A nationwide poll among the friends of a UK grant-awarding charity has given Appleshaw Church a much-welcomed boost of £5,000 to its fund-raising appeal. The National Churches Trust asked its friends nationwide to choose between four finalists – one of Read more…
Hurrah! Harpoint Builders have started work this week on the refurbishment of the vestry. You can see from the picture below that the vestry is pretty ‘tired’. If you look carefully you will see that the door is skillfully reinforced Read more…
More than 30 counties throughout England and Wales are involved in the annual sponsored “Ride and Stride”. Every year “Ride & Stride” takes place on the second Saturday of September between 10am and 6pm – and this year it will Read more…
This Sunday Appleshaw church re-opens its doors for Morning Worship at 11.00am. Future church services in Appleshaw are planned on: 26 July 2 August 16 August 30 August All appropriate CV-19 mitigation measures will be in place, including: alcohol-based hand Read more…
The PCC is pleased to let you know that the church will now be open on: Wednesdays 1 – 5pm Sundays 9 – 12 noon Please feel free to enter the church and enjoy a time of quiet reflection or Read more…
Mary Duncan has been a regular worshiper at St Peter-in-the-Wood for many years. In fact, many decades. Mary is now living in a Care Home – and celebrated her 100th Birthday on 28th May. There was, of course, a cake. Read more…
We have been having a number of discussions about the history – including the natural history – of Appleshaw and the Church. At one of these discussions, Ben Kite – who is a local expert ecologist – offered to prepare Read more…
We have recently added a page to the ‘Natural History’ section of the website giving some summary information and photos on the activities of Appleshaw’s own “Gilets Jaune”: the Toad Patrol led by Rob Read (who has also taken some Read more…
Recent media reports suggest that Foodbanks are experiencing record demand as a result of financial hardship associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This is just a quick, quiet reminder that if you want to contribute to the Andover Foodbank, there is Read more…
As the Church had been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to combat the resultant slight sense of ennui, we had suggested that anybody feeling inspired might like to add their colourful blown eggs to the (initially bare) Read more…