Churches

Welcome to the web page for our lovely, rural Bedfordshire villages and their Churches.

Our Church buildings have centuries of history, our faith has Christ as it foundation and the people who centre their worship lives in these churches try to live their faith in the twenty-first century ever mindful of the history & living tradition within which they live.

It is our aim to serve all the communities around us. We have a regular monthly services for the elderly at Orchard Lodge, the local residential home.

We have a rapidly growing youth club called KK@serious-fun! for our teenagers and that meets every Thursday in term time in the Cadet hut on Peddars Lane, Stanbridge at 7 pm. and the Vicar goes in to all the village schools on a regular basis.

If you live in the parishes the Vicar is most happy to discuss weddings and baptisms with you. The office hour for a phone call is Tuesdays between 10 and 11 am.

You are welcome to browse these pages to find how to get to us, the times of our services and to catch up on news and events.

The Parishes belong to a wider group of rural villlages called the North Chilterns Group of Parishes in the Dunnstable Deanery and are all Church of England churches.

Perhaps you are on holiday?
We welcome visitors from any of the local churches and of any denomination. All full members of sister churches are welcome to share in Holy Communion with us or come to the rail for a blessing.

Each village has its own Parish Church. In Totternhoe it is named for St Giles of Provence. In Stanbridge for St John the Baptist and in Tilsworth for All Saints. We will make you very welcome.

The Reverend Janet Spicer

As there are three parishes and only one priest serving them we have to rationalise our services.

Sunday Services	Stanbridge and Tilsworth at 9am Totternhoe at 11 am Evensong in traditional language on the 1st Sunday of each month at Totternhoe at 6 pm
Sunday Family Service	Suitable for all ages, in each church once a month: 2nd week of the month at Totternhoes at 11 am a short holy communion folows this service except in August and January 3rd week of the month at Stanbridge at 10.30 am
Tuesday Service	Noon at St John the Baptist Stanbrdige
Wednesday Service	All Saints Tilsworth at 7.15 pm
Thursday Service	St Giles of Provence, Totternhoe, at 9 am (preceded by Morning Prayer at 8.45)
Holy Communion	During the week, each church has a service of Holy Communion at times that might suit both those at home, and those at work somewhere in the benefice. They last approximately half and hour and have space for silence after the homily and during the prayer time.
If the month has five weeks then we have a united service in one of the churches to which everyone is invited. We rotate the churhes so everyone gets a turn to be host. See MEETING POINT MAGAZINE, THE LINK, or this website for details. Special Festivals and up-to-date information can be found in the porch at each church or in our weekly news sheet: THE LINK, or on this website.

Contact the Vicar
Email:	revjanetspicer@aol.com
Write to:	The Reverend Janet Spicer The Vicarage Mill Road Stanbridge Bedfordshire LU7 9HX
If you live in the parishes the Vicar is most happy to discuss weddings and baptisms with you. The office hour for a phone call is Tuesdays between 10 and 11 am.