No matter how little time you can spare, there is a role for you and your gifts today in our community. 

There is a whole range of groups and activities with which you can get involved in the Abbey, from bell-ringing, to taking part in house groups, from flower arranging to helping with the Parish magazine.

If you would like to put yourself forward, please contact us or speak to a member of the clergy or anybody wearing a name badge at a service you attend; they will be pleased to point you in the right direction.

Welcoming visitors

• Abbey guides – lead tours of the building
• Stewards – on hand to welcome visitors in person
• Book and gift stall – selling books and souvenirs to visitors

Spiritual and social groups

• Home groups – prayer, Bible study, discussion and fellowship
• Julian meetings – contemplative prayer groups
• Meditation group – based on the teachings of the World Community for Christian Meditation
• Womens’ group – meets fortnightly for talks and other events
• Romsey Abbey Mens Society (RAMS) – dinners, retreats and more
• Sewing and knitting group – making garments for various charities

Pastoral

• Marriage preparation – mature married couples help engaged couples to think about the commitments that they will shortly make
• Sunday Schools – activities for young people whilst the 10am Sung Eucharist is in progress
• Toddler Fellowship – meets every Wednesday morning during term-time
• Unchained – youth group

Local branches of national charities and organisations:

• Christian Aid
• Children’s Society
• Mother’s Union

Catering groups

• Parish lunch – held in the Church Rooms on the second Thursday of each month

Looking after the Abbey

• Flower arranging
• Bellringers
• Saintly sweepers – keeping the Abbey spick and span
• St. Swithun’s committee – helping to manage the Abbey’s daughter church
• Servers – taking part in processions and other ceremonial duties during services

Technical

• Video team – providing big-screen projections in the Abbey at major services
• Parish magazine – distributing our award-winning monthly magazine