A Prayer For St Agnes

Eternal God, shepherd of your sheep, whose child Agnes was strengthened to bear witness in her living and her dying to the true love of her redeemer, grant us the power to understand with your saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth and to know the love that surpasses knowledge, even Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the holy spirit, one God, now and forever.

A Brief History
This much loved church is dedicated to St Agnes of Rome who, as a young girl was murdered by the Romans for refusing to deny her Christian faith.
The church was built in 1908 and funded by public subscription, to enable the residents and visitors to Freshwater Bay to worship in a dignified building. It was built on land donated by Hallam, Lord Tennyson and is built of stone rubble from a demolished farmhouse (the south transept has a quoin dated 1694).
It is the only thatched church on the Isle of Wight and was dedicated by the Bishop of Winchester on 12th August 1908.
If you’d like to know more about St Agnes Church then look out for Roy Burton’s ‘A Brief History’ when you visit the Church.