Holy Rood Services Page

Held in Holy Rood Church

(For the wider benefice services, please

scroll down past the first table)

Service Pattern for Holy Rood Church

Our service pattern runs as follows:

Morning services

!st and 3rd Sundays at 9am - Book of Common Prayer (said, no hymns)

2nd and 4th Sundays at 10.30 am - Common worship with hymns (4th Sunday using a projection screen)

Afternoon services (venues within the wider benefice)

1st Sunday	Evensong at Bere Regis using the Book of Common Prayer.
2nd Sunday	'Soul Space' held at Holy Rood - quieter reflective worship in the style of Taizé, the Celtic tradition, and so on.
3rd Sunday	'Explore' held in the D'Urberville Hall, Wool - literally for ALL age groups.
4th Sunday	Messy? Muddy? Forest? . . Church (Do you get the idea!) - The venue will be announced in advance and will rotate round the benefice. Young families are especially welcome.
5th Sunday when present	5th Sunday single Benefice Eucharist Service - not always in Holy Rood, this rotates among 7 churches

Parking

The school car park will be open during all Sunday morning services. The entrance is via a separate driveway just beyond the Wool Primary School main entrance if you are heading towards Lulworth. The pedestrian-only gate giving church access will be manned 15 minutes before the services. This will gain access to the church through the school grounds. (Please close it after you.)

For disabled (wheelchair) access please email the office or phone when the office open to get instructions.

There is no need to 'book' for services. Face covering is appreciated on behalf of vulnerable groups who may also be attending; also consider spacing where possible & sanitizing hands.

Parking for Services at the D'Urberville Hall on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays

There is car parking and easier level disabled access when our twice monthly services are held at the D'Urberville Community Hall in Colliers Lane, Wool

Services held across West Purbeck

Benefice more generally

Services in September 2022

Services in October 2022

Important - if you are attending Services held in church

In-church services can of course only take place in accordance with the Government COVID regulations prevailing on the day. Changes at short notice will be notified via email, social media and posters.

Enquiries about services, times, booking in, etc:

Either contact your local church on its special number below or email the Benefice Office: westpurbeckoffice@gmail.com

Church Service Contact Details:

Holy Rood Church, Wool, Sue Burroughs,01929 463803, sue@whomwah.com

St. John the Baptist, Bere Regis, Sarah Welton, 01929 471562

St. Laurence, Affpuddle, Elizabeth Whatley, 01305 84895,

mistletoeandhobbs@icloud.com

or Mike Menzies, 01929 471263 michael.menzies@talk21.com

Holy Trinity Church, West Lulworth, Paul Simpson, 01929 400376

paulnewlands@hotmail.com

St. Andrew Church, East Lulworth, Paul Pinnock, 01929 400413, paul.e.pinnock@gmail.com

St. Christopher Church, Winfrith Newburgh, Giles Marsh, 01929 400259

St. Nicholas, Chaldon Herring, Jeremy Selfe, 01305 852138

jeremyselfe@hotmail.com

Streamed Worship Notes

Log on for Sunday morning online streamed worship from 10:30am, please email westpurbeckoffice@gmail.com for the link (as above).

You are most welcome to join in and if you would like to have more details please email the Church Office.

The link is emailed in advance and you would need to give your contact details including an email address and phone number. We can't publish the links here for security reasons, but you are still very welcome.*

It is highly recommended not to 'arrive' at the very last minute as most people enjoy it more by taking a little while to get a good connection sorted out and iron out any queries. Also arriving in good time prevents you being excluded inadvertently by the security lock (see next paragraph).

* The service is locked for admission soon after the start time to prevent abusive internet behaviour which sadly has happened occasionally to other churches using online worship.

From the Vicar - the 2022 Services

It was such a joy to be able to hold a rich pattern of services and other events during Holy Week and Easter this year after the drought of the last two years! There should be something for everyone, so please do come and bring any visitors with you. We always welcome people from throughout the Benefice and beyond, including those who are visiting, to all our services, so if the service in the church in your parish is at the wrong time for you, please do come along to any of the other churches.

Also, please note that we welcome people from all Christian denominations to all our services, and that anyone who normally receives communion in their own church, of whatever denomination, is very welcome to share in the bread and wine of communion with us if they wish. The only qualification is that you love the Lord Jesus!

If you need a lift to anything, please contact one of the clergy or your local churchwarden.

And please let one of us know if you are unable through illness or infirmity to get to church, or if you know anyone else who is ill or housebound. We are happy to bring them their communion in their own home.

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