Ewelme Benefice

The Ewelme Benefice comprises of the Parish of Dursley and the Parish of Uley with Owlpen and Nympsfield. Our churches are St James the Great, Dursley; St Giles, Uley; Holy Cross, Owlpen; St Bartholomew, Nympsfield.

Services for 17th November 2024 - 2nd Sunday before Advent

8am Said Parish Communion, St James, Dursley

10am Reflective Worship "Shaking the foundations?", at St James, Dursley.

10am Parish Holy Communion at St Giles, Uley Live Stream today - see below

4pm Confirmation service at St George's, Upper Cam

Our weekly notice sheet/pew leaflet is available here

Live stream this week will be from St Giles - the link is here

Our next stream will be on Tuesday 26th November at 11.30am for Pauline Thomas's Funeral Service. Our next Sunday Service stream will be on 1st December from St James, Dursley

For Sundays when we are not streaming, or when things go wrong, we suggest you use the Cathedral service instead. The Sunday Eucharist from Gloucester Cathedral is available to live-stream from 10.15am. To join click here You may need to click the play button (a right pointing arrow) to start the stream.

Printed Service booklets for the live streams: There are A4 printed service booklets available for our Holy Communion services.. The St James version for Ordinary Time is here. The St Giles version (used throughout the year) is here.

Our churches

St James the Great, Dursley

St Giles, Uley

holy Cross, Owlpen

St Bartholomew, Nympsfield

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Current Information

These booklets 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.

Evening Prayer via Zoom on Wednesday evenings at 6pm. The link can be found here - or go into Zoom using Meeting ID: 893 3298 0143 Passcode: 899154

Morning Prayer is usually said at 9am Thursday in person in St James and at 8.45am on Wednesday via Zoom. The Zoom link can be found here - or go into Zoom using Meeting ID: 893 3298 0143 Passcode: 899154

Churches open for private prayer.

St Bartholomew's in Nympsfield and St Giles in Uley are both open during the week for private prayer and reflection. Holy Cross in Owlpen is also usually open or a key can be obtained from the Estate Office. Following further vandalism, St James in Dursley is normally open between 9.00am and 5.00pm on weekdays and for scheduled services and events.

Details of services and events can be found on the Calendar.

Calendar

Wednesday 20th November

8:45am - 9:00am -

Morning prayer via Zoom

6:00pm - 7:00pm -

Evening Prayer via Zoom

7:30pm - 9:30pm -

PCC Dursley

Thursday 21st November

9:00am -

Morning Prayer in St James

10:00am -

Holy Communion in St James

1:30pm - 4:30pm -

John Baldwin's Funeral at St James

Saturday 23rd November

10:00am - 1:00pm -

Christmas Market at St Giles

7:00pm - 10:00pm -

Julius and Dora Quiz night, Parish Centre

Sunday 24th November

10:00am - 11:15am -

Benefice Holy Communion at St James, Dursley

Tuesday 26th November

11:30am - 12:30pm -

Pauline Thomas's Funeral at St Giles