Ettington

The Stourdene Group of Churches

St Mary and Holy Cross – Alderminster
St Peter and St Paul – Butlers Marston
Holy Trinity and St Thomas of Canterbury – Ettington
Our Blessed Lady – Halford
St David – Newbold on Stour
St Mary – Pillerton Hersey with Pillerton Priors
“WE EXIST TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN”

Sunday 8th January 2012
Baptism of Christ

The Collect:  God of all mercy, your Son proclaimed good news to the poor, release to the captives, and freedom to the oppressed: anoint us with your Holy Spirit and set all your people free to praise you in Christ our Lord.

The Readings:
Revelation 19:6-10
John 2:1-11 – Jesus Changes Water into Wine


Items for the next issue to be with Jane Evans please by 9am on Thursday 12th January on 01789 740446 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For enquiries about weddings, baptisms & funerals, please contact Revd Cath Vickers on 01789 748137 or Revd John Horton on 01789 459241
If you know anyone who is housebound, permanently or temporarily because of illness, and would like Holy Communion taking to them,
please let Revd Cath Vickers know on 01789 748137.

Compline - A form of Evening Prayer
6pm Thursdays 12th, 19th & 26th January 2012
At the home of Freda & John Masterson Beam Cottage, 44 Alderminster

DATES FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY
Mon 23 Jan 9am – Storytellers in Ettington School.
Mon 23 Jan 2.30pm-4.30pm – Pillertons Drop in Club in Priors Hall.
Tue 24 Jan 7-8.30pm – GIFT meet in Ettington Church.
Tue 24 Jan 7.30pm – Come along to Alderminster Vicarage and help plan the February Benefice United Service to be held in Halford Church.
Wed 25 Jan 2pm – Mothers’ Union meet at 5 Park View Lane, Newbold to watch a video on “Samaritan’s Purse”.  Visitors welcome.
Tue 31 Jan 7.30pm – Deanery Synod Meeting in St Edmund’s Church, Shipston.  Tim Pullen, Sub-Dean of Coventry Cathedral will be talking about their exciting work of outreach and their reconciliation ministry.
Tue 31 Jan – Ettington & Halford PCC meetings.
Wed 1 Feb 10am – Holy Communion in Newbold Church.
Thu 2 Feb 7pm – Holy Communion in Alderminster Church.
Sat 4 Feb 7pm – Bangers & Bingo in Newbold Village Hall.  Proceeds to St David’s Church, Newbold.
Sun 5 Feb – Concert in Butlers Marston Church (see separate notice for details).
Mon 6 Feb 9am – Storytellers in Ettington School.
Tue 7 Feb 7-8.30pm – GIFT meet in Ettington Church (with visit from 1st Responders).

SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 7PM
BANGERS & BINGO
NEWBOLD-ON-STOUR VILLAGE HALL
BANGERS & MASH SUPPER £6/PERSON
CONTACT GILLY MARSDEN ON 01789 459168
Proceeds in aid of St David’s Church


TUESDAY 31ST JANUARY 7.30PM
DEANERY SYNOD MEETING
St Edmund’s Church, Shipston-on-Stour
Coventry Cathedral in its Golden Jubilee
Revd Canon Tim Pullen, Sub-Dean
Everyone is welcome to hear about the Cathedral’s
exciting work of outreach and its reconciliation ministry.

The Pillertons Newsletter
The PCC regret to announce that Peter Titchmarsh is retiring from the editorship of the Newsletter effective from the March 2012 edition.  Would you be interested in taking on the Editorship?  The Newsletter is for all village news, not just the Church, so this is an opportunity to make a much-appreciated contribution to our community and to exercise your journalistic skills.  Please contact a Warden (Gill – 740534 or Sandy – 740145) or any member of the PCC.  Thank you.

It is planned to run three separate sets of confirmation classes in the Benefice: one for children, one for young people and one for adults.  Please contact Cath or John straight away if you are interested as some of these classes will be starting soon.

John Purslow, formerly of Pillerton Priors and Ettington, died suddenly on Tuesday 20th December at his home in France.  His wife Jill was with John when he suffered a massive and fatal heart attack.  John, known to many as “Sooty” from his work as “Sootbusters”, was only 60 years of age.  Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

Wednesday afternoon teas in Halford will resume in the Spring

If you know anyone who helps in our churches in any way, however large or small, do let them know about the united service in Pillertons next Sunday, beginning at 10.30am.

Prayer Page

TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER
Cath & John meet for Morning Prayer each Tuesday and hope that
everyone will feel free to join them.  They meet at 9am and move
around the Stourdene Churches.  Forthcoming dates are:-
24th January – Butlers Marston     31st January – Alderminster
7th February – Nebwold     14th February - Halford

The Stourdene daily prayer guide

To help our prayers here is a list of items to pray for day by day:-

Day 22    Butlers Marston PCC and Church Warden, Dick Leaper.
Day 23    Rowan Williams and John Sentamu, our Archbishops.
Day 24    Pray for the Police and Emergency Services.
Day 25    The church overseas and especially those who are persecuted
for their faith.
Day 26    The Pillertons PCC and Church Wardens, Sandy Percival and
Gill Ison.
Day 27    Jill Tucker, our Rural Dean and our Deanery Synod
representatives.
Day 28    For all who are bereaved, that they will know God’s comfort.

ETTINGTON PRAYER WALK
This takes places on the first Thursday of every month
starting at 9.30am in Ettington Churchyard.
Next walk:  Thursday 2nd February