Bowland Benefice
Pews News 29 September 2024
Trinity 18 - Collect
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. Amen.
And today is Michaelmas so here is
The Collect for St Michael and All Angels
Everlasting God, you have ordained and constituted
the ministries of angels and mortals in a wonderful
order: grant that as your holy angels always serve you
in heaven, so, at your command, they may help and
defend us on earth; 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. Amen

This Week in the Benefice
Sunday 29
September 10.30am

Benefice Holy
Communion in
Broughton
Hackett

Saturday
5 October

10.00am Churchyard
tidy up in
Upton
Snodsbury

Sunday
6 October
Trinity 19

10.30am Family Harvest
Festival in
Upton
Snodsbury
11.00am Harvest
Festival with
Holy
Communion in
Peopleton
6.00pm Songs of Praise
in White Ladies
Aston
Please do show your support for St Leonard’s
and Revd Claire by coming along to the Benefice
Service of Holy Communion this Sunday at 10.30am.
A great opportunity for Christian fellowship and

a chat after the service.
It’s that time of year again!

St Kenelm’s church yard Autumn tidy-up. Please join
the merry band of gardeners on Saturday 5 October.
Come armed with gloves and with tools at the ready.
A morning’s sunshine is on order and refreshments
will be available when you start to flag………
More information from Helen (01905 381490)

Ride and Stride on 14 September
The Bowland Benefice intrepid resident velocipedist
(cyclist to you and me…), Helen Bennett reported on
her fundraising day-out as follows:
I set off at 10 minutes to 10 heading for Naunton
Beauchamp, cycled around 17 churches in
idyllic weather conditions, stopping at Springridge
Nursery for a sandwich and cup of tea and arrived
back at St Kenelm’s at 4.30pm having raised £760.

Brilliant!!
A New Bishop for Worcester
There is another opportunity for people to get
Involved in the process of finding our next bishop of
Worcester at a public meeting with the Archbishop’s
Secretary for Appointments and the Prime Minister’s
Appointment Secretary next Tuesday 1 October,
7.00pm – 8.00pm on Zoom.

This meeting is part of the Appointments Secretaries’
listening exercise through which they aim to
understand the challenges and opportunities that
will be encountered by the next Bishop of Worcester
as well as the gifts, experiences and qualities that
people discern are needed in their bishop.
All are welcome to attend the meeting – email
[email protected]
to receive the Zoom link.

And don’t forget there will also be a chance to say
goodbye and thank you to Bishop John at the
Cathedral, this Sunday, 29 September at 4.00pm. All

welcome!

Next week’s Harvest Celebrations 6 October
At 10.30am in St Kenelm’s Church Family Festival
followed by auction of harvest donations and lunch
in the Village Hall. All the money raised will go to
Farmers Overseas Action Group.
At 11.00am in St Nicholas’ Church Harvest Festival
with Communion followed by harvest lunch in the
Village Hall at 12.30pm for 1.00pm. All harvest gifts
will go to Maggs’ Day Centre in Worcester.
A diary date - Upton Snodsbury Race Night
At 7.00pm on Saturday 19 October in the Village Hall
come along and try your luck on the horses. £10 for a
ploughman’s supper and pud. Minimum bet £1.
Tickets and more information from Janet 01905
381379 and Jenny 07931 248977
STOP PRESS

For Friday 27 September in The Parish Room, White

Ladies Aston

10.30am - 12.30pm Macmillan Coffee Morning. Please
come along to support this very worth-while charity.
7.30pm - Turner - the man on the £20. A fully
illustrated talk by Mike Tomlinson. £5.
Lord help me to remember that
nothing is going to happen to me this week
that you and I together can’t handle. Amen.