Welcome

This is the new website for The Dove and Churnet Benefice comprising St Michael's Church, Rocester; All Saints' Church, Denstone; St Giles Church, Croxden and St John the Evangelist Church, Hollington.

Come and celebrate Christmas with us! See below for special services as well as our regular ones.

Also - Rocester church will be open 10am - 3pm on 7th & 8th Dec for a Christmas Tree Festival and Market with Santa in the belfry with presents. Denstone church will be open 11am - 3pm on 14th & 15th Dec for a Christmas Festival.

Going somewhere new is never the easiest thing to do, so we hope our website helps you learn more about us, and makes that first visit easier. We would love to say hello in person, so please do come and join us at any of the services.

Services this month

day	Denstone	Rocester	Hollington	Croxden
1 Dec	9 am All Age worship	10.30am Communion	10.30am Service of the Word	7pm Communion & remembering loved Ones
Fri 6 Dec	6pm Advent Carols suitable for children			7.30pm Bells Concert
8 Dec	9 am Communion	3pm Christingle	10.30am Communion & remembering loved Ones	3pm Family Service
Fri 13 Dec	6.30pm musical evening
15 Dec	9 am Communion	10.30am Communion 4pm Carol service	no service	7pm Carol service
22 Dec	9 am Communion	10.30am Communion & youth play	7pm Carol service	no service
Christmas Eve	5.30pm nativity 9.30pm Communion	4pm Donkey Walk from village hall 11.30pm Communion	no service	3pm Christingle
Christmas Day	no service	10am Family Communion	8.30am Communion	no service
29 Dec	no service	10.30 Joint benefice communion	no service	no service

There is Communion at 9am every Tuesday at Denstone and Wednesday at Rocester at 9am. Both are relaxed and informal.
All services use Common Worship, modern English words, except Evensong which is Book of Common Prayer.
The usual pattern of services is Denstone 9am (first Sunday, all age); Rocester 10.30am (2nd Sunday all age); Hollington 10.30am and Croxden 3pm or 7pm, alternate weeks.

Click Sermons and magazine letters and links to other things

Safeguarding

Formal Statement of Adoption House of Bishops’ ‘Promoting a Safer Church; safeguarding policy. St Michael's church, Rocester; All Saints Church, Denstone; St Giles' Church, Croxden and St John the Evangelist Church, Hollington in the Diocese of Lichfield have adopted the House of Bishops’ ‘Promoting a Safer Church; safeguarding policy. Our Safeguarding co-ordinators, to whom any initial enquiries should be made are: Denstone – Yvonne Denby – 01889 590334 email: ywdenby@gmail.com; Rocester – Sue Hutchinson – 07718 900618 email: susandhutchinson@hotmail.com; Croxden with Hollington – Chris Podmore – 07472 666314 email: grovecottage@icloud.com

For Local Contact Information and where to get help with child and adult safeguarding issues e.g. local authority contact details, domestic abuse and key helplines - click here (coming soon)