St Mary's, Bentley
Holy Cross, Binsted
A thriving community of faith across three churches.
Prayer Week 2026
We had a wonderful time in May joining in with the Church of England’s Thy Kingdom Come initiative where churches and organisations across the country spend time in prayer in the week leading up to Pentecost. This year the theme was God With Us.
The prayer stations included crafts like making windmills to remind us that the Holy Spirit is always with us, and cutting out sandpaper footprints, reminding us of the wonderful Footprints in the Sand poem. There were activities to encourage stillness, to prompt prayer for others around the world, to have a cup of tea with Jesus, and more! There were things to touch, feel, craft, read, listen to and think about.
We invited Bentley and Binsted schools to visit the Prayer Room too. It was a joy to see the children engaging in the activities and learning more about how God can be with us each day. Some of the prayers and comments written by the children, and displayed throughout the week, were beautiful.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in creating the prayer stations and volunteering to support the children during their visits. We hope that everyone who came along to the Prayer Room found it inspiring and encouraging, and came away with a renewed sense of what it means for God to be with us and with new ideas of how to talk to God.
All of our services are family friendly, with books and toys for our children to play with if they want to. The services indicated with a flower have more formal children's provision, either a children's corner with activities or dedicated children's church sessions. You can be sure of a warm welcome at BenBinFro, no matter your age! And we don't mind noise either, bring the whole family, because we are one big church family after all.
Four:twelve, our youth group for year 4-6.
Fridays at Bentley Church Hall
5-6:30pm
Our next dates are:
Friday 5th June
Friday 19th June
Upagear, our youth group for year 7+.
Thursdays at Bentley Church Hall
6-7:30pm
Our next dates are:
Thursday 11th June
Friday 19th June - Big Sleep Out
Benefice Messy Church
Sunday 21st June
St Mary's Church, Froyle, GU34 4LB
9:30am - during the morning worship service
This month it's Father's Day!
Come along in the morning for a time of crafts, games, songs and stories for the whole family - celebrating the awesome men in our lives. Stay for brunch afterwards - it's free!
If you would like to get involved in helping with Messy Church, please email: admin@benbinfro.org
See you at our Praise services in Bentley and Kingsley!
These are slightly different from each other, but full of praise, worship and prayer nonetheless.
At Bentley you can expected extended times of sung worship, excellent Bible and discipleship teaching and lots of time to pray or receive prayer.
At Kingsley we'll be focussed on contemporary worship and prayer for the village - a new venture for Kingsley that we're really excited about.
Let's see where God leads us!
Benefice prayers have changed day - we're now meeting on the second TUESDAY of the month.
Tuesday prayer for the nation continues on the rest of the Tuesdays in the month at 9:30am at Binsted church.
Join us to pray.
Safeguarding:
At Bentley, Binsted and Froyle, we take safeguarding very seriously and the PCCs have adopted the House of Bishop's parish safeguarding handbook, Promoting a Safer Church, which you can see on the Our Policies tab. Further safeguarding documents can be found on the Winchester Diocese website. Safeguarding children, young people and adults experiencing, or at risk of abuse or neglect is the responsibility of us all whether they are in the communities in which we live or part of our Christian family.
If you have a concern regarding a child, young person or adult who may be at risk of harm, or you would like more information regarding DBS checks, please speak to our Benefice Safeguarding Administrator, Gemma Ball 01420 23339 or email safeguarding@benbinfro.co.uk. Or, please contact your respective Parish Safeguarding Officer for your church:
Bentley - Jill Kiely, safeguardingbentley@benbinfro.co.uk, 07976 904235
Binsted - Susan Bourne, safeguardingbinsted@benbinfro.co.uk, 07957 160356
Froyle - Simon Marshall, safeguardingfroyle@benbinfro.co.uk
Winchester Diocese Emergency Contact:
Jackie Rowlands - Safeguarding Manager
01962 737317 or safeguarding@winchester.anglican.org - To Raise a Concern
0300 555 1373 - Out of Hours
999 - Immediate Risk
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