Weekly News - Wimborne Minster

SUNDAY 11th JANUARY 2015
BAPTISM OF CHRIST
FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE
EPIPHANY
8.00am
9.45am
11.15am
12 noon
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Parish Eucharist
Matins
Holy Communion
Procession for the Baptism of Christ
We welcome everyone at our services. Families, please make use of children’s corner at the back of church. We
usually have a Sunday School for children aged 4-11 in Church House during the Parish Eucharist in term time.
Morning Prayer is generally said Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8.30am (entry by St. George’s door).
N.B. Evening Prayer is not said during January and February.
THIS WEEK
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
9.30am
8.00am
10.00am
2.30pm
7.30pm
7.45pm
9.30am
2.15pm
7.15pm
11.00am
12 noon
2.30pm
9.30am
Staff Meeting in the Lounge
Holy Communion
MU Prayer Group in the Crypt
‘Getting to know St. Francis’ Group at St. Margaret’s Chapel
‘Mums Today’ at 2 Eden Grove
Prayer Group in Church House Lounge
Holy Communion
Mothers’ Union meets in Church House Lounge
PCC meets in the Lounge
Holy Communion at St Margaret’s Chapel
Lunch and Chat in Church House Lounge
Funeral of Kenneth Mills
New Horizons Prayers
NEXT SUNDAY: 18th JANUARY 2015
SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
8.00am
9.45am
11.15am
6.30pm
Contacts:
Holy Communion
Parish Eucharist – Preacher: The Revd Gwynneth Owen
Informal Service
Evensong
The Rector : The Revd Canon Vanessa Herrick:
Parish Office:
Vergers:
01202 882340
01202 884753
01202 886667
MINSTER MATTERS
THE SICK: We pray for those known to us who are sick and suffering: Katie Lowden, Justin
Edwards, Philip Shea, Samuel, Euan Bassett, Joan Roopanarine, Eileen Thorpe, Tony Skidmore,
David Mould, Melanie Fawcett, Pat Collier, Felicia Heath, Lisa Sims, Janet Day, John Carpenter,
Sylvia Daffern, The Revd Judith Henderson, Jean Harvey, Janie MacFarlane, Anne Richards. Also
recently departed: Rachel Stevens.
Today the flowers at the altar are dedicated to the choir. The anonymous
attribution reads – ‘For the beautiful sounds produced by the loyal Minster Choir,
Organist and Director of Music’.
This evening at 6.30pm: Congregational Procession for the Baptism of Christ.
We will need 3 people to read – please see the blue folder on the vergers’ desk, sign up,
and take your copy away. We will also need people to move small items during the
procession, and a fairly strong person to haul a jug of water and pour the contents into
the font! Please sign up on the list in the blue folder. Many thanks. Brenda.
The next meeting of the ‘Getting to know St. Francis’ group is at 2.30pm on
Tuesday 13th January at St. Margaret’s Chapel. The theme for the meeting is ‘St.
Francis forms the Third Order Franciscans’. All welcome.
Donna Gosney has been appointed as Administrative Assistant and commenced duties
on 1st January 2015. Her role will also give cover for Penny Baxter in the Parish Office on a
Friday following the retirement of Georgina Arnold. The new role will run alongside that of
the Shop Manager post which Donna already holds. We are sure that everyone will support
Donna over the coming months to provide an effective team to move us forward in 2015.
The Minster Governors have allocated funds for the temporary appointment of a Personal
Assistant to Vanessa, initially for one year and for four hours per week. Brenda
Gibson has been appointed and commenced work on 1st January 2015.
Over the Christmas period some 2000 people attended the various services held in the
Minster. They gave generously to the three special charities being supported: The Coach
in the Community, The Alzheimers Society and The Rotary Crocus Project,
raising over £2600 to divide between the three.
A message from the Churchwardens: may we thank everyone, volunteers and staff
alike, for all the help and support which was given not only over the very busy Christmas
period but also throughout last year. It enabled the Minster to be kept open as a welcoming
place for all visitors and members of the congregation. We would also like to take this
opportunity of sending our very best wishes for the New Year and look forward to working
with you all in the months ahead. Anthony Oliver and Francis Vine, Churchwardens.
A special thank you to all those who helped to decorate the Minster for Christmas.
Thank you also to all who helped clear the flowers in the Minster on 5 th January and tidy the
cupboard – help very much needed after my recent hip operation. Christine Oliver
The Wednesday Prayer Group regroups this Wednesday in the Lounge at 7.45pm.
‘It is just three weeks until I go to Yambio, South Sudan, and I am very grateful for the
support given so far. Please continue to pray for me, for safe travel and for the relationships
and links which will be built and reinforced, and the projects in which I’ll be involved. I’ve
already filled two suitcases with donations, but would still be happy to receive reading
glasses of any strength (which can be bought from supermarkets), bras and money to
support my trip. All can be left in the office. Thank you very much’. Sheila Soper.
