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,
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The Rt Revd Vivienne Faull
