The Ham Hill Villages Benefice is a thriving, welcoming, loving Christian family, living and telling Jesus’ story of love and forgiveness in our communities.  We have seven beautiful, ancient churches which are the spiritual centres of the villages of Chiselborough, Middle Chinnock, Montacute, Norton sub Hamdon, Odcombe, Stoke sub Hamdon and West Chinnock surrounding beautiful Ham Hill in South Somerset.  

We give a warm welcome to everyone, Christian or not, sharing Jesus teaching from the Bible. We have a strong focus on serving our communities, and particularly with children and youth work in our four wonderful primary schools and Stanchester Academy.

We offer a wide range of worship with most of our churches having a traditional 9.30am or 11am Communion or Morning Prayer service every Sunday.   For those who enjoy contemporary worship we have a very relaxed 10.30am Café Church on the 2^nd Sunday of the month starting with refreshments and a time of fellowship before worship, sharing Jesus teaching, song and prayer.   Equally popular is our very informal, fun Family Tea@4 for young families at 4pm on the 4^th Sunday of the month.   All our churches are popular places for Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals.  

Finally, as part of the Church of England our churches are open every day for anyone to visit to sit and pray or just enjoy their beauty and spiritual peace. Christian or not so come and join us and find the love of God which passes all understanding!

Click here to see the Services for March 2025

Have you tried using the Diocese Prayer Calendar?

It is available here to download as a PDF: Prayer Calendar for March

New Church Electoral Role 2025

All the parishes in the Ham Hill Villages Benefice are required to prepare a new Church Electoral Role in 2025. Please look out for the notices telling you everything you need to know and the forms you need to complete if you wish to be included in the new Electoral Role for your parish. You will find the notices and forms in your parish church during the next couple of months. If in doubt contact the churchwardens in your parish for more information.

Bath and Wells Diocese Safeguarding Audit

In March INEQE Safeguarding Group are undertaking a review of Safeguarding in our diocese. This is part of a nationwide programme commissioned by the Archbishop’s Council. To take part in the survey please follow this link

Appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury: Public Consultation

The process for the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury is underway and, a key part of this is the extensive consultation exercise that will take place in February and March.

Wherever you are based, your views matter. Jonathan Hellewell, the Prime Minister’s Appointments Secretary, and Stephen Knott, the Archbishops’ Secretary for Appointments, would like to hear from you on three key questions:

What are your hopes for the ministry of the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
What gifts, qualities, skills and experience do you believe the next Archbishop of Canterbury should have?
Do you have any names that you wish the Crown Nominations Commission, nominating the next Archbishop of Canterbury, to consider?
This consultation closes on 31 March. The feedback will play a vital role in shaping the decision-making process. Find out more about the process and how to submit your views. Please do share this with your church community. Click here to find out more

See more photographs in the Gallery

For all enquiries about Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals please contact gary.edmunds@hotmail.com – 07485789968

This benefice is a group of seven parishes, located around the famous Ham Hill, just south-west of Yeovil in South Somerset.

The  churches include some 160 regular worshippers who are committed to serve God and their communities.

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We are part of The Church of England
within the Diocese of Bath and Wells

‘I have come that they may have life in all its fullness’  (John 10 )