NOTICES
- SERVICES AND OPENING FOR INDIVIDUAL PRAYER
There are services on other Sundays at St John’s and St Mary’s, Meare. Check the Benefice Google Calendar for dates and times.
- Holy Communion at St John’s on Sunday 20th at 10am
There is no service at St Ben’s this Sunday, but there is a Holy Communion service at St John’s at 10am which will be live-streamed. Go to St John’s website for more details.
- Weekly Prayer List
Click the picture to see who especially needs your prayers this week.
- Morning Prayer in St Ben’s and our Benefice
Do come along to join us in The Office of Morning Prayer held is St Ben’s on Wednesdays at 9am. Morning Prayer is also held on Tuesdays in St John’s, Thursdays in St Mary’s Meare and Fridays in St Margaret’s Chapel, all at 9am.
- Somerset Vicar’s “Twin My Vaccine” campaign.
A little while ago, Roger drew our attention to this scheme to help the world’s poorest get the Covid vaccine. It’s been an amazing success, as reported by the BBC. In fact, the £80k quoted there is out of date. As of writing this on 20th April, the Just Giving page shows £123k.
GENERAL INFORMATION
For downloads of daily readings and other news items that could affect you, take a look at St John’s News page by clicking here.
Hiring our building and booking events
If you want to hire our building or book a wedding, baptism or other service, please go to our Get in Touch page.
Official Noticeboard
Click the picture to go to our page for official notices and documents. Note that details of services and other activities are not posted there.
Inclusive Church
St Ben’s is part of the Inclusive Church network. Click on the logo to read more on our Who We Are page.
Our Google events calendar can be viewed here
Check out our “A Church Near You” site at
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10978/
SAFEGUARDING
Safeguarding refers to the range of plans and activities that are put in place to protect children and adults who may be vulnerable to abuse and neglect from being harmed. Safeguarding in the church community – making our church safe for young people and vulnerable adults – is everyone’s responsibility.
Our Parish Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here.
If you wish to report concerns or possible abuse, please contact one of the following:
- Parish Safeguarding Officer: Arwen of Westrop,
07511 117975, stbenssafeguarding@gmail.com - Churchwarden: David Chapman,
07942 264354, davidc@stbens-glastonbury.uk - Churchwarden: Liz Pearson,
07967 046672, liz@stbens-glastonbury.uk - Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser:
Glenys Armstrong, 01749 685135