BCP Holy Communion, St Mary's Upper Swell
Welcome
to the website of the Benefice of Stow, Condicote & The Swells in the beautiful Cotswolds, where we always look forward to welcoming worshippers and visitors.
The Annual Parochial Church Meeting for St Edward's Church will take place in church at noon on Sunday 18th May.
To read the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts please click here
Pew Cushion Appeal
This summer we are planning to install comfortable fitted cushions in the central (Nave) pews.
Good quality fitted cushions are expensive and we depend on donations to help us care for the beautiful building and for projects like this.
Click here for details of how to donate to our pew cushion appeal
New hardstanding at our North Door
Rt Revd Robert Springett (Bishop Robert) with Revd Karen Wellman after he recently commissioned and blessed the hard standing by the North Door.
Thanks were given to the sponsors of the project - The Friends of St Edward's Church, Stow Town Council, The Alexander Trust, Stow Civic Society and Mr Graham Golby. The new hardstanding is a great improvement over the previous surface, which easily became very muddy.
Our churches
St Nicholas, Condicote
St Mary's, Lower Swell
St Mary's, Upper Swell
St Edward's, Stow
Reverend Wellman and members of the Society at the Market Cross
Just some of the items on sale from the Closely Knit Group
Knitted gilet
Crocheted blanket
Closely Knit stall in St Edward's Church
Woolly hats
Child's cardigan
Various pairs of gloves
Octopus
Scarves of different sizes and colours
Child's woollen shawl
More woolly hats!
Child's patterned cardigan
St Edward's North Door
Ukrainian flag flying at Stow
St Edward's East Window
Upper Swell Church