DIARY
Events in bold are not regular events. Our usual monthly pattern of services can be found HERE, and our usual weekly events are HERE. Please click HERE if you would prefer to download the information as a table (Word document).
For home group contact numbers, please see Weekly Events.
January 2009
Sunday 4th - Epiphany (Christmas 2) WhiteTheme: Wise men seek the King
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 (Ephesians 3:1-12) Matthew 2:1-12 (Psalm 72:10-15)
9.00 am Holy Communion (quiet, traditional) at Bishop's Itchington.
9.30 am Holy Communion at Long Itchington.
9.30 am Mattins in Offchurch.
10.00 am Quality Time - a special half-hour event for families and the young at heart - at Bishops Itchington. This is our first birthday!
10.00 am Quality Time - a special half-hour event for families and the young at heart - at Radford Semele.
10.30 am Children's activity and coffee at Eathorpe Village Hall.
11.00 am Morning Service followed by Feldon Group bring and share lunch at Eathorpe Village Hall.
7.00 pm Hungry for God - contemporary worship, teaching, ministry at Bishops Itchington, open to all in the deanery.
Monday 5th
8.00 pm Home Group meet at 3 Park Cottages, Eathorpe?
8.00 pm Cell at Rachel Franklin's, Bubbenhall or at the Cottage, next to the Church, Marton.
Tuesday 6th
School Spring Term begins.
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Hunningham.
10.30 am Holy Communion at Radford Semele.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Marton.
7.30 pm House Group at 3 Mount Pleasant, Bishops Itchington.
7.30 pm PCC at Radford Semele.
Wednesday 7th
8.00 am Feldon Group Listening Prayer at Diana Tankard's home. What is God's agenda for us?
8.40 am Morning Prayer at Long Itchington.
10.00 am Home Group meet at Hunningham Vicarage.
10.30 am Coffee Morning at 51 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington?
12.30 pm Midday Prayers in Bishops Itchington.
1.00 pm to 4.00 pm Soup lunch and tea/coffee at St Michael's Church Hall, Bishop's Itchington. See Notices.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Wappenbury.
8.00 pm Welcome Housegroup, Bishops Itchington.
8.00 pm Bible Study Group at 5 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington.
Thursday 8th
9.30 am to 4.00 pm Multi-Parish Benefice Day on Worship & Discipleship in the Rural Church, near Cirencester.
(No morning or evening prayer.)
7.30 pm to 8.30 pm Prayer Meeting for the re-building of St. Nicholas Church and for the community, at the Baptist Church room (opposite Community Hall - Lewis road).
Sunday 11th - Baptism of Christ (1st of Epiphany) White
Theme: New Beginnings
Readings: Genesis 1:1-5 (Acts 19:1-7) Mark 1:4-11 (Psalm 29)
9.30 am Morning Service at Long Itchington.
9.30 am Holy Communion with Sunday School at Offchurch.
10.00 am Family Communion at Radford Semele.
10.30 am Morning Worship at Bishops Itchington.
11.00 am Heartbeat at Marton.
11.00 am Holy Communion at Hunningham with Creche for 5s and under and Junior Church for 5-11s.
3.00 pm Young Families Church at Long Itchington.
6.00 pm Evensong at Weston.
Monday 12th
9.30 am Monday Group meet in Long Itchington Vicarage (term times only).
8.00 pm Home Group meet at 3 Park Cottages, Eathorpe.
8.00 pm Cell at Rachel Franklin's, Bubbenhall or at the Cottage, next to the Church, Marton.
Tuesday 13th
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Hunningham.
11.00 am Holy Communion at Greenways Care Home, Long Itchington.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Marton.
7.30 pm PCC at Bishops Itchington?
Wednesday 14th
8.00 am Feldon Group Listening Prayer at Diana Tankard's home. What is God's agenda for us?
8.00 am Holy Communion at Offchurch.
8.40 am Morning Prayer at Long Itchington.
10.00 am Home Group meet at Hunningham Vicarage.
10.30 am Radford Rendezvous - coffee morning at the Community Hall, Lewis Road, Radford Semele.
10.30 am Coffee Morning at 51 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington?
12.30 pm Clergy Deanery Chapter Meeting.
1.00 pm to 4.00 pm Soup lunch and tea/coffee at St Michael's Church Hall, Bishop's Itchington. See Notices.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Wappenbury.
8.00 pm Welcome Housegroup, Bishops Itchington.
8.00 pm Bible Study Group at 5 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington.
Thursday 15th
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Weston.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Offchurch.
