Wednesday 1 February VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church makes welcome return (9.30am): Holy Communion. , St Mary’s Church, THE Hampshire Police performed at major venues her own large following, Fratton Road (12noon): Mass and char- Male Voice Choir will at home, including the and has happily given a ity lunch. Proceeds will support a charity. make a welcome return Royal Albert Hall, and number of concerts at St PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth to St Peter’s Church, abroad. Peter’s in aid of church , High Street (12noon): Holy Titchfield, on Saturday 11 In April the choir funds. Communion with prayer for wholeness March. will be on a tour of The concert has been and healing. Musical Director Terri Cornwall, singing at organised by the Friends Freeman has brought this , The of St Peter’s, which Thursday 2 February 60-strong choir to a high Eden Project and at Bude raises money to keep this PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth level of performance, with Methodist Church. The beautiful building in good Cathedral, High Street (1.10pm): operatic choruses, songs in-demand choir last order. Lunchtime live. Sonamus with clarinet, from the shows, sixties performed in St Peter’s in Tickets are £12 each piano, bassoon. Free, with retiring collec- pop music, folk songs and 2011. and are available from tion: (6pm): Candlemas Eucharist. hymns. Their guest artiste will the church office, or by GURNARD, All Saints Church The choir has be Fliss Downs, who has ringing 01329 315893. Hampshire Police Male Voice Choir in concert (6.30pm-7.30pm): The Well service. Informal service with music and prayers. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth you would like to attend on 0239283 3498 and white music clips to explore the his- Wednesday and charity lunch. Proceeds PORTSMOUTH, St Faith’s Church, Cathedral, High Street (5pm): or [email protected]. tory of film. Fee: £25. Book via the WEA to support the ’s Lent Appeal; Landport (7.30pm): Sung mass for . With Wessex Chamber Choir. PORTSMOUTH, St Philip’s church on http://bit.ly/2gSZF2b (7.30pm): Sung mass for Ash Wednesday. Candlemas. Led by the Rev Sam Duddles, hall, Hawthorn Crescent, Cosham BOURNEMOUTH, Christ Church, deanery youth chaplaincy. Sunday 12 February (11am-2pm): Table-top sale. Tables Westbourne (10am-4pm): Crossing Thursday 2 March VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church for hire, £5 in advance. Bacon rolls and Cultures Day. Theme: ‘Words of Life: GURNARD, All Saints Church Saturday 4 February (9.30am): Service to celebrate St homemade soup and cakes available. Bringing the Bible alive for interna- (6.30pm-7.30pm): The Well service. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Valentine, priest and martyr. Entrance: 40p. Details: 023-9237 9278. tional students’. Organised by Friends Informal service with music and prayers. Cathedral, High Street (9.30am- PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, PORTSMOUTH, Church of the International, including talks, workshops 11am): Junior Sing! A new choir for High Street (10.30am): Eucharist. With Resurrection, Drayton (2pm-4pm): and discussions. Details: Clare Brooks on Friday 3 March Messy Church. Art and craft based on [email protected] children in Years 3-6. Have fun singing. Wessex Chamber Choir; (6pm): Evensong. STUBBINGTON, Methodist Church, a Bible theme, a short celebration and or 07827-276202. Refreshments provided for children, as With Wessex Chamber Choir. Burnt House Lane (1.45pm): Women’s refreshments. PORTSMOUTH, St Wilfrid’s Church, well as bacon sandwiches, tea, coffee TITCHFIELD, St Peter’s Church World Day of Prayer service. Led by the PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth George Street, Fratton (2.30pm and and morning papers for parents; (2pm): (2pm): IDWAL roadshow. The chance Stubbington Catholic Community. Theme: Cathedral, High Street (7.30pm): 7.30pm): Aladdin and His Lamp. The Concert by Southampton University to find out more about our IDWAL link ‘Am I Being Unfair to You?’. Service Concert by the Solent Symphony parish pantomime for St Mary’s parish. Chamber Choir. Music by Dove, with Ghana; (4pm): Evening service . Led created by the Christian women of the Orchestra. Music by Sullivan, Binge and See members of the clergy on stage in dis- Lauridsen and George Arthur. Free entry, by the Rt Rev Alex Asmah, Bishop of Philippines. Followed by refreshments. retiring collection; (6pm): Diocesan bap- Sekondi and Bishop Christopher. See page Williams. Tickets: £12/£5/£1, available on guise. Tickets: 023-9281 4444. 