Pews News - w/c 9th October 2022

SERVICES FOR 9th October

17th after Trinity

9.30am Evenley, Morning Worship

9.30am Farthinghoe, Morning Worship

10.30am Aynho, Holy Communion

11.00am Hinton, Morning Worship

Readings 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, 2Timothy 2:8-15,

Luke 17:11-19

Psalm 111

Colour Green

Collect

Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

Amen.

Post Communion

Lord, we pray that your grace

may always precede and follow us,

and make us continually to be given to all good works, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

SERVICES FOR 16th October

18th after Trinity

10.30am Hinton, Benefice Holy Communion

Alleluia!

Please pray for:-

- All those known to us who need our prayers

- For all those struggling with health issues

- The Revd. Diane Whitaker & the church and people of Wappenham.

- For the families of all those who lost loved ones in a crush following an Indonesian football match- 125 feared dead.

- For all people worldwide who are affected by unrest, by acts of violence, oppression, or poverty, especially as the increased energy prices in the UK take hold.

Our churches are always open for private prayer;all are welcome. - (Croughton -by appointment only)

October

9th Full moon (Hunters moon) will reach peak illumination at 4:54 P.M.

11th Evenley 12.00 – 1.15pm. Soup lunch in the village hall. Enjoy a bowl (or two), of home-made soup plus tea/coffee & biscuits. £2

14th 10.00 – 11.00 Farthinghoe coffee morning in the church vestry

Astwick Vale Benefice covers five churches, Aynho, Croughton, Evenley, Farthinghoe and Hinton with Steane

The next Benefice Holy Communion is at Hinton, Sunday 16th October at 10.30am.

Service will be led by Revd.Terry, & Revd. Hugh & we welcome you all to attend. You will be able keep in touch with people from our neighbouring churches who come together to share prayers and hymns.

Why not come along and join us.

Have a look at our new Benefice website

www.astwickvalebenefice.org

Also new email address

office@astwickvalebenefice.org

We are constantly updating the website.

Also a facebook page-

please indicate that you ‘like’ something.

Also have a look on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/astwickvalebenefice/

Church contact details

Ministry Teams

Assistant Priests-

Revd Terry Richards 01869 811251

Revd Hugh Warwick 01869 819596

Lay Readers

Carrie O’Regan 01280 702300

May Leng 07903 801143

Wardens

Aynho:

Andrew Bellamy 01869 810847

Kathy White 01869 810418

Croughton:

Angie Robbins 01869 811445,

Evenley:

Jose Golding 07708 539191

Farthinghoe:

Lisa Wenmouth 01295 712510

Hinton-in-the-Hedges:

Sam Mainds 07860 465000

FOOD BANKS NEED DONATIONS URGENTLY

Within our Deanery, the priest at Middleton Cheney, Nick Leggett, has started a foodbank which runs out of Chacombe Church, and they are always looking for donations.

Rather than have fixed opening hours they run a delivery and collection service.

Revd Nick can be contacted via email: -

leggett1uwe@yahoo.co.uk

Banbury Food Bank

Please be aware that Banbury Food bank is low on provisions as the current cost of living crisis has seen an increase in demand for their services, and a decrease in their usual donations. they rely on donations from the public to provide vital help to those in the community in need…During this time of Harvest Festivals, if you are able to, please consider adding one item to your food shop, and donating it to the foodbank- suggestions as follows: -

TINNED FRUIT

LONG LIFE MILK

TINNED SOUP

RICE PUDDING

JARS OF PASTA SAUCE

Contact - 01295 661304 for more information.

MacMillan Coffee Morning

A huge thank you to Zoë & Mark for hosting our MacMillan coffee morning at the Crewe Arms, Hinton in the Hedges and generously providing teas coffees and bacon rolls.

A massive thank you also to everyone who baked and bought delicious cakes, donated money, and joined us.

So far, we have raised an amazing £420!

Thank you all!!

Looking ahead to November

All Souls service at Farthinghoe on Wednesday 2nd November at 7pm. Lists will be at the back of our churches to include names of loved ones you wish to have read out.

And Finally

In praise of books

If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances.