traditional service. No sermon, the bread and wine in our own homes are not blessed (water if you prefer) but we receive them symbolically.
For all enquiries about Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals in any of the parish churches in the Benefice, please contact Karen in the Benefice Office on 01264 738308 - email: office.brightwaters@btinternet.com
In an emergency or if you wish to contact Canon Dodie Marsden please call on 01264 738211 - email: dodie.marsden@gmail.com
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Bright Waters Benefice. Our benefice is made up of the parishes of Hurstbourne Priors, Longparish, St. Mary Bourne and Woodcott all of which are set in beautiful, rural Hampshire towards the north of the Diocese of Winchester.
We invite you to take the time to take a look around the website to discover who we are and all that we have to offer you and our community. Whether a near neighbour, a visitor travelling from afar, a couple looking to be married in a church or parents wishing to have their child Christened, you are very welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you soon.
We invite you to take the time to take a look around the website to discover who we are and all that we have to offer you and our community. Whether a near neighbour, a visitor travelling from afar, a couple looking to be married in a church or parents wishing to have their child Christened, you are very welcome.
We look forward to welcoming you soon.
Our Mission
We believe…
- in one God who has revealed himself through Jesus Christ, is alive today and known through the Holy Spirit.
We are…
- committed to learning about the nature and truth of God and His involvement in the world through our Lord Jesus Christ. - committed to worshipping God at regular services and in a variety of different ways.
- open to all who seek to share in the life of the church which embraces all aspects of community and village life.
- a group of Anglican parish churches forming the Bright Waters Benefice in the Diocese of Winchester.
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- in one God who has revealed himself through Jesus Christ, is alive today and known through the Holy Spirit.
We are…
- committed to learning about the nature and truth of God and His involvement in the world through our Lord Jesus Christ. - committed to worshipping God at regular services and in a variety of different ways.
- open to all who seek to share in the life of the church which embraces all aspects of community and village life.
- a group of Anglican parish churches forming the Bright Waters Benefice in the Diocese of Winchester.
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