Carols by Candlelight

for 1 hour
All Saints, Turkdean
Turkdean CHELTENHAM, GL54 3NT, United Kingdom

A traditional service of carols and readings led by our Benefice's Priest-in-Charge, Rev Dr Alycia Timmis and held by candlelight.

Although indoors, it is usually worth wrapping up warmly and bringing a torch if you think that our handheld candles may not provide sufficient light for you to read the Order of Service (although people generally comment that the church is surprisingly well lit by candlelight!)

Mulled wine and mince pies will be served in the Nave after the service.

All will be very welcome indeed, both from within the Parish, the wider Benefice and further afield.

[Image of the Rixon memorial window given in memory of Lady Julia Bolton.]

All Saints, Turkdean

All Saints, Turkdean is open daily between 9am and 5pm (or dusk if earlier in Winter) for everyone to enjoy this beautiful and peaceful 12th Century Norman church which serves our small rural Parish of just some 60 souls in the heart of the rolling Cotswold countryside.

A traditional BCP service of Matins with Holy Communion is held at 10:30am on the second Sunday every month with the invaluable support of the Turkdean Choir.

More ambitious occasional choral services including Monteverdi's Messa a quattro voci (SV190), Palestrina's Missa æterna Christi munera. Byrd's Short Service and Byrd's Mass for Four Voices (1592) were celebrated during 2023 in recognition of the composer's 400th anniversary year.

We offer refreshments in the Nave after our services and all are most welcome.

The church bells were dismounted for restoration in March 2023 and, following their repair, they were successfully rehung on a strengthened bell-frame in August 2023 and now ring out in full voice once again for the first time for 70 years.

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Church Warden: Vivien Burford

Turkdean
CHELTENHAM

GL54 3NT
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Carols by Candlelight

for 1 hour
All Saints, Turkdean
Turkdean CHELTENHAM, GL54 3NT, United Kingdom

A traditional service of carols and readings led by our Benefice's Priest-in-Charge, Rev Dr Alycia Timmis and held by candlelight.

Although indoors, it is usually worth wrapping up warmly and bringing a torch if you think that our handheld candles may not provide sufficient light for you to read the Order of Service (although people generally comment that the church is surprisingly well lit by candlelight!)

Mulled wine and mince pies will be served in the Nave after the service.

All will be very welcome indeed, both from within the Parish, the wider Benefice and further afield.

[Image of the Rixon memorial window given in memory of Lady Julia Bolton.]

Safeguarding

All Saints, Turkdean is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. Our Benefice Safeguarding Officer is available to discuss any and all safeguarding issues at any time and the Diocese of Gloucester’s website safeguarding pages also contain information and contacts for the Safeguarding team. Further details about these services and their respective contact details are displayed in a permanent notice in the church.