Online Services
Please see the home page for joining links.
Sunday Service
10 am Holy Communion
Monday to Saturday
9 am Morning Prayer
Services and Events
Church Services
Sunday 16th
8.30 am BCP Holy Communion – HBT
10 am Holy Communion – Hatherden, Penton, Enham & Vernham
10 am Family Service – Charlton
10.30 am Holy Communion – Weyhill
Online service – 10 am live from Penton
Wednesday 19th
10 am Holy Communion – Tangley
Sunday 23rd
8.30 am BCP Holy Communion – Penton
10 am Family Service – Hatherden & HBT
10 am Holy Communion – Charlton & Smannell
10 am Morning Prayer – Vernham
10.30 am Morning Prayer – Weyhill
Online services – 10 am live from Charlton
Online 10 am Children’s Workshop – please book, see info on the Grapevine
PLEASE NOTE FACEMASKS ARE MANDATORY WHEN VISITING CHURCH, THANK YOU
We ask all those who are attending church to –
Take a lateral flow test within 24 hours before attending, and ensure it is negative.
Sanitise hands when entering and leaving
Wear a face covering at all times (Medical exemptions apply)
Readings
This Week
The Second Sunday of Epiphany
Isaiah 62 1 – 5
Psalm 36 5 – 10
1 Corinthians 12 1 – 11
John 2 1 – 11
Next Week
The Third Sunday of Epiphany
Nehemiah 8. 1 – 3, 5 – 6, 8 – 10
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 12 12 – 31a
Luke 4 14 – 21
In your Prayers please pray for...
Our PCC members as they deliberate the proposals for the single parish and make their decisions for our future.
Our Queen and the royal family as they continue to do their public duties here and abroad.
Bishop Tim as he steps down and for Bishops David and Debbie as the continue to take the helm with the guidance of Bishop Richard, Archbishop’s Episcopal Commissary.
Collect
For Sunday 16th January
Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
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.
Our Churches are opening for Private Prayer as follows
Churches open for Private Prayer as follows
Penton, & Weyhill open daylight hours
Hatherden 8 am – 4 pm daily
Hurstbourne Tarrant 9.30 am – dusk
Vernham Dean 10 am – 4 pm – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday
Please follow instructions in church when visiting, thank you.
Covid Regulations in churches
Please follow the rules when visiting, the following will apply to all our churches.
- Facemasks are mandatory
- Sanitise hands on entry and exit
- Singing will be allowed for all.
- Social distancing down to people’s discretion but please be mindful of people’s wishes for space.
Words of Encouragement
By Alan Evans
There are times in our lives when we need God to step in to help. I’m sure you’ve cried out to God, as have I. But what do you do when He doesn’t seem to want to answer?
As much as life can be full of incredibly wonderful experiences, it can be brutal too, can’t it? A mother holding her dying child in her arms. A young man maimed by a drunk driver. Someone who loses their job and takes their own life out of sheer desperation. All those 150,000 who have died in the UK in the pandemic.
When we’re confronted with those sorts of tragedies, we cry out to God, time and time again. Sometimes He answers, at other times there’s a deafening silence.
Psalm 116:1,2 I love the LORD for hearing me, for listening to my prayers. Yes, he paid attention to me, so I will always call to him whenever I need help.
That can seem so untrue, it can hurt so much to read something like that in the Bible, when God hasn’t answered you. So what do we do with that? How do we respond?
For me, in the case of our son dying from a heart attack, as my wife and I cried out to God for his healing while he was in ICU, the answer ultimately, became this. To trust in God anyway. To believe in His Word anyway.
As a Jewish prisoner once wrote on the wall of his cell in the Cologne concentration camp:
I believe in the sun even when it doesn’t shine.
I believe in love, even when it’s not shown.
And I believe in God, even when He is silent.
God is listening. God is here. Trust in Him.
Announcement and Notes
Congratulations
Notes from Pastrow Admin
| Attending Church We ask all those who are attending church to – Take a lateral flow test within 24 hours before attending, and ensure it is negative. Sanitise hands when entering and leaving Wear a face covering at all times (Medical exemptions apply) |
Rev Toms Licensing service Tuesday 1st February 7pm, if you would like to go please book your seats with Jude on 07999 352585 by Monday 17th Jan.
If you wish to donate to Toms leaving gift then please contact Jude or see your churchwarden, thank you, final date Sunday 23rd January.
Children’s Online workshop Sunday 23rd January 10 am – please email families@pastrowfamily.org.uk to book, receive the craft pack plus the zoom codes to join.
Lent courses – full details coming soon with a range of days and times across the family, all start at the beginning of March.
Save the dates 6 – 8th May & 3 – 4th September full details to come 😊
Testimonies – Would you share your testimonies at the PFG? If yes, please speak to Rev Alex. 01264 512161, thank you
The Parish Giving Scheme is now up and running for our churches, find your home parish church at Home – Parish Giving Scheme
Facebook
Like our public page and we will invite you to the closed group where all the latest information is posted for the Pastrow Family. Pastrow Family | Facebook everything will be on the Grapevine as well.
In Memory
Michael Pooley (15th)
Shirley Hockin (17th)
Terry Yates (18th)
Gladys Broadhurst (18th)