The Wickwar Benefice

The Benefice comprises five rural parishes, three in South Gloucestershire and two in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire:

Charfield, Hillesley, Kingswood, Rangeworthy, Wickwar

Get in touch

Phone us: 07436 653667

Email us

What's on

Online Morning Prayer

Every Wednesday at for 30 mins
Online
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86133451653?pwd=c1ZJT3FSV0F3SndXSGhzR2h5Z1lIZz09 Meeting ID: 861 3345 1653 Passcode: 869260

An opportunity to join others online to say the Daily Prayer Service for the Day.

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Benefice Communion at St Giles Hillesley

for 1 hour
St Giles, Hillesley
Hillesley, GL12 7RS, United Kingdom

During August, our morning services will all be Communion Services for the whole Benefice, moving around the various churches, and each one will be based around one of Jesus' parables. Today's service will be based around "The Parable of the Mustard Seed".

Sunday Services

Every Sunday at for 2 hours, 30 mins
St Mary's Kingswood
St Mary's Church High Street Kingswood, GL12 8RS, United Kingdom
St John's, Charfield
Wotton Road Charfield Wotton-under-Edge, GL12 8TG, United Kingdom
St Giles, Hillesley
Hillesley, GL12 7RS, United Kingdom
Holy Trinity Rangeworthy
Rangeworthy, BS37 7ND, United Kingdom
Holy Trinity Church, Wickwar
Church Lane Wickwar Wotton-under-Edge South Gloucestershire, GL12 8NB, United Kingdom

Most of our churches have worship once a week on a Sunday: 930am for Charfield and Rangeworthy, 11am for Kingswood and Wickwar. St Giles Hillesley has worship twice a month, 8am (1st Sunday) and 9:30am (3rd Sunday). All the churches come together on a fifth Sunday. This pattern can vary, however, so please check before coming. Following this link will give you access to our service rota, which is a live document and should be up to date! https://docs.google.com/document/d/12_cOxaDvuzeMh1t2Ntz_TwqNI-b0sI4RXd7r_M2Wv-M/edit?tab=t.0
Services typically last 45 minutes to one hour.

Our churches

Safeguarding

Our Parish is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Benefice Parish Safeguarding Officer (BSO) as well as Parish Safeguarding Officers. Our Diocese’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor who advises our BSO and PSOs. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the BSO [email protected] or the Diocesan Safeguarding Team [email protected]. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.