Services for the 16th Sunday after Trinity (19th September, 2021) 

There will be services of Holy Communion in St James, Dursley, at 8am, St Giles, Uley at 10am, and a Service of the Word in St Mark's, Woodmancote at 10.30am.

The weekly newsletter (pew sheet) for the 19th September can be found here

Changes to arrangements for services following the lifting of national restrictions.  We are taking a cautious approach as we journey through the next few weeks, very aware that Covid cases are rising and many of us will feel anxious about abandoning all the current restrictions.  We invite you to continue to wear masks in church, especially when you are moving around the building and also when you are singing - which is now permitted!  We are also encouraging people to continue to take responsibility for social distancing; not to assume that everyone will want to sit closely together but to feel free to sit in a place in the church where there is a confortable space.  Some pews will continue to be out of use to help with this.  We will also continue to receive communion in one kind - just the consecrated wafer and ask that we continue to avoid contact during the sharing of the peace.  All these things will continue to be reviewed during August in preparation for services in September.  To read the full set of recommended guidelines for the Ewelme Benefice, please click here.

We plan to Live Stream the service from St Giles on YouTube. The link is here. If the link fails, go into YouTube, enter Ewelme Benefice in the search box and select the service. (If the live stream fails totally, see below for an alternative).

It is not possible to listen to any of our services by phone this week.

If you are unable to join our Live Stream for any reason, The Sunday Eucharist from Gloucester Cathedral is available to live-stream from 10.15am.  To join click here

Printed Service booklets for the live streams:  From 19th September we will not be including the words for the service on-screen for Uley live streams - we have already stopped doing this for St James. There are A4 printed service booklets available.. The St James version can be found here; the St Giles version is here.  These can be printed at home where possible - for double sided printing, flip on short edge.. If you would like a printed version sent to you, please contact the Benefice Office – details here or on the Pew Leaflet. We will include the words for the hymns when resources allow. 

A simple At Home Service can be found here and used alongside the weekly newsletter.

Evening Prayer via Zoom  on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm. We use a variety of styles of service and usually include some music – a hymn or song. Do join us! To join via Zoom click here  Meeting ID: 893 3298 0143  Passcode: 899154 (the same link as Morning Prayer)

Morning Prayer via Zoom We meet each week at 9am on Wednesdays via Zoom to say Morning Prayer using the service from the Church of England's Common Worship.  Anyone is welcome to join - you don't need a copy of the service.  To join via Zoom click here  Meeting ID: 893 3298 0143  Passcode: 899154 (the same link as Evening Prayer)

John Reginal White's Funeral Service  was held in St James church on Tuesday 7th September 2021 at 2.30pm. You can view the recording of the service by clicking here

St Giles 'Access for All' project  To read more about the exciting project to allow everyone to be able to access St Giles church, click here

Churches open for private prayer Our churches are open during the week for private prayer and reflection.  Church opening times and details of other services and events can be found on the Calendar.  

Ewelme Benefice Youtube page is where you will find recordings of our recent services; click here

As members of the Ewelme Benefice, we will work together to share in the Diocese of Gloucester’s LIFE Vision.

   ‘I have come that they may have life and have it to the full’