(See the latest details of services here: Church 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. Stevie Cross at the Rectory, Byfield, Tel: 260204 email: crossstevie@hotmail.com
Assistant Priest: Rev. Geoff Moore, Tel: 264927
Information about the church, regular services and events can be found here on the Church of England’s benefice website for Woodford Halse.
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. Steve Swann tel 01295 709717 & Rev Lin Francis 01295 262602
or Mrs Hazel Stagg, Circuit Pastoral Co-ordinator, Tel: 01295 660294
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 www.sacredheart.btck.co.uk/ and here you will find the parish newsletter with details of current parish activities.
The Parish Priest is Fr James Evans 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
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 : www.catholicchurchdaventry.org.uk
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 686778
Email: cr@meditation-nagarjuna.org
Website: www.meditation-nagarjuna.org
Hindu
Indian Hindu Welfare Organisation
Contact: Neelam Aggarwal, Tel: 01604 637900 or C Mistry, Tel: 01604 404869
Email: ihwonorthampton@yahoo.co.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@woodford-halse-villagesignpost.co.uk