Pastrow Family Grapevine
Printed Sunday 11th of October 2026, 9:53pm
Services are avaiable from –
Winchester Catherdral – Winchester Cathedral | The Cathedral Channel (winchester-cathedral.org.uk)
Church of England – Welcome to the Church of England’s official website | The Church of England
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Blessings of thankfulness for the Harvest, labourers and livelihoods of the farming communities.
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Tuesday 6th
9.30 – 11.30 am Pop in & Play – HBT Community Centre
Wednesday 7th
10 am Holy Communion – Tangley
Friday 9th
1.30 – 3.30 pm Cosy Café – Charlton
Saturday 10th
9 am Quite Day including Julian Prayer Meeting – Tangley – booking required see poster
Sunday 11th
10 am Holy Communion – Tangley & Charlton
10 am Morning Worship – Penton
10 am Harvest Festival with Communion – Hurstbourne
10.30 am Harvest Festival – Weyhill
6 pm Harvest Service – Smannell
6 pm Evensong – Vernham
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
Exodus 20 1 – 4, 7 – 9
Psalm 19
Philippians 3 4b – 14
Matthew 21 33 – end
The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Exodus 32 1 – 14
Psalm 106 1 – 6, 19 – 23
Philippians 4 1 – 9
Matthew 22 1- 14
Those in the plane incident in the Middle East, may our prayers bring comfort and healing.
Tourists and citizens in Thailand following the torrential rain and flooding, may waters recede and life return to more normal conditions
Our bishops and archdeacons as they settle into this new team bringing their experience to us all as they visit and work throughout the diocese sharing in the good news.
All in Pastrow Family, from the congregations to our neighbours may his blessing be with us all
For the 4th October
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of everlasting joy; 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
Penton open during daylight hours
Hatherden 8 am – 4 pm daily
Tangley 9 am – 4 pm daily
Hurstbourne Tarrant 9.30 am – dusk
Vernham Dean 10 am – 4 pm – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday
Weyhill – 8 am – 4 pm Daily
Smannell – 9 am – 4 pm Daily
By Rev Carol
Well, hello there, it’s my turn again to try to bring God’s hope and light to you all.
I have just returned from my holidays and had the wonderful privilege of visiting Disney World Florida, a treat we had saved up for to celebrate special birthdays for my husband, daughter and myself. We had a wonderful and refreshing time, full of great experiences, love and laughter.
On one of our last night’s, myself and my hubby went to see the fireworks, music and light show at Epcot. It was wondrous and didn’t disappoint on numerous levels. Yes, there was sheer beauty and spectacle on an amazing scale which was incredibly moving too.
Here we were surrounded by people of different nationalities and creeds, in fact, much to my delight some Spanish speaking people were stood next to us during the whole display. I should mention that I absolutely love languages and different cultures, so I was in true anorak mode. However, it wasn’t just this that made me happy, it was the important and beautiful message that accompanied and was represented by the spectacle.
The message that was given is at the heart of the Gospel message, the Good News of Christ, which is that it is important to love and respect all of our differences, as well as embracing and celebrating our similarities. The people of the world are better working together, being unified but not uniform. We need to celebrate each other’s giftings and work through our differences that can bring about unnecessary, unwanted and destructive conflict to our world and its peoples. At the end of the day, we are all made in God’s image and should value that fact and each other.
I must admit that I prayed that this beautiful message could be embraced by everybody, including our world leaders, so that God’s peace may reign. Some may say that I’m being very idealistic, but if we’re true people of faith who love God, then we can help to bring a vision into reality through our words, deeds and prayers. God’s wish for us all is to be in true relationship with Him as well as with one another, and just imagine what kind of world we would be living in if everybody could follow this simple desire. God’s Kingdom would truly be on earth and love, justice, joy, tolerance, respect and peace would reign and who wouldn’t want to achieve all of this.
Emily Read & Jake Kelly
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What is a Healing Ministry?
Matthew’s gospel gives us a summary of Jesus’ ministry which is ‘preaching the Good News of the Kingdom and healing every sickness and disease among the people.’ The church, throughout its history, has been entrusted with a mandate for bringing this healing to people and communities. Here in Pastrow we have for some time been training a group of people to exercise this Healing Ministry.
Are you confirmed? No, have you thought about being confirmed? Would you like to know more?
We are running classes for 6 weeks from Monday 5th October 6 – 8 pm in preparation for our
Confirmation service on the 30th November.
If you would like to know more speak to a service leader or contact Rev Carol. 07956 674717
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Upcoming Events for the Diary
(Full details will follow in the coming weeks, alternativly see local advertising, all subject to change)
Weekly –
Tuesday – 9.30 – 11.30 am Pop in & Play – Hurstbourne Tarrant Community Centre (term time only)
Wednesday – 10 am Holy Communion – Tangley
October Dates
Fri 9th – Cosy Café – Charlton
Sat 10th – Julian Meeting as part of The Quite Day Retreat – Tangley
Sun 11th – Harvest Festival – Weyhill
Fri 23rd – Cosy Café – Charlton
Last Tuesday – Prayer meeting – Vernham
Fri 30th Children’s Light Party – see advertising
Also, various Home Groups meet weekly, if you would like more details, please contact Jude
We have signed up to raise funds through Easyfundraising. If you shop online go through Easyfundraising, support Pastrow Family and we will raise funds with no cost to you, we can then use this to support all our projects in the Parish. Click on the link to sign up and shop online as normal. Thank you. https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/support-a-good-cause/step-1/?char=396305&invite=nit1v2&referral-campaign=c2s&utm_campaign=web-referral
The Grapevine reaches over 400 people weekly, to advertise your event or special service pass the details to Jude on eventsadmin@pastrowfamily.org.uk also email to join our mailing list for all the latest news.
Pastrow Family Prayers – A monthly sheet with prayers & thoughts for the coming month, if you would like to sign up, please email eventsadmin@pastrowfamily.org.uk
The Parish Giving Scheme
A great way to regularly support you home parish church, join at Home – Parish Giving Scheme paper applications can be obtained from Jude please call 07999 352585
A Grace Ministry for Moses-Like Generation in Uganda.
Would you like to commit to supporting very needy orphans in South West Uganda (South Ruwenzori – next to the border with Congo (DRC))? There is a huge number of orphaned and needy children in this area. We are supporting 30 young people by paying their school fees and other related costs. St Thomas’s Charlton are contributing £50 a month and a number of individuals also give regularly. The founder and head of this ministry is Rev William Musisi Muhindo, a good friend of Ian Smale’s and an inspiring Christian and church leader in the South Ruwenzori diocese. If you would like to know more please contact Ian on revian@pastrowfamily.org.uk
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.
Trevor Wheeler (7th)
Our Prayers for those known to us personally.
