Sunday 20th & 27th December – Parish of Wroughton and Wichelstowe

Sunday 20^th & 27th December

8am Holy Communion (traditional language)

10 am Christmas Carols and Readings

You can take part in one of three ways…

In Church
On the Telephone (Phone: 03300 945 940; Room number: 60527473#; PIN: 2656#)
Live on our YouTube channel (search for ‘Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish Church’)

4 pm Church at 4 via Zoom

Join the Church at 4 group on our Facebook page for the meeting invite and password.

6 pm Christmas Carols and Readings

Thursday 24^th December – Christmas Eve

Christingle

10am – 2pm Collect your Christingle kit and activity bag from church (no need to book for this, just come when you’re ready!)

3pm Christingle Service (On line via Facebook)

Join us online on our Facebook page as we tell the Christmas story, sing some carols and build our kits.

Christingle will be going ‘virtual’ this year, Phill, Barbara and the choir have all recorded their parts and we will be on Facebook/YouTube at 3pm on Christmas Eve. We would love people to come up to church between 10am and 2pm on Christmas Eve to collect their Christingle kits and then make then with us at 3pm. We’ve ordered the usual number of oranges (288!) so we really do need people to come and take them away! Please, please do what you can to spread the word…

Christmas Eve – Holy Communion Service

7pm Christmas Eve – Holy Communion Service

11:30pm Christmas Eve – Holy Communion Service

The 11.30pm Service is Live on our YouTube channel (search for ‘Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish Church’)

Friday 25^th December – Christmas Day

8am Christmas Day – Holy Communion (traditional language)

10am Christmas Day – Holy Communion

In Church
On the Telephone (Phone: 03300 945 940; Room number: 60527473#; PIN: 2656#)
Live on our YouTube channel (search for ‘Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish Church’)

Sunday 27^th December

The First Sunday of Christmas

8:00 Morning Prayer (traditional language)

Preacher: Dr John Godfree

10:00 Holy Communion and Morning Worship in Church and on the Telephone

Preacher: Revd Barbara Abrey

Intercessions: Dr John Godfree

Reading: Luke 2. 15-21

Reader: Helena Thomas

This Service will also be Live on our YouTube channel (search for ‘Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish Church’)

CHRISTMAS SERVICES

Please see the poster on the back page regarding our Christmas Services.

Due to COVID YOU MUST BOOK FOR THESE SERVICES as numbers are limited for each Service.

Please contact the Parish Office 812050 or email office@wroughton.com

Attending a service in church

Please make sure you have and wear a face mask; and be aware that you may not be able to sit in your ‘normal’ pew! We will of course be following all the government and C of E guidelines with regard to social distancing and cleaning etc. our detailed Covid-19 risk assessment is available on request.

The need for social distancing means that the capacity of the church building is limited. There is also a legal requirement for us to keep a record of everyone who attends our services for the purposes of Covid-19 track and trace. If you wish to attend a service in person then please can you book your place in advance each week. You can do this in several ways:

On Line Booking – please follow the link to Eventbrite and select the date of the service that want to book:

08:00 Service https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holy-communion-tickets-130765508155

10:00 Service https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sunday-service-at-wroughton-wichelstowe-parish-church-tickets-121970349599

Telephone – phone Janet in the Church Office on 01793 812050 (Mon, Weds, Thurs, Fri mornings)
Email – office@wroughton.com

10am Telephone service

The 10am telephone service is still taking place, so if you can’t join us in the church building please do dial in – you will be taking part in the service in church, albeit remotely.

To join the Sunday service first dial this number: 03300 945 940.
When prompted, enter the room number, followed by # on your telephone keypad: 60527473 #
Finally, enter the guest PIN: 2656 #
You may have to listen to some announcements, but you will then be automatically joined to the conference call. Join in with the responses in the liturgy as you would normally.

Calls to ‘03’ numbers are charged at the standard national rate and are included in your ‘free minutes’ if you have a call-plan.

Live streaming!

Following a successful trial, we are going to start livestreaming some of our services on You Tube. As well as getting video, the sound quality should be better than the phone. However you will not be able to be heard in the service. We don’t recommend trying to use both You Tube and the phone at the same time as if it was heard on the phone it would cause an echo and there is a delay of about 30 seconds which is very off-putting. Please visit YouTube Channel on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6wnuTqXBYTixq-NpQgeLQ and press the subscribe button. We will also post links on our Facebook page. The 12:00 Facebook only service will be discontinued.

Bible Study Group

The Monday morning group continues to meet by conference call, but we will have no meeting on 28th December. We look forward to resuming our virtual get-togethers in the new year. Our meetings are open to anyone who wants to understand how to apply the Bible to our everyday lives.

Church Defibrillator

After first waiting for the Church of England’s rules to change and then delays caused by the pandemic, we are now delighted to be able to report that the cabinet for the defibrillator has been mounted inside the church porch. This will be available for emergency use by people visiting the church and churchyard and also anyone in the vicinity of Church Hill.

Church Choir CD

Sometime in pre-history the church choir made a CD – Sing of the Lord’s Goodness – and many members of the congregation possibly still have this. There are, however, many copies remaining, and we would like to offer these @ £5 each to raise money for the Swindon Food Collective. Listening to it now in 2020 it’s actually not bad! It contains music for all seasons of the church year, including some Christmas items that you may even hear in the next few weeks. An ideal Christmas present for those in isolation, copies will be available in church on Sundays – or by contacting Janet & John on 01793 525856.

Floodlighting

The Church will be floodlit on Tuesday 22^nd December by Julie Gabe in memory of Eric Whyte; On Wednesday 23^rd December by Joy Symonds in memory of Pauline Kershaw; On Christmas Day by Janet Burchell & family in memory of Jack Bamford, by Pat Bevan in memory of her husband, John Edward Bevan; On Thursday 31^st December by Helena Patterson in memory of Frank on his 93^rd birthday.

Funerals

Please remember the friends and family of the late Mary Barrett and Anthony Thomson.

Parish Administrator / Office

I will finish work on Wednesday 23^rd December at 2pm and return on Wednesday 6^th January 2021.

Thank you for all your help during the year and I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Janet Burchell

CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Wroughton & Wichelstowe Parish Church

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, booking is essential for all
please see details at the bottom of page.

Sunday 20^th December – Christmas Carols and Readings

10am Christmas carols and readings

6pm Christmas carols and readings