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Today's Services ( Sunday 7th March 2010 - 3rd Sunday of Lent )
A prayer for Lent
O Lord, who hast mercy upon all,
take away from me my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit.
Take away from me the heart of stone,
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore Thee,
a heart to delight in Thee,
to follow and enjoy Thee, for Christ's sake, Amen
St. Ambrose of Milan (AD 339-397)
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
11.30am Embrace
6.30pm Evensong
O Lord, who hast mercy upon all,
take away from me my sins,
and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit.
Take away from me the heart of stone,
and give me a heart of flesh,
a heart to love and adore Thee,
a heart to delight in Thee,
to follow and enjoy Thee, for Christ's sake, Amen
St. Ambrose of Milan (AD 339-397)
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
11.30am Embrace
6.30pm Evensong
What's on this week
Diary - Week Commencing - Sunday 7th March
Monday 8th March 2010
9.00 am Holy Communion - Church
10.00am Bible Study Group - 11 St John Road
8.00 pm Buildings Committee Meeting - Vicarage
8.30 pm Supper & Chat - Iron Horse
(contact Gwen Poole 813573 for further information)
Tuesday 9th March 2010
9.00 am Morning Prayer - Church
2.00pm Worship Group - Vicarage
5.30 pm No Evening Prayer during Lent -
Please come to Compline
6-7 pm Clergy Surgery - The Parish Office, Priors Hill
7.15pm Compline and Address
Wednesday 10th March
9.00 am Morning Prayer - Parish Office
10.00am Holy Communion - St Joseph’s
7.30pm Prayer Meeting - Church
Thursday 11th March
9.00 am Morning Prayer - Church
7.15 pm Choir Practice - Church
Filling Station - Tracy Mason and Keith Bassett
Friday 12th March
8.50 am Morning Prayer - Prospect Hospice Chapel
12 to 1pm Lent Lunches at St Joseph’s
7.00 pm Bellringers Practice - Church
7.00 pm 115 Club - Church Hall
Saturday 13th March
8.30 am Men’s Group - 11 St John Road
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 20th March at the Convent "Stations to the Cross" followed by Quiet time.
Sunday 23rd May Friends of Wroughton Parish Church Festival Choral
Evensong, followed by the AGM and Cream Tea.
Monday 8th March 2010
9.00 am Holy Communion - Church
10.00am Bible Study Group - 11 St John Road
8.00 pm Buildings Committee Meeting - Vicarage
8.30 pm Supper & Chat - Iron Horse
(contact Gwen Poole 813573 for further information)
Tuesday 9th March 2010
9.00 am Morning Prayer - Church
2.00pm Worship Group - Vicarage
5.30 pm No Evening Prayer during Lent -
Please come to Compline
6-7 pm Clergy Surgery - The Parish Office, Priors Hill
7.15pm Compline and Address
Wednesday 10th March
9.00 am Morning Prayer - Parish Office
10.00am Holy Communion - St Joseph’s
7.30pm Prayer Meeting - Church
Thursday 11th March
9.00 am Morning Prayer - Church
7.15 pm Choir Practice - Church
Filling Station - Tracy Mason and Keith Bassett
Friday 12th March
8.50 am Morning Prayer - Prospect Hospice Chapel
12 to 1pm Lent Lunches at St Joseph’s
7.00 pm Bellringers Practice - Church
7.00 pm 115 Club - Church Hall
Saturday 13th March
8.30 am Men’s Group - 11 St John Road
Dates for your Diary
Saturday 20th March at the Convent "Stations to the Cross" followed by Quiet time.
Sunday 23rd May Friends of Wroughton Parish Church Festival Choral
Evensong, followed by the AGM and Cream Tea.
