A few of our congregation recently took part in Ride and Stride. An annual charity event in support of the Hampshire and the Islands Historic Churches trust (www.hihct.org.uk), it encourages participants to travel to churches and chapels across the region.
As part of being open for this, St Mark’s also hosted Churches and Chapels on the Air (www.wacral.org/chota-2019/) – with an amateur radio setup broadcasting through the day from the churchyard!
St Thomas Church, Lymington Churches and Chapels on the Air, the radio tent Churches and Chapels on the Air, getting in contact Churches and Chapels on the Air – can you spell your name in morse code? Churches and Chapels on the Air – £40 and a soldering iron and you can build your own radio equipment that can reach the coasts of France and Germany! Churches and Chapels on the Air, finding the frequency Churches and Chapels on the Air – St Mark’s new radio mast! Churches and Chapels on the Air, getting in contact All Saints, Miford All Saints, Miford St Mary’s, Everton St Mary’s, Everton All Saints, Hordle All Saints, Hordle St Mary Magdalene, Old Milton St Mark’s, Highcliffe St Mark’s, Highcliffe St Mary the Virgin, Bransgore St Mary the Virgin, Bransgore All Saints Church, Thorney Hill All Saints Church, Thorney Hill All Saints Church, Thorney Hill All Saints Church, Thorney Hill St John’s, Burley St John’s, Burley Saint Marys, Ellingham Saint Marys, Ellingham Saint Marys, Ellingham All Saints, Harbridge All Saints, Harbridge All Saints, Harbridge – selotaped to a shelf behind the pulpit: a reminder for preachers? St Mary’s Fordingbridge St Mary’s Fordingbridge St Mary’s Fordingbridge St Michael’s, Emery Down – and the motorbike that took Paul from church to church for the day St Michael’s, Emery Down St Michael’s and All Angels, Lyndhurst St Michael’s and All Angels, Lyndhurst St Michael’s and All Angels, Lyndhurst Christ Church, Colbury, Ashurst Abbey Church, Beaulieu St Saviours, Brockenhurst St Nicholas, Brockenhurst St Nicholas, Brockenhurst St Luke’s, Sway St Luke’s, Sway St John the Baptist, Boldre St John the Baptist, Boldre