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Services

Sunday 19 August 2018 - 12th Sunday after Trinity

8.00am    Holy Communion (BCP) (Revd Andrew Doye)
9.30am        Parish Communion (celebrant - Revd Andrew Doye; preacher - Martin Brown) 
    Hymns:   232;  456;  623;  263 (omit vv 5&6)
    Voluntary:  Prelude and Fugue in G minor    Dietrich Buxtehude 
    Readings:  Proverbs 9: 1-6; Ephesians 5: 15-20; John 6: 51-58
11.30am    Baptism

Morning Prayer, each weekday at St John the Baptist Church from 8.30 to 9.00am. During this Diocesan Year of Prayer, if you haven’t been part of this yet, do try to find a morning on which you could join us. Books provided and no prior knowledge needed. Just turn up, and be a part of our daily worship.

Sunday 26 August 2018 – Patronal Festival & Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am    Holy Communion (BCP) (Revd Andrew Doye)
10.30am  Patronal Festival Communion (Revd Andrew Doye) 
    Readings:  Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Ephesians 6: 10-20; Matthew 14: 1-12

(Please note: there is no separate service at Woodmancote that morning, but all are welcome at our Patronal celebrations.)

This Week

Monday 20 August to Friday 24 August 2018
8.30am     Morning Prayer

Wednesday 22 August 2018
10.30am    Holy Communion (Revd Andrew Doye)

Friday 24 August 2018
1.00pm    Wedding

Monday 20 August and Thursday 23 August 2018
10.00am to 12 noon    Drop In for Coffee & Chat in the Parish Hall

The Rector’s day off this week is Thursday

News and events

Parish Hall: there is some decorating and cleaning (mostly paintwork) to be done to the hall over the holiday. If you have any time to spare and can help please let me know. Andrew Turner 

Lost Property - please look for those lost glasses etc. in the lost property by the north door.

Christian Books.  Unwanted (Christian only) books in any condition are urgently needed in other countries. Please leave in the box at the back of the church. Thank you.

Bible Reading Fellowship notes - in church pigeonholes today for those who have ordered them, covering the period September to December 2018.  If anyone has not yet paid their subs for this year, this would be a good opportunity, and if anyone else thinks they might be interested in BRF notes please just ask Dennis Farr.

Sunday 26th August - Patronal Festival Lunch - free for everyone
In the Parish Hall, following a 10.30am Parish Communion service. Please sign up in the welcome area of St John the Baptist Church so that we know how many to cater for and if you are able, please indicate what food you can bring to share.

Church Social on Friday 7 September at Cranberry, North Street, Westbourne
Everyone is welcome, particularly those who helped at the Church Fete or with fund raising events, with work in the hall or being on any Church rota. Newcomers are specially invited. Drop in between 4pm and 7pm for a drink and nibbles, and a chance to chat. Jonathan & Marjorie

Sunday 9 September 2018, 09.30am – our mid-morning service will be a celebration of baptism (‘Christening’), to which those most recently baptised in the parish have been invited. Do feel able to invite others you know who are godparents or parents and would like to celebrate in this way; and come with your own godparents or godchildren in mind.

Westbourne Organ Recital - Tickets are now available for the next Westbourne Organ Recital on Sunday, 16 September 2018, 7pm with Charles Harrison, Chichester Cathedral's organist and master of choristers.  Book online (small booking fee) at https://tinyurl.com/wborgan2018. Proceeds to church funds for the upkeep of our organ.