ADVENT 3
TODAY
8am HOLY COMMUNION in Church
10am MORNING WORSHIP in Church and on YouTube
4pm CHURCH AT 4 MEETING in the Church Hall
All ages welcome.
6pm CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND READINGS in Church and on YouTube
NEXT WEEK
Monday 12th December 9am to 1pm Wroughton Infant School in Church
Tuesday 13th December 9.00am Morning Prayer in Church
Thursday 14th December 9.00am Morning Prayer in Church
SUNDAY 18th DECEMBER 2022
ADVENT 4
8am MORNING PRAYER in Church
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Sidesperson: Jean Reens and Christine Wrixon
10am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube.
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Intercessor: John Henderson
Reading: Isaiah 7. 10-16
Reader: Lillian Wicks
Sidespersons: Alan & Kathy Gregory
4pm CHURCH AT 4 MEETING IN THE CHURCH HALL All ages welcome.
Small Groups
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
Resumes Monday 9th January 23 |
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/@WroughtonWichelstoweParChurch (or search for Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish church) and press the ‘subscribe’ button.
Your financial support in 2023
If you are on the church electoral roll then you will have recently received a letter about your financial support for our church. Your kind support for our church is valued and important and we hope and pray that you will feel able to continue to support us financially during the year ahead. The effects of inflation and increasing energy prices mean we expect our costs to rise by around £9,000 in 2023.
- Please would you think about whether you can increase your giving at least in line with inflation. This means for every £10 you give now you would give £11.00 in 2023.
- If you haven’t reviewed your giving for some time, then please would you consider prayerfully whether you might be able to increase this?
Whatever you decide, it would be really helpful if you could return the pledge card that was included with your letter. Knowing what you pan to give during the year ahead helps us to set a realistic budget, something that is particularly important in these challenging times.
Carol Service
Our carol service is coming up! Please remember to invite friends and neighbours to join us at 6pm on Sunday 11th December for a traditional service of Christmas readings and carols. In our secular society it isn’t always easy for Christians to feel confident talking about their faith with those outside the church. However, this all changes at Christmas, when it is almost expected! Let’s make the most of the opportunities that this season brings.
Church@4
You may have seen in the last few weeks that we have been discussing the future of Church@4, a service that is more informal and contemporary than our other services, and usually happens at 4 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon in the Church Hall. This week, the PCC made the decision to suspend Church@4 for the time being while we consider what God is saying to us at the moment and how we invest our energy to engage with families and people in our community who are outside of the church.
We will be reviewing this decision in three months time. This is a time for the PCC, the Church@4 team and our whole church to pause, reflect and pray. Please support the church’s mission with your prayers during this time and pray that God will guide us and give us discernment as to how we can proclaim his word. We believe that prayer during this time is vital and will be the basis for how we continue to work as Church@4 and as part of the church in Wroughton and Wichelstowe.
In the words of the liturgy we often use during Advent, may Christ when he comes find us watching and waiting.
Revd Chris
Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish Church
Invite you to
‘Here Comes Christmas’
In the Church Hall, Priors Hill
Saturday 10th December
11.00am – 1.00pm
Games, Craft, story and food for all the family
Sorry we cannot look after unaccompanied children
No need to book – more information from
Revd. Barbara Abrey 01793 633024
Community Christmas Card
At Here Comes Christmas we made a card that we can all sign so that we don’t have to give individual cards to each other. Please sign the card and make a donation to Childrens Society.
Knitting for charities.
Thanks to those of you knitting squares for GWH’s End of Life unit. We are now sewing together a blanket in autumn colours and have already got 40 other squares -halfway to the next one. 6 inch squares in any colour DK wool are most welcome. Please do not use glittery wool and please thread the ends of your squares in.
Last week I heard from Mission to Seafarers that they can accept hats, gloves and scarves again. I have two large boxes of hats and scarves waiting since early 2020 to be sent off. If you would prefer to knit these rather than squares then now is the time to get started again. I will put some patterns in the box by the choir vestry in church. If you would like to contribute but cannot knit then donations of Double Knitting wool are always welcome. These can also be left in the box in church. Many thanks. Janet Henderson.
Eco Top Tips – practical ways to take better care of God’s creation
December – Christmas Crackers
- Real trees have a much lower carbon footprint than artificial ones, especially if disposed of by wood-chipping. An artificial tree would need to be reused for ten years to be comparable.
- This Advent ponder on Jesus’ coming to be with us on earth. How are we preparing His creation for Him to live with us here? Pray for grace and wisdom to play your part in caring for creation.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Sunday 11th December by Sally & Kay in memory of George & Nancy Burford;
On Thursday 15th December by Susan Barrett in memory of her mum, Mary Barrett and her brother, David Hungerford Barrett; On Friday 16th December in memory of Christine Spooncer from her sisters, Pat & Ann, missed so very much; In memory of Bettine Rumming by Carol, Ted, Louise & Catherine. Thinking of you always Mum.
Funerals
We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have, died recently Margaret Smith. We pray for all those who mourn the loss of a loved one.
| 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 Hunter – Curate 01793 814987 curate@wroughton.com Church Twitter Account – @WroughtonWichel Find us on Facebook – Wroughton and Wichelstowe Parish Church Please follow us for all the latest updates from Wroughton Parish Church.
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CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Wroughton & Wichelstowe Parish Church
Sunday 11th December – Christmas Carols and Readings
6pm Join us for our Carol Service
Christmas Eve – Christingle Service
3pm and 5pm
Join us at either 3pm or 5pm in church for our popular Christingle Service. We will be singing carols, hearing the Christmas story,
having fun and lighting our Christingles. Car parking is limited, so please walk up the hill if you can!
Christmas Eve – Holy Communion
11:30pm Midnight Holy Communion Service
Christmas Day
8am A quiet Holy Communion service using traditional language
10am All-age Holy Communion
For more information please email or phone the church office: 01793 812050 or office@wroughton.com
