Community Events
Please scroll down for some of the events happening across our churches. All welcome.
Christmas Services 2024
For further information see Christmas services
Christmas Present Appeal
When doing your Christmas shopping please consider buying an extra gift and donating to the Salvation Army Christmas Present Appeal. There are various places around Fordingbridge and Alderholt where donations can be dropped off.
Every year dozens of families and individuals in Fordingbridge, Alderholt, Sandleheath and surrounding villages are supported with gifts and food hampers who would otherwise have little or go without entirely.
Please help share a little joy this year by donating a gift for an adult or a child. You can also give financially if you would prefer using the QR code to take you to the JustGiving Page or pop into Salvation Army Fordingbridge.
Fordingbridge Christmas Lights Switch On
Supported by the Churches in Fordingbridge. The Rector Revd Luke Wickings will be leading the lantern parade and turning on the Christmas Lights with Santa. Fordingbridge Salvation Army at Roundhill will have stalls and activities for children. Visit the craft fayre at the United Reformed Church in Salisbury Street from 5pm - 8pm. Pop into The Branch where New Life Church will be giving away free hot chocolates. Avon Valley Community Matters' Charity Shop will be open all evening too. More info at: Christmas Lights Switch On
Community Christmas Lunch
Community Christmas Lunch at Woodgreen Village Hall on Christmas Day. All welcome. For more information or to book a place, contact Rev'd Ruth by Monday 16th December on 07855 210769.
The Greatest Gift Nativity Play
The Greatest Gift Nativity Play written by Jeremy Houghton-Brown from Avon Valley Churches will be performed in Fordingbridge Town Hall at 3pm on Friday 3rd January 2025 and at 6pm on Sunday 5th January 2025. Further information to follow.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Prayer events during the week of 18th – 25th Jan 2025.
Unity Service
The annual Churches Together Unity Service will be held at 10.30am on Sunday 19th January 2025 at St Mary's Church in Fordingbridge. This falls within the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January each year) and is a time when we all come together to worship.
Churches Together Meeting
The Chosen Series 2
World Day of Prayer
Good Friday Walk of Witness
On Good Friday we have a Walk of Witness in Fordingbridge: two groups of people gather, one from St Mary's Church (SP6 1BB), and the other from the Catholic Church in Salisbury Street (SP6 1EG), each with a Cross, and walk to the Town Hall. The two Crosses are joined, and we have an outdoor service, lasting about 45 minutes (in the Town Hall, if very wet!) Anyone is welcome to join the walk and Service. The Cross will be left up for about a week.
