All services ONLINE until further notice. Click here for information about live streamed and pre-recorded services as well as Zoom gatherings.
Widcombe Parish Services
Services at St Thomas and St Matt's
Following guidance from the Church of England and the Diocese of Bath and Wells, all our services will be ONLINE until further notice.
On Sunday mornings, there will either be a streamed or a pre-recorded service. In the evenings, there will be a 5pm Zoom gathering. For more information on how this will look in January and February, see below.
Please sign up for our weekly emails or email info@widcombe.church for up-to-date information. Links to our online resources, earlier sermon series and other resources are also below.
What are you doing for Lent?
This year, we would like Lent to be a time for feasting on the hope in God’s word while fasting from doubt and worry! Click to find out more…
Struggling and need a hand?
Emergency telephone number to contact the church team while the office is closed.
Hour of Power – prayer in 2021
Hour of Power, 1st – 7th every month – click for more information.
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Recent blog posts
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.
A message from Revd Tim Buckley- June 2020
A message for the parish of Widcombe, from Revd Tim Buckley including details on the opening of buildings for private prayer. Click to find out more.
A message from Revd Tim Buckley- May 2020
A message for the parish from Revd Tim Buckley after 10 weeks of lockdown
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.
Recent Sermons and Video Sermons
7th March – Lent 3: Christ crucified
Online service, 7/3/21, Revd Jenny Buckler preaches on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 and John 2:13-22 “Christ crucified.” All the usual service resources can be found here along with the Lent Daily Prayer sheet.
28th February – Lent 2: Rooted in Christ
Streamed service, 10.30am, 28/02/2021 – Revd Tim reflects on what it means to be knitted and rooted together in Christ as we walk with Him.
21st February – Lent 1: “God’s sign of promise”
Online service, 21/2/21, Revd Judith Harries starts our Lent season with a reflection on Genesis 9:8-17 and Mark 1:9-15. All the usual service resources can be found here along with the new Lent Daily Prayer sheet.
14th February – next before Lent: I will hear from heaven…
Streamed service, 10.30am, 14/02/2021 with Revd Jenny Buckler preaching the final sermon in our series based on 2 Chronicles 7:13-15.
Safeguarding in the Parish
Read our Safeguarding policy and find out who to contact should you have any concerns.