After 18 months of worshipping and praising God in temporary accommodation, the congregation of Ashington Parish Church moved back into the newly refurbished church building in mid-April. Chris Maclay, Vicar of Ashington Parish Church, reflects on what it means to be back in the Church building, and the events that have taken place since then:"What an amazing few months it ...

Ashington Parish Church has been awarded a major grant towards the renovation of its church building by Viridor Credits Environmental Company, a subsidiary of Viridor, one of the UK's largest resource and waste management companies. Ashington Church is benefitting from a grant of £22,442 which has been awarded to pay towards the electrics and east wall repairs.Now in the 20th ...

Joy Hammond, a member of our congregation at Ashington Church, has won a prestigious national competition to compose a new Christmas carol. The carol, called "Long, Long Ago" was picked as the winner from over 100 entries from all over the country in a competition called 'The Christmas Factor'. Run by Ecclesiastical Insurance, the competition is part of a wider ...

Ashington Parish Church has joined forces with SpendAndGive, an Internet based fundraising company, to help raise funds for the church's renovation project.SpendAndGive works with online retailers to raise funds for charities by offering an additional no-cost channel for charity supporters to access a growing number of high profile retailers, including Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Amazon and ToysRus among others via ...

After a whole month of digging and levelling, the first stage of building work at Ashington Parish church is well under way, and on schedule! During these first few weeks the works have concentrated on removing the flooring and digging out tons of rubble to reduce the ground level by nearly two feet. Over the next few weeks the floor ...

Members of Ashington's Parish Church 'celebrated' the start of their church's building programme this weekend by dismantling the interior in preparation for the builders arriving on Monday 21 September. After months of planning and waiting for approval from various regulatory bodies, building work begins this week and is expected to last for approximately six months. The church - which is ...

It was a wet but worthwhile week for over 60 members of Ashington Church's congregation as they camped out at 'New Wine', a huge Christian Conference held at the Bath and West Showground, in the last week in July. New Wine, which holds three different regional events, attracts Christians from all over the country for an intense week of worship, ...

Members of Ashington Church picked up their spades and met together on Saturday 4th July to clean up overgrown areas in Ashington Village as part of Ashington Church’s first ‘The Noise’ event."The Noise@Ashington, was a fantastic opportunity for our Church family to get out into our community and serve in a very practical way" says Chris Maclay, our Vicar. Over ...

It was an exciting week for some of Ashington Church’s young people and youth. On the evening of Monday 15 June, five of our young H2O members became fully fledged Beaver Scouts at their Investiture, and on the Saturday 20th June two of our teenage Salt group members held an amazing Salsa Evening to help fund their Gap year projects. ...

Members of Ashington Church have been blessed two weekends in a row by music from some of the best Christian artists in the world performing right on their doorstep. The first occasion was at Ashington Church's fantastically successful 2nd annual Plant Sale Plus on the 16th May, when over £1,600 was raised for the Church funds. As well as plants, many ...