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…]
This month it was announced at the meeting of the PCC and at All Saints, that our churchwarden at Westbury, Beth Thomas, will be standing down as from the end of December. This is because she would like to give more time and energy to chairing the steering group for the Parish Hall Transformation Project. … [Read more…]
All Saints’ Church is very excited to announce that subject to funding, from January 2023 there will be a weekly Youth Café in the Parish Hall run in partnership with 4Youth (SW). Some instances of anti social behaviour in All Saints’ and the churchyard over the past year have made us aware of the difficulties … [Read more…]
Remembering Day at Westbury Leigh Church of England Primary School Kenton is a young pupil at our school who asked last year, if we could have a “Remembering Day” to remember close relatives who may no longer be with us. Well, Kenton made that wish come true when he and some other children who have … [Read more…]
This Christmas we are holding a carol service in St Mary’s Old Dilton on Friday 16 December at 6pm Parking is very limited so please share cars where possible There is no electricity at St Mary’s Old Dilton so please wrap up warm and bring a torch! Local musicians Amusette will provide musical accompaniment to … [Read more…]