EASTER 5
TODAY
8.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church
10.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube
NEXT WEEK
Monday 19th May 7.30 pm Deanery Eco Group
Tuesday 20th May 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church
Thursday 22nd May 9.00 am Morning Prayer – Church
SUNDAY 25th MAY 2025
Easter 6
8am MORNING PRAYER in Church
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Reading: Acts 16. 9-15
Sidespersons: Alan & Christine Wrixon
10.00am HOLY COMMUNION in Church and on YouTube
Preacher: Dr John Godfree
Intercessor: Peter Ferguson
Reading: Acts 16. 9-15
Reader: Ida Morton
Altar Servers: Gillian Pitter and Judith Alexander
Sidespersons: Alan & Kathy Gregory
12.30pm CHRISTENING SERVICE FOR THOMAS JOHN BURRIDGE
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 – 03/06/25 |
| 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
18/5 Hannah/Holly 1/6 Tracy/Beth
15/6 Joan/Helena T 5/7 Karen H/Lynn
19/7 Barbara/Carolyn August Break
6/9 Phill or Joan/Karen F 20/9 Karen H/Miriam
Sunday 8th June – Orchid Ramble
Come and join us for a walk with our resident botanist, Dr Keith Hooper, as we go on the trail of orchids (and many other interesting plants & wildlife) in our local area.
We’ll meet in the church car park at 1.30pm. The walk is likely to be up to 2 hours but will be at a slower pace as we stop to discover what’s around us. There will be homemade cake and teas etc available in our beautiful churchyard afterwards. Family & friends welcome. Details will be confirmed nearer the time, but any questions to Keith or Helena Thomas.
COUNT ON NATURE SURVEY
Please join in our annual survey of the nature in our churchyard on Saturday 14 June from 10am. Some books and information will be available to help you identify the plants and animals you encounter (phones are also helpful!), so that we can make a record of which species are thriving and which might need support. Refreshments will be available. All welcome.
Saturday 19th July – Beetle Drive & Social!
Some of us will have fond memories of ‘Beetle Drives’ in our youth. Some of us will have no idea what a ‘Beetle Drive’ is! For the uninitiated it’s like a Whist Drive, but needs no skill and is suitable for all ages from the youngest to the oldest, using the children’s dice & paper game ‘Beetle’. No entry fee & small prizes are on offer!
We hope you’ll come and find out, and share food and good fun with your church family. This event will start very early evening (probably 5pm), in the Church Hall, and will therefore finish in time to wander home (or on to the pub) way before bedtime. Details will be confirmed nearer the date
Knitting for Charity
Last week I was able to take two more blankets to GWH for the End of Life unit. One sewn up by Jean Ford (thank you Jean) and the other by me. 6 inch squares can be knitted or crocheted from Double Knitting wool in any colours (but no glitter please). They can be left in the box in church by the blue curtain to the choir vestry. Thank you Janet Henderson 525856.
PRAY FOR SWINDON 2025!
Friday 6th June – 7pm-8:30pm at Christ Church, Old Town, SN1 3HG
Good News for Swindon (GN4S) is the main ecumenical body in Swindon. They want to respond to scripture’s encouragement to ‘Pray to the LORD for the city in which God has placed us’ (cf. Jeremiah 29:7), by inviting God to bless this great city and to pray for His kingdom to come and His will to be done here – that His salvation, light and healing would be seen and known in Swindon this year. God’s people united in prayer are powerful, and Swindon needs a church who prioritise prayer! So, please consider coming along to this event at Christ Church.
Thank you to Peter Wheals
Fresh from creating the beautiful new font cover, Pete has been busy again. This time he has restored a portable communion set that had been languishing in an old briefcase under the vestry table. He has taken the dents out of the chalice and paten and fitted them neatly into a wooden carrying case, which he repurposed from an old piece of school equipment. The paten is inscribed “In memory of William Henry Kerr, Churchwarden 1897-1926”. The chalice dates from 1856 and the paten from 1807, which mean it was already old before it was dedicated to Mr Kerr.
Funerals
We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died, sadly Ann Rainey passed away last week. We pray for all those who mourn the loss of a loved one.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Tuesday 20th May by Norman Whitworth in memory of his wife, Marion Whitworth.
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.
Office Telephone
We are having problems with the office telephone if you need to contact Janet and can’t get through please email her on office@wroughton.com
