19 October: St Frideswide
8am Holy Communion. President & Preacher: Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex
10am Parish Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President & Preacher: Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex. Deacon: Revd Martin Little. Organist: Andrew Patterson
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.
10am Wednesday Eucharist followed by refreshments.
26 October: Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
8am Holy Communion. President & Preacher: Revd Prof Rob Gilbert
10am Parish Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President Revd Canon David Knight. Preacher: Revd Canon Dr Margaret Whipp. Deacon: Revd Canon Dr Margaret Whipp. Organist: Andrew Patterson
The Parish Office new opening times will be as follows: Monday 8.30- 1pm, Wednesday 8.30-12.30pm, Thursdays 8.30-9.30- 11.30-12.30.
Emily’s Licensing
You are welcome to come to Emily’s licensing as vicar of Bodicote on Wednesday 12 November at 7.30pm. There is a sign-up sheet if you are interested in travelling to this service by coach with others from church.
All Souls service November 2nd 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 10am Thursday 30th October. Thank you.
Community Café every Tuesday 9.30 – 11.30am in the meeting room in church. An intergenerational space for parents/carers to spend time with their younger ones, meet up with people of all ages over a cup of tea/ coffee etc Toys available for preschool age children and toddlers. For the next 2 weeks would you like to learn how to weave a beret? on a piece of card! It is quite doable with a little help. Come to a morning in October.
SAVE THE DATE
Thursday November 6th sees the start of the Eco Autumn Talks Series. Tom Bedford, local ornithologist and wildlife photographer will speak about his two hobbies, with reference to bird life in Lye Valley and beyond. He will also discuss ways of encouraging birds to visit our gardens during the winter months and give tips on how to create good photographs. His talk will be heavily based on his photographs. Venue: Coach House, 7.15 p.m. for refreshments; 7.30 for the start of the talk. All are welcome. Hilary Rollin, for Eco Church Group
This week’s Eco Tip
Act now to keep the cold out and avoid unnecessarily high energy bills. Two simple measures now can save pennies and pounds later, and maybe save lives! You don’t have to be an ace seamstress to make a ‘sausage’ draft excluder to place at the bottom of your front/back door. All you need is a length of fabric and some stuffing (old tights?). Nor need you be experienced in DIY to instal self-adhesive draft excluder round doors. 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. Please contact any of the clergy (numbers on back page) or Helen Day, Janet Masters, Anne Tarassenko, or Ruth Wooldridge.
