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Sunday 9th October 2016
Trinity 20
A prayer for God’s guidance
Almighty Lord and everlasting God, we ask you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments; that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen
Today
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
4.00pm Church at 4
Diary – Week Commencing Sunday 9th October
Monday 10th October
8.30am Holy Communion – Church
10.00am Bible Study Group – Meet for Coffee at 22 Kellsboro Avenue
8.00pm Supp and Chat – Brown Jack
Tuesday 11th October
The Parish Office will be closed today
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
11.30am Funeral Service for Joyce Woodcock
6.00pm Clergy Surgery – Parish Office
Wednesday 12th October
8.30am Morning Prayer – Parish Office
10.00am Holy Communion – St Joseph’s
Thursday 13th October
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
7.30pm Choir Practice – Church
Filling Station – Sara Jane and Sherralyn
Friday 14th October
8.45am Morning Prayer – Prospect Hospice
12noon Funeral Service for Iris Coates
7.00pm Bellringers Practice – Church
Saturday 15th October
Dates for your Diary
Ladies Who Lunch Christmas Lunch, at The Baker’s Arms, Badbury at 12.30pm on the 19th December. Menus available about the beginning of December.
Sunday 16th October
Trinity 21
8.00am Holy Communion
Preacher: Tracy Mason
Sidesmen: Gillian Pitter and Sally Speller
10.00am Parish Communion
Preacher: Tracy Mason
Intercessor: Janet Henderson
Reading: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-9
Reader: Lillian Wicks
Servers: Gillian Pitter and Cheryl Hawkins
Sidesmen: David & Mary Evans
11.30am Baptism Service for Violet Mandry, Finley Till and Amelia Sharpe
4.00pm Church at 4 – Church Hall
Led by: Joan Orman
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Kate Orman, Anne Middleton and Keith Lambert who celebrate their birthdays during the coming week.
Harvest Supper
A big thank you to all those who organised and helped with the harvest supper. It was an excellent meal and cheerfully served by our friends in the church. A lovely atmosphere and a warm welcome in the very pleasant surroundings of Legge House. It was all very much appreciated. Those of us who live alone love having a meal arranged for us – no preparation, no cooking and best of all no washing up. Thank you all SO much.
LEGGE HOUSE Social Afternoon and Cream Tea
On Sunday 16th October at 3pm. A family event if you wish – out doors if warm enough – Tickets £5 single £10 for more people. Please order your tickets, with numbers beforehand to help catering. Gwen on 813573, Sheila and Mark on 813273
Help give the Church an ‘Autumn Clean’
It’s the wrong time of year for a spring clean, but our church building could do with an in-depth clean, especially those hard to reach ‘higher places’.
Your opportunity to ‘man the mops’ is on Saturday 22nd October, starting at 09.00am. We’ll be here for approximately 2 hours, so please come along and help – even if only for half an hour. (Cake and light refreshments will be available!). No skill or equipment required, but if anyone has brushes/tools that can reach high places, please bring them along. Any questions to Helena Thomas or the Vicar.
Light Party We will be holding a children’s ‘Light’ party as an alternative to Halloween on 29 October from 5 to 7pm. There will be fancy dress, games, crafts and food. If you are able to help in any way there will be a planning meeting on October 10th at 8pm, 12 Artis Avenue or alternatively please speak to Barbara Abrey or Carolyn Kirk. Thank you
The Wroughton Nativity We’re very pleased to have Gatecrash Theatre working with us again on a re-telling of the Christmas story particularly aimed at children. We’ll be starting in Legge House with crafts and refreshments and journeying around the church grounds, meeting various witnesses to Jesus’ birth as we go. There will be two performances at 3.30pm and 6.30pm on Saturday 17th December- and in order to cover costs and keep a track of audience numbers we will be selling tickets nearer the time.
We are looking for some adult community performers to join us in the project. If you are interested in being involved please email gatecrashtheatre@gmail.com or call 07824702851 by mid November. Commitment to this project is minimal but it is a requirement that you are available on Saturday 10th and Saturday 17th December and the evening of Wednesday 14th December in order to perform.
Church Lifts
Would you be able to bring one or two people to church? The need is specially at 10am on Sundays. If you would like to help in this way, please let one of the clergy know or contact our Parish Office.
Even more knitting
We are planning to ‘yarn bomb’ Wroughton with small knitted angels this December. We need hundreds of small knitted angels that we can leave around Wroughton with a Christmas message attached and they are very simple and quick to make. The pattern for the angels is available on the Church chest. Please make as many as you can in any colour and leave them in Church before the beginning of December.
Ladies who Lunch
Monday 10th October at The White Hart, High Street, Wroughton at 12.30pm. names to me on Sunday, 9th October
Tuesday 18th October at The Barbary, Broad Hinton at 12.30pm. names to me by the 16th October please
Monday 24th October at Sally Pussey, Wootton Bassett road, at 12.30pm, NAMES TO VERONICA by the Sunday please, or by Verongar@aol.com
CHURCH IN THE WIDER WORLD
Tearfund works in many countries of the world, bringing the love of Christ to those who struggle to live independent lives, frequently because of manmade or natural disasters.
