St Mary the Virgin, Cropredy |
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Shires Edge Benefice |
St James the Great, Claydon, St Mary the Virgin, Cropredy. |
All Saints, Great Bourton, All Saints, Mollington and St Mary Magdalene, Wardington. |
Vicar: Revd. Pat Freeth. The Vicarage, High Street , Cropredy. OX17 1NG Tel: 01295 750980. |
Ministry Team: Assistant Priests: Revd. Lynda Alcock Revd. Rosie Ward, Revd. Barry Freeth. Licensed Lay Minister : Malcolm Ward Authorised Assistants: Sue Upton, George Ennis, John Langridge |
Mid-week said BCP Holy Communion every Wednesday 10.00 a.m. at Claydon. This is a Benefice service open to all. Wednesdays 7.30 p.m. Bible Study at Great Bourton (for details phone 750227) Children and Young People’s Groups run in Term-Time:- Mondays after School – ‘J’ Team for 5 – 10 years Thurs – 1.45p.m 0 ’s–Pre School Praise & Play in Cropredy Church Thurs – 4.30p.m ‘J’ 2 Club for 10+ in Church Rooms at Cropredy |
Handbell Ringers – Anyone, any age wishing to learn or can play, please ring 750980 |
Services for September 2010 |
5th September – Trinity 14 LA 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Claydon PF 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Cropredy SU 10.00 a.m. Family Service - Wardington BF 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion – Great Bourton SU 6.00 p.m. Evensong – Mollington |
Parish Events for your Diary 29th - 30th August – Art Festival - Claydon 31st August - Cluster Care Service – 1.30 pm 1st September 2.30 pm Beetle Drive, Claydon 4th September 4 pm MESSY CHURCH, Gt Bourton 6th September Claydon Spiritual Half Hour 7.30 pm 7th September Deanery Synod, 7.15 pm Cropredy Church 11th September Café Church, Gt Bourton 10 -11.30 am 11th September – Ride & Stride 11 th September – Wedding – Wardington 2 pm Fenemore/Kisley |
12th September – Trinity 15 PF 8.30 a.m. BCP Holy Communion - Claydon PF 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Cropredy PF 6.00 p.m. Caravan Service – Great Bourton LA 9.30. p.m. Holy Communion– Mollington MW 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion by Ext. Wardington PF 6.00 p.m. Caravan Service – Great Bourton |
13th September – Claydon PCC – 7.30 pm 14th September – Staff meeting – 7.30 pm – Vicarage 15th September – Wardington PCC – 7.30 pm 16th September – Cropredy PCC – 7.30 pm |
19th September – Trinity 16 RW & MW 10 am. United Benefice Service - Wardington |
20th September Week 1 – Deanery Worship Course – St Francis Ch. 7.30 23rd September – Mollington PCC – 7.30 pm 24th September ‘Friends of Cropredy Church' meeting with Architect 7pm |
26th September – Trinity 16 PF 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion – Wardington BF 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion - Claydon SU 9.30 a.m. Morning Worship – Mollington PF 10.00 a.m. Seeker ANIMAL Service – Cropredy LA 11.00 a.m. Holy Communion - Great Bourton |
26th September – Concert – Banbury Strings – Cropredy Church – 7.30 pm 27th September Week 2 – Deanery Worship Course 7.30 pm St Francis Ch. 28th September – Cluster Care Service – 1.30 pm. 28th September – Great Bourton PCC – 7.30 pm 30th September – Julian Meeting (now 4th Thursday's) - 7.30pm at Vicarage
Please pray for our young people returning to their places of education and for all engaged in the work of education as teachers in our schools, colleges and universities. |
Collect for Holy Cross Day Almighty God, who in the passion of your blessed Son made an instrument of painful death to be for us the means of life and peace: grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer for his sake; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. |
Common Worship Lectionary Readings for September 2010 (Year C) Trinity 14 - Deut. 30: 15-20 ; Philemon 1-21; Luke 14: 25-33; Ps. 1 (green) Trinity 15 – Exodus 32: 7-14: 1 Tim. 1: 12-17; Luke 15: 1-10; Ps.14 (green) Trinity 16 – Amos 8: 4-7; 1 Tim. 2: 1-7; Luke 16: 1-13; Ps. 113 (green) Trinity 17 - Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; 1 Tim. 6: 6-19; Luke 16: 19-31; Ps. 114 (green) |