Sunday October 11th: The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
8am Holy Communion (BCP).
10am All Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President: The Revd Julia Hart. Preacher: The Revd Martin Little. Organist: Andrew Patterson
Sunday October 18th: The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
10am All Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President: The Revd Martin Little. Preacher: The Revd Canon David Knight. Organist: The Revd Canon David Knight.
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
Final 8am service
The weekly 8am Book of Common Prayer Communion service has been under review for several months now, in the light of low attendance and shortage of available clergy. After much discussion and reflection, the decision was made by the PCC that this service will come to an end. This decision is taken with some sadness; however our hope is that between the 10am service, the quieter Wednesday Communion as well as a regular monthly evening service, we provide a good range of worship options. Moreover, we also hope that increased capacity will enable new and different forms of worship to emerge. The final 8am service takes place today Sunday 11th October to give thanks for all it has meant to us, and to look to the future.
Sue Saville
It was with great sadness that at the 10am Eucharist service last week it was announced that Sue had died peacefully at home on Saturday 3rd October. She was a much loved and respected member of our church community and will be very much missed. Her funeral is at Holy Trinity on Friday 30th October at 2pm.
Curate for HTHQ! Some exciting news will be announced at the morning services this week!
Flower fund
You can donate to the flower fund at any time for a special occasion or in memory of a loved one. Please ring Margaret Woodcock 01865 761588..
All Souls Service on November 1st 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.
The Parish Office will be closed from Thursday October 22nd. Please send any notices for Sunday 25th October and 1st November to Helen in the Parish office no later than Thursday 15th October Thank you.
Windmill Walk Today
We shall leave Shotover car park at 12.15, with a picnic lunch and water. Reminder: no flip-flops, mules or stilettos are allowed up the windmill. Dogs are allowed in the garden, but not up the windmill. No entry fee, but donations are welcome. NB The 400 bus runs from Wheatley to Headington- useful for anyone needing to return in a hurry. Hilary Rollin
“People’s Emergency Briefing”
If you missed seeing this very significant film at Brookes on Wednesday 7th you still have the opportunity to see it being screened by Highfield Residents Association and All Saints’ Church at 7.30 on Friday 16th October in All Saints’ Church, Lime Walk. All are welcome and no booking required. Hilary Rollin.
Lunch @The Coach House on Friday 16th October 11am-1.15pm
Come and enjoy a bowl of Homemade soup and a roll with bacon/cheese or plain. Coffee/Tea is available before. All are welcome. No Charge but donations accepted. This is again sponsored by Quarry WI, Holy Trinity Church and Local Councillors. Contact Margaret Taylor for details (Ox 765051)
Next Churchyard working party will be on Saturday 17th October 10-12 noon. All are welcome with no gardening knowledge necessary. Please contact Susan Houlton for more information Tel Ox 744896
Emergency First Aid training
Headington Baptist Church is hosting an Emergency First Aid Training on Saturday 17th October, 10am-2pm. Cost: £30 per person.The training includes dealing with a casualty, an unconscious casualty and possible causes, the recovery position, CPR, defibrillator use and understanding, choking and minor injuries. To book, please go to: headingtonbaptist.churchsuite.com/events/jy51dxzh
Weekend Retreat
There are just two places left on a weekend retreat at the Old Parsonage Freeland led by our own Revd Rob Gilbert on 16th-18th October. The retreat will explore the meanings to be found in the human appreciation of beauty in nature and in the sciences, and what our words about wonder might be reflecting of the Word of God. Accommodation and all catering are included in the £185 charge for the weekend. To book please contact Revd Jean King at oxfordretreat@yahoo.co.uk
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.
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
Imagine Lewis helpers needed! We have an excellent team that are spearheading our Imagine Lewis weekend, but we have need of a few extra helpers, specifically: 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
Building Form Foundations Appeal
An update will be given during the morning services today. 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
There’s a lot of fun to be had from re-purposing or upcycling clothes and kit (e.g. making cushion covers from curtains that don’t fit your current windows; re-using the fabric from an adult skirt to make a child’s dress). But many brand new items in the shops are the result of recycling: bags made from plastic bottles, dresses ditto, and even…. furniture made from old washing machines. We should support these products.
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.
