Join us for a retreat (reflecting and praying) walk from Wells to Bath on Saturday 10 July – click here for more information…
Widcombe Parish Services
Services at St Thomas and St Matt's
As restrictions are easing, we would love to welcome you to our in-person services at our two churches in Widcombe. We may not be able to sing inside, but we will sing outside whenever the weather permits!
For more information on how this will look over the summer, please see below.
Check the website regularly for up-to-date information. Or sign up for our weekly emails for details of each week’s services to arrive in your inbox on Thursday afternoons! Links to our online resources, earlier sermon series and other resources are also below.
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Parish notices
Summer 2021
Summer season activities, sermon series and downloadable resources – click here for information…
NEW Service Pattern for June 2021
In-person services continue in June with some new times to be aware of! However, regulations can change and therefore we may still need to be flexible. We aim to keep the website up to date, so please click for the latest information…
APCM
Annual Parochial Church Meeting: This year’s APCM was held at 7.30pm on Monday 24th May on Zoom. Click for more information…
Recent blog posts
A message from Revd Tim Buckley – Easter 2021
In his Easter blog and challenged by Maundy Thursday falling on April Fools’ Day, Revd Tim Buckley reflects on the foolishness of God. Click to find out more.
An appeal from Revd Tim
Revd Tim shares an update (and photos!) of the ongoing work on the St Matt’s church roof – along with an invitation to make this a project we all contribute to…
A message from Revd Jenny Buckler – November 2020
Revd Jenny Buckler reflects on how setting up a prayer space at home can help us during lockdown, in our latest parish blog. Click to find out more.
A message from Revd Tim Buckley – August 2020
A message for the parish of Widcombe, from Revd Tim Buckley including preliminary information about reopening St Thomas in mid-September. Click to find out more.
Recent Sermons and Video Sermons
13th June – Singing the blues
St Thomas 10.30am, 13/6/2021 – David Mathews continues our new season for the summer, looking at Psalm 42 and thinks about how honest the psalms are…
13th June – Discovering a “new normal”
St Matts, 13/6/2021 – Miles Andrews continues our new season for the summer, looking at Psalm 42 and wondering what the “new normal” could look like?
6th June – “So What?”
St Thomas, 10.30am, 6/6/2021 – Revd Jenny Buckler preaches on Ezekiel 2:1-5 & Mark 6:1-13, asking “So What?” – how do we make “ordinary time” (aka Trinity season) extraordinary?
Trinity Sunday at St Thomas
St Thomas, 10.30am, 30/5/2021 – Revd Judith Harries preaches on John 3:17 for Trinity Sunday
God has called us to be a Christian community that reaches out to the parish and beyond,
to invite people to encounter God's grace.
Safeguarding in the Parish
Read our Safeguarding policy and find out who to contact should you have any concerns.