Steve Saville- our new Curate
On June 19th Steve will be ordained at Gloucester Cathedral to be our curate and will serve his curacy with the Stroud Team over the next four years. A fruitful journey it has been for Steve to reach this point with key moments that has shaped his faith and his journey that sees him being […]
Chatty Cafe
Helping Hands are planning their 3rd Chatty Cafe between 2-00 and 4-00 on Wednesday, 15th June in St Laurence Church Hall and will taking the opportunity to celebrate the Queens Jubilee. All welcome- just pop in have some cake and have a chat. Wheel chair and push chair friendly For more information visit www.thechattycafescheme.co.uk or […]
School sings pop in St Matthew’s
On Thursday 26th May Cashes Green Primary School treated their families, teachers, friends and church supporters to two great concerts: first at 2pm and then in the evening when the church was packed. Both times the atmosphere was great. The volume was tremendous- there was lots of happy noise and the place was full of […]
Engine Room celebrates Pentecost with a sleep over!
Engine Room, the town wide youth group, had a Sleepover in St Mathews during half term. They explored the Holy Spirit as part of the Pentecost season as well as playing some games, having a bonfire, eating pizza and watching a movie. Even managed to get some sleep Engine Room meets every Sunday evening […]
Pilgrim’s Progress is the next in our book group
Advance notice of next book group
Marah Celebrates 21 Years of Feeding Those in Need
Marah Trust celebrated 21 years of service to those in need with an event at St Laurence’s church on Wednesday May 25th . The event was well-attended by volunteers – past and present and people who use Marah’s service. Funders, trustees and representatives from partner agencies also attended, helping to ensure a happy occasion celebrating […]
Sacred Music Festival
Advance notice that this years Sacred Music Festival will be on Saturday 9th July in and around St Laurence Church, Stroud. Between 18-00 and 20-00 all the performers are in exile including Maya Youseff, from Syria, Eastern Strings and Naba and an ensemble of Christian, Jewish and Muslim musicians from Israel, Sudan and Europe. […]
Exclusive interviews with the new Team Vicar, James Turk and Stephen Saville
Exclusive interview with Rev James Turk and the Rev Stephen Saville, new or forthcoming members of the Stroud Team. James’s interview will be published on Friday In the meantime a note from James “It is such a privilege to be your Team Vicar here in the Stroud Team Ministry! My wife, Sarah, and I are […]
Helen Berhane- East African Gospel Singer
Helen Berhane is an Eritrean Christian Gospel Singer who is coming to talk about her story and testimony of faith as well as perform some of her music at Holy Trinity in Stroud on the 2nd July at 7-30. Shortly after the release of an album of her Christian music, she was arrested and tortured […]
Helping children in our communities thrive
Do you feel passionate about helping children in our communities to thrive? Read With Me is a Gloucestershire organisation, which was set up to ensure that in the future every child will move to secondary school able to read well. Children who are unable to read properly at the age of 7 never really catch […]