Easter Service of Meditation
To help us in our journey through this week we are having a 20 minute service of meditation in St. Matthew’s church room, Otterbourne on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 5pm. Do come along to share this time with us.
Easter Services
Please find below the dates and times of our Easter Services across the Benefice. Thursday 6th April 7.30pm Maundy Thursday Parish Communion @ Compton Friday 7th April – Good Friday 10.00am Meet at Wayside Cross. Then walk to Compton church for 10.30am service 12 noon Words and Music for Good Friday @ Otterbourne (2nd) […]
Second Saturday Lunch
Our next Benefice Second Saturday lunch will be held on Saturday 11th March in the Reeves Scout Hall, Compton. We meet at 12.30pm and enjoy good food and company. Everyone is welcome to join us. Why not come along?
Vocations Day
A Vocations Day is being held on Saturday 11th March at St. Mary’s Church, Andover. This is a great opportunity for those discerning a call to lay
or ordained ministry to find out more.
Fifth Sunday Benefice Service
January 29th is the fifth Sunday of the month. This means that there is one service across the Benefice and provides the opportunity for us to gather to worship together. This month the service will be held at St. Matthew’s, Otterbourne. The service will begin at 9.30 am.
Mayor’s Chrity Quiz Night
Trinity Winchester are holding a special evening on Thursday 9th February for the Mayor’s Charity Quiz Night. Test your knowledge against Egghead Kevin Ashman.
Get a team of up to 6 together and take on this challenge at the Winchester Rugby Club and enjoy a delicious curry.
7.30pm start
Don’t forget to take part in our raffle on the night to win some fantastic prizes.
Tickets can be booked using the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mayor-of-winchester-charity-quiz-host-kevin-ashman-winchester-rugby-club-tickets-506076116287?aff=odeimcmailchimp&mc_cid=468989ab68&mc_eid=de0fd3d0a6
Christmas Services
We will be holding Crib services, Carols for All, Midnight Mass and Family Communion services across the Benefice over the Christmas period.
For details of our services for Christmas, please take a look at the ‘Sunday’ page.
May God bless your Christmas season with joy and love.
Christingle
Christingle services will take place in All Saints’ Church, Compton and St. Matthew’s Church, Otterbourne on Sunday 11th December at 4pm and 4.30 pm respectively.
This is a joyful family and community celebration where we will be making Christingles. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Christmas Tree Festival
The annual Christmas tree festival will be held at Hursley on Saturday 10th December from 10 am.
Do come along to take a look and support the village.
Second Saturday Lunch
The Second Saturday Lunch is held in the Reeves Scout hall in Compton. The lunch is open to anyone who would like to join us. A home cooked main course, pudding and a soft drink are provided. Donations are welcomed but not essential. The most enjoyable part of the lunches is always the company and […]
Benefice Memorial Service
Our annual Memorial service for All Souls will be held at St. Matthew’s church, Otterboure on Sunday 30th October at 6.00 pm. The service wiil include time for reflection and prayer for the lives of loved ones who are no longer with us.
Lent course
We will once again be running a Lent course this year. The subject is Paradise Lost by John Milton. Before you think I’ve gone mad or hopelessly descended into intellectual irrelevance let me tell you that we have the aid of a very helpful BBC abridgement with Sir Ian McKellen taking the part of Milton […]
Reflection – Holy Spirit
Galatians 5:22-25 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Accredited to Broadway Church of Christ. This video was […]
Reflection – Psalm 23
Psalm 23 ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ is a favourite psalm often turned to in times of trouble. A recent discovery is that in 2020 the Bible Society commissioned the Garden Designer Sarah Eberie to create a garden for the Chelsea Flower Show on the theme of Psalm 23. The garden is intended to be rebuilt at […]
Reflection -Good Friday
Isaiah 53:2-5 ‘He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.Like […]
Reflection – Grace
Mary saying ‘yes’ to God in sorrow and suffering is overwhelmingly graceful. “Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman,[a] here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, […]
Reflection – Betrayal
“If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it;if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God,as we walked about among the worshipers.” Ely Cathedral Choir sing the hauntingly beautiful ‘The Reproaches’ by the composer […]
Reflection – Take up thy cross
Luke 9:23 ‘Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. The words to this hymn are peaceful and a reminder of not carrying a cross alone. All to Jesus, I surrenderAll to Thee I freely giveI will ever love and […]
Reflection – Humble
Zechariah 9 “Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious,lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” A journalist and author called Danielle Nadler last Easter produced an artistic guide for Holy Week – this year it can be used again. Holy Week 2020 Will be […]
Reflection – Forgiveness
This music is beautiful. Gregorio Allegri Miserere Mei Deus The Choir of Claire College Cambridge Timothy Brown. Album: Goosebumps Classics Licensed to Youtube by: Kontor New Media Music (on behalf of Brilliant Classics); LatinAutor – UMPG, EMI Music Publishing, Public Domain Compositions, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA – UBEM, UMPI, LatinAutor – PeerMusic, LatinAutorPerf, […]