Dorset villages have a well-deserved reputation for offering a warm welcome to newcomers. The same is true of our Benefice and there are lots of different places where you can find a home with us. Every one of our worshipping communities has its own character, but they all share a desire to welcome anyone who comes through the door. Come in and you will find friendly faces.

St. Andrew’s is a strong community who worship in a wide variety of ways, from the informality of Second Sunday (in the school and on the 2nd Sunday of the month), through First Sunday Family Holy Communion (you guessed it but in church this time), to Choral Holy Communion, Taizé, and a weekly online Compline. There is a monthly homegroup and a service each month for the nursery school. A small Open the Book team visits the Primary School regularly.

The church’s choir, St. Andrew’s Singers, accompanies services on the monthly Choir Sunday and on special occasions. There are good organists and other musicians too. The tower has six bells and its own bellringing group – also a historic faceless clock dating from 1682, one of the oldest in England. The church and extensive living churchyard are kept tidy by many volunteers.

For all enquiries: contact Jenny Thomas at the Benefice Office open Monday and Tuesday morning from 9:30am to 12:30pm or phone on 01935 872600 or email at [email protected].