CHURCH ACCESS INFORMATION AND SUNDAY SERVICES with diary dates

Grabbist Hill Benefice

In 2023 Timberscombe, Wootton Courtenay, Dunster and Alcombe parishes were united in the new Grabbist Hill Benefice with the Reverend Kenneth Cross as incumbent. The Revd Nicola Butt is Associate Vicar and particularly serves Timberscombe and Wootton Courtenay.

Grabbist Benefice Bulletin December 

Promoting a safer church – our safeguarding policy statement for children, young people and adults is available on the link below. The care and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults involved in Church activities is the responsibility of the whole Church. Everyone who participates in the life of the Church has a role to play in promoting a safer church for all. The following document sets out the safeguarding policy of the Church of England and is reviewed at least annually by the PCC.

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21st December	FOURTH OF ADVENT	11.00am	Holy Communion Common Worship Rev Nicola Butt
24th December	CHRISTMAS EVE	5.00pm	Christingle Rev Nicola Butt
25th December	CHRISTMAS DAY	10,00am	Holy Communion Rev Nicola Butt
28th December	FIRST OF CHRISTMAS	11.00am	Morning Prayer Common Worship Rev Nicola Butt
31st December	NEW YEARS’ EVE	5.00pm	Carols and Readings round the piano in The Lion Inn
4th January 2026	EPIPHANY	11.00am	Holy Communion Common Worship Archdeacon Emeritus Elwin Cockett
11th January	BAPTISM OF CHRIST	11.00am	Holy Communion Book of Common Prayer Rev Nicola Butt
18th January	EPIPHANY 2	11.00am	Holy Communion Common Worship Rev Nicola Butt
25th January	EPIPHANY 3/CONVERSION OF PAUL	11.00am	Morning Prayer Common Worship Rev Kenneth Cross

Warm Welcome – continues to offer a warm welcome space for everyone who would like to join us – every Thursday morning 10-12 noon in school term time. After the Christmas holiday, we resume on Thursday 8th January. You are most welcome to come along and enjoy the company of others in a warm place with hot drinks and refreshments freely on offer, right in the heart of the village. We have an accessible toilet adjacent to where we meet at the rear of the church. Our Warm Welcomes are staffed by a rota of village volunteers who provide a variety of delicious cakes and scones made by them, every week. If you need any particular help or support, as a carer, as a new villager, with IT, we know who can help you. Why not give it a try?  We look forward to seeing you there – Marion and Kate (Churchwardens)

all are welcome!

St Petrock’s is open every day from approximately 9am to 5pm and in the evenings by arrangement. All the traditional events take place here with weddings, funerals and baptisms, along with celebration of all the christian festivals. YOU are most welcome to visit our church for services, private prayer, reflection, enjoyment of a long-standing place of worship, heritage research, and of course to join with others in planned events. YOU are invited simply to rest and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee with biscuits knowing that there is a loo on site. Our church is fully in use and you are most welcome to join us. A full hearing loop is in operation. There isn’t a church car park but it is not difficult to find a place to park in the village of Timberscombe. Church pathways have been resurfaced enabling access to all parts of the churchyard. Wheelchair access is from the northern pathway up to the porch of the church where a ramp is stored. With notice, a further ramp can be provided allowing access into the nave as there is a single 19cm step to navigate. Once inside there is a single step down to access the toilet which is available all the time the church is open. The church has a lightweight folding wheeelchair available for use in the church and churchyard, located by the servery. We serve hot drinks and refreshments after every Sunday service which is at 11am, and every Thursday between 10am and 12 noon in school term time.

Our post code is TA24 7TP and our what3 words reference is ///revival.hairspray.bunch https://w3w.co/revival.hairspray.bunch St Petrock’s is approximately 2 miles further from Dunster into Exmoor National Park.

If you need to speak to someone, please contact either Churchwarden – Kate Hart 01643 841745 or Marion Jeffrey 01643 841500.

We are enormously grateful for any contribution you might be able to make to help with the ongoing maintenance and development costs for the church in our community. St Petrock’s funding is based exclusively on what we raise ourselves, we are not the beneficiaries of any external support or investments. The QR code below is an easy and secure way to make an online contribution. We thank you for considering this and hope to welcome you to our lovely church on any day and at any service.

Grabbist Benefice Bulletin May 25

Church Development Work

Please note that without the generous support of all our funders and supporters our community servery and accessible toilet would not have been possible, and we thank them all most sincerely. This was done officially in October 2021 when Bishop Ruth of Taunton celebrated and blessed the church. 

Our generous funders include National Churches Trust – Cornerstone Grant, Somerset Churches Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Rank Foundation, Fairfield Trust, Exmoor Trust, Ecclesiastical Insurance, Somerset Community Foundation, Magna Housing, Timberscombe Trust, Timberscombe Parish Council, St Petrock’s Fabric Fund, St Petrock’s Bellringers, and many local community donations from those who supported our vision to keep the church alive and relevant in our community.