Sunday April 12th: The Second Sunday of Easter
8am Holy Communion. President: The Revd Dr Andrew Gregory
10am Eucharist and Forest Sunday School. President: Revd Dr Andrew Gregory. Preacher: Revd Dr Andrew Gregory. 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.
Wednesday
10am Midweek Communion
Sunday April 19th: The Third Sunday of Easter
8am Holy Communion. President: The Revd Martin Little
10am Eucharist. President: Revd Martin Little. Preacher: Revd Martin Little. Organist: Andrew Patterson
Malcolm Woodcock’s funeral will be here at Holy Trinity on Tuesday April 14th at 11.30am followed by refreshments in the meeting room. All are welcome.
Our new Safeguarding Officer is Anne Cowan and her contact details are at the back of this booklet. We give thanks for Anne Tarassenko’s 10 years of service in this important role.
Revision of the parish electoral roll before the annual meeting
The electoral roll is the list of members of our church community here at Holy Trinity. If you joined the roll when we made the new one last year, you don’t need to do anything, your name remains on the list!
However, if you are new to our community, or have just reached the age of 16, please sign up, as our membership list is very useful to us. You need to be 16 years old or over, baptised (in any Christian denomination) and either resident in the parish or regularly worshipping at Holy Trinity.
If you have any questions please get in touch with me. The parish’s data privacy notice can be viewed here: https://www.hthq.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Privacy-notice-and-GDPR-policy.pdf
You can either fill in a paper form (available in the church) or find the form on the church website, complete it online and email it to me – in that case it doesn’t need a physical signature. Please do this by next Wednesday 15 April so that the revised roll can be published before the annual meeting. Joan Jones – Electoral Roll Officer – 07710611250 – electoralroll@hthq.uk
Coach Details for Robs Licencing on Thursday 16th April
There are 39 travelling to this event (I have one place left) and I will collect the fare on the coach which will be £14, and this will include a tip for the driver ( if all goes well as it did last time).
We will leave the Coach house at 6pm promptly as we have to pick up some from New Marston Church on the way. That should give plenty of time to get there and we will leave by 9.15 at the latest. We look forward very much to celebrating this event and supporting him on his new path in ministry. My MOB number is 07949 704202 in case off any problems on the day. Margaret Taylor (Church Warden)
Community Cafe 9.30 – 11.30am Please note there will be no Café on 14th April.
Date for Diary
Advance notice that Revd Prof Rob Gilbert’s installation service will take place on Thursday 16th April at 7.30pm at Heyford Hill Park Church. More information nearer the time.
Anne Kiggell warmly invites you to a 90th birthday drink in the church room on Sunday 19th April after the morning service at 11.15am.
New filter Coffee and Tea
If you are able to it would help the church funds if you could donate to the refreshment fund each week by either putting money in the jar or by using the card machine. Thank you.
This week’s Eco Tip
Keep a record of the seeds you have sown and the seedlings that you plant out. Be sure to have some drought-loving plants (e.g. Rosemary, Cistus, Heuchera), and enough insect-loving plants (e.g. Lavender, Sedum, Coneflower, Catmint, and Allium), plus native wildflowers (like Cornflowers and Poppies) to attract pollinators (e.g. bees, butterflies, hoverflies). 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.
