Our News

Our Services During this period of National Lockdown we have made the decision to keep our church closed to ensure the safety of our congregation, clergy and local parish. You can still get in touch here. We will aim to provide virtual services or other resources wherever possible.  Together on Zoom will still continue online. […]

Please note that there will be no Morning Prayer this week.

The live-streamed recording of our Midnight Mass service this year.

News of our ‘Carols in the Car Park’ event has made it into the Christmas edition of the Salisbury Grapevine. You can see the entry here.

On Saturday 12th December, we held a socially-distanced service of ‘Carols in the Car Park’. It was a wonderful event enjoyed by all 72 attendees! #dosaladvent  

Although our service was different this year our fundraising for The Children’s Society is not, therefore we ask that you consider donating to this charity here. You can watch the Virtual Christingle Service here. #dosalchristingle If you’d like to make your own Christingle at home, we have compiled a list of everything that you will […]

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We had a lovely time at The Light Trail on Saturday. We spent the evening celebrating Jesus the light of the world    

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Harvest Collection and to Morrisons, Verwood for their generous donations. Please see below for details of how much we donated to Ringwood Foodbank. Harvest Collection 2020

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Hello church family, we’d like to direct you to our YouTube channel specifically for children. Our weekly videos follow the church lectionary and you can subscribe for free to the channel at any time. This way you will automatically be able to view all the videos at your own pace. Here is the link below. […]

From Friday 8th August face coverings must be worn by all those attending a place of worship where there may be other people present; remembering that they are mainly intended to protect other people, not the wearer, from coronavirus COVID-19 and that they are not a replacement for physical distancing and regular hand washing.   […]

The Revd Patricia Ellen Miles 1956 – 2020 Associate Priest in the Parish of Verwood. Remembering Pat, our dear Sister in Christ who died on Friday 10th July. Pat has been a cherished friend and will be missed by us all.   Pat’s funeral took place on Tuesday 28th July at 11.00am in St. Michael’s […]

Although we are now able to hold a service in church each Sunday, we need to restrict numbers attending to ensure social distancing. If you have not already done so, please let the Parish Office know if you would like to attend. We will do our best to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity […]

From Sunday 5th July, our Children and Youth Minister, Helen, will be uploading videos reaching out to our church family and beyond. Click here for her first playlist – Matt 11: Burdens. 

Please note that church is not open to the public for worship or for private prayer on Sunday 5th July St Michael’s will still be open for private prayer on Wednesday 8th July between 10-11am.   Thank you to everyone who has completed and returned a questionnaire regarding the return to church services.  Please note […]

Faith at Home is a national campaign that builds on the work of Growing Faith and Everyday Faith to support the faith development and pastoral care of children and young people. It seeks to provide: Experiences that inspire parents and families to grow in faith together in the ‘new daily normal’ of the home Resources that equip […]

Some of us from Verwood will be ‘meeting’ together figuratively speaking  to pray for our loved ones and our community during the coronavirus outbreak.   We look to do this in our own homes between 6 and 6.30pm each day, and invite you to join us as often, and for as many minutes as you […]

A Big Thank You!! We wanted to thank you for your support, prayers and bottles! We were joined by over 100 people, 52 of whom were children at our Light Party. The children dressed in their best fancy dress to celebrate the Light in the world, Jesus. There were lots of games, craft, food and […]

We managed to raise a fantastic £800.40 for the church.  Thank you to everyone who donated raffle prizes, bottles, cakes, sandwiches and a massive thank you to all of you who gave up your time to man a stall, provide the refreshments or help with the children’s work.  You are all very kind. The Youth […]

Thank you to everyone for your very generous gifts during our Harvest services on 6th October 2019. Your donations have been distributed to the Salisbury Women’s Refuge and the Ringwood Foodbank.   Your very generous donations to the Foodbank will feed about: 5 people 3 meals a day for 3 days while they are in a […]

All Creatures Great and Small whether it be fur, feather or fin(and their owners) came along to our Annual Pet Blessing Service at 3pm on Sunday 6th October at St Michael’s.   A wonderful time was had by all!

We are so excited to see so many young people in church here at St Michaels and All Saints, and as our new Youth and Children’s minister begins to build relationships with the local schools we expect to see even more join us to worship here at church. We want to maximise the time we […]

On July 14th our Networks Praise service was held on the area of flat ground just below Stephen’s Castle. We completed a very successful litter pick as we walked up to Stephen’s Castle and our service included a treasure hunt for the children. The service was followed by a picnic that everyone enjoyed in the glorious […]

Every year, a group of up to 70 people from St Michael’s Church have attended New Wine. This year, for the first time, we will be camping and caravanning for the week at the East of England Showground, Peterborough from the 4th to the 10th of August.  See the event details here. If you are […]

Music Festival Saturday 25th May 2019 – Programme of Events   10.00 Brian Cox – keyboard 10.10 Clive Buswell – organ solo 10.15 Jazz Pianist – Lorenzo Camilleri 10.35 Children’ Nursery Rhyme time 11.00 Mandolin Group 11.30 Noah’s Ark Puppets 12.00 Folk Trio 12.20 Ken Palmer – Vocal solo 12.25 Clive Buswell – Organ solo […]

Please consider starting a regular donation, increasing your existing donations, or making a one-off gift.  Contact Andrew Green (Donations Secretary), on 01202 825059 or email andrewgreen2000@gmail.com, who will help arrange this with you. Alternatively, to set up a regular donation to our Church, you can contact the Parish Giving Scheme directly by phone and they will set this […]