We are delighted that St Swithun’s Church, Crampmoor, reopens for public worship on Sunday 6th September. A service of Morning Worship will be held at St Swithun’s on the first Sunday of the month, with Holy Communion on the other Sundays. Numbers at St Swithun’s are currently restricted to 20. Advance booking is required to secure your place. Book by Friday evening as follows:<span style="font-size: 1rem;">For St Swithun’s, Crampmoor 10am Morning Worship or Holy Communion - contact Richard Pratt, email richardpratt15@gmail.com or phone 01794 511036.</span> If you are reserving more than one place please make it clear whether these are for members of the same household who will be able to sit together or on behalf of a friend. To assist in the government's Trace and Track process we will need to keep a record of everyone who attends. If it isn't possible to accommodate you at a service, you will be given priority for the following week. Please arrive in good time to enable checking, sanitising and seating. A reminder, please do not visit the Abbey or St Swithun’s if you are feeling unwell or experiencing symptoms. We hope you understand this measure is to keep you and other visitors, staff and volunteers safe. Unless exempt, it is now a legal requirement to wear a face covering in places of worship and church halls.
With effect from Tuesday 17th March 2020, public worship at the Abbey & St Swithun's, Crampmoor is suspended. Daily morning and evening prayer services will take place outside of the Abbey being open to the public. The intention is to open the Abbey from 10am - 5pm each day for personal prayer. If you are able to help with this please get in contact.We also intend to live-stream a Sunday Service each week, again this service will not be open to the public.The ministry team and volunteers are currently looking at how to support the pastoral needs of the community.We encourage you to continue to donate to the Foodbank.For the latest news visit our website.
A beautifully designed and crafted new font for St Swithun’s Church, Crampmoor, was blessed during their 10am Holy Communion Service on Sunday 25th February. The service, conducted by Reverend David Potterton, included invited special guests and supporters of this project.The fine, contemporary design font stand, crafted in oak, was made by David Stephenson, of Weyhill, Andover and was paid for by a very kind and generous anonymous donor.The beautiful blue glass bowl, crafted by Colin and Louise Hawkins of Loco Glass, Cirencester was donated by Stroud School and presented by their Headmaster Mr Joel Worrall and Games Teacher Mr EJ van Zyl, Head of House for the ‘Terriers’ section. It was the fundraising efforts of the pupils in ‘Terriers’ that led to the donation. Highwood House Romsey, the home of Stroud School, was originally owned by the Suckling family, who with a group of other people, instigated the building of St Swithun’s Church. The foundation stone was laid by Florence Suckling in 1859. At the time, the building was called Crampmoor Chapel and was also a school for local children. Mr Worrall, Headmaster added that “Stroud School is delighted to be able to continue this association with the church; the font is a work of art in itself and will welcome children and newcomers to the church for generations to come.”Richard Pratt, Chairman of the St Swithun’s Church committee, commented “This is the culmination of a long project of refurbishment of the Church to serve the local community. The font is a symbol of our historical association with Stroud School and is needed because of the popularity of baptisms. We look forward to welcoming more families to our church.”