- Tearfund’s partner in South Sudan is helping communities cope with an influx of displaced people as a result of civil war. Bible studies have encouraged villagers to start economic, social and physical transformation, so that they are now empowered and willing to help those in desperate need.
- Christians in Nepal have been at the forefront in helping people recover from the ongoing effects of last year’s earthquake which killed about 8,000 people. Tearfund has helped to train churches to be active and effective when natural disasters strike.
- Tearfund’s partner The Ezra Centre Foundation in Guatemala has joined with other Christians in supporting the movement to fight corruption through marches and protests, in a country with high levels of poverty and violence.
Please pray for Tearfund’s ongoing work in these places and thank God that it is making a real difference to many lives.
Knit for Mission to Seafarers
Knit for Mission to Seafarers Imagine getting on a ship in summer in the Philippines dressed in shorts and t-shirt. Soon you find yourself transiting the North Atlantic with only your overalls to keep you warm. This can be a very real problem for seafarers. If you can knit you can help by making hats, scarves, gloves and balaclavas (and thank you to the ladies who have been knitting regularly throughout the year). The Mission to Seafarers website has pattern suggestions. When they are completed please bring them to church and put them in the box by the choir vestry. You can also help if you would like to donate some balls of wool for others to knit which can also be put in the box. Any questions please see Janet Henderson 525856.
Children’s library in Uganda
Many thanks to all those who responded to the request from Amos Kimer in Uganda for help with this project. We have been able to send £550 .
CMS link – Kate Quarrell
Kate is extremely grateful for all the hats and blankets for new-born babies that we sent out to Uganda. She has passed them on to the maternity unit to distribute. Thank you to all those who donated them. Please see her interesting newletter on the noticeboard on the pillar – we get a mention!
This week please pray for:-
- The Mission to Seafarers
- he Residents of Ellendune Centre Flats and East Wichel Way
- The families of Finley, Violet and Amelia who will be Baptised next Sunday.
- We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died recently especially Iris Coates, Betty Hartley and Joyce Woodcock. We pray for all who mourn the loss of loved ones.
25th September 2016
Sunday 25th September 2016
Trinity 18
A Prayer for Children
Loving God, your Son told his disciples to become like little children. Lead us to work for the welfare and protection of all young people. May we respect their dignity that they may flourish in life, following the example of the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Today
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
4.00pm Church at 4
Diary – Week Commencing Sunday 25th September
Monday 26th September
8.30am Holy Communion – Church
10.00am Bible Study Group – 11 St John Road
7.30pm Churches together in Wroughton
Tuesday 27th September
The Parish Office will be closed today
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
6.00pm Clergy Surgery – Parish Office
Wednesday 28th September
8.30am Morning Prayer – Parish Office
10.00am Holy Communion – St Joseph’s
7.30pm Standing Committee Meeting
Thursday 29th September
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
11.00am Funeral Service for Gordon Newman
7.30pm Choir Practice – Church
Filling Station – Paul and Hazel
Friday 30th September
8.45am Morning Prayer – Prospect Hospice
7.00pm Bellringers Practice – Church
Saturday 31st September
Dates for your Diary
Harvest Supper
Tuesday 4th October, 7.00p.m. at Legge House
Friends of Legge House
Sunday 16th October at 3 pm, a Cream Tea at Legge House.
Ladies Who Lunch Christmas Lunch, at The Baker’s Arms, Badbury at 12.30pm on the 19th December. Menus available about the beginning of December.
Sunday 2nd October
Harvest Festival
Trinity 19
8.00am Holy Communion
Preacher: Canon Michael Johnson
Sidesmen: John & Iris Smith
10.00am Parish Communion
Preacher: Canon Michael Johnson
Intercessor: Cheryl Hawkins
Reading: Phillippians 4: 4-9
Reader: Carol Gibbon
Servers: Kathy Gregory and Cheryl Hawkins
Sidesmen: Lillian Wicks and Ross Fralley
4.00pm Church at 4 – Church Hall
Led by: Revd Nicola Such and Teresa Townsend
6.30pm Evensong
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Intercessor: Helen Toomer
1st Reading: 1 Timothy 6: 6-10
Reader: Jean Ford
2nd Reading: Matthew 6: 25-35
Reader: Clive Parker
Servers: David Bathe
Sidesmen: Jean Ford and Malcolm Morrison
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Denis Sansum and Catherine Evans who celebrate their birthdays during the coming week.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Monday 26th September by Angela Little in memory of Robin Little;
Harvest Offerings—Sunday 2nd October
We will be collecting items for the Filling Station again this year. As we would like to make a display, contributions before the 28th September would be wonderful. A list of useful items is available to take away. Please leave your items in the church.
