We are delighted to hear that Revd Charlie Styles has been appointed as the new Priest-in-Charge of the Northleach Benefice, of which the Parish of Turkdean forms part, succeeding Revd Dr Alycia Timmis. Charlie and his wife, Sophie and their three children will be moving into the Vicarage in Northleach over the summer and starting work in the Benefice in September.
Having studied Theology at Durham, Charlie was ordained in 2009 and served in Berkshire as a Curate at St George’s, Britwell and then at the Stoke Poges Churches, before he was appointed Rector of the four Leicestershire churches of the Wycliffe Fellowship in 2013. Having served as Rector for 9 years, Charlie was appointed Chief Executive of The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA) in 2022 where he has worked to restructure this organisation’s academic and leadership courses aimed at evangelistic ministry.
You might be interested in seeing (and, indeed, hearing) Charlie interviewing Dr Darrell Bock and discussing how to talk about faith in our sadly polarised world as part of an OCCA interview series. Or reading more about Charlie’s bio here.
20th April, 2025 Easter Gravel Arrivals at All Saints Church, Turkdean Revd Canon John Ovenden greets the arriving congregants at Turkdean on Easter Morning in blazing sunshine, with the “new” old bells…
All Saints Church installs new infra-red heaters in the Nave
17th November, 2024 We launched our appeal for £20,000 to finance the installation of two new, efficient infra-red heating chandeliers in the Nave in June and were delighted and astonished to have raised £15,000 of this by the end of August. This rapid response enabled us to go ahead and order the manufacture of the chandeliers which were delivered and installed at the end of October 2024.
The chandeliers were used for the first time for our Remembrance Sunday Matins service on 10th November and were then formally welcomed at a celebratory Choral Evensong on Sunday 17th November led by the ever-ebullient Revd Nick Scott (pictured above.) With £16,800 of our target now safely in the bank we hope to complete the fund-raising post hoc over the next few months.
Since the removal of the rood screen and the re-joining of the Chancel and the Nave, more of our congregation sit in the Nave and these infra-red heaters now heat the congregation without having to heat the whole volume of the Nave space, thus saving electricity costs and helping in some small way to fulfill the church’s “net zero” commitment.
“Glory to thee, my God, this night” Choral Evensong – All Saints Church, Turkdean 17th November 2024.The Gloucestershire Historic Churches Trust visited All Saints Church Turkdean in April 2024 to hear the bells recently repaired with their very generous assistance.
25th May, 2025 A sensational service of Choral Evensong was led by the Revd Gary Grady (at left in choir picture) with beautiful renditions of Thomas Tertius Noble’s Canticles, a Gibbons hymn and a fine Wesley anthem.
The congregation enjoyed champagne and canapés served in the Nave after the service on this truly beautiful early Summer evening and lingered to discuss the possible installation of a third infra-red heating and lighting chandelier in the Chancel later this year. This wonderful service generated just over £1,000 – a splendid Sunday evening!
8th March, 2025 We were sad to hear that Giles Daniels, a former Warden of this Parish, farmer and cricketer, died suddenly in Turkdean on Saturday 8th March. We will be thinking about Giles and his children, grandchildren and many farming friends throughout Gloucestershire and beyond. A memorial service will be held at All Saints Church on 30th April.
9th December, 2024 Sadly, long-term parishioner, author and countryman James Fleming was buried at All Saints Church on Monday 9th December..
17th November, 2024 Following our celebratory Choral Evensong on Sunday 17th November, which welcomed our new infra-red chandeliers, our Heating Appeal now stands at £16,800 of the £20,000 total needed. £3,200 to go!
July, 2024 Fame at last with an article dedicated to All Saints in the latest (July) edition of international bestseller the Northleach Benefice Magazine, available at all good newsagents for the princely sum of £1.50
23rd June, 2024 Floral Choral Evensong 6:30pm
26th April, 2024 We have now been joined, photographically at least, by HM The King, a picture of whom has now been hung on the South Aisle wall.
We are delighted to have been a Gigaclear Community Hub since 2022. This enables our free wifi availability, contactless payment operation and even the ringing of our medieval bells!
20th December, 2024 We celebrated a beautiful candlelit carol service and enjoyed mulled wine and mince pies in the newly toasty Nave afterwards to kick off our Christmas celebrations.
The newly hung infra-red heating and lighting chandeliers came in to their own for this very well-attended service to which we were delighted to welcome guests from as far afield as Birmingham and Wales!
30th June, 2023 Turkdean’s four repaired and restored bells returned from the bellhangers, Whites of Appleton, and were briefly displayed in the Nave. The bells have now been re-hung on the newly strengthened bell-frame
An Eventide Communion Service featuring Willliam Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices was held on 19th November 2023 in the 400th anniversary year of the composer’s death at which the bells were blessed (and rung!)
September, 2023 A new headstone has now been erected for Joan Radband (ob 2017), who was for many years a redoubtable hand deliverer of our Parish and Benefice magazine,
11th February, 2024 – Quinquagesima Choir anthem “Christus factus est” by Felice Anerio (1560-1614)
19th November, 2023 An extraordinary choral end to our fund-raising for the restoration of Turkdean’s bells with Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices sung by the Cantores Chamber Choir
