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Children watch work getting under way at the Old Barns site in Stoke Gifford.

Wednesday 31st July 2013 SH (Editor)

Youngsters watch as bulldozers move in to start work on new church and community centre

Youngsters from a Stoke Gifford pre-school and nursery took their buckets and spades to watch work begin on a new church and community centre. The children, from St Michael’s Church Pre-school and Nursery, donned hard hats and hi-vis jackets and took their buckets and spades to see diggers at work on the site of the Old Barns in North Road,

Monday 17th June 2013 SH (Editor)

Open-air service to mark 150 years of serving the community

Hundreds of people will be taking part in a special service outside St Michael’s Church, Stoke Gifford at 11am on Sunday (23rd June) to celebrate more than 150 years of serving the community. The open-air service will take place on The Green (pictured above), mid-way between the church and the former Victorian school room which is now a church and

St Michael's Heart of the Community project - Church representatives.

Tuesday 19th February 2013 Nikki Hallur

‘Family Flicks’ for Heart of the Community

St Michael’s Church is continuing its successful ventures in fundraising for its Heart of the Community project, this time by showing a series of films under the title ‘Family Flicks’. The first in this series of films was ‘Madagascar 3’, which was shown this Saturday morning in cinematic fashion. The church only advertised internally for this first film as it

Proposed church and community centre on the Old Barns site, Stoke Gifford.

Monday 11th February 2013 SH (Editor)

St Michael’s Church bucks trend with £5.8 million building project

A village church which dates back to the 14th Century is launching a £5.8m project to build a new multi-purpose church and community centre in Stoke Gifford. The Heart of the Community project is raising funds to refurbish St Michael’s Church and the former village school – known as the Old School Rooms – at The Green, Stoke Gifford, and

Carols on the Green - organised by St Michael's Church, Stoke Gifford, Bristol.

Wednesday 12th December 2012 Nikki Hallur

Community comes together for ‘Carols on the Green’

The village green outside the Old School Rooms in Stoke Gifford was host to crowds of carol singers on Saturday evening (8th December. The event was organised by St Michael’s Church, with a band and celebratory hymns sung by St Michael’s School Choir and the church choir, joined by residents from the area. The area was decorated with lights, and

St Michael's minister Jimmy Rocks with the archbishop.

Monday 3rd December 2012 Nikki Hallur

A community church with international connections

St Michael’s Church in Stoke Gifford shows that it is extending connections both internationally and within its locality, with a youth trip to Uganda just completed, and an amenities extension project known as Heart of the Community well underway. The church’s trip to Uganda was a successful venture that included a group of ten young people between the ages of