31/05/2026
Welcome to our Parish Pilgrimage.
Meeting at 8.30am at Holy Trinity,Stroud...Today we will journey together through seven of the nine churches that make up the Stroud Team Ministry. As we walk, we will pray, worship, share food, enjoy fellowship, and visit communities that are each unique in character and calling, yet united in their witness to Jesus Christ.
The Stroud Team Ministry spans six parishes, nine churches, villages, housing estates, suburbs, and the town centre itself. Every church we visit today has its own story, its own gifts, and its own ministry. Yet together they form one church family, seeking to serve the people of this area in the name of Christ.
You may notice that at each stop our prayers focus less on the past and more on the present and future. While we give thanks for the generations who have worshipped before us, we are not here simply to admire historic buildings. These churches are living communities of faith. They are places where people gather to worship, where children are baptised, where the grieving are comforted, where friendships are formed, where communities are served, and where God's mission continues today.
As pilgrims, we walk not simply to visit churches, but to pray for the people who worship in them, the communities they serve, and the work God is already doing in each place. May this day deepen our sense of belonging to one another and renew our commitment to joining in with God's work across the Stroud Team Ministry.
"Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain." (Psalm 127:1)
