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Parish Diary and Notices, March 2009

Diary

Sunday, March 1
  • 8.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 9.30am Parish Communion at St John's
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's K
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's HP
  • 6.30pm Said Evensong at St John's
  • 7.00pm TIG at Dorchester
  • 8.00pm Healing Service at St Mary's K
  • 9.00pm Lent Compline at St Mary's K
Monday, March 2
Tuesday, March 3
  • 7.30pm Holy Communion at St John's
Wednesday, March 4
  • 10.30am Wednesday Retired Club, St John's
  • 2.15pm Under 5s at St John's
  • 7.00pm Evening Prayer at St John's
Thursday, March 5
  • 9.00am Morning Prayer at St John's
  • 9.30am Holy Communion at St John's
Friday, March 6
  • 10.00am Women's World Day of Prayer, Methodist Church
  • 8.00pm Women's World Day of Prayer, Baptist Church
Saturday, March 7
  • 7.30am- Men's Lent Breakfasts (see notices)
  • 10.30am Julian Meeting, 12 Barn Close
Sunday, March 8
  • 8.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 8.00am Holy Communion at St John's
  • 9.30am Parish Communion at St John's
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's K
  • 6.30pm Said Evensong at St John's
  • 7.00pm TIG at St John's
  • 9.00pm Lent Compline at St Mary's K
Monday, March 9
Tuesday, March 10
  • 7.30pm Holy Communion at St John's
  • followed by PCC meeting
Wednesday, March 11
  • 10.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 2.15pm Under 5s at St John's
  • 2.15pm Funeral, St Mary's K
  • 7.00pm NO Evening Prayer at St John's
Thursday, March 12
  • --- Gatehouse collection day
Friday, March 13
  • 10.00am MU AGM, Refectory (see notices)
Saturday, March 14
Sunday, March 15
  • 8.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 9.30am Parish Communion at St John's
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's K
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's HP
  • 12noon Holy Baptism at St Mary's K
  • 6.30pm Said Evensong at St John's
  • 7.00pm TIG at St John's
  • 9.00pm Lent Compline, St Mary's K
Monday, March 16
  • 10.30am Funeral, St Mary's K
Tuesday, March 17
  • 7.30pm Holy Communion at St John's
Wednesday, March 18
  • 10.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 2.15pm Under 5s at St John's
  • 7.00pm Evening Prayer at St John's
Thursday, March 19
Friday, March 20
Saturday, March 21
  • Parish Pilgrimage (see notices)
Mothering Sunday, March 22
  • 8.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 9.30am Parish Communion at St John's
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's K
  • 10.00am Holy Baptism at St Mary's HP
  • 6.30pm Said Evensong at St John's
  • 7.00pm TIG at St John's
  • 9.00pm Lent Compline at St Mary's K
Monday, March 23
Tuesday, March 24
  • 7.30pm Holy Communion at St John's
  • 7.30pm Tuesday Night Group
Wednesday, March 25
  • 10.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 2.15pm Under 5s at St John's
  • 7.00pm Evening Prayer at St John's
  • 7.30pm GSS service, St Mary's K (see notices)
Thursday, March 26
  • 9.00am Morning Prayer at St John's
  • 9.30am Holy Communion at St John's
Friday, March 27
Saturday, March 28
  • 9.30am Walk through the Bible - Baptist Church
  • 12noon MU Charity Lunch CANCELLED
  • 7.30pm The Giffords present "The Heat is On" (see notices)
Sunday, March 29
  • 8.00am Holy Communion at St Mary's K
  • 9.30am Parish Communion at St John's
  • 10.00am Parish Communion at St Mary's K
  • 6.30pm Celtic Worship at St John's
  • 7.00pm TIG at St John's
  • 9.00pm Lent Compline at St Mary's K
Monday, March 30
Tuesday, March 31
  • 7.30pm Holy Communion at St John's
  • 7.45pm Giving Committee, 57 The Moors

Notices

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General Notices
CTK EASTER CARDS
This year, and for the first time, CTK is sending out Easter cards like the Christmas cards with details of all Easter and Holy Week services in the Kidlington churches. They need delivering in the same way as the Christmas cards and should be in the churches this Sunday and next, sorted into streets for collection and delivery. Please collect the cards for a street near you and deliver them as soon as possible. Sue Mills, Tel. 376546 or email sue.mills@ntlworld.com for further information.
PLANNED GIVING
I will soon be organising distribution of the new Planned Giving envelopes for 2009/2010. A few people have recently changed their giving from regular envelopes to standing orders, and if you are thinking of doing this then please let me know, so I can give you the necessary paperwork instead of new envelopes. If you are not part of the Planned Giving scheme at all then please consider this - it makes it easier for you to support the work of the church regularly and it helps the parish budget better. For more information, forms, envelopes etc, then please contact me or ask one of the Churchwardens. Margaret Day (tel: 375916).
ELECTORAL ROLL -- for those not on it ...
The Church has a democratic system of government. Bishops, clergy and laity all take part in decision making over the whole field of the Church's concern. Decisions are made at Parish, Deanery, Diocesan and General Synod level. Members in a parish elect a Parochial Church Council, the P.C.C. They also elect representatives to serve on the Deanery Synod. The Deanery Synod elects representatives to the Diocesan Synod which in turn representatives to the General Synod.

