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United Benefice of Shiplake with Dunsden
and Harpsden cum Bolney

 

BENEFICE WEEKLY NEWS

 

Sunday 31st October - All Saints' Day

Please send notices for inclusion in next week's Benefice Weekly News by
Wednesday 6pm to Leigh at benefice.sdh@gmail.com
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SERVICES
Sunday 31st October
10:00     All Saints' Patronal Festival Eucharist
              Benefice Service with Wholeness and Healing - Dunsden
Wisdom 3:1-9; Revelation 21:1-6; John 11:32-44

16:30     Hymn Sing - A service where we share what our favourite hymns are and why, then sing them together - Dunsden

Services and activities for the coming week
Monday 
9:00       Morning Prayer (livestream)
14.00     'Cuppas, Chats and Crafts' - Dunsden Church
Tuesday
10.00     Prayer Group meet at Harpsden Church
19:00.    All Souls Service - A Time to Remember - Shiplake

Wisdom 3:1-9; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 6:37-40
If you would like the name(s) of your loved ones read out during this service, please let us know by emailing Leigh
Wednesday 
10.00     Eucharist with Wholeness and Healing - Shiplake (livestream)

Luke 14:25-33
11.00     Bible Study by Zoom
Friday
09.00     Morning Prayer (livestream)
Sunday 7th October
09:30     Eucharist with Sunday school -  Harpsden

10:00.    Eucharist - Shiplake ( livestream)
11:00.    Morning Praise - Dunsden
Jonah 3:1-5,10; Hebrews 9:24-end; Mark 1:14-20

Details of services for November are available here.

Private Prayer: our churches are open as follows for private prayer:
Shiplake: Every day from 9am - 4pm
Harpsden: Weekdays 9am - 4pm
FOR YOUR PRAYERS
For those who are sick: 
Jacqueline McLeod-Watt, Maggie Probyn, Christine Harvey and Alex Cowan

For those who have died:

Sylvia Turner, John Penrose, Patrick Hicks
NOTICES
Thank you from Revd Michael Forrer

I would like to endorse the thanks in last week’s news, expressed by my namesake Michael S.J. I am immensely grateful to everyone for having had the opportunity to minister to the spiritual needs of the Trinity of our three congregations, working to unite our Benefice. I will continue to hold you all in my daily prayers. Your friendship and prayerful support have been exceptional over the years to my wife Jing and myself and my family. Your generous gift is also much appreciated. May God bless the Benefice now and forever in his love and service.
Michael F
'Ring out for COP26' - Saturday 30th October 6pm

If you are within reach of the Shiplake bells, you may have heard a lot of them recently. A full peal was completed on Thursday 28th October in the morning, taking 2 hours 57 minutes, to mark 60 years to the day since Bob Partridge rang his first ever peal (at Goring). This was followed by ringing for the service of thanksgiving for the late John Penrose.

On Saturday at 6pm, our team will be joining with bellringers across the nation in the 'Ring out for COP26', using our church bells as a voice to call us all to attention and be a voice for climate justice. For more information about the ways our diocese is supporting engagement with COP26, click here.
Medley of hymns and poems - 31st October

All Saints, Dunsden will be holding a medley of favourite hymns and poems on Sunday 31st October at 4.30pm, followed by tea and cakes. We look forward to seeing (and hearing) you there!
Presented and conducted by Adrian Vernon Fish; composer and broadcaster. The organist is Sean O’Connell ,Southampton.  We have ample  car parking and  wine, tea and cake will be available.

'Cuppas, Chats and Crafts' - Monday 1st November - Dunsden

Dear Benefice family, (plus your friends, family & neighbours)

red cup with sweet biscuit and Christmas baublePlease join us at Dunsden Church on Monday 1st November from 2-3.30pm to share fellowship together over a cuppa & cake and with optional crafts stations for those who are feeling creative, or feel free to bring your own craft project whatever it may be!