Church at 4 will be meeting for a Harvest Mossy Church on the 2nd October, 4pm starting at the Parish Hall—everyone welcome!
Harvest Supper
Our Harvest Supper will be held at Legge House on Tuesday 4th October from 7pm. Tickets are available in church at just £10 per head. Tickets available from Margaret Penfound or Carolyn Kirk.
Funeral Service for Gordon Newman
Gordon Newman’s funeral service takes place in church on Thursday at 11am, with the committal at Kingsdown at 3pm. Between the two there is a celebratory buffet lunch at the Christine Spooncer suite in the Ellendune Centre. Everyone is invited to wear bright colours. If you want to let the family know that you are coming there is a web page on Hilliers web site.
The Children Society collection Boxes
If you have a Children’s Society collection box that needs emptying please can you bring it to me at the 10am service or let me know of a convenient time for me to call and collect it from you ( tel no 637161). The deadline for boxes to be emptied is 25 September. Carolyn Kirk
Hearing Loop
We now have a new sound system and hearing loop installed in the Parish Hall for use in our Church at 4 Service.
Youth Alpha
Youth Alpha beings again on 25th September. Please pray for us as we begin a study on the gospel of Mark.
Light Party We will be holding a children’s ‘Light’ party as an alternative to Halloween on 29 October from 5 to 7pm. There will be fancy dress, games, crafts and food. If you are able to help in anyway there will be a planning meeting on October 10th at 8pm, 12 Artis Avenue or alternatively please speak to Barbara Abrey or Carolyn Kirk. Thank you
CHURCH IN THE WIDER WORLD
Swindon Youth for Christ world record attempt The Younite Foundation, a new trust supporting children and young people, are aiming to get 500 people involved in a Swiss Ball exercise class next month. BIOS, a Swindon Youth for Christ project helping young people in Swindon, is one of three charities which will benefit from the event. Organisers are looking for 500 people take part in the class, which will take place at David Lloyd Gym, Latham Road, Swindon SN25 4DL on Saturday 1 October.
Amy Cox, youth worker with BIOS, said: “The BIOS van is a fantastic resource that enables us to be able to go out and meet the young people where they are. We go to where they are and sit with them, providing them with shelter, blankets and hot chocolate. We engage with them and play games and sports with them but most of all we listen to them, care for them and offer them support and advice. Young people come to us in tears, having fallen out with friends or family members, sometimes homeless, on drugs or in trouble and we support them and help them get the help that they need.” To take part in the record attempt, register to take part at www.ballsbounceback.co.uk.
Participation is free but organisers are asking that each person makes a donation of £10. In return, you get to keep the Swiss Ball.
Tearfund works in many countries of the world, bringing the love of Christ to those who struggle to live independent lives, frequently because of manmade or natural disasters.
- Tearfund’s partner in South Sudan is helping communities cope with an influx of displaced people as a result of civil war. Bible studies have encouraged villagers to start economic, social and physical transformation, so that they are now empowered and willing to help those in desperate need.
- Christians in Nepal have been at the forefront in helping people recover from the ongoing effects of last year’s earthquake which killed about 8,000 people. Tearfund has helped to train churches to be active and effective when natural disasters strike.
- Tearfund’s partner The Ezra Centre Foundation in Guatemala has joined with other Christians in supporting the movement to fight corruption through marches and protests, in a country with high levels of poverty and violence.
Please pray for Tearfund’s ongoing work in these places and thank God that it is making a real difference to many lives.
Bicycles wanted
Does anyone have an adult-size bicycle that they no longer want? It doesn’t have to be in good condition, but the Harbour Project at St Luke’s Church in Swindon would love to have any unwanted bikes and can restore any in need of attention. The project works with asylum seekers and refugees, living on very restricted means. If you are able to offer any, please speak to Margaret Penfound (812139) or contact the Harbour Project directly on 611682.
Knit for Mission to Seafarers
Knit for Mission to Seafarers Imagine getting on a ship in summer in the Philippines dressed in shorts and t-shirt. Soon you find yourself transiting the North Atlantic with only your overalls to keep you warm. This can be a very real problem for seafarers. If you can knit you can help by making hats, scarves, gloves and balaclavas (and thank you to the ladies who have been knitting regularly throughout the year). The Mission to Seafarers website has pattern suggestions. When they are completed please bring them to church and put them in the box by the choir vestry. You can also help if you would like to donate some balls of wool for others to knit which can also be put in the box. Any questions please see Janet Henderson 525856.
Children’s library in Uganda
Many thanks to all those who responded to the request from Amos Kimer in Uganda for help with this project. We have been able to send £550 .
This week please pray for:-
- The Mission to Seafarers
- The Residents of Elcombe Avenue and Halton Crescent
- Our PCC and Standing Committee Members
- We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died recently especially Gordon Newman and Phil Prentice. We pray for all who mourn the loss of loved ones.
