PATRONAL
TODAY
8.00am MORNING PRAYER in Church
8.50am BREAKFAST – Join us for a light breakfast
10.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube
NEXT WEEK
Tuesday 24th June 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church
7.30pm Prayer & Bless Wroughton – Church Hall
Thursday 26th June 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church
SUNDAY 29th June 2025
Peter and Paul, Apostles
Trinty 2
8am HOLY COMMUNION in Church
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Reading: Acts 12. 1-11
Sidespersons: Alan & Christine Wrixon
10.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Intercessor: Louise Bowyer
Reading: Acts 12. 1-11
Reader: Alan Gregory
Altar Servers: Jean Ford and Louise Bowyer
Sidespersons: Lillian Wicks and Ross Fralley
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.
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 Kellsboro Avenue | Mondays 10am-11.30 | Lillian Wicks & Louise Bessent |
| 12 Artis Avenue | Tuesdays at 7.30pm | Carolyn Kirk & Lorna Robinson |
| Church Hall | Alternate Tuesday evenings | Nick & Joan Orman – 1, 8, 22 July |
| The Vicarage | Wednesday evenings during term time. | Karen Harrison |
| Church Hall | Saturday men’s Fellowship – Bi-Monthly | Mike Mason |
Sunday Club’ dates
Our Sunday morning group for primary school aged children takes place in the Vicarage during the 10am service, usually on the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Future dates are:
Date Adults – lead/support
6/7 Karen H/Lynn
19/7 Barbara/Carolyn
August Break
6/9 Phill or Joan/Karen F
20/9 Karen H/Miriam
Grace at Ground Level
As part of their Year of Discipleship, Swindon New Town Parish are excited to announce ‘Grace at the Ground Level’, a series of talks by lay people about their unique callings to discipleship in their everyday lives!
- 22nd June will be by our Pastoral Assistant, Dominic Veveris, on his recent placements with the Mission to the Seafarers in Yokohama and Tokyo, and the migrant ministry at St. Alban’s Anglican-Episcopal Church in Tokyo.
- 15th July will be by our Licensed Lay Minister, Carol Simmons on her vocation to lay ministry.
More talks are being planned to follow! All talks will be at S. Mark’s (Church Place, SN1 5EH) and begin at 7:30pm, refreshments will be served and everyone is welcome to join!
Save the date:
Church Teams Day – Saturday 27 September, Pattern Church Swindon
A chance for us all to come together for learning and collaboration and to explore ways of serving our congregations and the wider community. There will be worship, food and refreshments, as well as opportunities for creative thinking to take back to your parish from a range of workshops on a variety of themes, such as: fundraising, buildings and culture change in your context! Invites to follow soon.
Cream Teas for the Hospice
Cream Teas & Table Top Sale, featuring the Wroughton Silver Band will take place on Saturday 21st June, 2.45pm at St Joseph’s Church in aid of the Prospect Hospice
Open the Book Feedback from Wroughton Infants School
We have now received feedback from the Infant School which is as follows:-
Beau: I like the actions, funny sounds and the book.
Mailee: I like learning about Jesus and his stories.
Altsha: My favourite was when they ‘catched’ all the fish.
Masie: I like that they actually get the people that were there in the story.
Ibrahini: Because they do the most amazing stories (and I know Barbara!)
Churchyard Committee – help needed
Thank you very much to all who helped with the recent Churchyard tidy up. You did a fantastic and much appreciated job!
We are currently in the situation where we are in need of some admin and liaison help with organising the duties that our church has responsibility for in our cherished Churchyard. These tasks are done by the Churchyard Committee, which reports to the PCC, but you DO NOT have to be a member of the PCC to be involved. The Committee only meets twice a year, when it conducts an inspection of the Churchyard and discusses current issues. There is a small amount of work between meetings. The roles that currently need filling are:
- A new chair person (must be from the PCC)
- Someone to take the minutes
- Someone to organise occasional working parties for the Upper Churchyard
- Someone to be the liaison with Swindon Borough Council
A volunteer has kindly come forward for 2 and 3. If you feel you can help with either of the others, or would like to serve on the Committee in a general capacity, please contact any member of the PCC.