So we can organise the catering please email Jo Taylor if you can attend/offer to help and 'drop-ins' are also very welcome if you don't know your plans that afternoon.

With love and blessings and hope to see you on the 1st, Jo xx

All Souls - Tuesday 2nd November

Our All Souls Service to remember the faithful departed will be on Tuesday 2nd November at 7pm at St Peter & St Paul Church, Shiplake RG9 4BS. Everyone is invited to this special annual service to celebrate the lives of those who have died.

We will bBurning tea lightse lighting candles in memory of our loved ones and joining together for refreshments after the service. If you would like us to read out the name of a loved one, please email the details to Leigh so we may make preparations; we will be happy to light a candle for you if you cannot be there.

COP26 logoClimate Justice Walk - Henley - Saturday 6th November 
A letter from Henley Quakers

Dear Friends in Churches Together in Henley,

If you are a supporter of Fairtrade, Christian Aid, Oxfam, UNICEF and many other charities and organisations it cannot have escaped your notice that they are all calling for results at COP26.  In particular, they and people of all denominations and faiths are demanding Climate Justice for those countries suffering the worst effects of climate change.

Quakers believe our faith does not allow us to stand by and watch at this point of crisis for humanity and the living world.  Rich countries like the U.K. have done the most to cause the climate crisis, and owe the rest of the world an immense ‘climate debt’.

It is for that reason we will be participating in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on Saturday 6th November, the mid-point in the COP26 summit.  We will be joining Greener Henley and others in the town on a walk from the Meeting House, Northfield End (10.30 a.m.) to the area in front of St. Mary’s Church for a respectful silence for our planet and all that dwell on it at 11 a.m.  We trust that those who are unable to walk will come direct to the church forecourt.

Henley Quakers hope that you will encourage everyone in your congregation to come with their friends and families and join us in solidarity with people all over the world who want fair solutions to this climate crisis.

In friendship,
Diana Barnett and Ruth Tod
For Henley Friends Meeting
For more details, contact Diana on 01491 571173

Nine Lessons and Carols - 18th December, Balliol College, Oxford
Spend a happy day preparing for, and then singing, a traditional service of Nine Lessons and Carols in the beautiful setting of Balliol College, Oxford, led by Jeff Stewart.

There will be traditional carols, as well as Morten Lauridsen’s O magnum mysterium, Paul Carr’s version of In the bleak midwinter, William Mathias' carol Sir Christèmas, Paul Ayres' setting of O little town of Bethlehem, and John Gardner’s Tomorrow shall be my dancing day. 

Singers meet at 10.30 for an 11am start, rehearsing until 1pm, followed by a 2-course Christmas dinner in the college hall. Lunch will be followed by a further rehearsal until 5.30pm, and the service, complete with traditional prayers and readings, will be at 6pm. All your music, and your lunch, is included in the fee of £65 for the day.

Full details are here, contact Jeff  if you are interested in taking part in this.

With good wishes

Cynthia Hall
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Please don't forget that the clocks go back at 2am on Sunday 31st October.
 
Home Communion

We are aware that there are people who have been members of the church but are now unable to be with us regularly on a Sunday morning and we would like to offer Home Communion to them. If you know of anyone who would appreciate this service, please  contact Leigh with their details.
Contact Details
Rector: Revd Robert Thewsey   robert.thewsey@btinternet.com 0118 940 3484
Associate Priest: Revd Pam Gordon     revpam.sdh@gmail.com 07714 256272
Assistant Curate: Revd Sarah Nesbitt   revsarahjoy@icloud.com 07770 930756
Parish Administrator: Leigh Leadbetter   benefice.sdh@gmail.com  
Church Warden Shiplake: Wendy Robinson   trendywendy262@icloud.com  
Church Warden Dunsden: Rosemary Jones   rsjones1@virginmedia.com  
Church Warden Harpsden: David Ward   ds.ward51@gmail.com  
Safeguarding Officer: Leigh Leadbetter  benefice.sdh@gmail.com  
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