Trinity 15
Creation – Earth
TODAY
8am HOLY COMMUNIONtraditional language).
10am MORNING WORSHIP in Church and on YouTube (no need to book a place).
12.30pm CHRISTENING SERVICE for Jude Mulqueen
4pm CHURCH AT 4 MEETING IN CHURCH – All ages welcome (no need to book a place).
WEDNESDAY 15th SEPTEMBER
10am MID-WEEK PHONE SERVICE
Our new mid week telephone service HAS started and the sound IS much better! Everyone is welcome to join this short service.
- To join the Wednesday 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.
SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER
Trinity 16
Creation – Humanity
8am HOLY COMMUNION (traditional language)
Preacher: Revd Barbara Abrey
Sidespersons: David & Lynda Pell
12.30pm CHRISTENING SERVICE for Adeline Price
10am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube.
Preacher: Revd Barbara Abrey
Intercessor: Helen Toomer
Reading: Genesis. 1. 26-28; 2. 7-8, 15, 19
Reader: Carol Gibbon
Gospel: Mark 10. 42-45
Sidespersons: Lyn Hezlett & Jean Ford
4pm CHURCH AT 4 MEETING IN CHURCH – All ages welcome (no need to book a place).
WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER
10am MID-WEEK PHONE SERVICE
Please see above for dial-in details.
Live streaming the 10am service
The 10am service will be live streamed on You Tube. Please visit our YouTube Channel on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6wnuTqXBYTixq-NpQgeLQ (or search for Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish church) and press the ‘subscribe’ button.
Covid-19 restrictions after 19th July
On 19th July the government changed the way it is managing Covid restrictions in England. We want everyone to feel safe and comfortable in our church, so for the time being we will be continuing with the following measures:
– Face masks (these are chiefly for the protection of others)
– Social distancing for those who want to
– Regular cleaning
– Good ventilation
– Taking names as people arrive (for track and trace)
The congregation will now be able to sing! (behind masks) and you will no longer need to book a space at any of our services. The PCC has made a commitment to review these measures in September and we expect the situation to evolve.
Bible Study Group
The Monday morning Bible Studies Group resumed on 6th September, 10.00 am at 11 St John Road. Anyone is welcome to come along for a more in-depth look at the Sunday Bible readings.
Refreshments after the 10am service
As we return to something a bit more normal following the Covid lock-downs we are now be offering a refreshing drink of squash (or water) and a slice of cake after the 10am service. You are ‘cordially’ invited…
Creation Care
A series of Zoom based seminars led by the Revd Dr Mark Siddall. Dates below. 7.30pm – 8.30pm.
This seminar series is based around Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World by Douglas J. Moo and Jonathan A. Moo. It aims to equip preachers and church leaders for the years and decades ahead by studying the scriptural, theological and missional imperative to Care for God’s Creation. You are welcome to one, some or all of the dates below. It will help to have read the book before you attend. Copies can be purchased at Aslan Christian Books, Eden Books, Blackwell’s.
21st October Chapters 1 & 2: Methodology
4th November Chapters 6 & 7: Scripture
18th November Chapters 9 &10: Eschatology and Good News
2nd December Chapters 11 & 14: Human vocation in Creation
Register to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creation-care-a-biblical-theology-of-the-natural-world-tickets-165108902171
Engaging with Living in Love and Faith.
Living in Love and Faith sets out to inspire people to think more deeply about what it means to be human and to live in love and faith with one another. It tackles the tough questions and the divisions among Christians about what it means to be holy in a society in which understandings and practices of gender, sexuality and marriage continue to change. It seeks to help all members of the Church of England engage with these issues and hear God’s voice speaking into society today. The feedback from engagement across the church this year will inform discussions next year on whether or not to change the Church of England’s stance on marriage and human sexuality.
We are running the 6 week Living in Love and Faith course in Swindon at various dates and times this Autumn. Please visit https://bit.ly/SwinLLF for more details of what you can expect if you take part in a course and how to sign up.
This is an important time for the Church of England’s mission, please consider taking part.
‘Songs from the Heart’ Concert – (all proceeds to Prospect Hospice)
A concert, ‘Songs from the Heart’ will take place on Sunday 10th October, 2.30pm & 6.30pm at The Deanery CE Academy, Peglars Way, Swindon, SN1 7DA. Britian’s Got Talent semi-finalist Dennis DeMille supported by 41o Big Band, local choirs Songbids, Guys & Dolls and students from the Ridgeway School.
Tickets £5.00 now on sale www.ticketsource.co.uk
Swindon Youth for Christ
For the past 70 years, Swindon Youth for Christ has been working to take the good news about Jesus Christ to the young people of Swindon. The methods have changed over the decades from large evangelistic rallies to work with individuals in schools or on the streets.
The Covid pandemic brought most of the current activities to a halt, but has provided a space to review ways in which the work should change for the future.
Instead of SYFC working independently, but being supported by the local churches, it is planned that the churches should lead on the work, whilst being aided and resourced by SYFC.
Please pray for wisdom and discernment as opportunities are researched, and new ways of working put in place.
Eco Top Tips – practical ways to take better care of God’s creation
September – Lighting your home
Use natural light when you can to save energy. Sit by the window. Decorate your home in light colours to maximise natural light.
Funerals
We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have, died recently Alison Barclay and Jillian Powell.
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Engaging with Living in Love and Faith.
Living in Love and Faith sets out to inspire people to think more deeply about what it means to be human and to live in love and faith with one another. It tackles the tough questions and the divisions among Christians about what it means to be holy in a society in which understandings and practices of gender, sexuality and marriage continue to change. It seeks to help all members of the Church of England engage with these issues and hear God’s voice speaking into society today. The feedback from engagement across the church this year will inform discussions next year on whether or not to change the Church of England’s stance on marriage and human sexuality.
Will you be part of the conversation?
During the Autumn there will be discussion groups running across Swindon Deanery to allow you to explore these issues in greater depth with Christians from other Church of England congregations. If you sign up to a course you can expect:
- To meet together with a facilitator and about 4 other people for 90 minutes each session weekly over 6 weeks.
- To discuss issues including identity, relationships and sex from a variety of Biblical and contemporary perspectives using Bible passages and videos.
- To have your voice heard and your opinions, after the course, fed back into the national church’s deliberations
- To be expected to be open-minded and willing to engage respectfully with those who may hold different opinions to you.
- To have access to a chaplain should you want to discuss matters further and in confidence.
We hope you will be able to sign up to the course and engage in this very important moment in the life of the Church of England.
We will be running courses at the following times and places (subject to numbers signing up to each)
| Day | Time | Venue | Start date |
| Monday | 1.30-3pm | St John’s Parks | 25th October |
| Monday | 7.30-9pm | St John’s Haydon Wick | 4th October |
| Tuesday | 7.30–9pm | Wroughton and Wichelstowe Church Hall | 12th October |
| Wednesday | 1.30-3pm | St Peter’s Penhill | 6th October |
| Thursday | 7.30-9pm | St Paul’s Dorcan (Small hall) tbc | 21st October |
| Wednesday | 7.30 – 9pm | On zoom | 13th October |
| Friday | 10-11.30am | On zoom | 22nd October |
To sign up for a course please contact David Caine (TwelveTwentyFive@msn.com or 07774 150426) and tell him your name, church, and 1st and 2nd preference courses. Also let him know if you would like to join a course in the new year instead.
You can find further information on
the Diocese of Bristol website https://www.bristol.anglican.org/transformingchurch/living-in-love-faith/
the LLF hub https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/living-love-and-faith/living-love-and-faith-learning-hub
