Meditation, some would say, is the way to wisdom.Or, as Fr Richard Rohr recently put it in a Lenten Daily Meditation, in wanting ‘to grow towards love, union, salvation, or enlightenment (I use the words almost interchangeably)’ we hope to move ‘from naïveté to wisdom’ (https://cac.org/from-naivete-to-wisdom-2019-03-24/).John Main, one of the pioneers of a renewed focus on Christian meditation in the twentieth century, compared the ‘path of meditation’ to a pilgrimage, something not unknown to us in our deanery: Continue reading WAYS OF ATTENDING: pilgrimage & meditation→
We will be holding our APCMs this year on the following dates:
Spelsbury 7th April at 11.15 am
Ascott 8th April at 7.30 pm
Enstone 9th April at 7.30 pm
Chadlington 10th April at 7.30 pm.
Mark is in for a fun packed week! We have vacancies for Wardens, PCC members and Deanery Synod representatives – please see the Church noticeboards for details.
Please make every effort to attend these important meetings and also to pray for the life of our Benefice. As an incentive, there will be wine!!
In accordance with the Church Representation Rules a new electoral roll is to be prepared in each parish in 2019.The Church Electoral Roll is your parish church’s register of electors and is the list of those qualified to attend and to vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in the elections for the Parochial Church Council and the parish representatives on the Deanery Synod.In 2019 and every 6 years thereafter the electoral roll is renewed.In a year of renewal, no names are carried over from the old roll and everyone must apply for inclusion on the new roll. Continue reading The Churches Electoral Roll→
8.00 am Holy Communion isn’t for everyone. But if you do set the alarm, and venture in to join the folk who gather faithfully across the Benefice week by week, you might just discover a hidden gem. If you like stillness rather than bustle, quietness more than buzz, contemplation more than activism, this could be a service for you. Continue reading The Joy of … the Early Service→
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