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DORCHESTER AND THE WINTERBOURNES TEAM MINISTRY
  • Some of the congregation of St George's Church (summer 2019)
  • Congregation of St Mary's, Dorchester, 2019
  • Dorchester St Peter
    • History of St Peter's Church, Dorchester
  • Dorchester St George
    • St George's Church Hall
    • St George's Church - Plan
  • Dorchester St Mary
    • St Mary's Church Hall
    • History of St Mary the Virgin, Dorchester
    • Music at St Mary's
    • The Organ at St Mary the Virgin
  • West Stafford
  • Winterbournes & Compton Valence
    • Compton Valence
    • Winterborne St Martin
    • Winterbourne Abbas
    • Winterbourne Steepleton
  • Winterborne Monkton
  • Life Events
    • Weddings
    • Christenings
    • Funerals
    • Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child
  • What's On
    • Pews News
    • The Dorchester Messenger
    • The V&V Magazine
  • About Us
    • Who's Who
    • Safeguarding
    • The Parish Office
    • Map
    • Social Media
    • Privacy Policy

Welcome

Dorchester and The Winterbournes Team Ministry is your local Church of England uniting nine worshipping communities:

St Thomas a Beckett, Compton Valence;
St George, Dorchester;
St Mary the Virgin, Dorchester;
St Peter, Dorchester;
St Andrew, West Stafford;
SS Simon and Jude, Winterborne Herringston and Winterborne Monkton;
St Mary, Winterbourne Abbas;
St Martin, Martinstown;
and St Michael, Winterbourne Steepleton.

We are a community that attracts all kinds of people from across the town of Dorchester and six villages, Christians united by our common faith in Jesus Christ. We are a diverse and welcoming team of Christian communities, committed to prayer, service and growth. You are very welcome to join us in any of the things we do, and we welcome all enquiries.


Almighty God, the source of our joy, you gladden our hearts as we journey towards the heavenly city.
Deepen within us a desire for peace, that celebrating our differences and rejoicing in all we hold in common,
your people may prosper and come to praise you,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Our message to you

You are welcome, whatever your beliefs, even if you find organised religion irrelevant.
You are welcome, whatever your lifestyle.
You are welcome, wherever you may be on your faith journey; believer or agnostic, conventional Christian, or questioning sceptic.
We look forward to receiving the ideas and experiences you can bring.
We welcome the infinite variety of human beings and hope that our shared witness to Christian faith will not leave anyone feeling unwanted or unloved.
We think that the way we treat each other is even more important than the dogmas we hold.
We think it is vital to take seriously the intellectual and emotional problems many people have with the Christian faith.
We think Christians must be concerned with global issues of injustice and suffering.
We recognise that our ignorance far outstrips our understanding and that there is great value just in asking questions as well as in finding answers.
We recognise that our faith involves discipleship and a consciousness of all that is bad and promotion of all that is good.
Our hope is that anybody visiting our churches will feel welcome.

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