13th June 2021

Trinity 2

Stewardship 1

TODAY

8:00                    Holy Communion in Church (traditional language).

10:00                    Holy Communion / Morning Worship in Church and on the Telephone and YouTube. The need for social distancing means that the capacity of the church building is limited, so if attending in person you will need to book your space (details below)

4pm                    Church at 4  Meeting IN CHURCH. The need for social distancing means that the capacity of the church building is limited so you will need to book your space (details below)

The booking link for church at 4 this week is:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/church-at-4-a-contemporary-all-age-service-tickets-155616010677?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Sunday 20th June 2021

Stewardship 2

8:00                      Morning Prayer (traditional language)

Preacher:             Revd Phill Harrison

Sidespersons:     Pat Lewis and Dee Vincent

10:00                    Holy Communion in Church and on the Telephone and YouTube. The need for social distancing means that the capacity of the church building is limited, so if attending in person you will need to book your space (details below)

Preacher:             Revd Phill Harrison

Intercessor:        Mark Tubey

Reading:              TBC

Reader:               Helena Thomas

Sidespersons:     Mike & Bridget Awre

4pm                     Church at 4 via Zoom join the Church at 4 group on our Facebook page for the meeting invite and password.

Booking for Church Services

The need for social distancing means that the capacity of the church building is limited. If you wish to attend the 10am or Church at 4 services in person then you will need to book your place in advance each week. You can do this in two ways:

There is no need to book if you are attending the 8am or 6pm services, but you will need to sign-in for Covid track and trace purposes Please make sure that 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. 

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 the 10am service

The 10am service will be live streamed on You Tube. As well as getting video, the sound quality should be better than the phone. However, unlike the telephone option, you will not be able to interact with other people or to be heard in the service. We don’t recommend trying to use both You Tube and the phone at the same time as this could cause an echo on the phone line, there is also a delay of about 30 seconds which is very off-putting. Please visit our YouTube Channel on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6wnuTqXBYTixq-NpQgeLQ and press the ‘subscribe’ button.

Sound/video quality on the telephone and YouTube

We know that there have been problems with audio and video quality for the last few weeks for those joining us at 10am on the telephone and on You Tube. We have been working hard to fix this and we hope that you will notice some improvement. Unfortunately music is always likely to sound poor over a telephone line, but you should be able to hear people speaking more clearly and get less freezing and ghosting on You Tube. I’m sure you’ll provide feedback…

Patronal Evensong

Our next service of evensong will be at 6pm on Sunday 27th June (not 4th July). This has been brought forward by a week to coincide with our Patronal Festival, The Birth of John the Baptist, on the 27th. Revd Phill just ‘knew’ there was something he meant to mention at the last service…

Telephone Service

We need to look at the future of our telephone service particularly as the sound quality suffers when we join with those in church.  If you worship with us on the phone please call in early at 9.45 am on Sunday 20th June so that we can talk about how to use the telephone in the future. If you are unable to be there but would like to comment please contact the parish office.  Barbara

An Invitation to you all from Revd. Cheryl Hawkins

Hello! – hope all is well. I will be hopefully Priested on 3rd July at 10.30 in Bristol Cathedral. Unfortunately, numbers are limited again at the Cathedral this year. However, we will be holding a worship and praise service at Holy Trinity Church, Westbury on Trym at 4.00 pm on 3rd July. This is therefore an invitation to you all if you would like to join me at this service on the day of my Priesting – it would be wonderful to see you all. There will be a sign up sheet at the back of Church this Sunday if you would like to attend. With prayers and blessings Cheryl  

Little Lambs

Thank you to all those who have volunteered to help out at Little Lambs. 

