Welcome to The Polden Wheel
Who are we and what do we do?
We are a friendly and welcoming group of six churches spanning the Polden Hills and Somerset Levels, serving the villages of Ashcott, Burtle, Catcott, Chilton Polden, Edington and Shapwick.
We combine both traditional and contemporary worship, with new ways of doing church such as Messy Church and CafƩ Church.
PoldenĀ Wheel Church Services in August
Come along to one of our events
šļøSunday 2nd AugustĀ
Ā Ā Ā Trinity 9
9.30 Catcott ā Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00 Chilton Polden ā Informal Worship (with Polden Praise)
šļøSunday 9th AugustĀ
Ā Ā Ā Trinity 10
9.30 Burtle ā Holy Communion
11.00 Ashcott ā Informal Worship
6.30 Edington ā Holy Communio
šļøSunday 16th August
Ā Ā Ā Trinity 11
10.00 Shapwick CafƩ Church
10.30 Chilton Polden Holy Communion
šļøTuesday 18th August
7.00Ā Catcott Ā A Quiet Service
šļøSunday 23rd AugustĀ
Ā Ā Ā Trinity 12
9.30 Shapwick Holy Communion
11.00 Edington Informal Worship
(With Polden praise)
11.00 Burtle Informal Worship
6.30 Ashcott Holy Communion
šļøWednesday 26th August
11.00 Edington Holy Communion
šļøSunday 30thĀ AugustĀ
Ā Ā Ā Ā Trinity 13
11.00 Edington Holy Communion
šļøSunday 6thĀ September
Ā Ā Ā Ā Trinity 14
9.30 Catcott Holy Communion
(BCP)
11.00 Chilton Polden Informal Worship
A word from Rich
Hi folks,
We have a name for our new benefice of 8 churches:
United Polden Churches
There was some discussion at our Joint PCC (ie with Moorlinch and Stawell included) as to whether the Polden Wheel name should be retained. However, there was a consensus that our new name should reflect a new identity for our group, rather than just absorbing Moorlinch and Stawell into our existing group.
It makes excellent sense to retain āPoldenā in the name, given that seven of the churches are ranged along the Polden Hills (the exception being Burtle). āUnitedā reflects a desire among all of our churches to be united as one group rather than to be a fractured collection.
Also a quick reminder that our launch service will be on
Sunday September 13th at 11am.
at All Saints Church in Ashcott.
Being united in Christ is one of the main priorities in the New Testament. For example, āBut whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spiritā [1 Cor 6:17]. The most vivid expression of that is when Paul writes about the Church ā the body of Christ ā having one body with many parts: āJust as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.āĀ Thatās a key concept for us: each church is one part of the whole body ā locally, the United Polden Churches, but far more importantly, the body of Christ.
Every blessing,
Rich Tweedy
vicar@poldenwheel.co.uk
Menās Breakfast
Our next Menās Breakfast will be at 8.45am on Saturday 27th June, at the Crown, Catcott.
The speaker will be Claudio Moises, who spent some time in Syria and Iraq at the time of ISIS.
If you would like to come, please email Rich to book a place so that we can give The Crown a reliable set of numbers: Contact Us ā The Polden Wheel