17th November 2024

TODAY

8.00am                  HOLY COMMUNION in Church 

10.00am               HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube

 

NEXT WEEK

Tuesday 19th November –  9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church

Thursday 21st November – 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church

 

SUNDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2024

Christ the King

 

8.00am                  MORNING PRAYER in Church

                                Preacher:             Revd Barbara Abrey

Reading:               Daniel 7. 9-10, 13, 14

Sidespersons:    Pat Lewis and Dee Vincent

 

10.00am               HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube

                                Preacher:             Revd Barbara Abrey

Intercessor:        Sheila Tubey

Reading:               Daniel 7. 9-10, 13, 14

                                Readers:               Bryan Jones

                                Altar servers:      Gillian Pitter and Louise Bowyer

Sidespersons:    Alan & Kathy Gregory

 

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.

 

Healing team members meeting

There will be a healing team members meeting on Wednesday 27th November at 10.30am at the vicarage.

 

Here comes Christmas

We will be running an activity morning on Saturday 7th December from 11.30am to 1pm in the Church Hall. If you would like to help there are lists at the crossing to sign up as a helper, or to provide food. Helpers will just need to come along and chat to our visitors. Details from Barbara

 

Wildflowers of Wroughton – Calendars 2025

Following the success of last year’s calendar, 2025 contains twelve new colour photographs of flowers from around the parish – including four orchids.

Available as a Wall Calendar           £9.00

Desk Calender                                     £7.00

Produced by Wroughton Monthly’s wildlife writer Boz.

They can be bought at the Parish Church, Country Market or directly from Dr Keith Hooper.

07884 108434 Home delivery available.

 

The poem mentioned in Barbara’s talk

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 Bissex’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

 

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.

Floodlighting

The Church will be floodlit on Monday 18th November by Cheryl Cowley in memory of her late husband, Francis Edward Cowley. One year since you were taken from me;

On Wednesday 20th November by Rosina Stevens in memory of her late husband Ron Stevens;

On Thursday 21st November by Bill & Doreen Greenshields in memory of their beloved son, Andrew Greenshields.

 

Funerals

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.

 

Dear friends,

In my former national role as one of the bishops leading the Church of England’s safeguarding development, I became aware of the lengthy—and, as we now see, thorough—investigation by Keith Makin into the horrific abuse perpetrated by John Smyth.

The Makin report makes devastating reading, and I am deeply perturbed by the extensive abuse of children and young people, as well as the fact that the abuse was known to some over many years. I acknowledge with profound shame that the Church harboured this abuser and that, once the abuse became known, bishops failed to act to prevent further appalling harm. I apologise to those who have suffered and continue to suffer, and I remain committed to addressing these issues.

This is why we must all remain dedicated to the positive changes made in the Diocese of Bristol, especially at the parish level, where volunteers have worked tirelessly to foster the cultural changes needed to make our churches safer, prevent harm, and support those impacted by abuse. This vital, transformative work—led by the Parish Safeguarding Officers, churchwardens and many other dedicated volunteers across our parish communities—has been rigorously tested and commended in the recent independent audit.

For my part, I will continue working to ensure that anyone experiencing abuse feels safe to come forward, knowing they will be believed, supported, and that their concerns will be acted upon.

Yours in Christ,

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

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The Rt Revd Vivienne Faull