Event:

• ‘Prayer Group’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Wednesday

• 7:30-8:30pm
  

Location:

• Various Home Locations around Woodchester Village - Contact Gail BIrch - see below
  

Contact:

• Gail Birch - 07975028671; email

Event:

• ‘Benefice Bible Study Group’ via Zoom
  

Date & Time:

• Every Tuesday

• 7:30pm - 8:45pm
  

Location:

• Virtual event via Zoom (Login details)
  

Contact:

• Peter Gee - 07796 180317; email

Event:

• ‘Tuesday Gang’ - Churchyard Maintenance

• For further information and how to join this group please see the ‘Churchyard Maintenance page’ under ‘Church Life’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Tuesday Morning

• 8:00am - 10:00am
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Richard Spencer - 01453 872686; email

Event:

• ‘Nourish’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Monday

• 12:30pm - 2.30pm
  

Location:

• Various home locations around Woodchester Village - call Gail Birch on 07875 028671
  

Contact:

• Gail Birch - 07875 028671; email or Sue Pouncey 07866 487911; email

Event:

• Joint Benefice ‘Sunday Service’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Sunday Morning

• 11am - 12pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘Sunday Creche & Activities for children‘ during ‘Sunday Service’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Sunday Morning

• 11am - 12pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Liz Hale - 01453 765422; email

Event:

• ‘Bell Ringing’ prior to Sunday Service
  

Date & Time:

• Every Sunday Morning

• 10:15am - 11:00am
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Phil Taylor - email

Event:

• ‘Bell Ringing Practice’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Friday Evening

• 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Phil Taylor - email

Event:

• Thanksgiving Service for the life of Jan Brown

• All Wellcome
  

Date & Time:

• Weds 29th October

• 11:30am - 12:30pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘Messy Church’ Light Party
  

Date & Time:

• Every 3rd Wednesday of the month

• 3:20pm - 4:45pm
  

Loccation:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Liz Hale - 01453 765422; email

Event:

• Autumn Serenade - a concert by Copious Notes and the Mozaic Octet

• A wide range of music and styles from Mozart to Gershwin and others

Date & Time:

• Saturday 18th October 2025

• 7:30pm - 9:30pm approx

• Doors open at 7:00pm

• Entry £10 on the door or from Woodchester Post Office (cash only); under 12’s FREE

Further Information

• Bar with light refreshments

• Alongside the well-stocked bar we will be selling tempting hot snacks, straight from the oven, and homemade brownies and other goodies.

• Our aim is to raise funds for the church.
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Please contact Liz Cole (Church Warden) or Andrew Pemberton (Treasurer) for further details using the details on our Team & Contacts page here

Event:

• ‘Lunch with Friends’ - two course home-cooked lunch for local community
  

Menu:

• Ham, chicken & leek pie with puff pastry top served with mashed potato and carrots (GF option of chicken, ham & leek casserole or vegetarian pie)

• Fruit sponge with custard (diabetic option of fruit jelly)

Date & Time:

• Every 3rd Friday of the month

• 12pm - 2pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Christina Lewis - 07968159779; email

• Gail Birch - 07875028671; email

• Liz Cole - (Church Warden) 07974911016; email

Event:

• ‘Prayer Group’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Wednesday

• 7:30-8:30pm
  

Location:

• Various Home Locations around Woodchester Village - Contact Gail BIrch - see below
  

Contact:

• Gail Birch - 07975028671; email

Event:

• ‘Benefice Bible Study Group’ via Zoom
  

Date & Time:

• Every Tuesday

• 7:30pm - 8:45pm
  

Location:

• Virtual event via Zoom (Login details)
  

Contact:

• Peter Gee - 07796 180317; email

Event:

• ‘Tuesday Gang’ - Churchyard Maintenance

• For further information and how to join this group please see the ‘Churchyard Maintenance page’ under ‘Church Life’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Tuesday Morning

• 8:00am - 10:00am
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Richard Spencer - 01453 872686; email

Event:

• A special Benefice ‘Sunday Service’

• We will be welcoming a number of Swedish guests from our Swedish link parish in Näsby Fellingsbro to our service this morning

• This will be followed immediately by a bring and share lunch

• Please come along and meet our Swedish friends and share a lunch with us
  

Date & Time:

• Every Sunday Morning

• 11am - 12pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘Lunch with Friends’ - two course home-cooked lunch for local community
  

Menu:

• Main course - Sausage casserole with fresh vegetables and new potatoes.

• Dessert - apple crumble and custard.  

• There will be GF and vegetarian and low sugar options available.