Vacancy in See Consultation
As we prepare for the retirement of Bishop Viv this September, we are entering a significant period of discernment for the Diocese of Bristol. Your spiritual insights and experiences as members of the family of God in this place are vital to this process. You are invited to take part in a short (5 minute) on-line survey to help shape the vision and priorities for our next bishop. You can find the form here:
Prospect Hospice Starlight Walk 2025
Jean Ford and Janet Henderson are taking part in the Prospect Hospice’s Starlight Walk on 28 June 2025. We would be grateful for your sponsorship to support our local hospice. You can donate by going to prospecthospice.enthuse.com and searching for either of our names or we would be happy to accept cash which we can then pay into our fundraising accounts. Thank you.
‘Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride – Saturday 13th September 2025 – Help needed!
This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday 13th September. As for the last many years, I am happy to be administrator for the event for our Parish. However, due to a holiday commitment, I will be away for the event itself. I am thus inviting help!
Our job on the day is to have the Church open with the toilet available (easy wins!), and to have someone on hand to sign sponsorship forms of riders/walkers visiting our Church between 10.00 am and 6.00 pm. In past years, Tracy and me have done most of the form signing coverage. If you can spare an hour or two to come to the Church that day and be on hand to sign the sponsorship forms of visiting riders/walkers, direct them to the wc if required, that would be really appreciated. Due to our position at the top of a hill, visitor numbers are usually not high and the session is likely to allow you to enjoy the quiet of our Church and Churchyard for most of your stint! If you are able to assist, I would be really grateful. If you could please let me know via email or mobile to: masonmj@ntlworld.com or 07899 041596. I will also leave a volunteer sheet on the Church Chest, if that is preferred. Thank you!’
Knitting for Mission to Seafarers
Last week I sent a box of hats and scarves to this charity and received this lovely email.
“Just to let you know we have safely received your parcel of 31 hats and 7 scarves.
Could you please forward our grateful thanks to the ladies of Wroughton & Wichelstowe parish church, who knit them, the seafarers really appreciate them. I attach a pattern for neck warmers.
Kind regards, Dianne “
Thank you to all who knitted hats and scarves. I will print out some neck warmer patterns and put them in the box by the choir vestry. Janet Henderson
Funerals
We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died, George Curtis. We pray for all those who mourn the loss of a loved one.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Monday 23rd June by Norman Whitworth in memory of his wife Marion Whitworth on her birthday.
If you would like the Church to be floodlit for a special occasion (cost £20.00) Forms are available in Church or online please return to Janet in the Office or email office@wroughton.com.
| The Parish Office, Priors Hill, Wroughton, SN4 0RT – 01793 812050 office@wroughton.com
Open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 1.30pm Revd Phill Harrison – Vicar 01793 812301 vicar@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 & Wichelstowe Parish Church. |
Letter from the Diocese of Bristol
Dear friends at
St John Baptist and St Helen
Wroughton & Wichelstowe
Your Parish Share gifts in 2024 amounted to
£80,000
We would like to thank all of you in the parish of St John Baptist and St Helen Wroughton &
Wichelstowe for your contributions to Parish Share in 2024, and for you pledge of support for the coming year. Your faithful commitment is very much valued and a certificate is enclosed as a symbol of our appreciation.
In 2024 parishes reported that they:
- Conducted approximately 1,200 school assemblies.
- Ran 32 Messy Church or a similar type of service.
- Baptised 700 people.
- Married 250 couples.
- Conducted 1,200 funerals.
- Welcomed 7,750 adults and 1,200 children on a usual Sunday.
- Counted approximately 15,660 as being a part of their worshipping communities.
Without the generous financial support of parish share by PCCs and congregations the activities and ministries hinted at above may not have been possible. Your contribution to Parish Share has either provided, supported or enabled parish ministry across the diocese, for which we give thanks to our Heavenly Father.
May God be with you at St John Baptist and St Helen Wroughton & Wichelstowe as you seek to share the love of Christ with those around you.
With prayers and best wishes in Christ
The Ven Christopher Bryan The Ven Becky Waring The Rev’d Adam Beaumont
Archdeacon of Malmesbury Archdeacon of Bristol Associate Archdeacon
