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…]
Team Rector, Revd Rebecca Harris reports on the ordination of Holly Newton as Deacon It was a pleasure and a joy to witness the ordination as Deacon of our new curate, Holly Newton. Despite the Covid restrictions in place, it was a moving service, which reminded me of my own ordination many years ago now. … [Read more…]
All Saints’ Church, Westbury is delighted to announce that it is to receive £24,400 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund All Saints’ Church is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund This award will support All Saints’ Church … [Read more…]
Westbury Leigh Holy Saviour Church and Community Hall – 20 Year Anniversary Over 20 years ago when the church in Westbury Leigh was threatened with closure, the idea was born to turn part of the church into a community hall, run as a non-profit charity by and for the local people. Under the guidance of … [Read more…]