Art and Poetry Trail 1st-8th August

We wish to join in the trail both at church and at the church hall, but we need your ideas.  Do you have a favourite piece of poetry, or a psalm you would like us to use, or do you have a piece of art that could safely be left in the churchyard?  Perhaps you could make some art out of recycled objects? Please let me have your ideas, we may not be able to use them all, but tell me anyway.  Barbara (tel.633024)

Filling Station

It will be our church’s turn to provide food for handing out to the homeless via the Filling Station on Thursday, 17th June. If you are willing to contribute a loaf of sandwiches (each round separately wrapped), fresh fruit (oranges and bananas only at present), cake/biscuits, fresh milk or a sliced loaf of bread, please ring or text me on 07930321451. This avoids having to pass a sign-up list around.

Items will need to be delivered to 11 St John Road by 5.00 pm on 17th. Thank you in advance!    Margaret Penfound

Christians Against Poverty (CAP)

Geoff Naylor, the local debt councillor for CAP and Pastor of Wroughton Discovery Church, is embarking on 230-mile solo walk from Fort William to Cape Wrath, camping each night. He began on 26th May and is now 150 miles into his walk. Last seen somewhere near Ullapool…

CAP is a charity that our church supports. Please consider making a personal donation sponsoring Geoff via his JustGiving page. Here is the link:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/swindon-cap-debt-centre-walk?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=swindon-cap-debt-centre-walk&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=15855e6c45cc4cd089072efe2bbdbb8f.

If you would rather give using cash then please speak to Margaret Penfound.

Knitting for Mission to Seafarers 

Thank you to all our dedicated knitters who have been busy throughout the last 18 months of lockdowns and restrictions. I heard from the charity recently and sadly they are still unable to accept more knitwear as they cannot get it to the ships. Consequently can I ask you to keep any completed items and not to start on more. If you want to continue knitting for charity then the GWH Brighter Futures scheme would welcome knitted or crocheted 15cm (6inch) squares for end-of-life patients. Thank you. Janet Henderson 525856

Monday morning Bible Study 

We have now returned to in person meetings and it is lovely to see each other face to face again, but there will be no meeting on Monday 14th June, as at long last I’ll be meeting family members (yippee!). Margaret Penfound.

And finally…

This from an anonymous church notice board: Thursday night – potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

Parish Office

The Office will be closed next Friday 18th, Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd June. 

Eco Top Tips – practical ways to take better care of God’s creation

June – Holiday highlights

Planning your day out or holiday journey? Use public transport if you can to reduce your carbon emissions. Travelling by train or ferry to Europe can be part of the adventure.

Funerals

We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have, died recently Susan Morgans, Jean Townsend and Arthur Tarrant

The Parish Office, Priors Hill, Wroughton, SN4 0RT – Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 1.30pm

01793 812050  office@wroughton.com

Revd Phill Harrison – 01793 812301 vicar@wroughton.com  Church Twitter Account – @WroughtonWichel

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Church Legacy

Gifts of Faith, Hope and Love

A lasting gift to your church……..

 

“The Lord loves a cheerful giver’ (2 Corinthians 9: 7)

As a Christian, and a member of this church, many of us have been giving regularly to the mission and ministry of the Parish of Wroughton & Wichelstowe.  Our generosity is a response to God’s abundant grace.

A legacy or gift in your will to our church can be a final expression of your gratitude and thanksgiving towards God – and is one of the most valuable and lasting ways you can continue to support its ministry and mission.

A legacy can be left for specific or general purposes.  (However, since needs change over the years, we encourage gifts to be left for the general purposes of the parish, i.e ‘unrestricted’).

No matter how large or small, your gift would be used to make a real difference, and could transform its future and help us to meet the needs of future generations.

We acknowledge gifts in whatever way you, or your executors, feel most appropriate. Equally, we can ensure gifts remain anonymous if preferred. (All gifts to charities, including churches, are tax free).

Please consider making provision for your church in your will.

For further information on how to do this, and suggested wording etc, there are leaflets on the church chest, or contact the Parish Office to have a legacy leaflet sent to you. Or to discuss a gift in a will in confidence, please contact Revd Phill, or our treasurer Nick Orman. 

“Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendour, for everything in heaven and earth is yours”. 

1 Chronicles 29:11