Creating opportunities for everyone to experience God's love
We aim to be a warm and welcoming Christian community. We have a variety of worship services across the four churches and our church members are aged 0 to 90 with almost everything in between! Find out more about our community, services, events and activities on this website … and better still come along and see for yourself. You will be most welcome. We are part of the Anglican Church within the Diocese of Bristol.
Due to the second lockdown there will be no services held in church until December. There are, however, online services each Sunday on our YouTube channel:
Latest news
For the latest Upper Thames news and information on services and online prayer meetings please see our latest Upper Thames email of 20th November.
Message from Bishop Viv
Bishop Viv recently wrote to the clergy of the Bristol Diocese and posted a message on YouTube. These messages were shared with our benefice for everyone's benefit. You will find her letter here and the YouTube message here: Message from Bishop Viv
Vacancy – Transition Team
A group is now being formed with representatives from across our Benefice to work together to plan and write an Upper Thames Group profile, together with our parish outlines, job description and person spec. The Team's first Zoom meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 10 June and an initial plan, drawn up by Adina Grace and Alison Beadle of Ashton Keynes who are heading up the Team, is taking shape showing projected timescales. Please hold this group in your prayers as the process begins, especially for God's leading throughout.
Churches open for private prayer
St Sampson's is open Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, 10am – 2pm.
Holy Cross is open Sundays and Wednesdays, 10am - 2pm.
Observing social distancing and cleaning rules – and no more than six people may be in the building at any one time, including two church sitters.