We are so delighted to be able to finally publicly announce that Revd Karen Franklin has been appointed as Rector of Freemantle with Millbrook and her induction by the Bishop of Southampton will take place on Monday 24th July 2023 at 7.30pm. Please pray for Karen and her family as they prepare to join us.
We’ve been talking about the planned joining of the parishes of Freemantle and Millbrook for some time and a lot of work has been going on including a public consultation. We can now confirm that with effect from 1st May 2023 the benefice of Christ Church Freemantle, and the benefice of Millbrook shall be united to create a new benefice which shall be named The Benefice of Freemantle with Millbrook.Christ Church, Freemantle shall be the parish church of the new benefice and Holy Trinity, Millbrook will no longer be a parish church. As you may be aware, Holy Trinity hasn’t been used for Church of England services for over two years now and a separate process for selling it to another church community is currently taking place. Our parish boundaries will change to take in the current Millbrook parish.You may see some small changes to the parish name on documents and on social media in the coming weeks. If you have any questions about this, please email the church email address christchurch.freemantle@gmail.com.