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St Juthware & St Mary's Church

'Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.' Psalm 150

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https://www.halstock-church.org/

HALSTOCK CHURCH BELLS

Are you a keen bell ringer looking for bells to ring?

We are looking for extra ringers to join the Halstock team. Past experience is necessary.

Please contact ellismillie@yahoo.com I will then pass on your interest to our team leader.

Thank you.

Millie Ellis

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FRIENDS OF ST MARY'S CHURCH 100+ CLUB

New members are always welcome.

Prizes of £100, £40, £20 and £5 awarded every month.

Please contact Liz on 01935 891480 to find out more.

Harvest Lunch
Sunday, 28 September 2025

Another sell-out Halstock production! This year's harvest lunch was a smash-hit. Lots of helpers to set up - the hall looked a picture; lots of cooks - delicious food, all served up on time. The bar was ably manned and well frequented; generous prizes had been donated to the raffle. Another lovely social event that we're (ahem!) so good at!

The 2025 St Juthware Patronal Festival ....

..... was a huge success. It started on Friday 13 July with the Flower Festival. Arrangements were created by the very talented local team, making the church really pop! (A visitor even asked if there had been a wedding because everything looked so professional).

Saturday night was music night - organised by Mary Clegg and Catherine White, with their myriad helpers and volunteers. It wouldn't have happened without them - you know who you are! From the girls managing the hog roast, to the folks behind the bar, to everyone who helped set it all up and then cleared up afterwards. We were incredibly grateful for the donations of money and the hog for roasting - such amazing generosity which we can't thank you enough for.

Sunday saw Revd Daniel back with us, where he belongs - taking the annual Service of Celebration for Halstock's very own saint - St Juthware. It was a time for reflection on the meaning of 'love they neighbour' and the Parable of the Good Samaritan - something which Juthware sought to do.

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Thank you to all our volunteers!

On a perfect summer’s evening, amongst numerous fabulous floral displays, St Juthware & St Mary’s church was the setting for an evening to say ‘thank you’ to the many volunteers who give their time in the service of the church.

Those who came were distributors of rotas and The Chimes, readers, sidespeople, bell ringers, members of the PCC, the bakers of all good things, and coffee morning hosts.

Daniel expressed his gratitude to everyone involved. Glasses were raised and wonderful buffet consumed. A big thank you must also go to Tony Diment for his hard work in keeping the churchyard looking so spruce. It looked particularly beautiful that evening.

ST JUTHWARE CELEBRATION FAMILY SERVICE

We celebrated the life of our very own Saint - St Juthware, by making a ‘pilgrimage’ around our beautiful church.

The service was held on Sunday 14th July 2024 at 11am and refreshments were served at 12 noon.

We were delighted to welcome a guest speaker, The Reverend Andrew Corness, Royal Navy, currently based at HMNB Devonport who gave us an insight into working in the Navy, travelling and delivering aid around the world.

Halstock is very lucky to have its very own saint and every year St Juthware’s life is remembered and celebrated with a special service which echoes her hospitality and welcome to visitors and pilgrims. Something Halstock is very good at. The flower festival’s theme of ‘village life’ endorsed it - and some seriously talented arrangers really pushed the boat out with stunning and clever displays. It’s widely known that Juthware was beheaded by her step-brother and, in a nod (pardon the pun) to this, a special vase of flower-stalks only was placed on the plinth next to the Sherborne Missal illumination of her holding her head.