THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM YOUR DEANERY TEAM - July 2025
July 2025
As well as messages and events from around the Deanery this month’s news to note includes important details and reminders of
- Our Deanery Service on 27th July at the new venue of St John’s in Chilcompton. Volunteers are needed from across our churches for readings and intercessions. There will be some activities for younger attendees during the sermon.
- A Deanery Alpha Course starting on 2nd September being hosted by St John’s in Chilcompton. Please start promoting this and inviting guests ahead of the summer holidays in order to ensure enrolment at the very beginning of September.
Please distribute this newsletter to your PCCs and throughout the Deanery, as it’s a great place to let others know about upcoming events and share photos of what’s been happening in our churches.
Synod reps, please send contributions – including good quality photos – for the August newsletter and updated contact details to me at msndeanery@gmail.com
Thank you. Kate Mayo
Annual Deanery Service
Sunday 27th July
(Please
note there will be no other services in the Deanery on this day)
Deanery Alpha Course
News from around the Deanery
Deanery Synod met in June and shared what’s been happening in our parishes recently, including: Pentecost baptisms, positive engagement in primary schools, 24-hour prayer at Pentecost, teddy bear zip-wire from the church tower at Radstock Fair, Timsbury Youth Ministry successes with local teenagers’ curiosity about Christian faith, and much more! It is encouraging to hear to hear of such a variety of good news stories across the parishes resulting from long term outreach and relationship-building for the sake of Kingdom growth.
Correction – last month I referred to our ‘Deanery Secretary’. This was incorrect as Jane Street is actually ‘Deanery Synod Secretary’ – a very specific role involving technical admin, especially to do with the proper running of elections of officers to represent us on Diocesan and General Synods. Thank you Jane for all you do in your role!
There are vacancies for Deanery Synod reps in several of our parishes. Anyone interested in finding out more can read about all things ‘Deanery related’ on the Bath and Wells website Deaneries Hub.
Coming up around the Deanery
St. Andrew’s Church, Holcombe
Foodbank News
The Foodbank merger has taken place and the Bath, Keynsham & Somer Valley Foodbank launched on Tuesday, 3rd June with Genesis taking over as trustees.
The foodbank will continue to operate much as before, still under the Trussell umbrella. You can read more by clicking on the image above.
The churches of the MSN Deanery will continue to support the foodbank and you will still be able to donate food at supermarkets, churches and community centres as before.
The new point of contact for Foodbank queries is Hilary Long,
Community Manager for Genesis Trust:
hilary.long@genesistrust.org.uk
Foodbank - latest wanted items list:
Bath and Wells Diocese’ Manna Magazine – June
To read the latest Manna Magazine click image below.
Do you have something to share?
Do you have something
to share in the next
MSN Deanery Newsletter?
Please email Katie Chapman at
msndeanery@gmail.com with your
news and photographs to be included
in future newsletters.
Deadline for August newsletter-
July 20th 2025
Pass it on!
This newsletter is distributed to synod members and clergy,
who pass it on to the PCCs and congregations in our churches.