Next Sunday
Sunday 14th March 2010
Mothering Sunday
4th Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion
Preacher: Revd Richard Banham
Sidesmen: Petrina Kingsley and Gillian Pitter
10.00am Parish Communion
Preacher: Revd Richard Banham
Intercessor: Nick Whelan
Sidesmen: David & Mary Evans
Servers: Alan & Kathleen Gregory and
Petrina Kingsley
Car Lifts: David Penfound and Mike Awre
11.30am Embrace
12.30pm Baptism Service for Jessica Piff
6.30pm Evensong
Preacher: John Godfree
Intercessor: Barbara Abrey
Sidesmen: Noreen Paige and Trish Turner
Servers: David Bathe and Sarah East
Car Lifts: Keith Bassett
Mothering Sunday
4th Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion
Preacher: Revd Richard Banham
Sidesmen: Petrina Kingsley and Gillian Pitter
10.00am Parish Communion
Preacher: Revd Richard Banham
Intercessor: Nick Whelan
Sidesmen: David & Mary Evans
Servers: Alan & Kathleen Gregory and
Petrina Kingsley
Car Lifts: David Penfound and Mike Awre
11.30am Embrace
12.30pm Baptism Service for Jessica Piff
6.30pm Evensong
Preacher: John Godfree
Intercessor: Barbara Abrey
Sidesmen: Noreen Paige and Trish Turner
Servers: David Bathe and Sarah East
Car Lifts: Keith Bassett
Notices
THIS MONTH AT
WROUGHTON PARISH CHURCH
Confirmation on Easter Eve
This year we are hosting the Deanery Confirmation and some of our congregation will be confirmed on that occasion. If you have not yet been confirmed, please explore with one of the clergy or readers the possibility of being presented for confirmation by the Bishop on Holy Saturday 3rd April at 7.30pm
Electoral Roll
We are revising our Church Electoral Roll, the list of those who can vote at our Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday 25th April at 11.00am. If you are a regular attender at our church and are not on the Electoral Roll or your details have changed, please fill in a form which is on the church chest.
LENT 2010
Lent Groups
Please see the leaflet about the various Lent groups that are running this year using John Ortberg’s book, The Life You’ve Always Wanted.
Compline Tuesdays in Lent 7.15pm
Compline and address on John Ortberg’s book (see above) will take place in church every Tuesday in Lent.
Lent Lunches - a way to fast
Lent Lunches will take place every Friday during Lent starting on Friday19th February from 12 noon to 1pm at St Joseph’s Parish Centre. Please join us in a simple meal of soup, bread and cheese. All donations in aid of Christian Aid/CAFOD.
Men’s Group
Men’s Group Breakfast meetings take place monthly at
various homes around the village. We meet for a cooked breakfast, fellowship, prayer and bible study from 8.30am to 11.30am. Our next meeting is on Saturday 13th March at
11 St John Road. All men very welcome. For more
information call Peter Jefferies (845409).
Richard Banham's Farewell
The Banham’s Family farewell party will be on Saturday 27th March from 4pm - 6pm in the Church Hall. Please come to wish him well in his new post in Wheathampstead near St Albans. We have arranged a coach to go to Richard’s
Licencing as priest-in-charge on Wednesday 21st April
leaving from the Ellendune Centre at 4.15 pm. The cost will be Adults £10.00, Children £5.00. If you would like to go please make a booking with Bill Ruck.
Wroughton Parish Church - Jobcentre plus!
Currently we have opportunities for:
Sound desk operators
Projector operators
Healing team members and ministers
Assistant vergers
Car park organisers
Musicians for Embrace
Sunday Teas Organiser & volunteers
Servers
If you could help with any of those, or would like to know more please speak with the clergy. Thank you.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
Stations of the Cross
The service for the Stations of the Cross will take place on Saturday 20th March at the Convent at Wantage. We will leave Wroughton about 9.00am to arrive in time for
Eucharist at 10.00am and coffee in reception about 10.45am. We will then go to the Mary Magdalene Chapel for the service. There are beautiful wood carvings round the walls of the chapel, we will pause at each one for reading and prayer, finishing about 12 noon. There is an opportunity for Quiet Time together or on our own afterwards if you wish. Please will you let me know as soon as possible if you would like to come. This is open to everyone, lifts will be available. Gwen Poole (813573).
