Wychwood
Benefice
A benefice of three rural parishes in the Cotswolds
Join us on Remembrance Sunday for one of our special services around the Benefice
9.30am Milton Remembrance Service with Parade
10.50am Fifield Remembrance Service
10.50am Shipton Remembrance Service – meet at the war memorial on the green
#WeWillRememberThem #RemembranceSunday
All Saints’ and All Souls’ United Benefice Service
Sunday 5 November, 11am Shipton Church
We will once again be reading out the names of those who have died recently and remembering other departed loved ones we hold dear at this special service. During the service, there will also be an opportunity to light a candle in memory of your own loved ones. If you would like to add someone to the list of those to be remembered please email [email protected] or leave a message in the Benefice Centre by 30 October or write it on the sheets which will be in each of the churches until 28 October.
An Evening of Music with the Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir and Gay and Alan Cooper – Handbell Ringers at St Mary the Virgin, Shipton under Wychwood 7.30pm Saturday 7th October 2017
This is an evening in aid of the Shipton Bell Fund.
Gay and Alan Cooper shot to fame and brought handbells to the attention of the nation with their rendition of the theme from Titanic on Britain’s Got Talent 2011.
The Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir sing in the traditional 4part male voice style (1st & 2nd Tenor, Baritone and Bass) and a good proportion of their repertoire is in the Welsh language.Tickets are £15 each to include refreshments and are available from: Mike Brooks: 01993 830014 [email protected]
The Wychwood Benefice Centre: 01993 832467 [email protected]
More details here Oxford male voice choir
Pattern of Services Update in the benefice
From now on, please note that all services in all churches will be at the same time each time there is a service in that building. (Milton services will start at 9.30am and services in Shipton, Fifield and Idbury churches will start at 11am).
You can see the full timetable here:
For details of services and events taking place in the Wychwood Benefice in October
Harvest Festivals:
Come and celebrate together!
24 September, 11am Idbury followed by lunch (tickets 831074)
24 September 5pm Milton, followed by supper (tickets 830160)
8 October 11am Shipton, followed by bring and share lunch
8 October 11am, Fifield (Harvest Supper 7 October, tickets 831881)
Harvest Donations:
All fresh produce you bring will go to Helen & Douglas House
All other produce will go to The Porch Steppn’ Stone Centre
All donations are always extremely welcome.
Celebrating Anne:
Service and Supper Wednesday 20 September, 7pm Milton Church
To mark her retirement, we will be having a service of celebration for the service and ministry of Rev’d Anne Hartley on Wednesday 20th September at 7pm in Milton Church. Bishop Colin will be coming to preach, and we are hoping for some more surprises along the way! Please do spread the word to those you feel would like to attend.
The service will be followed by a supper of a pig roast with salads and puddings. If you are able to stay for supper please R.S.V.P. by Monday 11 September Mike Hartley on [email protected] or email [email protected]
The next Pilgrim Path guided walk will be on Friday 15th September from St Marys Charlbury to All Saints Shorthampton (5 miles).
Please meet at the church at 10am and bring your own food and drink.
Pilgrim Paths: Guided Circular Walks, led by experienced walkers, will offer reflections and insights .
The church communities in the Cotswolds around the historic towns of Chipping Norton, Hook Norton and Charlbury, have joined together to develop a network of ’pilgrim paths’ throughout the area.
Each path is accompanied by a booklet with information about the route and suggestions for prayer and meditation which respect the surrounding landscape. These booklets will be found in the local churches.
In addition to guides for individual walks, there is also an Adventure Notebook, for children and young families to use , whichever Pilgrim Path they follow.
Concert Milton Church, Saturday 9 September 7pm
Mila Piano Trio – violin, piano and cello playing works by Schubert, Schumann and Rachmaninoff – organized by Michael Bochmann.
Tickets: Adults £12, Under 16s £6 will be available from Wychwood Benefice Centre 832 467
email [email protected]
or from Liz Watts 831 759.
Take a look at the Autumn issue of Next Steps. A quarterly free newsletter for families, full of activities and ideas of things to do at home and at church.
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