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Pear Tree Church, Bitterne and
St Mark's Church, Woolston
in Southampton
Pear Tree and St Mark's Church Services 2025
Sunday 27th April
10am Parish Worship Service at St Mark's Church
Sunday 4th May
10am Parish Communion at Pear Tree Church
Sunday 11th May
10am Parish Communion at St Mark's Church
Sunday 18th May
10am Parish Communion at Pear Tree Church
Followed by Annual Meeting in the Church Hall at 11.30am
Sunday 25th May
10am Parish Communion at St Mark's Church
Prayer For Today
Pear Tree Church Events
Wednesday 4th June - Jane Austen - Pear Tree Church Open Day (2pm-4pm)
Saturday 12th July - Summer Fete on Pear Tree Green
Saturday 15th November - Christmas Bazaar in the Church Hall
4th June, Jane @ Peartree 2pm – 4pm Peartree Church Open Day.
Visit the Austen family memorial, and the exhibition on the history of the church, used by the Austen family. Jane Austen was god-mother to her cousin’s eldest daughter, Elizabeth Matilda Butler Harrison. You can also sit on the writer’s bench commissioned to commemorate Austen’s link with the Church, and enjoy an afternoon talk on Jane @ Peartree. Refreshments will also be available at the Church.
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St Mary-Over-The-Water: The Story of the Jesus Chapel
by Dr Cheryl Butler
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In September 1620 the Jesus Chapel was the first Church since the Reformation to be consecrated
using a new Anglican service specially written by Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester.
This book tells the history of the Chapel and its Parish over the last 400 years.
To Purchase the Book
