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Find out everything that is happening here: Church News 17 and 24 April 2022 2

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter!

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER

Tuesday 12 April:
Messy Church 10-12noon Milton Church

Wednesday 13 April:
The Last Supper 6.30pm Milton Church Room

Maundy Thursday 14 April: Holy Communion 10.30am Milton Church

Good Friday 15 April
Milton Church 9.30am Family Service with hot cross buns
Benefice Walk: Departs 10.30am from Milton Church, walking to Fifiled for a picnic (byo) then on to Idbury Church.
Idbury Church Solemn Hour at the Cross 2pm-3pm

Easter Day Sunday 17 April
Milton 9.30am Easter Communion with egg hunt – livestreamed
Shipton 11am Easter Communion with egg hunt
Fifield 11am Easter BCP Communion with egg hunt

You can download the Rota of Services hereRota 2022 April-Dec 300322 

There are also a few printed copies in the churches.

On Palm Sunday we will be walking from Milton Green at 10.45 for an 11am United Benefice Holy Communion Service in Milton Church. This will be followed by a simple Lent Lunch in the church (soup, bread and cheese) and children’s activities. This year donations will be in aid of Ukraine.

We will have small tables in the church for people to space out or sit in groups as they choose.

To help us cater, please RSVP for the lunch by Friday 8 April.
Email [email protected] or tel 01993 832467.
If you can help with making soup or help on the day
please call Heather: 01993 830381.

You can read the latest Church News here: Church News 3 and 10 April 2022

After the pandemic revealed singing to be a surprisingly hazardous activity, Shipton choir continues to gradually find its way forward as best it can.  From March, we are hoping to resume Choral Evensong services every other month, and the choir will also be joining Milton United Benefice services in the months where it is not singing evensong. There are a couple of weekend trips to sing elsewhere planned: a trip to Worcester Cathedral in April (the choir last sang at Worcester in February 2020, when the biggest worries on the horizon were flooding and bush fires) and one to Southwell Minster in May.

We’ve missed out on a couple of years of recruiting new members for Shipton choir, so would very much welcome more.  The only commitment is on a Sunday morning – most church choirs have mid-week rehearsals, but Shipton choir doesn’t, which makes the quality of their singing all the more remarkable!  Sunday morning times are usually: 9:45am junior choir; 10:15am full choir; 11am service.

Because of the lack of rehearsal time, it is helpful if adults have some music-reading ability, but there’s no such requirement for children in the choir, who can join from the age of 7.  If you’d like to know any more, please contact Bernard ([email protected]/01451 824169) or come and have a chat with one of the choir on a Sunday.  And if you don’t feel able to join the choir, do help support them by singing enthusiastically from the pews on a Sunday.

The next Choral Evensong is on Sunday 20 March 6pm in Shipton Church. Why not come along….

Celebrating Mothers and all who nurture us

8.15am BCP Holy Communion in Shipton Church

9.30am Mothering Sunday Service in Milton Church

11.00am Mothering Sunday Service in Fifeld Church

11.00am Mothering Sunday Service in Shipton Church

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Church News 20 and 27 March 2022 2

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Church News 6 and 13 March 2022

The Wychwoods collecting for Ukraine

What:

clothes, waterproof coats, blankets, thermal blankets, bedding,

hygiene products – shower gel, toothbrushes, hair brushes, sanitary products, nappies, toilet paper, painkillers, basic medical supplies.

baby car seats, prams, cots.

garbage bags, disposable masks.

cereal bars, dried fruit and nuts, canned food, pasta, cereal,

kitchen tools (not knives), plates, cutlery, torches, candles,

Plus cardboard boxes

When and Where Drop off Milton or Shipton Church on Monday 7 March between 5 and 7pm (or before)

Can you help? We need helpers to sort and box items. Tel 01993 830160.

If you are able to the best way to help is to donate cash via the DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal. You’ll help DEC charities provide food, water, shelter and healthcare to refugees and displaced families.

And the UK Government will match donations from the public pound-for-pound up to £20 million, meaning your support will go even further. Details here:

donation.dec.org.uk/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal