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Ss Peter & Paul, Wantage:
Church Street, Wantage, OX12 8AQ
Holy Trinity, Charlton:
Charlton Village Road, Wantage
OX12 7HW
Picture Gallery
Fr Benji gave a blessing at the start of the Gof Smith Memorial Walk, organised by his brother, Stephen, which raised over £700 towards an external defibrillator at Grove Rugby Club
May 2023
Ascension Day Prayer Walk
Beating (part of) the Parish Boundaries
May 2023
The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla was celebrated in the Parish Church with a Civic Coronation Service, attended by members of the parish and local dignitaries including the Town Mayor and the Burgermeister of Wantage's German Twin Town, Seesen - followed by Afternoon Tea and Pimms!
Bishop Gavin of Dorchester led the joyful confirmation of our 7 candidates in May 2023
PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS!
A wonderful tribute concert for our retiring organist, John Ridgway,
featuring a selection of his own compositions performed by the Parish Church Choir and
Faringdon Singers, with whom John has had a long association.
There were also performances from past and present Organ Scholars under the tutelage of John,
and an interview with the maestro himself!
Prayer and reflection at the end of the Good Friday Walking Pilgrimage
Palm Sunday processon in Wantage Market Place
Wantage Parish's collaboration with local charity partners in 2023 saw the initiation of
AROUND TABLE,
a community event, every Wednesday, where a hot meal, warm space and children's activities are offered to all.
PCC Treasurer David Law took on Cancer Research's challenge to do 100 skips every day during February 2023 to raise money for the charity in memory of his wife, Sue.
You can support David's challenge on his Just Giving page here.
Fr Benji joined in the fun!
James tossed the pancakes while David skipped at Holy Trinity's Pancake Party on Shrove Tuesday!
The Big Station Sleep Out
Fr Benji visited parisioner Andrew Haines and others at Waterloo Station and gave them a blessing and his prayers as they started their Big Station Sleep Out to raise money for the charity Railway Children.
CHRISTMAS 2022
with many thanks to Wantage CE Primary School and Charlton Primary School for permission to share these photos.
Pictures from 2022 and earlier
Bible Sunday 2022
Members of the congregations brought thier Bibles to church for a blessing and display. IMany encouraging conversations were had about the special place of each Bible in the lives of the Faithful.
Show the light of your countenance upon your servant
and teach me your statutes.
Words from Psalm 119
MOTHERING SUNDAY CHORAL EUCHARIST WITH TREASURE HUNT (FIND THE WEIRD CLOTHES), REAL-LIFE RECREATION OF THE SAN PIER MAGGIORE ALTARPIECE, PARTY CANON AND FLYING VESTMENTS. Images courtesy of Paul Thompson
The postponed pantomime - Snow White & the Elves of Wanetynge 2022.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
FEATURING: CARITAS CHILDREN’S CHOIR, WANTAGE MALE
VOICE CHOIR AND WANTAGE PARISH CHURCH CHOIR
Christmas 2021
Crib service and Midnight Mass at the Parish Church
Images, courtesy of Cat Andrews, of the Service of Remembrance held in the Parish Churchyard.
Holding the act of worship in the open air allowed record numbers to attend.
Alfred the Great, king and educator was celebrated in the Market Place of Wantage, the town of his birth, with an open air mass. We used bread specially provided and 'burnt' by Marco Polo Bakery, and many people received the body of Christ or a blessing.
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The Parish of Wantage with Holy Trinity, Charlton
Church Street, Wantage OX12 8AQ
and
Charlton Village Rd, Wantage OX12 7HW
The Parish Office
Butler Centre, Church Street Wantage OX12 8BL
01235 764533
administrator@wantageparish.com
