St Mary the Virgin, Black Bourton
St Mary’s Church is nearly a thousand years old, set in a village of 102 houses. We have two services each month – on the second Sunday Holy Communion at 10.30am and on the fourth Sunday Evensong at 6pm.
As there is no village hall, the church is the main meeting place in the village, and in recent years successful Flower Festivals and Music Festivals have drawn good support from the village and beyond. We have now improved the facilities in the church, including better heating, a kitchen and an accessible toilet! The process of achieving this started with a village-wide consultation in 2021 and culminated in the completion of the project in 2024. The church now hosts a regular coffee morning and Garden Club and Film Club meetings.
From the end of 2022 we became part of the Benefice of Brize Norton with Carterton and Black Bourton, with the Team Ministry led by Rev Barry Hanson.
Supporting the Team Ministry in the parish is the Parochial Church Council (PCC) made up of the following officers:
- Secretary Simon Thomas
- Deanery synod representative Simon Thomas
- Treasurer Lawrence Clarke
- Church warden vacant
Lay representative:
- Richard Betteridge (Assistant treasurer, Safe-guarding officer and Electoral roll officer)
Standing committee:
- Rev Barry Hanson (rector@bncbb.org.uk)
- Simon Thomas
- Lawrence Clarke
For any safe-guarding issues, including reporting abuse, please contact our Safe-guarding Officer Richard Betteridge using the contact form.
For information about life events go to ‘Baptisms, weddings, funerals‘. If you would like to know more about any church matters please contact the rector using the contact form and including ‘Church’ in ‘Your Subject’ line.
For more information about our beautiful Grade 1 listed church do take a look at our church history.
St Mary’s is part of the Parish Giving Scheme (PGS) and if you are interested in giving to the upkeep and ministry of our church then do download PDF Gift Form & Information St Mary, Black Bourton or donate online at www.parishgiving.org.uk or by telephone on 0333 002 1271 using our PGS Parish Code: 270627238. Please read this letter on the subject.