About The Cam Vale Benefice
The Benefice of Cam Vale is six Church of England (Anglican) parish churches working and worshipping together. We take our name from the River Cam which runs through our area, situated six miles to the north of Yeovil and Sherborne. We are part of the Bruton and Cary Deanery in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Each of our churches are open daily throughout the year for people to visit, reflect, and pray. Written prayers and prayer requests can be left in prayer boxes in each church and these will be confidentially offered by our ministers the following Sunday. The Benefice ‘Prayer Chain’ is a committed group of people who receive requests for prayer and pray on a regular basis for those in need.
In our worship programme we are currently experimenting with a new pattern of services, partly to help with holidays but also to have the opportunity to worship in a slightly different way. As we have for many years, we continue to hold a ‘Together at Ten’ benefice service on the fourth Sunday of the month, where we encourage everyone to meet together at one of the churches in the benefice.
On the remaining Sundays there are four services across the benefice, offering a range of styles of worship, from traditional BCP to the more modern Common Worship, as well as an ecumenical service with the Methodist church and all-age and informal services. Each Sunday there is at least one communion service in the benefice. Our hope is that everyone will feel free to choose the type of service they prefer and move around the churches, meeting and making new friends, and enjoying the different atmospheres.
In addition to our Sunday worship we have a monthly healing service “Sacred Space”, usually led by one of our Readers.
If you are considering getting married in one of our churches, or having a baptism (‘Christening’) then we will welcome your enquiry and do all we can to accommodate your requirements. Please see our Weddings and Baptism pages for further information.
We perform funeral services with sensitivity, personalised to the family’s wishes. Increasingly people are pre-planning funerals and should you wish to discuss your funeral service plans with us we can offer you the benefits of our experience in caring and thoughtful preparation for this major life event. Please see our Funeral Enquiries page for further information.
Our six churches are each ancient, and have their own churchyards, so have great appeal for people interested in history and architecture and others researching family history. We will willingly try to answer your enquiries, or connect you with those who can provide the detailed information you may be seeking. Please see our Churchyard Enquiries page for further information.
Lastly, but importantly, we especially welcome those interested in finding out more about the Christian faith. We run courses and other events throughout the year tailored for those interested in developing their Christian faith.
Contact us for further information about any aspect of our church life. We welcome your interest.