REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
TODAY
8.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church
10.00am REMEMBRANCE SERVICE with presentation of standards in Church and on YouTube
10:35am Parade to the war memorial
10:50am Congregation at the war memorial with act of remembrance and wreath laying
NEXT WEEK
Monday 11th November – 10.00am Standing Committee
Tuesday 12th November – 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church
Thursday 14th November – 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church
Saturday 16th November – 6.45pm TearFund Quiz – Church Hall
Sunday 17th November – 7.30 pm The French Connection, Dodecantus Chamber Choir – Church
SUNDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2024
2nd Sunday before Advent
8.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church
Preacher: Andy Bissex
Reading: Hebrews 10. 11-25
Sidespersons: Jeans Reens and Christine Wrixon
10.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube
Preacher: Revd Phill Harrison
Intercessor: Dr John Godfree
Reading: 1 Samuel 18. 1-5
Altar servers: Andrew Kirk and Petrina Kingsley
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 |
| Church Hall | Alternate Tuesday evenings | Nick Orman next mtg 19th Nov |
| The Vicarage | Wednesday evenings during term time. | Karen Harrison |
| Church Hall | Saturday men’s breakfast | 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 Date Adults – lead/support
17/11 Hannah / Holly 15/12 Karen H / Lynn
1/12 Joan / Helen
Christmas reflections
This year we’re recommending the book ‘Women of the Nativity – An Advent and Christmas journey in nine stories’ by Paula Gooder. Each story is seven or eight pages long and is a piece of creative writing, backed by Paula Gooder’s work as a biblical scholar. We hope that they might help us to see the very familiar stories of Christmas through fresh eyes, perhaps noticing things that we hadn’t spotted before. Each one is accompanied by some questions for reflection or discussion and several of our small groups will using these. The stories will also be covered by our Sunday morning readings, so they will complement the messages from our preachers. The book is available for £10 from Church House Publishing (www.chpublishing.co.uk) and all good online bookshops. If online shopping isn’t your thing and you’d like us to order a copy on your behalf, then please speak to Janet in the church office.
The poem mentioned in Barbara’s talk last week
We Refugees
We can all be refugees
Nobody is safe.
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food.
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.
We can all be refugees
Sometimes it only takes a day,
Sometimes it only takes a handshake
Or a paper that is signed.
We all came from refugees
Nobody simply just appeared,
Nobody’s here without a struggle,
And why should we live in fear
Of the weather or the troubles?
We all came here from somewhere.
From Carlisle Refugee Action Group
A document containing broad statistics about refugees can be found at –
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01403/SN01403
Bible Sunday Resources
Following Andy Bissett’s talks on Sunday about the work of Bible Society here are some links to some resources.
www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/the-bible-course
www.biblesociety.org.uk/get-involved/open-the-book
www.biblesociety.org.uk/resources/the-romans-course
www.biblesociety.org.uk/resources/rooted
www.biblesociety.org.uk/latest
TEAR Fund Quiz – Saturday 16th November 2024
“The Annual TEAR Fund Quiz is running again this year on Saturday November 16th with doors opening at 6.45.pm and hot food being served from 7pm. Teams of up to 8 people may be entered by giving names to the Church Office from where tickets priced £10 may be purchased. Anyone arriving not already on a team will be placed in one on the evening, but please still buy a ticket or give names to the office in advance. All proceeds to TEAR Fund.”
GREEN OPEN HOMES WEEK 9TH TO 17TH NOVEMBER
On Saturday 16th November, the church hall will be open between 1pm and 4pm as part of the Green Open Homes event (no, we know it’s not a home!). We will be showing how we cut our energy usage by over a half by improved insulation, draughtproofing and heating controls have reduced our energy usage, and our bills. We’ll also be demonstrating the effect of our solar panels. Do drop in to see what we have achieved, and to see if anything we have done would be applicable in our home.
There are a number of homes in the area open during the week, including two of members of our congregation, who can show new renewable heating methods. Booking is needed for visits to homes and can be done through www.wiltshireclimatealliance.org.uk/greenopenhomes. Or speak to Nick or Joan Orman or Helena Thomas.
Eco Top Tips – practical ways to take better care of God’s creation
November – Around the home
- If in doubt switch to off: it is never more efficient to leave appliances running when you are not using them. Make sure you switch things off before you go out and before you go to bed.
- Ensure your heating is switch off at night and when you are away from your home (except in sub-zero conditions) and save 500kg CO2e a year. Don’t heat rooms you don’t use, turn the radiator off and close the door.
Income vs expenditure…
The PCC is currently in the process of setting our church’s budget for 2025. A key piece of information during this process is our financial performance during 2024, when we expect to make a loss of around £4k.
For those of you who like to see the details, and also for those of you who like to be reassured that the detail exists, the two pie charts below summarise our Church’s forecasted income and expenditure up to the end of 2024. Note that these summaries don’t include the accounts for the Church Hall (which just about breaks-even) or the church building repair fund. If you would like to see the full accounts then please do ask!
What is Parish Share?
As a church, our biggest item of expenditure is our Parish Share, which was £80k in 2023 and 2024. This is the money that we give to the Diocese of Bristol, of which we are a part. Parish share is the main source of income for the Diocese of Bristol, which employs parish clergy (their biggest expense), trains new clergy (like Chris Hunter) and provides central services that all parishes use like governance, safeguarding, support for clergy and lay ministers and support for our church schools. Bishops and cathedral clergy are funded centrally by the Church Commissioners.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Wednesday 13th November by Jean Lawton in memory of Edward Lawton.
Funerals
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We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died, Jennifer Titcombe and Stephanie Priest. We pray for all those who mourn the loss of a loved one.
