23rd October 2022

Trinity 19, Bible Sunday

TODAY

8am                     MORNING PRAYER in Church

10am                   HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube.

11.45am             CHURCH AT 4 – OPEN MEETING – Church   (Please see separate notice)

4pm                     CHURCH AT 4 MEETING in the Church Hall

All ages welcome.            

NEXT WEEK

Monday 24th October                    10.00am    Bible Study Group – 22 Kellsborough Avenue

Tuesday 25th October                    9.00am     Morning Prayer in Church

                                                          7.30pm     Pray and Bless Wroughton & Wichelstowe – Church Hall

Thursday 27th October                   9.00am     Morning Prayer in Church

Saturday 29th October                    11.30am   Pumpkin Party – Church Hall

 

SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER 2022       

ALL SAINTS / ALL SOULS 

8am                     HOLY COMMUNION in Church

Preacher:            Martina Lewis

Sidesperson:       Ron & Joan Reader 

10am                   HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube.            

Preacher:            Martina Lewis

Intercessor:        Peter Ferguson

Reading:              Ephesians 1. 11-23

Reader:               Clive Parker

                             Sidespersons:     Lillian Wicks & Ross Fralley 

4pm                     CHURCH AT 4 MEETING IN THE CHURCH HALL All ages welcome.

6pm                     ALL SOULS EVENSONG in Church            

Preacher:            Revd Phill Harrison

Intercessor:        Mark Tubey

Reading:              TBC

Reader:               Tim Winter

                             Sidespersons:     Jean Ford

If you would like to join a small group, please contact the leaders of the groups below and find out where there is space. We would love to have everyone involved in a small group.

22 Kellsborough Avenue Mondays 10am-11.30

 

Lillian Wicks

Louise Bessent

12 Artis Avenue Tuesdays at 7.30pm Carolyn Kirk
Church Hall Alternate Tuesday evenings Nick Orman
The Vicarage Wednesday evenings during term time. Karen & Phill Harrison
Church Hall Saturday men’s breakfast Mike Mason

 

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. 

Mask wearing in church

The current PCC policy requesting that masks continue to be worn in church has been updated to recognise individual choice so that mask wearing will now be advisory only, providing that the president and chalice assistants will continue to wear masks during the distribution of Holy Communion. As Covid 19 has not disappeared, the situation will be kept under review.

Church at 4 – open meeting

For a number of years Church at 4 has offered a more contemporary style Sunday service at 4pm in the Church Hall. This has attracted a younger congregation and so it has also been the primary place where we have engaged with families with children. Unfortunately a combination of circumstances has seen attendance fall from an average of around 30 people in 2018 to just 10 in 2022. We have lost the ‘critical mass’ that makes children’s work feasible and consequently we no longer attract people with children. Many of the people who come to this service have already been to church at 10am.

As a wider church community, we need to reflect on two key questions:

What is the purpose of Church at 4? (Is it simply an opportunity for church members to enjoy a different style of worship?)

What is our approach to engaging with and discipling younger generations of Christians?

There will be an opportunity to discuss these questions and share ideas at 11:45 on Sunday 23rd October. This meeting will be held IN CHURCH after the 10am service and it is hoped that as many people as possible will contribute. Please come and share your thoughts, whether or not you have ever been to Church at 4 yourself.

Men’s Group – Saturday 22nd October

The next meeting of the Men’s Group is scheduled for Saturday 22nd October, and weather permitting, will be a local walk staring at 8.45 am. The Group is an informal gathering of Christian men for discussion, and with a willingness to assist local individuals in need of practical help (though our artisan skills may be a little limited!)

The Group is keen to widen its local membership and newcomers are welcomed. If you are interested, please contact Mike Mason via  masonmj@ntlworld.com or 07899 041596.’

RAIN GARDENS AND PLANTERS – Saturday 22nd October, 2pm

There will be a gardening afternoon to plant up the rain garden and planters at the church hall on Saturday 22nd October. It would be great if you could join us.

We have been offered some perennials for the garden, but would be interested in some other plants as well, particularly sedges, ornamental grasses, shrubs such as dogwoods or vincas, and evergreen perennials. Have any of the green-fingered among you been growing cuttings, splitting perennials and have plants to spare?

If you can help, please contact Joan Orman (joan.orman@btinternet.com)

‘Pray and Bless Wroughton & Wichelstowe’ – this Tuesday 25 October – evening prayer meeting, to come together and pray specifically for our local community, 7.30pm Church Hall for about an hour. Do come and join us. (Please note the date for the November prayer meeting is Tues 22 November.)

Pumpkin Party Food – Saturday 29th October

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to help at the Pumpkin Party, even if you haven’t signed up you are still welcome to come.  We will need some food to give partygoers, so if you can help with some sandwiches , cakes or something else there is a list of the sort of food we would like on the table at the crossing in church. 

All Soul’s Evensong – Sunday 30th October at 6.00pm

All Souls Day is the day in the church year when we particularly remember, pray for, and commend to God all those who have died. At this service we will be remembering by name some of those who have died. If you would like the name of your loved one remembered in this way then please add their name to the back of church. If you prefer, you can also email us at: office@wroughton.com or telephone 07193 812050 (9am to 1pm Mon, Weds, Thurs and Fri). All are welcome to join us for this reflective and moving service, please consider inviting anyone your know who has been affected by bereavement, whether recently or in the past. Tea and coffee will be served after the service.

Tear Fund Big Quiz Night – Saturday 19th November at 6.45pm

TEAR Fund’s Big Quiz Night will be returning again on Saturday 19th November starting at 6.45 pm at the Church Hall. £10 entry fee will include food with all money raised going to TEAR Fund.

Please try to support this National Event by helping with food or coming along! Teams of 6-8 members are welcome to enter in advance of the night and help can be offered in joining a team!  Listen out for further details.

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

October – What’s on the menu?

  1. Cut back on cheese and dairy products. Cows burp methane a very strong greenhouse gas. Eat more plant based alternatives like oat or soya “milk”, hummus, olives, nuts and seeds.
  2. Stick to tap water. Bottled water comes with a 320g per litre carbon footprint, whereas tap water is a mere 0.24g CO2e per litre. If you don’t like the taste of your home tap water, install an under the sink water filter.

  Thank You

Victoria, Christian, Jean & Mike would like to thank everyone for their prayers, thoughts and love that have helped us following the loss of Baby Stella.   Jean Ford

 Floodlighting

The Church will be floodlit on Friday 28th October by Lynn Roy in memory of Mrs Valerie J Roy.

 Funerals

We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have, died recently Jodie Costello, Vera Sheppard and baby Stella Ford.  We pray for all those who mourn the loss of a loved one.

 Be a Brighter Futures Blanketeer

Many thanks to all who have knitted and crocheted squares recently. Here are our latest offerings sewn up, washed and with a Brighter Futures butterfly attached.

 

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 – Vicar 01793 812301 vicar@wroughton.com

Revd Chris HunterCurate 01793 814987 curate@wroughton.com  Church Twitter Account – @WroughtonWichel

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The Rotary Club of Swindon North & Thamesdown

 

Present

Rosie Burton – bassoon

Anthony Williams – double bass

Chris Williams – piano

 

Performing a short concert with all proceeds to

Swindon Downs Syndrome Group

Highworth Methodist Church 3.00pm, Saturday 5th November 2022

Tickets £10 (accompanied children free)

Available from Lighthouse Bookshop in Highworth or

Terry Williams on 01793 762669.

Refreshments will be served after the concert.