THE CHURCH IN THE WIDER WORLD
With hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans displaced and bereaved by the brutal end to a 25-year civil war in 2009, one former CMS mission partner - Ina Watson - returned in February to help the church make a difference. Sponsored by CMS, Ina leads a trauma counselling course, a key intervention of the Diocese of Colombo to help heal the country's wounds after 25 years of war. Ina had already spent several years in Sri Lanka, helping to set up a counselling centre in Kandy for those affected by the Tsunami in 2004.
Please pray:
that the counselling course will deliver good training for those who attend
that CMS's work will show the love of Jesus in action
that that those left traumatised by the civil war will receive the help they need
Please also remember Rosemary and James who are still working in the Theological College in Kandy.
Ugandan Lunch – Sunday 21st March
As part of our support for CMS our church now has a link partner - Isobel Booth-Clibborn who is based in Kampala, Uganda. To highlight our link we shall be providing a lunch with a Ugandan theme on Sunday, 21st March at 12.45p.m. in the Methodist Schoolroom. Tickets are £6 each (from David Penfound) and the numbers are limited, so please book early!
There will be an opportunity to meet Isobel and learn about her work with CMS in the afternoon of Sunday, 28th March when she will be visiting Wroughton. Details to follow.
GENERAL NOTICES
High Seas Challenge:
Don’t forget Tim Winter’s 6,300 mile journey from Auckland and Montevideo, via Cape Horn, between 26 Jan and 17 Mar. You can follow the progress of the boats at www.exercisetransglobe.com . Please pray for all those
taking part and for Claire, Ed and Louis and all the other families left at home. Many thanks.
Grow Zones
Are there any keen fruit and vegetable growers out there? Or any beginners thinking about “growing their own”? Would you be interested in being part of a Grow Zone team, to help each other with ideas, advice and help? The idea has been pioneered by EarthAbbey, whose founder, Chris Sunderland , spoke at a contemporary service here last summer. They are now encouraging other people to do something similar in their own localities. There is more
information on www.earthabbey.com, or contact
Joan Orman.
Mission to Seafarers sponsored cycle - 1st May 2010
Mike Mason, Jamie McRobie and Michael Johnson and friends are cycling to Southampton to raise funds for Mission to Seafarers and would value your sponsorship, and if you would like, your company for some or all of the ride.
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Tracy Mason and David New who celebrate their birthdays this week.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Thursday 11th March by Edna Holt in memory of her late husband Jim on the 16th Anniversary of his death.
We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died recently, Baby Oliver James Phillips, Ethel Akers, andKathleen Green and we pray for all who mourn.
WROUGHTON PARISH CHURCH
Confirmation on Easter Eve
This year we are hosting the Deanery Confirmation and some of our congregation will be confirmed on that occasion. If you have not yet been confirmed, please explore with one of the clergy or readers the possibility of being presented for confirmation by the Bishop on Holy Saturday 3rd April at 7.30pm
Electoral Roll
We are revising our Church Electoral Roll, the list of those who can vote at our Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Sunday 25th April at 11.00am. If you are a regular attender at our church and are not on the Electoral Roll or your details have changed, please fill in a form which is on the church chest.
LENT 2010
Lent Groups
Please see the leaflet about the various Lent groups that are running this year using John Ortberg’s book, The Life You’ve Always Wanted.
Compline Tuesdays in Lent 7.15pm
Compline and address on John Ortberg’s book (see above) will take place in church every Tuesday in Lent.
Lent Lunches - a way to fast
Lent Lunches will take place every Friday during Lent starting on Friday19th February from 12 noon to 1pm at St Joseph’s Parish Centre. Please join us in a simple meal of soup, bread and cheese. All donations in aid of Christian Aid/CAFOD.
Men’s Group
Men’s Group Breakfast meetings take place monthly at
various homes around the village. We meet for a cooked breakfast, fellowship, prayer and bible study from 8.30am to 11.30am. Our next meeting is on Saturday 13th March at
11 St John Road. All men very welcome. For more
information call Peter Jefferies (845409).
