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Here is the quietness for the healing of our spirits
Here is the contemplation for the nurturing of our minds
Here is fellowship for the warming of our souls and of the world around us
Here we may take positive steps together which manifest love, compassion and generosity in everything.

Saturday Morning Café at the Chapel

Saturday Morning Café at the Chapel. 10 – 12. The Saturday Chapel Café is a friendly gathering that welcomes everyone who pops in for a chat, cup of tea or coffee and a delicious piece of cake (or scone.)  It needs volunteers to join in the fun and run the café so if you occasionally have time to help … Read more

Heartspace

                          Heartspace            Heartspace in May will be on             Tuesday 2 May Theme for the May meeting: Creating our Personal Credo This session will help us clarify and share our beliefs Do join … Read more

Good Friday with Taize Singers

MUSIC SILENCE POETRY PRAYER On Good Friday, the Taize Singers led by Christine Baines, brought a series of beautiful, moving chants to the 6 o’clock service, which the Reverend John Harley led in the Chapel. The opening chant “Within our darkest Hour” took us to the grief and loss that Easter represents and the closing … Read more

Builders building up the Chapel

Bridport’s Chapel in the Garden, has discovered a great fount of generosity in local builders, plumbers, heating engineers and suppliers. The 350-anniversary appeal has already borne fruit in an extremely practical and useful form. Firstly, the disaster of the floor in the kitchen had become increasingly unstable, to the extent that it was no longer … Read more

Keep Off the Grass

The gardening circle have been busy and laid new turf at the Chapel in the Garden. It makes the entrance to the Chapel look lovely, hopefully will be ready to be walked on soon and the benches can be reinstated. Roger and Caroline Lake were captured inspecting the grass, and checking up on the small … Read more

Service for Ukrainians

Ukrainian Inna lights a candle for peace.

Reverend John Harley led a service for Ukraine at the Chapel in the Garden on Friday 24 February, the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022.  The service was to welcome the Ukrainian community to the Chapel for a service of silence and prayers, music and poetry.  The Chapel was filled with … Read more

Service for Ukraine

On Friday 24th February at 6:00pm there will be a short special service for Ukraine at the Chapel in the Garden. The service, to be led by Reverend John Harley, will reflect upon the invasion of Ukraine by the Russians a year ago. There will an opportunity to light candles of love for Ukraine and … Read more

Concert at the Chapel

Concert: Chapel in the Garden, Saturday 25 February at 7.00pm If you love music, Mitch and his friends are just the thing to chase away the winter blues. On Saturday. the 25th of February at the Chapel in the Garden Mitch Hiller will sing and play songs and recount stories from a life in music. … Read more

Monthly Spiritual Meetings

Rev John Harley would like to set up a monthly spirituality group at the chapel. We will probably meet one weekday evening a month – possibly the first Tuesday or the first Wednesday of the month from around 7-9pm – this would be decided in our first meeting.. The sessions would provide time for spiritual … Read more