Tower Stories have secured a grant to professionally record Windelstan: Anthem for Mere. A specialist recording company Classic Media will be coming on Sunday the 7th December to do this. We want as many of the original choir as possible to be involved in this and will be holding rehearsals during November and early December … Read more
The Phoenix Café Orchestra came into existence when the group’s leader, David Grierson, acquired a great stack of orchestrations of so-called light music dating from the 1920s and 1930s. These were pieces that would have been very familiar to his great uncle who was leader of a group known as the Star Melody Makersbased in Barnsley and … Read more
The Committee warmly invite you to join us at the AGM in St Michael’s Church on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 6pm. The AGM agenda is found here, along with the minutes of last year’s AGM and the Friends’ Strategy 2025 which we adopted in February. We are currently finalising the speaker(s) for the same evening and … Read more
The Tower Stories programme of events is now completed but here is a flavour of what has been happening in Mere thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Friends of St Michaels.
The Year Clock, written by Tim Laycock, is a captivating play about William Barnes, the Dorset poet and philologist (1801-1886). Known for his famous poem Linden Lea, Barnes explored language and the beauty of rural life. The play traces his life through the seasons, highlighting his work, family, and his commitment to Dorset dialect. Accompanied … Read more
For Christmas 2024 the artist Bruce Munro, has kindly donated his creation “Star of Bethlehem” to be exhibited in St Michael’s Church. This animation of radiating lines of light will be projected on to the nave floor, in front of the rood screen and grows to its fullest extent in 2 mins 20 sec, the … Read more
A traditional Service of Nine Lessons and Carols in St Michael’s Church, Mere, with singers from The Choir of University College, Oxford. Please join us for mulled wine and mince pies after the service.
As usual Father Christmas was stationed in the clock tower in the centre of the village. People came to the churchyard at 6.00 pm for the launch rockets and the turning on of the lights and then came into the Church to view the spectacular light installation by Bruce Munro (see Star of Bethlehem event … Read more
This is a regular friendly meeting for those who enjoy recycling pre-loved books and getting together. We normally gather about two times a year.
On Saturday 30th November, the church opened for viewing decorative bells made by Mere’s many community groups. During the day there was a demonstration of handbell ringing, there was a peal of the bells in the tower and the opportunity to have a go at chiming the bells. The theme of the 10.30am service on … Read more