Pews News Sunday 21st December 2014

Diary Dates
December
PEWS NEWS
Sun 28th
Benefice Holy Communion
11am, St John The Evangelist, Whitfield
Rector away until Saturday 3rd January 2015
The Astwell Benefice
St Mary Magdalene Helmdon with Stuchbury and St
Lawrence Radstone and St James the Great Syresham
with St John the Evangelist Whitfield,
St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and
Plumpton and St Mary the Virgin Wappenham.
Mon 4th
January 2015
Fri 2nd
Sun 4th
Mon 5th
Tues 6th
Wed 7th
Sat 10th
Sun 11th
Mon 12th
Tues 13th
Wed 14th
Thur 15th
Time to Pray
8am, St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
Epiphany
Prayerbook Communion
8am, St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
Communion for Epiphany
with Renewal & Commitment
9.30am, St Mary & St Peter, Lois Weedon
Village Praise & Prayer
led by ‘The PCC’.
10am, St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
Communion for Epiphany
with Renewal & Commitment
11.15am, St Mary the Virgin, Wappenham
NO MESSY CHURCH at SYRESHAM
A Service of Renewal and Commitment for
Epiphany
6pm, St John the Evangelist. Whitfield
Lois Weedon PCC Meeting
7.30pm, The Rectory
Astwell Schools Back
Midweek Communion
9.30am, St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
Helmdon & Radstone PCC Meeting
7.30pm, 12a Church St, Helmdon
Strictly Astwell Rehearsals start, and every
Saturday until Feb 7th
Baptism of Christ
Village Praise & Prayer
9.30am, St Mary and St Peter, Lois Weedon
Parish Communion for the Baptism of Christ
10am, St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
Parish Communion for the Baptism of Christ
11.15am, St James the Great, Syresham
Messy Church
3,30pm, St Mary the Virgin, Wappenham
Syresham PCC Meeting
The Priory, 7.30pm
Rector on Child Protection Course
Midweek Communion
9.30am, St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
Helmdon Pastoral Care Meeting
2pm, Manor Barn, Helmdon
Sunday 21st December 2014
Fourth Sunday of Advent
and
Christmas
A Very Happy and Blessed
Christmas to Everyone
in the Astwell Benefice!
This Week’s Bible Readings:
2 Samuel 7.1-11, 16
Magnificat or Psalm 89.1-4, 19-26
Luke 1.26-38
Services this Coming Week
Wednesday 24th December 2014
Christmas Eve
There will be no 9.30am
Midweek Communion.
1.30pm
Parish Join in Nativity &
Candlelit Carols
St Mary & St Peter, Lois Weedon
3pm
Parish Join in Nativity &
Candlelit Carols
St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
4.30pm
Parish Join in Nativity &
Candlelit Carols
St James the Great, Syresham
6pm
Parish Join in Nativity &
Candlelit Carols
St John the Evangelist, Whitfield
7.30pm
Parish Carols by Candlelight
St Mary the Virgin, Wappenham
9.30pm
Benefice Candlelit Communion for
Christmas Eve
St James the Great, Syresham
11.30pm
Benefice Midnight Mass
for Christmas
St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
ALL OTHER MATTERS
The Reverend Carole Peters
Rector of the Astwell Benefice
The Rectory, The Green, Lois Weedon
NN12 8PN
01327 860798
carolepeters@aol.com
I take Thursday evening and Friday day off but do
leave a message and I will get back to you.
For general parish enquiries
rectorastwellbenefice@aol.co.uk
www.astwellparishes.org.uk
Give us your News
Please send any items for Pews News to
our Parishes Administrator Sarah Rudkin or via email
at rectorastwellbenefice@aol.co.uk
To hold in your prayers this week:
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK & NEXT WEEK
We bring before our loving heavenly Father those
who are unwell, recovering from illness or who
are simply having a bad time; all who need our
prayers.
We also pray for:
From Helmdon:
Irene Inness, Maisie Brown, Joyce Beech, Jan
Harrold, Michelle, Jason Holt (daughter and son of
Gerald and Shirley Holt), Olive Holton, Rev’d
S
Douglas Hadfield, Viv Watson.
Room
From Lois Weedon:
Peter French, Aidan Hunt, Tracy Reid, Joan Jacobs,
Evan Jones, Christian Jefferies, Jane Keller.
From Syresham:
David Wyness, Nina Stevens, Mick Gee, Derek
Hollyoake, Bruce Coates, Janet Hughes, Greg Oles.
Mary Hutton (Margaret Miller’s granddaughter),
Doreen Moreland
From Wappenham:
Dorothy Abbott, Roger King, Eileen Robbins,
For those known to us:
Gill Goodwin, Marjorie Baxter, William Woof,
Pauline Collis, Christopher Carr, Pip Dandy, Evelyn
Johnson, Alison Wilson, Dr Mike Greenhalgh, Gill
Derbyshire, Tod Wye, Judy Anson, Isaac
Wellington.
We are happy to add anyone to our prayer list providing
they are happy to have us pray for them. You may also
know someone who would prefer private prayers. In either
case please let the Church Wardens or Rev’d Carole know.
Services in the Benefice on
Christmas Day
9am
Communion with Traditional
Language & Carols
St John the Evangelist, Whitfield
9.30am
Communion for Christmas
Morning
St Mary & St Peter, Lois Weedon
10am
Communion for Christmas
Morning
St Mary Magdalene, Helmdon
10.30am
Christmas Day Family Service
St James the Great, Syresham
11.15am
Communion for Christmas
Morning
St Mary the Virgin, Wappenham
Mon 22nd
Open House at The Rectory
11am - 10pm
Tues 23rd
Helmdon Café
10am-noon, Reading Room
Plumpton Carol Service
6pm, St John the Baptist,
Plumpton
Sun 28th
Benefice Holy Communion Service
11am, St John
the Evangelist, Whitfield
News from the Astwell Benefice
JOY TO THE WORLD – THE LORD HAS
COME!
Our journey through Advent is almost over and we
now join with millions all over the world and
celebrate our Lord’s Birth.
As it says in the carol:
“E’en so here below, below,
Let steeple bells be swungen
And i-o,i-o,i-o,
By priest and people sungen!
Gloria, Hosanna in the Highest”.
And here in the Astwell Benefice, thanks to our
great bell ringers, our bells will be swungen and I
know this priest will be joining her people as we
sing together in celebration of this
very special time.
I hope to see you over the Christmas period to
wish you a very Happy Christmas either at one or
more of our services or at the ‘Open House’ at The
Rectory on Monday 22nd December.
My prayers are for us all to have a healthy and
rewarding New Year as we grow together in the
love of Christ, and this Christmas my special
prayer for all of us echoes the words of
my favourite carol:
What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb.
If I were a wise man I would do my part,
Yet what can I give him?
Give my heart.
May the Lord God, the heavenly babe, receive all
our hearts this blessed Christmas time.
Amen
Rev’d Carole