Rock Star Robot Day Westbury Leigh CE Primary School celebrated in style their ‘Rock Star Robot Day’ on Thursday 13 January. In Key Stage 2, children competed to be class times tables champions and to be times tables rock stars using the ‘Times Tables Rock Star’ app! Key Stage 1 children all had a great … [Read more…]
This year Revd Caroline would like to invite us all to spent more time with the Psalms. Congratulations to everyone who completed the 2022 Challenge of reading the whole Bible in a year! Well done. It was a tremendous achievement. Some weeks were quite hard going, but there was always something new to learn, to … [Read more…]
Dear Friends, I have been asked by Bishop Stephen if I would take up the role of Rural Dean for Heytesbury Deanery. This would be in addition to the role as Team Vicar for the White Horse Ministry Team. I thought it might be helpful to explain a little about what the role would encompass, … [Read more…]
Westbury Eco church The Letter – A message for our earth I recently came across a film called The Letter – A message for our earth. It is based on a paper which Pope Francis wrote to the world in 2015 which was called Laudato Si – On Care for our Common Home. In this, … [Read more…]
Sunday 8 January 10.30am We have been invited by the Westbury Methodists to join their annual Covenant Service at 10.30 am on Sunday 8 January. The Methodists and Anglicans have a close connection and it would be good if some of us could attend. It is an opportunity to re-commit ourselves to ministry and mission … [Read more…]
Report on the Flex Programme from the Westbury Parish group During 2022, four of us representing the parish of Westbury (All Saints and Holy Saviour), attended the Flex Programme sessions in Salisbury run by the Rural Life Officers and a trainer from CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society – an Anglican charity which works with church … [Read more…]
Over 1700 people visited All Saints’ Church over 4 days This year’s Christmas Tree Festival at All Saints’ Church was a great success. Over 1,700 people came to see the 40 Christmas trees decorated by schools, businesses and community organisations. The Festival was opened on Friday 2 December by the Vice Lord-Lieutenant Mr Wyldbore-Smith and … [Read more…]
Become a school governor at Westbury Leigh CofE Primary School Did you know? Governors are volunteers who work with schools’ senior leaders to set the culture, values and budgets. Through monitoring and supportive challenge, they make a real and noticeable difference to our children, their families and the broader community. You do not need an … [Read more…]
Eco Church at Westbury We met in November and reviewed some of our activities as we work towards the silver award. On 19 November some of us met to make some bird boxes. We also started work on renovating a display board, which we shall use to display news and information about Eco church. As … [Read more…]
Here is an update from the Westbury PCC (Parochial Church Council) who met in October and November. Finance The PCC discussed the impact of the rise in gas and electric charges for the church and Parish Hall. The increase in the Parish Share and the reduction in the total number of people giving regularly. We … [Read more…]