Events
The Village Produce Stall will open again soon
The Village Produce Stall will open again on 1st March 2019 and be located at the Crossrivers junction in the village centre. This event…
Crossrivers junction
Fri 1st Mar 2019 at 12:00AM
Call My Wine Bluff
Alistair and Julia Stoker are running this event in the New Remembrance Hall, Charlton. For those who may not be familiar with the idea,…
New Remembrance Hall
Sat 9th Mar 2019 at 6:30PM
Friends' Appeal Annual General Meeting
The SACDA Friends Annual General Meeting 2019 is booked for Saturday 16th March, when progress with the building work and funding will be…
Donhead St.Mary Village Hall
Sat 16th Mar 2019 at 10:00AM
News
Progress on the Chair Appeal
The appeal for the funding of additional chairs for the church has started well, and the first... read more
Update on the Development Appeal - 18th November 2018
As a result of the extra costs involved in dealing with the asbestos, we are re-doubling our... read more
The Project Progress - blow by blow - 18th November 20181
Mid November 2018 – Good progress but yet more asbestos The replacement of the roof is now... read more
The Way Forward - 2013
Over recent years a great deal of thinking has been going on about the future uses of our village church, both as a centre of regular Christian worship, as an architecturally important historic building and as the largest indoor public space in the village.
You may have read or heard about the meetings of the Friends and the PCC that have taken place. You may have attended the recent meetings. Alongside these formal gatherings, the members of the Friends Committee and the PCC have been canvassing views.
What has come out from all of this has been pretty clear and consistent.
We are now in a position to put to the villagers of Donhead St. Andrew, past and present, an exciting plan which will be of interest and benefit to everyone.
This is of relevance whether or not you are a regular churchgoer, an occasional worshipper or attend only for Christenings, Weddings and Funerals. It also applies irrespective of your own religious beliefs or religious affiliations.
What unites us is that we all love this beautiful village with the church building at its heart which has been here for over a thousand years. Its priests and lay people have served every member of the community, whatever their needs. It has been a focus for family and national celebrations and for times of sadness.
In the past, as the largest public building in the village, it has been used for all types of gatherings, secular and religious.
We want to see it become, once again, more of a centre of village life.
