Wychwood
Benefice
A benefice of three rural parishes in the Cotswolds
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.
Sign up for your free copy of Next Steps here:
As there is no Shipton-under-Wychwood village fete this year, St Mary’s church will hold an Open Day instead, from 12 noon to 4pm on Saturday 19th August. Everyone is welcome to come along. All activities and events will take place either inside the church or in the churchyard.
Inside the church we will have delicious cakes and tea, a stall with homemade cakes for sale, visits to the Bell Tower, a stunning array of vestments and some wonderful music. You will be able to see proposed plans for the rejuvenation of the bells and improvements to the heating, toilets and catering facilities.
In the church grounds there will be a BBQ selling tasty hot dogs and delicious burgers. Slake your thirst at the drinks tent with a beer or a cold beverage. Children can have their face painted and enjoy the Jousting Horse. A huge variety of jigsaws will be for sale. Win prizes at the whisky stall, at the tombola or from the raffle. We look forward to welcoming you with your family and friends.
Saturday 8 July, 7.30pm Shipton Church
A refreshing blend of choral flavours
Free admission & refreshments
There will be a voluntary collection in aid of The Wychwood Project and the church
If you’d like to join the choir visit:
To better support Kate and Anne in their invaluable pastoral care, it has been suggested that we may create a more cohesive support team.
To this end, it would be great to hear from anyone with an hour to spare occasionally and also to hear about anyone who might value a call or a visit.
We are so blessed to live in such caring communities, and most of us keep an eye on our neighbours and friends.
However, new folk arrive, people we may not know too well become sick, people are moving on in years and may face new challenges, people face unexpected crisis. So it feels important to remain alert to those who are not perhaps in our sights to offer, if appropriate a caring word.
If we communicate with each other, then we have a better idea of who we keep an eye on, and where we might offer a call or visit.
So, to this end I have offered to co-ordinate our caring and would be pleased to hear from anyone who feels able to support this work in any way.
My details are Elaine Russell-Jarvie 01993 831610 / 07939 510788 / [email protected]
Thank you