15 November: Safeguarding Sunday
10am Parish Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President Revd Canon David Knight. Preacher: Revd Martin Little. Organist: Andrew Patterson
22 November: Christ the King
10am Parish Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President Revd Martin Little. Preacher: The Revd Saskia Barnden. Organist: Andrew Patterson.
6pm Choral Evensong
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 Holy Communion followed by refreshments.
Please note that there is no longer an 8am service on Sundays.
Today’s refreshments have been generously provided by Nargis and Wilson in celebration of their new business venture.
Janet Lever, a much loved member of our congregation who died on November 5th at her care home will be having her funeral here in church on Tuesday 24th November at 10am. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served in church after the service.
Posada 2026
What is the Posada all about? During Advent, a nativity set of Mary and Joseph travel around the parish, visiting a different member of our church family every night. This provides a great opportunity to meet new church members, or get to know others a little better. Please contact Helen
Dancer email helen@nsolve.com phone: 07854173016 (WhatsApp or text probably best), giving me suitable dates and I add you to the rota. I will have the rota with me in church, so catch me after the service to sign up. I hope there will be room in your inn this year!
Choral Evensong next Sunday
All are welcome to come to this service as
part of the wonderful Imagine Lewis Weekend.
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.
This week’s Eco Tip
Our home-grown fruit and vegetables have suffered both drought and intense heat, and farmers’ harvests have faced the same problems. Are there parts of vegetables that normally get thrown away but which could be salvaged? Cauliflower leaves and the outer leaves of lettuce can be cooked, or if they are too far-gone, add them to the compost bin, not the food-waste bin. Hilary Rollin (Eco Church Group)
Helen Day’s Retirement
Our beloved Parish Administrator, Helen, is retiring at the end of 2026 after nearly 20 years in post! Details of Helen’s gift and thank you celebration will be announced soon. This also means we are recruiting (see below).
Amnesty International Write for Rights
Come and write seasonal greetings cards to prisoners of conscience. Sunday 6th December, Church meeting room. Drop in any time between 2 and 5 pm. Bring your own non-religious cards and a pen. We will provide details of cases, letters to sign, and tea and cake. For further information contact: Lorna Hicks 07759 598322 or Rachel Walding 07760 846846.
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.’
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.
