Welcome to St Luke's

St. Luke’s stands at the heart of the village, seeking to grow in Love and to celebrate Good News in the whole community.

Midweek activities. There are over 50 to choose from including Home groups, bell ringing, cycling, and support for carers.

Sunday services value both traditional and contemporary styles- though not at the same time!

Children and young people are most welcome at the 10.30am services, where there are age appropriate activities for them. In addition there is a Sunday evening youth service once a month.

For more information, please do contact us, or visit the church office (01428 606703).

Open letter from Moray

St. Luke’s Churchyard is running out of burial space. What should we do about it? Though the Church Council of St. Luke’s has the formal right to make decisions about the churchyard, this is an issue that affects the whole village, and other parties, so it would seem right for the village to have its say. You can comment on either the Grayshott.com forum or on the St. Luke’s website.

There seem to be these options:

Close the churchyard to all new plots once the existing ones are taken- not far away.
Allow the new- but yet to be opened- natural burial site on Headley Road to become the normal burial place. However this is far from the centre of the village, and many people comment to me how nice it is to be able to walk past loved ones graves frequently. Further, I understand that there will be no memorial stones in this graveyard.

Apply for permission to start to re-use grave spaces. With the churchyard only 110 years old, this would seem to be inappropriate in a village setting. In local authority cemeteries, grave space is purchased “in perpetuity” which is now defined as 100 years.

Create more space in the churchyard by felling the grove of chestnut trees which has grown up on the land used for grave spoil. This was attempted some years ago, but a Tree Preservation Order was placed on the trees, and the current Tree Preservation Officer would oppose the removal of the order. However the decision belongs to East Hants District Council and could be overturned.

Purchase additional land. It is not out of the question for such land to be found near the centre of the village, but at present none is available.

St. Luke’s would really like to hear what everyone in the village thinks, and many thanks to those of you who have so kindly already written. Your views matter. Please contact me if you would like to discuss this in more detail. Tel 01428 606703 or vicar@stlukes-grayshott.org

Thank you.