News Stories
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30 March 2024
in GeneralHundreds watch Easter story re-enacted on streets
Shoppers and passers-by watched the story of Jesus’s arrest, trial, death and resurrection on the streets of Havant. Actors from Havant Passion Play told the story of Holy Week and Easter after a procession through the town’s market with a donkey. The 30-minute play was staged on scaffolding erected just outside St Faith’s Church. Read more
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25 March 2024
in GeneralNew acting archdeacon and new area dean appointed
Bishop Jonathan has appointed Canon Bob White to be the acting Archdeacon of Portsdown, and the Rev Annie McCabe to be area dean of Portsmouth. Read more
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29 Feb. 2024
in GeneralWorshippers to tell Easter story on streets of Havant
Worshippers from churches around Havant and Leigh Park will dramatise the Easter story on the streets of Havant. It will be the fourth Passion Play staged by this ecumenical group, and will take in Jesus’s final days, including his trial, death and resurrection. The Havant Passion Play is a brand new telling of the story. Read more
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14 Feb. 2024
in GeneralOur donations to Foodbank will help those in need
Our donations towards the Bishop’s Lent Appeal 2024 will help those in need who use Foodbanks across our diocese. Among them is the Portsmouth Foodbank based at King’s Church, Southsea, which helps scores of needy people each week. Read more
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8 Feb. 2024
in GeneralLent Appeal supports people in Lebanon
Claudette has volunteered through her local church to give out mattresses, blankets, food boxes and other essentials to people who have lost everything. Your generous support of this year’s Bishop’s Lent Appeal will help this work to continue. Read more
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2 Feb. 2024
in GeneralBishop makes two senior appointments
Bishop Jonathan has appointed an interim Archdeacon of Portsdown and a permanent Diocesan Secretary. The Ven Ian Jagger will be our interim Archdeacon, and Philip Poulter has been appointed to the permanent role of Diocesan Secretary Read more
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29 Jan. 2024
in GeneralPioneering is theme of Readers’ Conference
Licensed Lay Ministers (Readers) from across the diocese gathered for a weekend of teaching, worship, crafting and good food on the Isle of Wight, with guest speakers from CMS’s Pioneering Parishes team. Read more
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23 Jan. 2024
in GeneralBathroom Bank to tackle hygiene poverty
Paulsgrove Bathroom Bank has been established at St Michael and All Angels’ Church to tackle hygiene poverty in their local community, opening three days a week for people to collect free toiletries and hygiene products. Read more
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22 Jan. 2024
in GeneralNew island priest will be visiting on a Vespa
Bishop Jonathan has appointed the Rev Tony Lawrence to be priest-in-charge designate for four parishes on the Isle of Wight. Tony has just finished his curacy in Ventnor and Bonchurch, and will take charge of four parishes in Godshill, Ventnor, Lake and Shanklin. Read more
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22 Dec. 2023
in GeneralArchdeacon of Portsdown to step down
The Archdeacon of Portsdown, the Ven Jenny Rowley, will step down from her post at the end of January, it was announced on Friday 22nd December, 2023. Read more