Calne Partnership of Churches

Calne Partnership of Churches is an ecumenical organisation which supports links between the member churches. The member churches are Calne Baptist Church, the Church of England Parish of Calne and Blackland, Dayspring, Calne Methodist Church and St Edmund’s Catholic Church.

The Calne Partnership of Churches was formed in the 1980s, out of recognition and respect for the different traditions within the Christian Faith. A formal agreement was signed by representatives of the member churches at a Service of Ratification held on 25th January 1997 in which the member churches pledged themselves “to seeking that unity for which Christ prayed”.

The Calne Partnership of Churches is committed to praying and working for unity, acknowledging the value and diversity in ways of worshipping.

As an expression of Unity, the Partnership supports a number of local and national events including the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a Good Friday expression of witness, and the Calne Food Bank.

There are three to four representatives (including the Clergy) from each member church on the Calne Partnership of Churches committee. The representatives from Saint Edmund’s Parish are Father Vincent, the Parish Priest, Elizabeth Hitchens,  and Rosemary Addington.