Groups and activities which provide support to our churches
A strong team of twelve are responsible for the flower arrangements in St Mary’s. The arrangers hold sales to raise funds and are also keen to encourage those who wish to donate for altar flowers in memory or in celebration of loved ones to do so. This helps keep our church looking beautiful.
10:45am, first Thursday of every month.
An hour to keep the church clean and tidy.
Light refreshments available.
The Cleaning team meet on the last Thursday of the month between 10am -12noon except August. Brass cleaning, dusting, polishing, we can find a job to suit all. Coffee, cake, fellowship and a warm welcome to all.
Come along to St Peter's Church after our 10am Eucharist on Thursdays to share refreshments and meet new friends. The Church hall is busy with people - some regulars, some visitng Dorchester - from 10.30am til around 1pm. All are very welcome. Midday Prayer is said in church at 12noon for those who like to join in.
We currently have 5 LPAs at St Peter’s who regularly take communion out to the sick and do pastoral visiting. Edgcumbe Manor and Montrose Care Home are visisted on a monthly basis and other individuals are given communion at home. LPAs also help with baptism visiting, children’s work and other pastoral concerns.
St. Peter’s Church Choir, which numbers about two dozen members, has a large repertoire and sings sacred music from the renaissance period to the modern day.
St Peter's Church has eight bells, the tenor weighing about 18 cwt. They are rung for morning service on Sundays usually from 9:45 to 10:25, and for various festivals. New ringers, with or without previous experience, and visitors are always very welcome to join us.
St Martin's Bellringers practice on alternate Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.00pm.
Ringing times
From 30 minutes to 5 minutes before services start.
Practice night: Tuesday, 19:00 - 20:30.
Visiting ringers and learners are always welcome to come along. If you are aged 11 years or older and would like to find out more about ringing the bells at St George's Church then please contact the Vicar.
About the Bells
St Mary's has a long and valued standard of music, both choral and instrumental. A small choir maintains performance levels throughout the Choral Eucharist at 9-45 each Sunday, with a suitable anthem sung during Communion. Various Mass settings are used. The Congregation is encouraged to join with them for the Kyrie, Gloria, Psalm, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, together with hymns. Organ voluntaries are played before & after each service, as appropriate.