To take part in the voting at the Church's Annual Meeting, members must have their names entered on the Electoral Roll. They are entitled to have their names entered on the roll of the parish if they are baptised; are members of the Church of England or of a church in communion with the Church of England; are 16 years of age or upwards; are resident in the parish and have signed a form of application for enrolment. If they are not resident in the parish they may apply for enrolment if they habitually attend public worship in the parish for a period of six months prior to enrolment.

All members entitled to be on the roll should enrol. The roll is the list of worshiping church members and is very useful to the clergy when carrying out their pastoral duties.

NB If your name is already entered on the roll, there is no need to make a further application this year.
John Amor Electoral Roll Officer

ST JOHN'S SCRAPBOOK
I am now setting out in earnest to collect everything together for St John's Scrapbook marking our 50th Anniversary celebrations. If you have any photos of events (fund-raising, socials, services) that you can offer, then please contact me or send them directly to my email. Many thanks. Margaret Day (tel: 375916, email: margaret.day12@btinternet.com)
SOBELL HOUSE HOSPICE CHARITY
are asking for your help! Do you have old unused mobile phones that you could give to raise funds for their charity? 10 mobile phones could cover the cost of a volunteer daily work and much more. Please place any unwanted phones (sim card not included) in the marked recycling bin in the churches.
Dated Notices

ECUMENICAL LENT GROUPS March 2nd for 5 weeks
Churches Together in Kidlington is again organizing ecumenical house groups for Bible study/discussion/worship this year for five weeks from the week beginning 2nd March. [Read more ...]
If you haven't signed up for a group but would like to join one of these please contact Sue Mills, Tel. 376546, email: sue.mills@ntlworld.com
  • Monday 2nd etc,7.30 for 8.00pm,24 School Rd
  • Tuesdays 3rd etc,2.15pm,15 Morton Avenue
  • Wednesday 4th etc,8.00pm,49 Evans Lane
  • Thursday 5th etc,8.00pm,5 Court Close
  • Saturdays 7th etc,7.30am (sic),Baptist Church (men only)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT March 3rd
The lunchtime bible discussion group, will be meeting again in 2009 on Tuesday 3rd March beginning at 12 noon until 2pm, at St John's Vicarage (come to side door of vicarage next to church) We are concluding a study of The Acts of the Apostles (chapters 21 to 28) looking at the development of the early communities seeking to be 'Followers of The Way'. The writer Luke presents a picture of Jesus of Nazareth, "through his servants, through their journeys and their trials, through their pains and their puzzles and their sufferings and their shipwrecks, still reaching out into the future, out beyond Rome and the first century, out across the tracts of time and geography.. . The journey is ours, the trials and vindications are ours, the sovereign presence of Jesus is ours, the story is ours to pick up and carry on." (Tom Wright, Acts for Everyone) Come and join us as the journey continues. Bring sandwiches with you, drinks provided.
WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER March 6th
"In Christ there are many members yet one body": a service prepared by Christian women of Papua New Guinea. Kidlington services: 10am. Methodist Church, speaker- the Revd. Rohama Asif; 8pm. Baptist Church, speaker - Rosemary Tucker. All welcome, men, women and young people.
MOTHERS' UNION March 6th
We apologise for having to cancel our last meeting because of the snow and ice! Instead of our usual meeting in the Refectory on Friday, March 6th, we encourage everyone to attend the Womens' World Day of Prayer in the Methodist Church at 10.00am, or if you prefer, there will be another service in the Baptist Church at 8.00pm. (See above.)
MEN'S LENT PRAYER BREAKFASTS March 7th and beyond
Saturday 7th March for 5 weeks 7.30-9am at Kidlington Baptist Church. A group for Men will meet over coffee and croissants, using the CTK study course LENTWISE: spiritual essentials for real life. Men from all the churches are invited to come along. If interested please contact Andy North, Tel. 371909 or katishe_n@yahoo.com .
MOTHERS' UNION AGM March 13th
This will be held on Friday, March 13th, in the Refectory at 10.00am. Coffee and biscuits will be served. Please try and come along with ideas for future programmes.
TRAVELLING THE WAY OF FAITH 18th March
Are you interested in exploring more about the journey of the Christian faith? Do you want to mark a stage in your journey of faith? Are you interested in adult baptism or confirmation? The parish enquiry and nurture group continues, open to young people and adults, each of us seeking to learn the Way of Christ, meeting in St John's Vicarage from 7.30pm to 9pm. The next date is Wednesday 18th March. Contact Hilary on 01865 375611 vicar@thecampbells.demon.co.uk
PARISH PILGIMAGE DAY OUT March 21st
Depart Kidlington at 9.30am, arrive at Pershore Abbey for 10.45am, Coffee stop after the Abbey visit. Depart Pershore at 12.00noon, arrive Besford Church 12.15pm, Lunch at 1pm in a pub (still to be found). Arrive Chipping Camden at 3pm, depart Chipping Camden at 4.30. Arrive back at Kidlington 5.30pm. If you are interested in going please put your name on the list. More details later.
NB! THE MU CHARITY LUNCH March 28th
This has been CANCELLED, and will be rescheduled.
PARISH FUNDRAISING EVENT March 28th
The next in our series of parish fund raising events is THE GIFFORDS PRESENT - The Heat is On, an entertainment including music from Tom Jones, Dirty Dancing, The Sixties, Oliver, Saigon, and The Carpenters. to be held on Saturday 28th March in Islip Parish Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets, adults £7, children £5, available from Joyce Morris and Margaret Lang or from Jane's and Alison's Animals.
WALK THROUGH THE BIBLE: THE OLD TESTAMENT March 28th
A one day seminar on the Old Testament to be held at Kidlington Baptist Church on Saturday, 28th March, 9.30a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost £14, including lunch and Seminar manual. Further details from Gillian Bullock, tel. 371058, or the Revd. Graham Sinden, 379635.
PRAYER - Sustaining the Sacred Centre March 28th
Led by Bishop John. Saturday 28th March, 9.30am - 12.30pm, St Clements Chruch, Oxford. Open to all but please let Rachel Edwards (Cowley Deanery Secretary) know if you wish to attend. Rachel Edwards 01865 2466 674 parish.office@stclements.org.uk
Holiday Club organization meeting: 30th March
MEN WANTED - who might be interested in helping to run the CTK Children's Holiday Club for 8 to 11 year olds during a week (or part of it) in August. This always has a Christian theme and has been enjoyed by many children over the years, but we desperately need one or two (or more) men to join the team of helpers. Also any young people over the age of 15 would be very welcome to come along and help. There will be a meeting in the hall at the back of the Methodist Church on Monday, 30th March at 7.45pm if you think you might be able to help (even if only for one day.) If you are interested, I would be delighted to hear from you (even if you are unable to attend the meeting). Thank you. Pam Cooper 372983
Looking Ahead

