by ·Comments Off on Ride and Stride 2025

Once again, we are opening St John the Baptist for the Bucks Historic Churches, Ride and Stride on Saturday 13th September 2025.
St John the Baptist will be open 10:00 – 18:00 with refreshments avaliable.

About Ride and Stride

Participants may be cyclists, walkers, horse-riders or drivers of mobility scooters. They can be of any age, but under-13s must be accompanied by an adult. All denominations are welcome.

Visit as many churches as you like, planning your own route. Seek sponsorship from friends, relations and colleagues, so much per church visited or a lump sum. More detail at: https://ridestride.org/

Ride + Stride is an event like no other why not take part this year and find out for yourself what extraordinary things lie behind the churchyard gates of Buckinghamshire’s many churches and chapels.

Ride + Stride is open to walkers as well as horse-riders and cyclists – in fact to anyone using a non-mechanical form of transport. It always takes place on the second Saturday of September between 10.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m., and the object is to raise money for the repair and restoration of churches and chapels of any Christian denomination in Buckinghamshire. Half the money raised goes to the church or chapel of the participant’s choice, and the other half is added to a general fund which is administered by the Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust. If you do not wish to nominate a church, you can instead donate 100% of the money raise direct to the Historic Churches Trust.

Churches are encouraged to make applications to BHCT for grants to help with church repairs and restoration.

  • Sponsorship Form
  • Posters
  • Helping
  • Participating Churches
  • Countdown

Posters

Help as a Welcomer

If you would like to help out on the day as a welcomer or serving refreshments, please contact either Raymond or Stephan. All help is greatly appreciated, even if you can only spare 30 minutes.

Stephan@stonedintonhartwell.com
Raymond.Medhurst@stonedintonhartwell.com

Open Churches

A list of participating churches can be found here: https://bucks-historic-churches.org/ride-stride/#participating-churches

You are encoraged to make your own routes using the linked list above, visiting the churches you would like to see and setting your own time constarints upon the event.
However, there are preplanned routes avaliable below with the estimated time it would take to complete.

https://bucks-historic-churches.org/ride-stride/#routes

by ·Comments Off on 70K in May 2025

I’m taking on 70K in May to help communities fight the climate crisis. This means I’ll be covering 70 kilometres by completing 15 Couch to 5k sessions running in the villages of Stone, Dinton and Cuddington.

Millions of people who have to walk long distances for clean water or to sell their produce. 

In Guatemala, farmers like Aurelia are battling extreme weather, but with Christian Aid’s support, they’re learning skills to protect their farms and provide for their families. 

Your support can help fund this vital training. Just £20 could buy two pounds of climate-resilient seeds, diversifying a family’s crop and increasing their resilience against the effects of the climate crisis.

For more info, please follow the link below:

Rev Canon Phil Groves

https://fundraise.christianaid.org.uk/challenge-2025/canon-phil-15-5ks-may

by ·Comments Off on Heating at Dinton

Unfortunately, our heating at St Peter and St Paul, Dinton has broken this week.

Please bear with us whist we address this issue.

In the meantime, please wrap up warm when attending any services at SPP.

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The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of Stone, Dinton and Hartwell is seeking an enthusiastic individual to fill the role of Honorary Treasurer:

Do you have some time to give to take up a voluntary position in your community?  The parish of Stone, Dinton and Hartwell is seeking someone to be our Parochial Church Council treasurer.  You will work as part of a team with our book-keeper and  members of our finance group.   A more detailed role description can be found below.  Please feel free also to discuss the role informally with Richard Smith on 07584 246268 or Revd Phil Groves on 07875 438244”.   

To find out more about the role, you are welcome to speak to the Associate Rector, Revd Canon Dr Phil Groves (07875 438244), or the chair of the PCC Finance and Compliance group, Richard Smith (07584 246268)

Vicar@stonedintonhartwell.com
richard.smith@stonedintonhartwell.com

Treasurer PS and JDDownload

by ·Comments Off on SJB North Path Entrance

Unfortunelty, The North Steps entrance is temporarily closed due to subsidence under the steps. Please enter St John the Baptist, Stone via the Bishopstone Road or Church Way entrances.

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Here at St John the Baptist, Stone,
We have always welcomed dog walkers to enjoy our beautiful churchyard.

However, Recently there have been several incidents where our grounds have been damaged by dogs that have been left to freely roam and a lot of dog mess has been left behind which our gardening volunteers have had to deal with.

In light of this, we have had to make the decision to designate our churchyard as a dog on leads only area. We did not want to make this decision as we would love to keep the churchyard as a safe place for dogs to play, but the actions of a few have caused this to be necessary. We hope to be able to reverse this decision if things improve.

by ·Comments Off on Saturday Cafe in the Park

As well as our weekly Tuesday Cafe in the Park, we hold a Saturday Cafe in the Park on the first Saturday of the month, between 10:00 and 12:00
Location Details: Jubilee Pavilion, Stone Recreation Ground