01962-886519. tism and confirmation service. 7 for details. Saturday 4 March PORTSMOUTH, Cathedral House, St PORTCHESTER, St Mary’s parish Sunday 26 February PORTSMOUTH, Becket Hall, St Thomas’s Street (10am-4pm): Workers’ office (2.15pm): Living with grief. Start of Sunday 19 February VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church Thomas’s Street (10am): Diocesan Educational Association day school. John a bereavement course, for those who have PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth (9.30am): Solemn sung mass. Synod. Billman leads a day on ‘An Introduction been recently bereaved and others inter- Cathedral, High Street (10.30am): PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth to Ancient Egypt’. Fee: £25. Book via the ested in the issue. See page 4 for details. Eucharist. With the Cathedral Choir; Cathedral, High Street (10.30am): WEA on http://bit.ly/2gjOhfa (3pm): Service to celebrate the Roberts Eucharist. With the Cathedral Choir; Sunday 5 March GURNARD, All Saints Church Sunday 12 February - Centre’s 30th anniversary. With Bishop (6pm): Evensong. With the Cathedral PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Cathedral, High Street (8.45am): (10.30am-3pm): Book fair. Soup lunches Monday 13 February Christopher. See pages 8-9 for details. Choir; (8pm): Taizé-style night prayer. from 12noon, plus tea, coffee and cake. (6pm): Evensong. With the Cathedral Quiet and reflective 40-minute service Fairtrade breakfast; (10.30am): CROOKHORN, Church of the Good DENMEAD, All Saints Church, Choir. using music and chants from the Taizé Eucharist. With the Cathedral Choir; Shepherd (Sunday: 6.30pm-8.30pm; Hambledon Road (3pm or 5.30pm): To Community in . (6pm): Evensong. With the Cathedral Monday: 10am-12noon and 6.30pm- Be A Light. Come and Sing Candlemas Monday 20 February Choir. 8.30pm): The Wilderness. Series of prayer , Holy Trinity Church, Evensong organised by the Royal School GOSPORT, Holy Trinity Church, Tuesday 28 February installations for those going through tough Trinity Green (3.30pm): The Betty of Church Music, with music by Eccard, Trinity Green (1pm-1.30pm): Organ and PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth times. Come and go as you please. Whetstone Memorial Concert. Admission Harris, Balfour Gardiner and others. trumpet concert. With Liz Le Grove and Cathedral, High Street (7pm): Rehearsal at 3pm, service at 5.30pm. Cost: free, retiring collection. Tuesday 14 February Russ Young. Community evening. Owen Devine, a £5, includes refreshments and music. SOUTHSEA, House of Bethany, 7 planner for Hampshire County Council, PORTSMOUTH, Becket Hall, Details: [email protected] Nelson Road (1.30pm-4.30pm): Quiet has created a board game called Footprint, Wednesday 8 March Cathedral House, St Thomas’s Street afternoon. Led by Lynn New. Cost: £3. based on Portsmouth, which involves the PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth (2pm): Silver Screen Film: ‘The King and Sunday 5 February Please let the Sisters know if you would environment, sustainability and simple Cathedral, High Street (7pm): Lent I’. Tickets free from the cathedral shop. VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church like to attend on 023-9283 3498 or ssb@ changes we can make to enable us to take Lecture with Dr Ruth Valerio. (9.30am): Solemn sung mass. On the sistersofbethany.org.uk. better care of the Earth. Join board-game Feast of St Agatha. Wednesday 15 February sessions and enjoy pancakes with mem- Saturday 11 March PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church Thursday 23 February bers of the local community. TITCHFIELD, St Peter’s Church Cathedral, High Street (10.30am): (9.30am): Holy Communion. Said tradi- GURNARD, All Saints Church BOTLEY, All Saints Church, High (7.30pm): Concert by Hampshire Male Eucharist; (6pm): Candlemas carols. tional rite. (10.15am-12noon): Coffee and chat. Street (7pm): Come and Sing for your Voice Choir. See panel above for details. GOSPORT, Holy Trinity Church, Enjoy the company of others. pancakes. Music for Lent and Easter, fol- Tickets: £12, available on 01329-315893. Trinity Green (3.30pm): Recital by the Thursday 16 February PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth lowed by pancakes. Tickets: £5. Dolce String Quartet. Admission free, PORTSMOUTH, St Wilfrid’s Church, Cathedral, High Street (1.10pm): PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church, Saturday 18 March retiring collection. George Street, Fratton (12noon): Lunchtime live. Jordan English plays the Fratton Road (7.30pm): Caribbean party PORTSMOUTH, St George’s Church, Charity lunch. Proceeds to support SDAS organ. Free, retiring collection. and pancake race for Shrove Tuesday. Portsea (9.30am-12.30pm): Vocations Wednesday 8 February (Southern Domestic Abuse Services). PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church, Food, music and dancing. Tickets: £5/£3, Day. If you feel called to ministry, here is PORTSMOUTH, Church of the GURNARD, All Saints Church (2pm- Fratton Road (7.30pm): Concert by the avaibale on 023-9281 4444. a chance to meet those who have already Resurrection hall, Brecon Avenue, 4pm): The Elephant Club. Melody and Royal Marine School of Music. responded to God’s call. Talk to them to Drayton (2pm-4pm): Care and fellow- memory with Anne Linington. Free group Wednesday 1 March help discern what God might be calling ship group. Speaker: Brian Barratt, who designed to exercise the memory muscles. Friday 24 February - VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church you to. Contact: the Rev Belinda Davies, will talk about local author Jane Austen. VENTNOR, St Alban’s Church Saturday 25 February (9.30am): Holy Communion for Ash acting diocesan director of ordinands on Admission: £1, including refreshments. (7.30pm): Concert by Brighton Youth SOUTHSEA, St Jude’s Church (Friday: Wednesday. With the imposition of ashes. [email protected] Orchestra String Ensemble. Featuring 7pm-9.30pm or Saturday: 10am-2pm): PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth Thursday 9 February Bach’s D Minor Piano Concerto . Free Creating a culture of invitation. Follow- Cathedral, High Street (12noon): Holy z Would you like your events for March admission, retiring collection. PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth up to last year’s Leading Your Church Communion with prayer for wholeness listed here? Send them to Neil Pugmire Cathedral, High Street (1.10pm): Into Growth conference. For details, see and healing ; (6pm): Eucharist for Ash on [email protected] Lunchtime live. Portsmouth Grammar Friday 17 February page 3. Wednesday. can.org or at Diocesan offices, First School musicians. Free, retiring collection. PORTSMOUTH, The Lodge, Sywell PORTSMOUTH, St Mary’s Church, Floor, Peninsular House, Wharf Road, Crescent, Anchorage Park (9.45am- Saturday 25 February Fratton Road (12noon): Mass for Ash Portsmouth, PO1 2HB by February 6. Saturday 11 February 1pm): Hopeweaver Quiet Day. Come and PORTSMOUTH, Portsmouth GURNARD, All Saints Church (10am- experience prayer, silence and creativity Cathedral, High Street (9.30am- 2pm): Book fair with a soup lunch. with the Community of Hopeweavers. 11am): Junior Sing! A new choir for PORTSMOUTH, St Wilfrid’s Church, Includes a simple lunch. For information, children in Years 3-6. Have fun singing. George Street, Fratton (10.30am): see www.hopeweavers.co.uk, and to book Refreshments provided for children, as Valentine’s coffee morning. Proceeds to a place contact Sue on hopeweavers@ well as bacon sandwiches, tea, coffee and Appointments on January 25. support the British Heart Foundation. gmail.com or ring 07821-105245. morning papers for parents; (2pm): Messy Nick Fennemore , chaplain Canon Isaac , became associate PORTSMOUTH, Church of the Cathedral. An hour of fun and craft fol- to Southern Health Trust, became area of the Isle of Wight on Resurrection, Drayton (2pm-4pm): Saturday 18 February lowed by a short service and afternoon tea. also interim minister, Soberton with January 25. Build@Church. Free, fun family activity, SOUTHSEA, House of Bethany, 7 PORTSMOUTH, Becket Hall, St Newtown, from January 22. Canon Mike Sheffield , vicar, St which includes hearing Bible stories and Nelson Road (10am-4pm): Quiet day. Thomas’s Street (10am-4pm): Workers’ The Rev Alison Kerr , priest-in-charge George’s Church, Waterlooville, became responding in Lego, prayer and refresh- Led by the Rev Bill Stillwell. Please bring Educational Association day school. of Whippingham with East Cowes, an Honorary Canon of Portsmouth ments. Details: www.farlingtonparish. a packed lunch, drinks and tea provided. Elaine Alexander will lead ‘A whistle-stop became area dean of the Isle of Wight Cathedral on November 20. co.uk/BuildatChurch. Cost: £6. Please let the Sisters know if tour of film history’, using silent and black