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St Martin’s Church, North Nibley

Welcome to St Martin’s pages. This page acts as our focus and summarises our events and activities, providing links to more details about them, about our church, our people and how to contact us.

OUR WEEKLY RECORDED SERVICES CONTINUE. The church is open during the day and the churchyard is always open and provides a place for quiet reflection and prayer – with benches. Please do make use of it.

We send out a weekly email regarding forthcoming services and events and giving relevant updates. To subscribe, please see this document and send us an email

The latest changes to these pages:
*Blog for 22nd December 2024 has been added. Thanks to Christian Eley for the wonderful sunset picture. Please see the latest blog for details of services and forthcoming events, the recorded service and some links we hope you will find useful.

Sunday 15th December 2024 – 3pm – Churches Together Living Crib service at the chapel

Sunday 15th December 2024 – 6pm – Candlelit service of lessons and carols in church

Christmas Eve 2024 –10am – procession with the donkey from church to chapel

Christmas Eve 2024 – 6pm – Christingle service in church

Christmas Eve 2024 – 11.15pm – the ‘midnight ‘service this year will be in the chapel

Christmas Day 2024 – 9.30 am Christmas day family communion service in church

The Church of England web site gives more information and will signpost Christian resources available on line.

Donations to St Martin’s can be made via the link in the QR code below. Thank you!

The Benefice
The parish of North Nibley is part of the Tyndale Benefice. We are delighted that Rev Lesley Hewish is now licensed (22 May 2022) as our Priest-in-Charge for a period of 4 years. The Benefice Profile gives an overview of the churches, their aspirations and the environment in which they reside.

Churches Together
We work closely with the Chapel in the village, sharing services and other events throughout the year

Music
We have a dedicated choir which sings at all the 9.30 communion services, as well as at ‘special’ services. It is always keen to welcome new members.

The church has excellent acoustics for musical performances

Bells
The bellringers are looking for new ringers!

Village School
We have very close links with our village C of E primary school, which holds many services in the Church, as well as ‘experience’ events, supported by members of the congregation. We help with ‘open the book’ and hold joint fundraising events with the Friends of the school – FONNS.
We also work with the village nursery and playgroup.

Safeguarding
Please see our safeguarding page for more information and the policies page for formal documentation

Sunday 31st December 2023

* There will be a communion service for the whole benefice at 11am in St Mary’s, Wotton. The preacher will be Rev Pauline Godfrey who is the Head of Discipleship at the Gloucester Diocese
* There will not be a service in St Martin’s

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Christmas Day 2023

Dear All

Sunday 24th December 2023 – Christmas Eve.
*   There will not be a 9.30 service in church
*    The procession with a donkey will leave the church at 10am and head to the chapel
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Sunday 17th December 2023 and a look ahead to Christmas

Sunday 17th December 2023
* The service in church at 9.30am will be family service led by Canon Jane Kenchington
* The Christmas carol service will be in church at 6pm.

The recorded service is now available.
The pew sheet will be available.

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Sunday 10th December 2023

Sunday 10th December 2023
* The service in church at 9.30am will be communion service led by Rev Lesley Hewish

The recorded service will be available.
The pew sheet will be available.

Sunday 17th December 2023
* The service in church at 9.30am will be family.. →

Sunday 3rd December 2023 – Advent Sunday

Sunday 3rd December 2023 – Advent Sunday.
* The service in church at 9.30am will be family service led by Rev Peter Marsh
* The Advent Carol Service will be in church at 4pm.

The recorded service is available here.
The pew sheet will be available here

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Sunday 26th November 2023 – Christ the King

Sunday 26th November 2023 – Christ the King. The service in church at 9.30am will be communion service led by Rev Richard Morgan.

The recorded service is available here. There is an approximate transcript of the service.
The pew sheet is available here

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Sunday 19th November 2023

Sunday 19th November 2023. The service in church at 9.30am will be Matins led by Rev Peter Fewings

The recorded service is available here
The pew sheet is available here

Sunday 26th November 2023. The service in church at 9.30am will be a Communion service led by Rev Richard.. →

Sunday 12th November 2023 – Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 12th November 2023 – Remembrance Sunday. The service in church at 9.30am will be a communion service led by Rev Peter Marsh. This will be followed at 10.45am by a Remembrance Service at the War Memorial. There will be refreshments in the Chapel after this.

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Sunday 5th November 2023

Sunday 5th November 2023 – All Saint’s Day – The service in church at 9.30am will be a family service led by Rev Lesley Hewish.

The recorded service is available here
The pew sheet will be available here

Sunday 12th November 2023 – Remembrance Sunday. The.. →

Sunday 29th October 2023 – Bible Sunday

Sunday 29th October 2023
– There will be a benefice communion service at 11am in St Mary’s, Wotton under Edge with Rev Dr David Ball as guest speaker. There will be no service in St Martin’s.