8.00 pm Hunningham PCC at Hunningham Parish Rooms.
Sunday 18th - 2nd of Epiphany (Wk of prayer for Christian Unity) White
Theme: Follow me
Readings: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (Revelation 5:1-10) John 1:43-51 (Psalm 139:1-9)
9.00 am Holy Communion at Bishops Itchington.
9.30 am Holy Communion at Long Itchington.
9.30 am Family Service at Offchurch.
10.00 am Family Worship at Radford Semele.
10.30 am Morning Worship at Bishops Itchington.
11.00 am Holy Communion at Marton.
11.00 am Weston at Eleven (for all the family) at Weston.
6.00 pm St Wulfstan's Day Songs of Praise at Long Itchington.
6.00 pm Evensong at Hunningham.
6.00 pm Sunday@6 (Informal Service) at Napton, open to all at the Deanery.
Monday 19th
9.30 am Monday Group meet in Long Itchington Vicarage (term times only).
8.00 pm Home Group meet at 3 Park Cottages, Eathorpe.
8.00 pm Cell at Rachel Franklin's, Bubbenhall or at the Cottage, next to the Church, Marton.
Tuesday 20th
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Hunningham.
10.30 am Coffee Morning at Marton Church.
2.30 pm Senior Residents Service at Bishops Itchington.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Marton.
7.30 pm House Group at 3 Mount Pleasant, Bishops Itchington.
8.00 pm Joint churchwarden's meeting at Hunningham Parish Rooms.
Wednesday 21st
8.00 am Feldon Group Listening Prayer at Diana Tankard's home. What is God's agenda for us?
8.40 am Morning Prayer at Long Itchington.
10.00 am Home Group meet at Hunningham Vicarage.
10.30 am Coffee Morning at 51 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington?
12.30 pm Midday Prayers in Bishops Itchington.
1.00 pm to 4.00 pm Soup lunch and tea/coffee at St Michael's Church Hall, Bishop's Itchington. See Notices.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Wappenbury.
8.00 pm Welcome Housegroup, Bishops Itchington.
8.00 pm Bible Study Group at 5 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington.
Thursday 22nd
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Weston.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Offchurch.
Saturday 24th
7.00 pm Feldon Group Barn Dance at Long Itchington School and Community Centre.
Sunday 25th - 3rd of Epiphany (Conversion of St Paul) White
Theme: Water into wine
Readings: (Genesis 14:17-20) Revelation 19:6-10 (or Acts 9:1-22) John 2:1-11 (Psalm 128)
9.00 am Holy Communion (1662) at Weston.
9.30 am Holy Communion at Offchurch.
10.00 am Sunday@10 (for all the family) at Long Itchington. (Theme: School Sunday)
10.00 am Family Communion (with prayer for healing) at Radford Semele.
10.30 am Holy Communion at Bishops Itchington.
11.00 am Heartbeat (informal worship) at Marton.
11.00 am Come and Worship (an informal service for young and old, planned by youth)with creche for 5s and under and Junior Church for 5-11s, at Hunningham.
Monday 26th
9.30 am Monday Group meet in Long Itchington Vicarage (term times only).
8.00 pm Home Group meet at 3 Park Cottages, Eathorpe.
8.00 pm Cell at Rachel Franklin's, Bubbenhall or at the Cottage, next to the Church, Marton.
Tuesday 27th
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Hunningham.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Marton.
7.30 pm House Group at 3 Mount Pleasant, Bishops Itchington.
7.45 pm Joint 3 Church Council at Hunningham Parish Rooms.
Wednesday 28th
8.00 am Feldon Group Listening Prayer at Diana Tankard's home. What is God's agenda for us?
8.40 am Morning Prayer at Long Itchington.
10.00 am Home Group meet at Hunningham Vicarage.
10.30 am Coffee Morning at 51 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington?
12.30 pm Midday Prayers in Bishops Itchington.
1.00 pm to 4.00 pm Soup lunch and tea/coffee at St Michael's Church Hall, Bishop's Itchington. See Notices.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Wappenbury.
8.00 pm Welcome Housegroup, Bishops Itchington.
8.00 pm Bible Study Group at 5 Starbold Rd, Bishops Itchington.
Thursday 29th
8.30 am Morning Prayer at Weston.
5.00 pm Evening Prayer at Offchurch.
Friday 30th
10.00 am Crafty Cuppa at Memorial Hall, Bishops Itchington.
Saturday 31st
6.00 pm Thank you party for Hunningham, at Hunningham Parish Rooms.