West Monkton Church

We are open again

St Augustine's is open again after heating upgrades and prep for future re-ordering. Some areas in the church are currently restricted, please mind your step.

New and refurbish

Some of the older radiators are in poor condition and not working. These will be replaced and along with four cast iron radiators which will be refurbished before some being relocated within the church to accommodate the re-ordering.

The works will also include a system of heating pipes under the central pews to provide more localised heating to the congregation.

Don't wait for Open Tower Day... come on up

Campanology the scientific and musical study of bells

Bells have been heard ringing out from churches for hundreds of years calling parishioner's to worship, celebratory peals, a sombre tolling in time of mourning and a reminder that time is passing us by as those chimes sound the hour of the day.

West Monkton Church along with Cheddon Fitzpaine, Kingston St Mary are lucky enough to still have regular bells ringing for their services. Broomfield which makes up the four parishes for the South Quantock Benefice has occasional ringing via ringers from neighbouring towers.

Many towers stand silent due to a lack of experienced ringers and towers with a ringing team are always actively looking to recruit new ringers to train and learn the art of bell ringing.

If you would like to try bell ringing then come along to one of our weekly practice sessions to see what's involved and have a try for yourself with our friendly group of ringers and experienced teachers.

Click on the bells and we will put you in contact our Tower Captain - Pearl Jeanes for more information.

Fundraising Video

Why have we created this video?

The Parochial Church Council are invited to tell our meaningful story and mission in order to apply for grant funding for the re ordering project within St Augustine’s Church.

The Trustees of the charities we apply to suggest we cover areas such as : What we are doing , Why we are doing it , What we aspire to do differently , What are our aspirations , Who is benefitting from our missional outreach and how we will ensure the sustainability beyond charity funding.

The Joseph Rank Trust , amongst others we are applying to , as recommended by the Bath and Wells Diocese, recommends we place a short video on our website which explains our work, as a video can really add value to an application and highlight our objectives.

A small team from the PCC are carrying out this work of making grant applications and have produced our video which we can add to our applications and ensure our success .

Thank you for watching.

We can use your skills

We welcome everyone to help in whatever way they can with this massive fundraising effort.

No matter your talent, how big or small, there is a place for you amongst our passionate friendly volunteers.

We would love to hear from you.