The Downs Benefice

In Emergency 

The Benefice Office

(01962 880 845 / office@downsbenefice.org.uk) is open from 9am to 5pm, Mondays to Fridays,  however if you need to contact a minister in an emergency outside of these hours, please call either:

Revd Kevin Rogers: 07584 162 594

or

Benefice Office: 07857 512 053

Further information about the phone line is available

here

The Downs Benefice Safeguarding Information and Contacts

If you are concerned that someone you know is at risk of, or is being abused, or presents a risk to others, please seek advice from a Safeguarding Advisor or if necessary report the matter to the Local Authority Social Care Services or the Police without delay.

If you have any concerns please email the appropriate Safeguarding Officer 

(email addresses below)

Chilbolton - stmarythelesssafeguarding@gmail.com

Crawley - stmaryscrsafeguarding@gmail.com

Littleton - stcatherinessafeguarding@gmail.com

Sparsholt - ststephenssafeguarding@outlook.com

Wherwell - stpeterandholycrosssafeguarding@outlook.com

or contact the Safeguarding Administrator c/o The Benefice Office

Tel: 01962 880 845 -

Email:

Benefice Office Safeguarding

or the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer: 

Jackie Rowlands - Tel 01962 737 317

Diocesan Safeguarding Officer

Prayer Requests

If you have any prayer requests, for any concerns lying on your heart or to give thanks, please email the office on office@downsbenefice.org.uk

All prayer requests will be made anonymous before being passed on  to our Prayer Team.

Parish Magazine Deadline

Copy for June/July edition of the Benefice Parish Magazine should be submitted by 12.00 noon - Friday 9th May.

Prayer for Friday 28th March 

Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain,
and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than the way of life and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.

Sunday 30th March

Mothering Sunday

The Fourth Sunday of Lent

10am - Mothering Sunday Service with Bubble Church - Chilbolton

10am - Mothering Sunday Service - Crawley

10am - Mothering Sunday Service - Littleton

10am - Mothering Sunday Service - Sparsholt

10am - Mothering Sunday Service - Wherwell

NO BUBBLE CHURCH THIS WEEK - LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON 4TH APRIL

Please click on the Sunday Services tab (above) for details of services going forward.

'Church service for little ones every Sunday!’

4pm at St Mary-the-Less, Chilbolton

Bubble Church is a Sunday church service especially for babies, toddlers, and

young families. It's a puppet-packed, Jesus-centred, coffee-and-food fuelled,

30-minute kids and families adventure.

Here's the deal: you turn up 10 mins before it starts for a snack and coffee, 

then you'll be guided to a 'bubble', and you and your little

ones will share in 30 mins of song, story, puppets, and prayer.

Sunday 4th April

Book NOW!

Our Churches are open for Individual Private Prayer at these times: