The White Horse Team celebrated its 20th Anniversary on 12 February 2022 This year the White Horse Benefice is marking the anniversary of the 20th year since its creation. The Benefice is celebrating with a special service of celebration on Sunday 13 March at 3pm. The Right Reverend Dr Andrew Rumsey, the Bishop of Ramsbury … [Read more…]
Little Lights Stay and Play starts 10 March 2022 We are delighted to announce that Westbury Area Churches Together are launching Little Lights, a new Stay and Play group for toddlers. Little Lights Stay and Play Group will be held at the West End Baptist Church every Thursday during term-time from 1pm – 2.30pm. This … [Read more…]
An update from the team working on the Diocese’s Rural Ministry programme – Thrive The Thrive group continue to meet, having taken a short break over Christmas, our focus for the next few months is on discipleship. During the training event we were asked to consider how do we encourage people to grow in their … [Read more…]
Holy Trinity Church Welcomes Diana and Stan, two Lay Pastoral Assistants who have transferred their licence as pastoral assistants from Worcester Diocese to Salisbury and working with us in the White Horse Team. Please do invite them out for a cup of tea/coffee and get to know them, here’s some background… When we moved here … [Read more…]
This year our bell ringers are celebrating one hundred years since our bells were rehung in 1921 by ringing a full peal on 27 December 2021 At 10 am on Monday 27 December a bell ringing team from the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers will be attempting a centenary peal to celebrate the 100th anniversary … [Read more…]
Holy Trinity Church Dilton Marsh The small Thrive Community at Holy Trinity Church has been meeting regularly over the past year to consider ways in which the church community might work together better and to identify different ways in which we might reach out into the community, giving people a chance to see what we … [Read more…]
Taking the Bible into our local primary schools Over the last six and a half years the Open the Book team has been presenting Bible stories in four primary schools in the Westbury area. We are all very pleased to be back in schools since the pandemic in March 2020. Open the Book offers a … [Read more…]
Saturday 30 October 10am – 11.30am All Saints’ Church You’re invited to come along to our Parish Hall Consultation morning on Saturday 30 October to All Saints’ Church to find out the latest plans for the Parish Hall There will be a presentation to update you on our progress so far and an opportunity to … [Read more…]
New Safeguarding Officer required for Westbury Parish I have been the temporary Safeguarding Officer for Westbury since Easter, while we have been waiting for a new person to take it on. The person we had in mind is now not able to do it, so I would like to appeal for someone else to take … [Read more…]
Update on progress from All Saints’ Church In January this year we applied for a Cultural Recovery Fund Grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This was part of a £1.57 billion support package from the Government in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. At the end of March we learned that we were successful in … [Read more…]