• Tea and coffee served after lunch as usual.

Date & Time:

• Friday 19th September

• 12pm - 2pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Christina Lewis - 07968159779; email

• Gail Birch - 07875028671; email

• Liz Cole - (Church Warden) 07974911016; email

Event:

• ‘Sunday Service’

• This will be our annual Harvest Service

• We will also have a Baptism during the service

Harvest Giving Information

• We will be celebrating Harvest to THANK GOD for his many blessings.

  As a token of our thanks we’ll be collecting dry and tinned goods to donate to wonderful local charities like the Stroud Foodbank.

  The Foodbank does fantastic work providing a few day’s supplies to local people and families who suddenly find themselves in a crisis. They can’t deal with fresh produce, so the most useful things we can provide are:

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  • Tinned Ham & Corned Beef

  • Fruit Squash

  • Coffee

  • Shampoo & Conditioner

  • Laundry Liquid

  Financial donations are also always welcomed by the Foodbank if you prefer. Please give generously

Baptism Information

• We will also be celebrating the baptism of baby Harriet Eva Humphries, please do pray for Harriet, her parents Will and Emily, the family and godparents. It will be a day of real rejoicing.

Date & Time:

• Every Sunday Morning

• 11am - 12pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘The Great Woodchester Tea Party’ - Organised jointly by St.Mary’s Church & Woodchester WI

Date & Time:

• Saturday 6th September

• 2:30 - 6:00pm approx
  

What to see & do:

• Stalls….Cakes….Live Music….Fun Dog Show….Games….and much more!

Location:

• The Green, outside St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• Joint Benefice Sunday ‘Cafe Service’
  

Date & Time:

• Sunday Morning

  • 10:30am - 12pm

Further Information:

• Come along for 10:30am for coffee and cakes (service starts at 11:00am)

• This is a special ‘café service’ – reflecting on our current sermon series on Scripture together and looking forward.

  There will be time to gather together across all three churches, to bring all our collective voices together in worship and to pray, learn and discuss together.

Location:

• The Long Table, Brimscombe Mills, Brimscombe Hill, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2QN

• Find us on Google maps
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘Morning Prayer’ on Zoom
  

Date & Time:

• Every Monday

• 9am - 10am
  

Location:

• Virtual event via Zoom (Login details)
  

Contact:

• Rector Peter Francis - 07740 677645; email

Event:

• ‘Lunch with Friends’ - two course home-cooked lunch for local community
  

Menu (TBC):

• Cornish Pasties of different flavours (meat/veggie/GF) with crisp sliced apple

• Selection of Fairy/Cup-cakes or Victoria Sponge with cream

Date & Time:

• Every 3rd Friday of the month

• 12pm - 2pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Christina Lewis - 07968159779; email

• Gail Birch - 07875028671; email

• Liz Cole - (Church Warden) 07974911016; email

Event:

• The focus for the Day is Three ways to pray:

  • Lectio Divina

  • Ignatian Prayer

  • Creative Journaling Prayer

Further Info:

• Materials Provided

• No Prior experience necessary

• Pay as you can lunch available on-site

Date & Time:

• Thursday 14th August 2025

• 10:00am to 4:00pm
  

Location:

• The Sanctuary, Brimscombe Mills  GL5 2QN

• Find us on Google maps
  

Contact:

• Rector Peter Francis - 01453 759680; email

• Our Team & Contacts

  
  

Event:

• ‘Sunday Service’ - Holy Communion service with guest speaker followed by fellowship lunch

• Dave Cooling, a speaker from Tearfund, will be sharing about the exciting Community Transformation work that their local churches are supporting in different communities and countries across Africa (and that we are helping to fund)

• There will be a shared lunch immediately following the service
  

Date & Time:

• Sunday Morning

• 11am - 12pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘Nailsworth Silver Band concert’

• Click Here for Concert Flyer

Date & Time:

• Saturday 12th July 2025

• 7:00pm - 9:00pm approx

• Entry £7; under 16’s FREE; Payment at the door

• Refreshments & Raffle
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts

Event:

• ‘Little Stars Toddlers’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Monday morning

• 9:30am - 11:30am
  

Loccation:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Elaine Penney - 07974 208714

Event:

• ‘Sunday Service’
  

Date & Time:

• Every Sunday Morning

• 11am - 12pm
  

Location:

• St. Mary’s Church, Church Road, North Woodchester, Stroud, GL5 5PD

• Find us on Google maps, Streetmap or what3words

• Directions by Car, Bus or Train
  

Contact:

• Our Team & Contacts