Sunday November 1st: All Saints’ Day
10am All Age Eucharist. President: The Revd Martin Little. Preacher: The Revd Julia Hart. Organist: Andrew Patterson
6pm All Souls Service
Sunday November 8th: Remembrance Sunday
10am Parish Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President Revd Martin Little. Preacher: Revd Martin Little. Organist: Andrew Patterson.
10.50am Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial
Midweek Services
9am Morning Prayer: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday when the Vicar is available. The Church is normally open for private prayer every day during daylight hours.
Wednesday 10am Midweek Communion
Please note that the 8am service has now stopped, and the final service at this time took place last Sunday.
The Altar flowers in church today have been given in memory of a much loved son and brother, Samuel James Day, from his Mum, Dad and sisters Lydia and Phoebe.
The flowers in church were given in loving memory of Sue Saville from all her family for her funeral on Friday.
Curate for HTHQ!
It was announced last Sunday that Heather Moger, currently an ordinand at Cuddesdon, will be licensed as our curate in July 2027. Heather sends warm greetings to all at HTHQ, and has written a short piece introducing herself – this will be in the next edition of the Trinity Times.
All Souls Service this evening at 6pm
If anyone would like to have a name read out in the service please write it down on the list at the back of church or email Helen with the name office@hthq.uk no later than 6pm on Monday 26th October. Thank you.
Please note the Parish Office is now closed and will reopen on Monday November 2nd at 9am.
Headington Quarry Village Hall is having a Christmas Craft Market on today 1st November 11am till 5pm, please come and have some festive fun. There will be entertainment during the day but there’s a slot still available if anyone wants to perform Contact eventshqvh@gmail.com
Julian Group
The November meeting will be on Friday 6th November at 2.30 pm at 6 Quarry Hollow. We meditate for half an hour on a passage provided by one of us and then discuss it before having a social time with tea/coffee and biscuits. New members are very welcome. Please contact me for further details: Sheila Allcock 01865-769630
Poppies
Quarry WI have knitted hundreds of poppies to display both in our church and Corpus Christi for Remembrance Sunday. Some of these have been made into a lapel brooch and will be available for a donation to the British Legion in church on the run up to November 11th. There are also some white ones (pacifists) and some purple ones (these have a loop on them, maybe to attach to a dog collar or harness for remembering the animals that perished as well).
Coffee at The Coach House
The next coffee and cake morning will be on Friday 6th November from 10.30- 12.30pm. This is run by Quarry WI, but supported by the Church, Local Councillors and Headington in Action. It is free, so come along and have a chat and a slice of homemade cake. All are welcome. Contact Margaret Taylor for further info.
Fireworks and Bonfire event, Saturday November 7th, Risinghurst playing field
Gates open 6pm, bonfire lit at 6.45pm, fireworks display at 7.15pm for 20 minutes. Cost: £3 adults; £2 children (under 5s free). Hot and cold refreshments available.
Can you help?
HTHQ are hosting Cowley Deanery Synod on November 10th 7-9.30pm in church. Margaret Taylor is taking the lead but will need a couple of volunteers on the night to help serve refreshments and light finger food for approx. 50 people etc. Please can you sign up to help provide the light finger food at the back of church and/ or let Helen in the Parish Office or Margaret know if you can help. Thank you
Home groups
You may not know that there are groups associated with Holy Trinity which meet regularly in parishioners’ homes. They can vary in how they meet and what they do, but usually time is spent in Bible study, prayer and chatting over a cuppa. Meeting regularly can help us get to know each other in a deeper way than we might do just meeting on a Sunday, and we can inspire and encourage one another. If you are interested in joining a group please contact the parish office.
Imagine Lewis Weekend 21-22 November Tickets Available now!
Tickets are already selling fast for this weekend. Please get yours at www.hthq.uk/imagine-lewis-weekend or use the QR code on the poster. If you don’t want to buy a ticket, come and be a helper! We have an excellent team, but still we have need of people to take posters around to community noticeboards, to assist with children’s activities, and to help man the bar for the Saturday evening gig. Please speak to Revd Martin vicar@hthq.uk
Donations needed of empty plant pots (medium size for planting daffodil bulbs) and jam jars (hoping to transform these into lanterns or snowglobes) for the childrens activities for the Imagine Lewis weekend. Please start collecting! We are also looking for volunteers to help run activities on Saturday 21st November 10 till 12 in the Coach House. For more information please talk to Frances or email frances.farrar23@gmail.com Join in the fun!
Imagine Lewis Quotations needed!
As part of Imagine Lewis, Mandy Patterson is leading an Art and Worship workshop in the church from 10-12am on Saturday 21 November. This will be a drop in event but it will be designed for you to set aside time to create and contemplate. Mandy is compiling an album of Lewis quotations, scans of paintings and drawings and poetry that we can all contribute to. If you have never done anything like this before do feel free to come. There will be materials provided and space to just mess about and enjoy the company of God in quietness. Mandy asks the congregation to please supply her with your favourite quotations from any of Lewis’ work whether comforting, challenging, inspiring or just amusing. Please send your quotes to mandypatterson@btinternet.com
Building Form Foundations Appeal
Thank you so much to everyone who has generously donated and/or pledged already towards repairing our leaking roof and repayment of the building loan. There is still time to donate! Please pick up a form from the back of church and make sure you use the reference: ‘Building 2026 appeal.’
This week’s Eco Tip
Fashion companies like synthetic fibres for their lower cost and being ideal for sports and swimwear. But the downside is that fragments break off with use, enter the water cycle and the air we breathe, even being found in the snow on Mount Everest. Meanwhile, the presence of microplastics in the human body has been linked to various serious health issues. Choose natural fibres if you can. Hilary Rollin (Eco Church Group)
Pastoral care team
Are you in need of support or would you like to talk to someone? We rely on you to let us know of anyone who is ill, or in hospital or who might welcome a visit from a member of the team. Please contact the clergy or the Parish Office in the first instance.
