COMING SOON:

Family Fun afternoon with picnic at St Luke Tutshill 6 July 12noon.

The Parish Scarecrow Trail 2025

Click here for this year's answers!

Link Magazine 

Click here for our Spring magazine - Summer coming soon!

OUR NEW VICAR

We are currently advertising for a new Vicar for Tidenham Parish with Beachley and Lancaut, who will also be Vicar in Charge at the parishes of St Briavels with Hewelsfield and Brockweir.  Click here for the Profile which was produced by all three PCCs in preparation for this post.  Advertisements will appear in the Church Times on Friday 9 May, 16 May, 23 May and 30 May with a Closing Date of 9.00am Wednesday 4 June, shortlisting Monday 9 June 2025 at 7.30pm and interviews Monday 23 June 2025.  Please pray for a successful outcome.

2025 Annual Church Meeting, Tidenham Parish

Our Annual Church Meeting was held on Sunday 11 May at Tutshill Church, chaired by Churchwarden Brian Duerden.
Electronic or hard copies of the supporting documents are available from Annabelle Stephens, our Administration Assistant, or Iain Gardiner, PCC Secretary: - the 6-page Agenda and written reports, the 16-page Trustees’ Annual Report and the Annual Accounts for 2024, and 4-page Draft Minutes of the Annual Church Meeting,

Congratulations to those elected to office at this year’s Annual Church Meeting: -
· Brian Duerden and Robin Riordan, who were re-elected as Churchwardens until the next Annual Church Meeting in 2026
· Paul Coombs, Susan Riordan and Marilyn Turner who were elected to the PCC until the Annual Church Meeting in 2028.

They join our existing PCC members: Nicholette Flatman, Iain Gardiner, Andy Palmer, Emma Phillips and Tanya White.
Alongside them as Ex-Officio PCC members are: -
· Revd. Nicki Bullivant, our Associate Priest, and
· Molly Mayo and James Parsons, who were elected in 2023 to the Forest South Deanery Synod until the Annual Church Meeting in 2026

Please pray for all those called to serve Christ and his Church on the PCC.

Brian expressed sincere thanks to those who are stepping down from PCC this year: Oliver Hinton, Polly Morgan and Marilyn Henderson, who has stepped down after 20 years on the PCC.

Best regards, Iain Gardiner
Tidenham PCC Secretary
Church of England
01291 624868
07738 095839

 

Here are more exciting news items:

  • Please look at our new Welcome Pack
  • Also our latest LINK MAGAZINE is now in!
  • GARAS Certificate of Donation
  • We were recently visited by a pilgrim: click here for her fascinating newsletter about her physical and spiritual journey
  • And our Wellbeing Ministry has been awarded a grant from the Benefact Trust!

We are an eclectic Church of England parish in the most south westerly corner of the Diocese of Gloucester, on the Welsh border with Chepstow, between the rivers Severn and Wye; our Parish covers Tutshill, Beachley, Sedbury, Tidenham, Tidenham Chase, Boughspring, Stroat, Woodcroft or Llancaut.  There are three church buildings at Tutshill, Tidenham and Tidenham Chase, offering Sunday worship services ranging with traditional Eucharistic worship, Common Worship and the Book of Common Prayer and more informal modern worship. We are also active during the week and we are proud to say our churches support Fairtrade!  Please come and join us, whether you live in the Parish or further afield  - we offer fellowship, support and fun!

Please take a look at our News section to find out up to date information - the briefing, sermons and upcoming events.

Click here for the Tidenham Parish online Worship You-tube link

Our Parish motto ‘where the river flows everything will live’ (Ezekiel 47:9) reflects our vision within the local and global environment. Our Parish vision of ‘Living Life Together in the Flow of God’s Love’ complements the Gloucester Diocesan LIFE vision and we have a strong emphasis on 'doing relationship well' through transforming worship, authentic discipleship, building up capacity, loving community and engaging mission. This is embedded into our lay ministry, pastoral care and engagement within the community.

Feel free to get in touch with us via email or phone, or visit us in person.

Tidenham Parish Church is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to acceptable pre-appointment checks, including a satisfactory DBS Check where applicable.