OUR NEW VICAR
We are currently advertising for a new Vicar for Tidenham Parish with Beachley and Lancaut, who will also be Vicar in Charge at the parishes of St Briavels with Hewelsfield and Brockweir. Click here for the Profile which was produced by all three PCCs in preparation for this post.
NEW PARISH ELECTORAL ROLL 2025
Every C of E Parish has to create a completely new Church Electoral Roll in time for the 2025 Annual church meeting. The roll acts as a “membership list” for churchgoers in the parish and gives entitlement to vote at the Annual Parochial Council Meeting (APCM) or stand for office as Churchwarden or PCC / Deanery Synod member.
Church rules require a formal notice (Click here for the formal notice or see church notice boards) to be published in early February, and you can see this on our church Notice Boards. Over the next few weeks congregations at Sunday services will be informed of what they need to do, but they can always contact the Church Electoral Roll Officer Iain Gardiner for more information.
• We start the new roll from scratch, meaning that everyone who wishes to be on the new roll needs to fill in a hard copy or pdf application form.
• Electoral Roll application forms will be available at each church from 23 February and should be returned to Iain Gardiner by 15 April. Click here for a pdf link to the form.
• The preparation of the new roll will be completed by 22 April and exhibited in churches for at least two weeks before the APCM on Sunday 11 May 2025.
If you have previously given Iain your email address, he will send you a fillable pdf file that you can complete and email back to him at iain706gardiner@btinternet.com. If, however, you were on the last one, you will not automatically be included in the next one; it is each person’s responsibility to ‘sign up’ again, if they wish to be on the Parish Electoral Roll.
Here are more exciting news items:
- Please look at our new Welcome Pack
- Also our latest LINK MAGAZINE is now in!
- GARAS Certificate of Donation
- We were recently visited by a pilgrim: click here for her fascinating newsletter about her physical and spiritual journey
- And our Wellbeing Ministry has been awarded a grant from the Benefact Trust!
We are an eclectic Church of England parish in the most south westerly corner of the Diocese of Gloucester, on the Welsh border with Chepstow, between the rivers Severn and Wye; our Parish covers Tutshill, Beachley, Sedbury, Tidenham, Tidenham Chase, Boughspring, Stroat, Woodcroft or Llancaut. There are three church buildings at Tutshill, Tidenham and Tidenham Chase, offering Sunday worship services ranging with traditional Eucharistic worship, Common Worship and the Book of Common Prayer and more informal modern worship. We are also active during the week and we are proud to say our churches support Fairtrade! Please come and join us, whether you live in the Parish or further afield - we offer fellowship, support and fun!
Please take a look at our News section to find out up to date information - the briefing, sermons and upcoming events.
Click here for the Tidenham Parish online Worship You-tube link
Our Parish motto ‘where the river flows everything will live’ (Ezekiel 47:9) reflects our vision within the local and global environment. Our Parish vision of ‘Living Life Together in the Flow of God’s Love’ complements the Gloucester Diocesan LIFE vision and we have a strong emphasis on 'doing relationship well' through transforming worship, authentic discipleship, building up capacity, loving community and engaging mission. This is embedded into our lay ministry, pastoral care and engagement within the community.
Feel free to get in touch with us via email or phone, or visit us in person.