(See the latest details of services here: Church Services Diary)
Church of England
St Mary’s and the gates donated by Sheila Gregoriadis
Parish Church: St Mary the Virgin. Diocese of Peterborough.
Church Warden: Maureen Fox is the main point of contact for parishioners. Tel: 264465
Vicar: Rev. Paul Trathen at the Rectory, Byfield, Tel: 260204 email: paul.trathen@btopenworld.com
Information about the church, regular services and events can be found here on the Church of England’s benefice website for Woodford Halse and you can follw the Benefice on Facebook and Twitter.
The school website is: Woodford Halse School
Further information about the Anglican community and current issues can be found on the diocesan website: www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/
Methodist Church
Minister: Rev. David Alderman tel 01295 709717
Hinton Methodist Church
Information about services and regular coffee meetings held in Hinton Methodist Church can be found on the local Methodist website:
Catholic Church
Woodford Halse is part of the Catholic Parish of Our Lady and the Sacred Heart, Aston-le-Walls. Sunday Mass is celebrated at 10.45am in Aston. The parish website is sacredheart.chessck.co.uk and here you will find the parish newsletter with details of current parish activities.
The Parish Priest is Fr. John Conroy and he can be contacted at:-
Sacred Heart and Our Lady Catholic Parish
The Presbytery
Main Street
Aston le Walls
Northants. NN11 6UF
Telephone: 01295 660592
email: parish.sacredheartalw@northamptondiocese.org
Some Catholic children from the village attend St Mary’s VA Primary school in Aston and transport is available from Woodford.
The school website is: www.stmarysrc-astonlewalls.co.uk
Daventry also has a Catholic Church, St Augustine’s, and there are two weekend Masses : 5pm on Saturday evening and 10.30am on Sunday morning. The parish website is : Saint Augustines Daventry
Moravian Church
Minister: Cliff Winfield, Tel: 0116 2221146
More information available on Moravian website: www.moravians.org.uk
Buddhist
Nagarjuna Buddhist Centre
Community Relations Officer: Pet Finden, Tel: 01604 743 976
Email: info@meditateinnorthants.com
Website: Nagara Kadampa Meditation Centre
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal, Tel: 01604 637900 or C Mistry, Tel: 01604 404869
Email:info@ihwo.org.uk
Website: www.ihwo.org.uk
Jewish
Northampton Hebrew Congregation
Contact: Michael Necus, Tel: 07811420514
Email: chairman@northantshc.org
Website: www.northantshc.org
Muslim
There are a number of mosques in Northampton and Banbury. Key contacts for the Muslim community are listed below.
Northampton Islamic Centre
Chair: Aziz Rahman, Tel: 07737545236
Email: niagroup@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.northamptonislamiccentre.com
Daventry Muslim Association
Website: www.daventrymasjid.org.uk/
Email: daventrymasjid@gmail.com
Nigerian Muslim Community
Chair: Abdul Rasaq Ashiru, Tel: 07957987321
Banbury Mosque
Email: info@banburymasjid.org.uk
Web site: Banbury Masjid
Quaker
Banbury and Evesham Quakers
Website: banburyeveshamquakers.org.uk
Sikh
Sikh Temple / Gurdwara
Contact: Amarjit Singh Atwal, Tel: 01604 634641
Email: northamptonsikhs@gmail.com
Website: www.northamptonsikhs.org
Ramgharia Gurdwara
Asst. Sec: Surinder Singh Kaundal, Tel: 07785272330
The contacts listed above are given as a first point of contact; they may refer you to others. If your faith group is not listed, or if you have further information/ amendments for the listed groups, please contact us by email to: info@woodfordcummembris-pc.gov.uk