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Active and vibrant local church and community centre with rooms for hire. Open doors & open hearts

11/06/2026

Hello, hello St. Denys! Your St. Denys church team is busy getting ready for this year's 🌞 Summer Fete 🌞! It's happening Saturday 27th June from 11am - 1pm! Mark this day on your calendar and join us for good food and great fun 😁

07/06/2026

Stag beetle, buff tailed bumble bee; ruby tailed wasp, and millipede: just some of the creatures we found today in the church grounds while doing the 'Count On Nature' Well done bug hunters

05/06/2026

It’s been a tough week.

The events of Tuesday evening were unsettling, horrible, and at times, scary for us in the community: Trying to get home safely amidst noise, smoke and chanting; feeling scared & unsettled in our own homes; hearing the drone of the helicopter as we try to sleep; needing to explain to the kids why there are bricks and broken glass strewn across the pavement; seeing our streets portrayed on national news as places of aggression and anger.

It’s not okay.

Amidst all of that, there has also been goodness, kindness, compassion, restraint and resilience in our community this week: the student who began clearing up the broken glass at 7am in the morning; parents drawing words and insights from the depth of their being to try to make sense of what was happening to their kids; the staff of St Denys school welcoming all with a reassuring smile; residents out with brooms and bags to clear the debris; the tone of restraint and sadness on St Denys Rocks on Tuesday evening that aimed to keep things calm and not stir things up; the generous offerings of practical help to aid the restoration of walls and fences; the ongoing sadness at the loss and tragedy at the heart of all this.

A journalist asked me if this had brought the community together. I said ‘no, because we are already together.’ The two phrases I repeated on Wednesday morning to various media outlets was ‘This is not who we are.’ And ‘we need to remove hatred from the streets.’

I don’t have solutions or answers to the multiple layers of issues that underly Tuesday evenings event. It feels that anger, shock & disillusionment, amongst other things, have been harnessed by hatred. We have felt the result of that close to home this week. It’s not okay.

But I am choosing to believe that there is a different way. That there can be enough wisdom, listening, courage, strength, compassion and creativity in people and in communities to walk a different route. I am choosing to believe that something else instead of hatred can hold the sense of anger, shock and disillusionment, and find a way forwards. And the word I am choosing for that is Love: Down-to-earth & practical, wise and thoughtful, brave and courageous, collaborative and far-reaching Love. And that is the path I choose to walk today.

It’s been a tough week, but I’ve been reminded that St Denys rocks!

26/05/2026

A Big Shout Out to the Revd Sera Rumble who we ‘collated’ this morning (Tues) as Vicar of St Deny’s Church, Southampton.

Lovely that some of the congregation were able to join us.
It wasn’t a bigger affair because Sera has already been priest -in-charge for a while and everyone already thinks of her as their Vicar but we needed to sort out the legalities and it was a joy to be involved in that.

Sera first joined the church 20 years ago and since then has been Churchwarden, Ordinand, Curate, Priest-in-Charge and now Vicar. That spells COMMITTED!

Sera, you are very much loved and you have served God well in this church and community.
Today we celebrate you, the One you serve and the wonderful congregation of St Deny’s 🙌

23/05/2026

We are delighted to host these wonderful works of art, do stop by and enjoy 😊.

09/05/2026

At a loose end this evening? Pop down to St denys Church and Centre Dundee Road and let us entertain you with music from across many different genres. There will be toe tapping tunes, stunning solos, and mesmerising music. Our principal flautist will wow you with her rendition of ‘come fly with me’. Our flugel player will inspire you with his beautiful playing of ‘share my yoke’. Our percussion team will wow you with their amazing antics in ‘American in Paris’. Don’t miss it! Tickets £10 Available on the door and children go FREE! Yes FREE! See you there!

29/04/2026

A date for your diary - the amazing Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary band are playing at St Denys church. For tickets, buy at the door or online here: https://www.hampshirepoliceband.co.uk/shop .

14/04/2026

Hello, hello and good morning St. Denys! Today on site our lovely green post box was missing.... If you locate lost post box around, it could be ours, please do let us know 😊 We do enjoy to be able to receive our letters and correspondence! Thank you 😁

07/04/2026

If you like board games, then join us on Thursday evening for Rolling in the Aisles. It will be in the church centre (the upstairs Ark room). Tea, coffee, cake, and biscuits provided along with a selection of games or bring your own games (play time max about 45min).

03/04/2026

If you'd value some peaceful space & inspiration for reflection & prayer this Good Friday, drop in to the church between 5 & 7pm today.

There'll be pictures & words to help you reflect & pray.

Everyone welcome.

Address

St Denys Church & Centre Dundee Road
Southampton
SO172ND

Website

http://www.stdenys.church/

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