WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF ST GILES, LEA AND CLEVERTON
This church is part of the Woodbridge Group of Churches in the North Wiltshire Deanery of the Diocese of Bristol
This website will give you information you need to know about the Church and our parish. Please explore the site by reading about Special Events below, and clicking on the links to the right.
LOCATION
St Giles Church is situated in the heart of the village of Lea, about 2 miles east of Malmesbury. Access to village is from either the B4042 or from the B4040, via Milbourne.
CONTACT DETAILS
Our vicar is the Reverend Richard East, who can be contacted as follows:
Email : LeaRectory@homecall.co.uk
Telephone : 01666 823861
THE WOODBRIDGE GROUP OF CHURCHES
This church is part of the developing Woodbridge Group of Churches, being formed as a result of the reorganisation of the North Wiltshire Deanery.
When formally consituted, the group will comprise the parishes of Lea and Cleverton, Garsdon, Brinkworth, Dauntsey, Great Somerford and Little Somerford.
The parishes are currently working together to ensure a smooth transition from the three present benefice groupings.
The church of St Peter and St Paul in Great Somerford was full on Sunday 29 June 2008, as members from all six parishes in the group met together for worship and communion. The service was led by Revd Guy Oswald, assisted by Revd Derek Ormston and Revd Richard East, the three clergy currently responsible for the six parishes. There have been many comments about how good it was to meet in this way, and how it bodes well for future of the group. People were still talking together in church long after the service had finished, and we look forward to continuing fellowship in this way on future “5th Sundays” and on other occasions.
TRINITY COLLEGE, BRISTOL
and
THE WOODBRIDGE GROUP OF CHURCHES
Context based training of theological students
Trinity College, Bristol are planning to commence Rural Context Based Training (CBT) for theological students in the Woodbridge area in September 2008, to complement context based training already in progress in two areas in Bristol.
A group of students will be based in the Woodbridge Area (Lea, Garsdon, the Somerfords, Brinkworth and Dauntsey parishes), to work with the churches to gain practical experience in rural ministry as part of their training at Trinity, where they will attend lectures, tutorials and other college-based activities. They will live in the Woodbridge area during this part of their training.
Context Based Training Update Meeting
Lea Church - Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 8.00 pm
There have been exciting developments in the last few weeks, and we encourage everyone who is interested in the growth of the Woodbridge Group of Churches to come to this meeting when members of the Faculty of Trinity College will be present to update us on the latest news, and to answer questions.
The next Woodbridge 5th Sunday Service will be at Brinkworth Church on 30 November at 10.30 am. The speaker on this occasion will be Revd Canon George Kovoor, Principal of Trinity College, Bristol. It is planned that this service will be a celebration of the start of our link between the College and the Woodbridge churches.
INFORMATION ON GENERAL VILLAGE ACTIVITIES
For information about the village of Lea and activities, services and other local information and contacts, please visit the Lea Village website www.leavillage.com
For more information about any of the items on this site which have no specific contact details, please contact:
Ken Harper - harperk@homecall.co.uk
