Benefice of All Saints and St Barnabas, Swindon

Members of our Benefice and local community have been busy making blankets to support four local groups: Threshold Housing Link Women’s Aid Safe Families The Harbour Project Two of the blankets were made by one local lady, whilst the others

Our benefice needs volunteers to support the mission and ministry of our churches. Might you have a couple of hours weekly or monthly to spare in 2022? There are lots of ways you can support us, including (but not limited to)

Revd Gill recently took part in the ‘Sunday’ Programme on Radio 4 to discuss a project to translate the Bible into British Sign Language. In the programme, Revd Gill explains just how important it is for Deaf people to be

    Knitters across our Benefice have been busy crafting stars for our services in Advent at All Saints and St Barnabas Churches. Members of both congregations will be invited to pick a star, write the name of someone who

Dear friends, At this afternoon’s Zoom service, Revd Judy spoke to us about various forms of Remembrance as we were commemorating Remembrance Sunday today. she explained about the form of remembrance which involved a follow up, acyion, and another form

This week we were able to donate 21 crates of food, toiletries and many packs of nappies to Swindon Food Collective. Thanks to the congregations of All Saints and St Barnabas Churches, to Poppies Nursery and to Ferndale Primary School

Thank you to all those who have knitted and crafted poppies ready to go out with our November magazine! The poppies have been made into brooches. What do the different colours signify? Red is for blood and those lost in

Matthew 9:37-38 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” As we celebrate Gill Behenna’s 40th, Ruby Anniversary

  Members of our Benefice have hand-crafted  155  flowers, animals and birds to celebrate God’s creation as we emerge from lockdown. These will go out with the July Benefice magazine. If you would like to be involved with future knitting