PARISH LENT QUIET DAY 4th April
Our next Quiet Day will be held at Begbroke Priory on Saturday 4th April - the perfect preparation for Holy Week and Easter. The day will start with coffee at 10.00a.m. and finish about 4.00p.m. Tea, coffee and afternoon cakes will be provided, but please bring your own packed lunch. The cost is £10. Please sign up on the lists in the churches - including whether you need or can offer a lift.
ORGAN RECITAL 5th April
At 3.00pm on Palm Sunday David Hewett will give a recital on St Mary's organ. Admission free of charge with a retiring collection towards David's London Marathon fundraising appeal in aid of Mind. Tea and cake served afterwards in the refectory. Offers of cake gratefully received - please see David or Meghann Hewett (847764).
Travelling through Holy Week: 8th April. Stations of the Cross Service
A variety of worship through the parish can accompany us on our journey through Holy Week. At St John's these opportunities include reflection on the stations of the cross, worship using art to reflect on Christ's journey to the cross and his death. This year St John's will be using art by Nicholas Mynheer, a local Oxfordshire artist, who also created the etched glass windows in the Lady Chapel. The pictures we will be using were originally commissioned by St Matthew's Church, Perry Beeches, Birmingham.

Nick writes about his work on his website: For the last thirteen years or so all of my work has been on Biblical themes and themes from Christian Iconography. Some themes I return to time and again - for instance the arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. What other theme encompasses the whole gamut of human emotions; fear, guilt, anger, love, resignation and hope. It is hope that I would like to think shines through my work.

My style of painting and sculpting is very much a linear one. Line is the starting point and is almost never lost.... I simplify and stylise the figures and forms... In my work a 'background' is never merely a backdrop. The very landscape is involved in the event portrayed. The trees might act as pointers, the clouds move in response or the hills enfold or lean away. It is interesting what you as the artist can learn from the painting or sculpture; often you start off wanting to say something but end up being told something. In that respect I suppose it is like prayer - the answer or result is often not what was expected. I suppose, ultimately, I do not fully understand what it is that I do or how it happens.

Come and join us in this reflective journey at St John's, Wednesday 8th April at 7.30pm

NB: You can also see some of Nick's work, The Sarum Cycle, at St Giles Church Oxford until 15th April, and hear him speak about this work on Wednesday 25th March, 6pm at St Giles.