Richard Banham's Farewell
The Banham’s Family farewell party will be on Saturday 27th March from 4pm - 6pm in the Church Hall. Please come to wish him well in his new post in Wheathampstead near St Albans. We have arranged a coach to go to Richard’s
Licencing as priest-in-charge on Wednesday 21st April
leaving from the Ellendune Centre at 4.15 pm. The cost will be Adults £10.00, Children £5.00. If you would like to go please make a booking with Bill Ruck.
Wroughton Parish Church - Jobcentre plus!
Currently we have opportunities for:
Sound desk operators
Projector operators
Healing team members and ministers
Assistant vergers
Car park organisers
Musicians for Embrace
Sunday Teas Organiser & volunteers
Servers
If you could help with any of those, or would like to know more please speak with the clergy. Thank you.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH
Stations of the Cross
The service for the Stations of the Cross will take place on Saturday 20th March at the Convent at Wantage. We will leave Wroughton about 9.00am to arrive in time for
Eucharist at 10.00am and coffee in reception about 10.45am. We will then go to the Mary Magdalene Chapel for the service. There are beautiful wood carvings round the walls of the chapel, we will pause at each one for reading and prayer, finishing about 12 noon. There is an opportunity for Quiet Time together or on our own afterwards if you wish. Please will you let me know as soon as possible if you would like to come. This is open to everyone, lifts will be available. Gwen Poole (813573).
THE CHURCH IN THE WIDER WORLD
With hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans displaced and bereaved by the brutal end to a 25-year civil war in 2009, one former CMS mission partner - Ina Watson - returned in February to help the church make a difference. Sponsored by CMS, Ina leads a trauma counselling course, a key intervention of the Diocese of Colombo to help heal the country's wounds after 25 years of war. Ina had already spent several years in Sri Lanka, helping to set up a counselling centre in Kandy for those affected by the Tsunami in 2004.
Please pray:
that the counselling course will deliver good training for those who attend
that CMS's work will show the love of Jesus in action
that that those left traumatised by the civil war will receive the help they need
Please also remember Rosemary and James who are still working in the Theological College in Kandy.
Ugandan Lunch – Sunday 21st March
As part of our support for CMS our church now has a link partner - Isobel Booth-Clibborn who is based in Kampala, Uganda. To highlight our link we shall be providing a lunch with a Ugandan theme on Sunday, 21st March at 12.45p.m. in the Methodist Schoolroom. Tickets are £6 each (from David Penfound) and the numbers are limited, so please book early!
There will be an opportunity to meet Isobel and learn about her work with CMS in the afternoon of Sunday, 28th March when she will be visiting Wroughton. Details to follow.
GENERAL NOTICES
High Seas Challenge:
Don’t forget Tim Winter’s 6,300 mile journey from Auckland and Montevideo, via Cape Horn, between 26 Jan and 17 Mar. You can follow the progress of the boats at www.exercisetransglobe.com . Please pray for all those
taking part and for Claire, Ed and Louis and all the other families left at home. Many thanks.
Grow Zones
Are there any keen fruit and vegetable growers out there? Or any beginners thinking about “growing their own”? Would you be interested in being part of a Grow Zone team, to help each other with ideas, advice and help? The idea has been pioneered by EarthAbbey, whose founder, Chris Sunderland , spoke at a contemporary service here last summer. They are now encouraging other people to do something similar in their own localities. There is more
information on www.earthabbey.com, or contact
Joan Orman.
Mission to Seafarers sponsored cycle - 1st May 2010
Mike Mason, Jamie McRobie and Michael Johnson and friends are cycling to Southampton to raise funds for Mission to Seafarers and would value your sponsorship, and if you would like, your company for some or all of the ride.
Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Tracy Mason and David New who celebrate their birthdays this week.
Floodlighting
The Church will be floodlit on Thursday 11th March by Edna Holt in memory of her late husband Jim on the 16th Anniversary of his death.
We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died recently, Baby Oliver James Phillips, Ethel Akers, andKathleen Green and we pray for all who mourn.
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