Sunday 17th February 2019
Sermon Series – Holy Communion 2
A PRAYER FOR EVERYDAY
O God, who meets us,
who finds us at our places of work,
in our homes and communities;
Holy God, who disturbs us and turns the ordinary into the extraordinary;
Living God, who calls us to find you and hear your voice in the ordinariness of our daily living, help us, move in the power of your Spirit,
to make places of our work into places
of your glory. Amen The Methodist Church
Today
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
11.45am Christening Service for Eleanor Mulqueen and Alicia Smith
4.00pm Church at 4
Diary – Week Commencing 17th February
Monday 18th February
Parish Office is closed today
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
10.00am Bible Study Group – 11 St John Road
Tuesday 19th February
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
12.30pm Ladies who Lunch – Fabio’s Bath Road
7.30pm Pray & Bless Wroughton & Wichelstowe –
Church Hall
Wednesday 20th February
Parish Office is closed today
8.30am Morning Prayer – Parish Office
Thursday 21st February
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
7.30pm Choir Practice
Filling Station – Paul & Hazel
Friday 22nd February
8.45am Morning Prayer – Prospect Hospice
7.00pm Bellringers Practice
7.00pm 115 Club (1st & 3rd Friday of the Month)
Saturday 23rd February
10.00am Healing on the Streets – Ellendune Centre
Dates for your diary 2019
Women’s World Day of Prayer service
DATE CHANGE Friday 8th March at St Joseph’s church at 11am. Followed by Lent lunch.
Pancake Party – Saturday 2nd March
Races will start 11.30am at Willow Gardens then onto the Church Hall for yummy pancakes!
Holiday Club 2019
This years Holiday Club will be Monday12th
to Friday 16th August 2019
Sunday 24th February 2019
Sermon Series – Holy Communion 3
8.00am Holy Communion
Preacher: Revd Barbara Abrey
Sidespeople: John & Iris Smith
10.00am Parish Communion
Preacher: Revd Barbara Abrey
Intercessions: Helen Toomer
Reading: 1 Corinthians 10. 14-17
Reader: John Godfree
Gospel: Mark 14. 12-16; 22-25
Servers: Petrina Kingsley and Jean Ford
Sidespeople: Tony & Julia Edmonds
4.00pm Church at 4
Leader: Cheryl Hawkins
6.00pm Evensong
Next Evensong will be Sunday 3rd March
Gluten free wafers
If you require a gluten free wafer for holy communion please let a sidesperson know.
Floodlighting
The Church was floodlit on Friday 15th February by Mrs Edmonds in memory of her husband on his birthday;
On Monday 18th February by Sharon Hawkins in memory of Ann Hawkins on her birthday.
Electoral Roll Renewal 2019
Every six years we are required by law to make a new electoral roll and this happens in 2019. If you were on the previous electoral roll then and wish to remain on it, you will have to re-apply. The roll is open to anyone over 16 years old who is either resident in the parish or who regularly attends our services. Being on the roll allows you to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting and, if you are not resident in the parish it gives you certain rights otherwise only given to residents.
You should find a letter addressed to you at the back of church. Please take it and consider it carefully. If you regularly attend our services we would like to encourage you to join the electoral roll by completing pages 1 & 2 of the booklet. If for any reason you attend our services, but do not feel able to be on the electoral roll please would you complete just page 1 and return the form so that we have your consent to hold your details so that we can keep in touch with you.
Pray and Bless Wroughton and Wichelstowe
Last month we met together and gave thanks for those people who have been important to us in our lives as Christians. We then spent some time praying for, and blessing, the people in our communities and places of work that we’re currently walking beside. We are meeting again at 7:30pm on Tuesday 19th February, when will be focusing on the schools and pre-schools in our parish.
Lent Course
This year the Lent Course will take place on Tuesday evenings, at 7:30pm in the church. Each session will then be repeated at 10am on Wednesday morning in St Joseph’s church hall. Feel free to come to a mix of evening and daytime sessions, as suits you. The first Tuesday session will be on 12th March, followed by the Wednesday session on the 13th.
Sunday’s World Day of Prayer 2019
There will be a service for the World Day of Prayer (formerly Women’s World Day of Prayer) at St Joseph’s Church on Friday 8th March at 11am (please note that this is a date change from the notice in Wroughton Monthly). Our church is leading the service this year, which has been devised by the women of Slovenia. ALL are welcome and please let me know if you would like to be involved. It will be followed by a Lent Lunch in St Joseph’s church hall. Janet Henderson tel 525856
Swindon Food Collective
What was previously known as Swindon Food Bank is now operating as “Swindon Food Collective” . This is a new charity which has continued to feed and support people in crisis in the Swindon area , despite a difficult year. We are independent, registered with the Charity Commission, with no connection to any other organisation. We are run almost wholly by volunteers, with only one paid member of staff. We have distributed food to >2800 people in the last six months, and demand is increasing month on month.
If you would like to learn more about our work, or would like to volunteer or donate, either on an occasional or regular basis, please speak to Julie Bond or Joan Orman.
We can be contacted on our website: www.swindonfoodcollective.org Also on Facebook and Twitter. Our donation boxes for food/toiletries are in the usual supermarkets.
Ladies who Lunch
Tuesday 19th February at 12.30pm at Fabio’s on Bath Road opposite the Museum. Please let Gwen know by Sunday the 17th February.
Floodlighting Requests
If you are wishing to floodlight the Church please would you ensure that the form has been sent to the Parish Office at least a week before the event so that the lighting clock can be set for the week. Many thanks Janet
Church Library
Have you taken a look at our church library? It’s on the book shelf to the left of the main door when you come into church. We have recently added some CDs. These are recordings of bible teaching and seminars from Spring Harvest. Please feel free to borrow anything that interests you.
Can you help!
The coffee team would greatly appreciate some volunteers to give us a hand. It would entail doing the coffees about once a month. If you are interested please talk to Sally Parker, Carolyn Kirk or Karen Ferguson.
Parish Office
The Office will be closed on Monday 18th February and Wednesday 20th February.
CHURCH IN THE WIDER WORLD
The Children’s Society
This children’s charity writes:
We are a national charity that works with the country’s most vulnerable children and young people. We listen. We support. We act. Because no child should feel alone.
Please pray:
- for children who will have to spend Christmas in homes where they are abused rather than loved
- for parents struggling to cope with a disabled child
- for the Children’s Society, reaching out to vulnerable children and families
- for Christingle services throughout the country, that they will encourage people to give generously for the Society’s work.
Knitting for Mission to Seafarers
The year got off to a good start as I was able to send a parcel of 25 hats and 14 scarves to Mission to Seafarers this week. These are distributed to those working on ships in adverse weather conditions who do not own warm clothing.
Thank you to everyone who keeps knitting and to those who provide wool. If you would like to get started there are patterns and wool in the boxes by the choir vestry.
For further information please contact Janet Henderson 525856.
Legge House Monthly Prayer Point
Please pray for Legge House that the mid-weeks continue to fill up in addition to the weekends and that it continues to shine as a beacon of Christ’s hospitality.
This week please also pray for:-
- Swindon Youth for Christ
- For the staff and patients of Ladymead Nursing Home
- For the family and friends of Eleanor Mulqueen and Alicia Smith as they are Christened today.
- We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died recently especially Norman Ponting, Dorothy McDowell and Kathleen Stockton. We pray for all who mourn the loss of loved ones.