Children's service, Good Friday, April 10th
There will be a Good Friday Children's Service at 4pm in St John's.
OXFORD HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST 30th April and beyond
Visits, tours and happenings. If anyone is interested in any of these events please contact the appropriate person named alongside the event, as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, as these events have limited spaces! If you do manage to get a place, please contact the parish office for a slip of details to send with your payment to confirm your booking.
  • Thu 30th April Cathedral Tour Coventry, Warwick, Stratford Contact: Chris Walton 01865 735179
  • Thu 14th May Church Tour Stanton St.John, Woodeaton Contact: Simon Haviland 01993 891614
  • Wed 20th May Abingdon Area Tour Contact: Christopher Owen 01235 848410
  • Tue 2nd June Chalgrove Visit St. Mary’s and Manor House Contact: Charles Baker 01865 400402
  • Wed 10th June Church and Garden visit Aldworth and Farnborough Contact: Sue Tyser 01235 868203
  • Wed 1 July Wolfson Midsummer Lecture Cathedral Forum Contact: John Yaxley 01993 831385
  • Thu 16th July Oxford Tour Campion Hall, Rhodes & Pusey House Contact: Gillian Argyle 01865 558645
VISIT TO LINDISFARNE 1st May to 4th May 2009
Please note, there is a list again at the back of the church. It has names from the original list and new. If your name is on the list and you can no longer go, please cross your name off and if you would like to go, add your name. A Deposit of £50 is required as soon as possible, payable to Kidlington PCC, sent to Trish at the Parish Office.
St John's ... there is life after 50!
We are planning a number of events this year as social occasions, looking out into the community, supporting our plans to develop the building as a more effective community resource, and in particular for this year looking towards the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the chancel.
  • Sat 16th May, 10 am to 12 noon a coffee morning at the home of Malcolm and Jenny Austen, 8 Gosford Close.
  • Fri 19th June, 7.30pm to 10.30pm a Barn Dance with Tinkers Ditch
  • Sun 28th June, 9.30am Parish Communion celebrating our Patronal Festival, followed by a bring-and-share lunch.
  • Sat 11th July approx 10 am to 3pm, Family Fun Day and BBQ A day of family games and activities.
  • Sat 24th October -- Musical Evening with Brize Norton Singers and local musicians.
  • Sun 25th October, 9.30am -- Parish Communion to celebrate 50th anniversary of dedication of chancel, with visiting preacher.
CECILY'S FUND 6th June
CECILY'S FUND (Educating Zambian children orphaned by Aids) presents:- A sparkling evening of music, food and wine. Diva Opera performs Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte followed by a gala dinner or picnic set in the grounds of Wotton House, Buckinghamshire. Date: Saturday 6th June at 3pm. Tickets £85 Opera and bring-your-own-picnic or £150 Opera and Dinner. Contact the Parish Office for more information or email Alison Eastwood at stableyardalison@aol.com
SUMMER FAMILY FUN EVENING AND BARBECUE 27th June
Following the success of last year's event, a similar evening has been planned for Saturday 27th June. An initial planning meeting has been held and we are looking for people to volunteer to oversee the following areas of activity: barbecue, bar, puddings, tombola, games, quizzes, raffle, setting up and dismantling, cleaning the barbecues the following morning. If you could volunteer to oversee any of these things please see Tilly Evershed (460038) JanetWarren (376266) or Margaret Day( 375916). Ray and Elaine Marsland have very kindly agreed to host the event in their garden at Church End, 104 Church Street.
Regular Lecture Series

Tuesday Working Lunch at St Michael's 1pm
  • 3 Mar: Do prisons work for young people? 10 Mar: What is the point of political correctness?
Regent's Park College, Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture
A series entitle Darwin Reconsidered, marking the 150th anniversary of Origin of Species.
Tuesdays at 5.00pm, Regent's Park College, Pusey St, OX1 2LB
  • 3 Mar: Darwinian Variants Dr Conor Cunningham, Dept of Theology and Religious Studies, Univ of Nottingham
  • 10 Mar: The Challenge of Evolutionary Theory for the 21st Century Church Dr John Weaver, Principal, South Wales Baptist College President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain
St Giles' Thursday Lunchtimes 12.30pm
  • 5th Mar Youth Pilgrimages Ms Crawford & Dr Smith
  • 12th Mar A Pilgrimage of life Fr Billy Hewett SJ
    St Michael's Summertown Lent Talks Wednesdays 7.30pm
  • 11th Mar God? and the Bible Keith Ward
  • 18th Mar God? and Jesus
  • 25th Mar God? and Prayer Bishop of Oxford
  • 1st Apr God? The Church and the World Revd Bannister Parker
  • 8th Apr God? The Church and World Religions Keith Ward
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