Lunch and Chat - Friday 16th January 2015 – Church House – 12 noon to 1.30pm.
All proceeds will be given to help finance Sheila Soper’s visit to the Sudan. There will
be a raffle and items for this will be very gratefully received. Do join us for a friendly lunch
and support Sheila.
Your Christmas cards can be recycled in aid of South Sudan so please cut off the
backs and put into the box at the back of the Minster. Many thanks. Sheila.
Next Sunday at the 9.45am Parish Eucharist we welcome our friends from
Wimborne Methodist Church to join us in worship. Our preacher will be The Revd
Gwynneth Owen. Please make them all very welcome. The Rector.
Next Sunday’s Informal Service at 11.15am will focus on our link with the Diocese of
Yambio in South Sudan. Sheila Soper, who is visiting Yambio next month, will be telling us
of her plans and helping us to pray for our brothers and sisters in the Episcopal Church of
Sudan. We will also be making greeting cards for her to take with her to give to individuals
and groups in Yambio. The season of Epiphany focuses on the Good News of Jesus Christ
for all nations and it seems appropriate to focus our informal worship next Sunday in this
way. Please come and join us. The Rector.
Happy New Year to all from the Food Bank! In December 55 people (including 22
children) were fed, yet stocks generally remain good. We are low on UHT milk, 1litre and
500ml semi-skimmed tetrapaks, tea bags, coffee, drinking chocolate, washing up liquid and
shower gel, and have run out of toothbrushes. Thank you so much to all who give so
generously. Sue Slydel.
Lent 2015. If you’ve had a look at the Course Programme for 2015 (which was
distributed in December, and further copies of which are available at the back of the
Minster) you will have noticed that we plan to follow a study course on the Lord’s Prayer.
There will be two ways to do this - either by coming to the Minster on a Tuesday evening
at 7pm when the Rector and Brenda Gibson will ‘teach’ the course in lecture form; or in
home groups/study groups. In order to plan ahead, The Rector would be grateful to hear
from those who are already in home groups whether they plan to follow the Lord’s Prayer
course, as well as from anybody who would like to do the Course as part of a ‘one-off’
study group (but who isn’t already a member of a home group). This is because we hope to
put in a bulk order for the Pilgrim Course Module 2 booklets and we will need to do so in
good time for Lent, which begins on 18th February. To that end:
a)
If you are part of a home group and your group wishes to follow the course, please
let the Rector know how many booklets you require (one per person, plus a
leader’s booklet)
b) If you would like to be part of a study group for Lent, please sign the list at the
back of the Minster before the end of January.
Rector
Our congratulations to Mike Downton and Hilda Butler who were licensed as Lay
Pastoral Assistants last Thursday. We welcome them to the team.
If anyone is free to help out on the Saturday morning shift in the shop – that’s 10am
to 1pm – to the end of February, please have an urgent word with Donna.
We look forward to receiving sponsorship for altar flowers for 2015. We ask for a
donation of £20 per week sponsored, and details of your dedication will be placed
in that week’s news sheet if you so wish. Please speak to Penny in the office.
WIMBORNE AND AROUND THE AREA.
Wimborne in Bloom Annual Meeting takes place in the Town Hall, 37 West
Borough, on Monday 26th January at 7.30pm with a report on 2014 and plans for 2015,
when the Town has been nominated to enter the National Britain in Bloom Competition
following its win in the 2014 Regional Competition. Everyone most welcome to attend.
CONTACTS
Rector:
The Revd Canon Vanessa Herrick
01202
882340
rector@wimborneminster.org.uk
Curate:
The Revd Belinda Marflitt
01202
886694
Associate Priests:
The Revd Dr Brenda Gibson
01202
881472
The Revd Dr Lorelie Farmer
01202
801470
01202
888703
The Revd Elise Harding
Churchwardens:
Mr Anthony Oliver
anthony-churchwarden@wimborneminster.org.uk
Acting Churchwarden:
Mrs. Deirdre Ashton
01202
889385
de-churchwarden@wimborneminster.org.uk
Website:
www.wimborneminster.org.uk
e-prayer circle:
tame@onetel.com
01202
881102
Friends’ Secretary:
Mr Peter Cook
01202
885470
Finance:
Mrs Karen Manneh
01202
884753
01202
884753
01202
884753
01202
886667
01202
886667
finance@wimborneminster.org.uk
Parish Secretary:
Mrs Penny Baxter
parishoffice@wimborneminster.org.uk
Administrative Assistant:
Mrs. Donna Gosney
parishoffice@wimborneminster.org.uk
Vergers:
Mr John Hughes
john-verger@wimborneminster.org.uk
Mr Ashley Coombs
ashley-verger@wimborneminster.org.uk