Avon Dassett with Fenny Compton, Burton Dassett, Farnborough, Gaydon with Chadshunt
Avon Dassett with
Fenny Compton
The Parish of Avon Dassett with Fenny Compton; Fenny Compton is a thriving village of around 800 people. The neighbouring village of Avon Dassett has around 200 residents and includes St John the Baptist's Church, which is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. Amenities in the parish include the Parish Church of St Peter and St. Clare, and Methodist Chapel, The Dassett Church of England Primary School, Abacus day nursery, a Surgery, a Co-op, Fire station and village Hall. On alternate years we hold the Church Fete and Open Gardens with a flower display in the Church which local businesses support. The proceeds are split between the Church and the Village Hall.
St. Peter & St. Clare
Address
St Peter and St Clare,
Church Street,
Fenny Compton,
Southam,
CV47 2YE
There is no car park. Please use off road parking.
Church Services
1st Sunday 11am in church
Morning Prayer
2nd Sunday 11am in church
Holy Communion - Modern Language
3rd Sunday 11am in church
Morning Prayer
4th Sunday 10am in Fenny Compton Village Hall
Breakfast - food for thought
10 am breakfast
10.30am Family friendly faith... easy going... very informal
Something Less Formal
People often ask if the church could hold a more informal, easy-going, family friendly gathering where they can ask questions, explore what Faith is and where parents can relax if the children are children. It's a gathering because service speaks of formality.
You are warmly invited to “Breakfast - food for thought” to be held on the 4th Sunday of every month
in Fenny Compton Village Hall
We start at 10am with a breakfast of tea, coffee, fruit-juice, croissants and brioche and at around 10.30am, as we continue breakfast, we go into a very informal, easy-going family friendly, all-age faith gathering. There may be quizzes and simple colouring or a craft to ponder on if you wish over breakfast and each month we will choose a different topic to discuss which is relevant to us all.
Have a Sunday off providing breakfast and have it made and provided for you at ‘Breakfast- food for thought”.
Just-a-Bite Lunches
Fenny Compton Village Hall
on the 3rd Monday of each month 12 noon to 1.30pm
Time to catch up with friends over a light lunch.
Working from home - need a break?
Pop in for lunch and a chat.
Mum at home with a baby or toddler
- come and meet others.
Homemade soup and a roll, cheese, tea, coffee
and homemade cake available.
Proceeds go towards church funds.
TOTS & TODDLERS
Wednesday 9.45am to 11.45am
Fenny Compton Village Hall
Children from birth to school age
Just turn up and meet other children, parents, grandparents, childminders in a friendly informal setting.
Lots of space. Great toys. Craft. Songs. Stories.
Snacks & drinks.
£3 per adult and 1 child - 50p per extra child
Church Volunteers
Church Wardens
Mrs Lesley Bosman
Mr Keith Distin
The churchwarden is an annually elected member of the church community - congregation. They are work with the parish priest and are generally responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the parish.
Safeguarding Officer
Name: Mrs Jo Hotchkiss
Email: jo.hotchkiss@gmail.com
Safeguarding Congregation Link
Name: Mrs Rose Dunn
Email: rosemaryclaredunn@outlook.com
Name: Reverend Nicki Chatterton
Role: Vicar to Dassett Magna Parishes
Email: chat2rev.nicki@gmail.com
Name: Sarah Price
Role: Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor
Tel: 07906 627052
Email: safeguarding@covcofe.org
Local Authority Social Services
Coventry - 024 7683 2222
Fenny Compton PCC
- Parochial Church Council -
The Parochial Church Council, is the governing body of the church and is made up of the clergy and lay members from the congregation. They work together with the priest and church warden to ensure the smooth running of the church.
St. John
the Baptist
A masterpiece of the Gothic Revival
This Victorian church, with its soaring spire, is a masterpiece built in fourteenth-century Gothic style and is set amongst trees in the Avon Dassett hills - a lovely place for a walk.
Charles Buckeridge built it in golden Hornton sandstone in 1869 to replace a medieval church, which east window he reset in the west wall of the tower.
The high-ceilinged interior is inspiring and the style throughout is largely fourteenth century. The chancel remains a good example of a properly furnished sanctuary of the period, with oak altar and choirstalls, three stone seldilia and a grey Purbeck marble reredos with a cross at the centre. A recess in the north wall of the chancel contains the fine tomb of a deacon, thought to be Hugo who died in c. 1240.
Church Services
There are occasional services held at St. John the Baptist but there is no regular service pattern.
Any planned services will be posted here as and when they are planned.
For the regular pattern of church services within the Parish please see the service rota for Fenny Compton above. Alternatively for services held in all the Dassett Magna churches please click the link below.
St. Peter & St. Clare
Fenny Compton
