Benefice Calendar 2020 (updated 23rd Jan)
Date Event
Thurs 23rd January 3.20pm Cottisford and Hardwick PCC Saturday 25th January Finmere Burn’s Night Supper
Sunday 2nd February Plough Sunday Celebration of Rural Life 11am Waterloo Farm, Fringford Tuesday 4th February Stratton Audley & Godington PCC 7.30pm Monday 10th to Wed 12th Feb ‘Shelswell By the Sea’ holiday at home for adults Monday 10th February Fringford PCC 7.30pm Thursday 13th February Magazine deadline Saturday 15th February Fringford ‘Thank you’ party Sunday 16th February Cottisford Snowdrop Sunday (2-4pm) Wednesday 19th February Soup Lunch for South Sudan (12-2pm) Stratton Audley Church Monday 24th February Deanery Synod (7.30pm) at Kirtlington Church ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ Planning Meeting 7.30 pm Wednesday 26th February Ash Wednesday 12 noon Holy Communion at Fringford 7.30 pm Holy Communion at Godington Saturday 29th February Men’s Breakfast (8.30am – 10am) at Stratton Audley
Monday 2nd March 7.30pm Treasurers’ Meeting Finmere Rectory Thursday 5th March 7.00pm Lent Lecture 1 Sunday 8th March 8.45 am Newton Purcell Annual Parish Meeting Monday 9th March Benefice Council Meeting Tuesday 10th March ‘Messy Church’ Finmere School 3 – 6pm Thursday 12th March 7pm Lent Lecture 2 Sunday 15th March 12.30pm Baptism at Fringford Monday 16th March Shelswell History Festival Planning Meeting 7.30pm Hethe Village Hall Thursday 19th March Magazine deadline 7pm Lent Lecture 3 Sunday 22nd March Mothering Sunday Mothering Sunday Family Event – Stoke Lyne Church (10.45am) Mothering Sunday Service – Mixbury – 9.15am (followed by APM) (no Mixbury half hour on 15th March) (Hardwick Service?) (Services as usual at Finmere, Stratton Audley and Fringford?) Monday 23rd March 7.30pm ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ Planning Meeting Wednesday 25th March Fringford School practice in Church (morning) Thursday 26th March Fringford School Easter Service in Church (morning) 7 pm Lent Lecture 4 Thursday 2nd April 7pm Lent Lecture 5 Tuesday 7th April Stratton Audley & Godington PCC 7.30pm Thursday 9th April Maundy Thursday 11 am – Chrism Service at Cathedral 7 pm Agape meal at Stratton Audley / Communion and Last Watch in Bicester? Friday 10th April Good Friday 10 am – 12 noon Children’s Good Friday Workshop 12.15pm All Age service Fringford 2.00pm Last Hour 6 pm Devotional service with choir
Sunday 12th April Easter Day Dawn Service – Godington 9.15 am: Holy Communion at Cottisford, Hethe, Newton Purcell 10.45 am: Holy Communion at Finmere, Fringford, Hardwick (if possible), Mixbury, Stoke Lyne and Stratton Audley
Thursday 16th April Magazine deadline Monday 4th May All together APCM (Stratton Audley) Friday 8th May VE Day Wedding – Stratton Audley Thursday 14th May Magazine deadline Thursday 21st May Ascension Day Deanery services Thursday 21st April Stoke Lyne PCC 7.45pm Monday 18th May 7.30 pm’ Lighthouse Shelswell’ Planning Meeting Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May Newton Purcell Art in the Countryside Monday 27th April ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ Planning Meeting 7.30 pm
Tuesday 9th June Archdeacon’s Visitation (for churchwardens) 7.30pm at St Nicholas, Islip Wednesday 10th June 7.30pm Mixbury PCC Thursday 11th June 7.30pm Stratton Audley & Godington PCC Sunday 14th June Benefice Service and BBQ in Evenley Wood 11am Monday 15th June Benefice Council Godington 7.30 pm Tuesday 16th June 3 – 6 pm ‘Messy Church’ Finmere School Thursday 18th June Magazine deadline Saturday 20th June Wedding – 2 pm - Fringford Monday 22nd June 7.30 pm ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ Planning Meeting Thursday 25th June Deanery Synod (7.30pm) at Hardwick Church Saturday 27th June Fringford Beer Festival Sunday 28th June 10.30 am Yvonne’s ordination as priest – Dorchester Abbey Sunday 5th July 2 – 4pm ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ Training Session Monday 6th July 7 – 8.30pm ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ Training Session Sunday 12th July Confirmation Service (4pm) in Fringford Monday 13th July 7 pm Newton Purcell PCC meeting Thursday 16th July Magazine deadline Friday 17th July Wedding – Stratton Audley Saturday 18th July Wedding - Mixbury Saturday 25th July 1 pm (tbc) – Wedding – Stratton Audley Monday 27th– Friday 31st July Lighthouse Children’s Holiday Club
Tuesday 11th August 7.30pm Stratton Audley & Godington PCC Thursday 13th August Magazine deadline Friday 14th August Wedding – Stratton Audley Saturday 22nd August Wedding – Hethe Finmere Fete
Saturday 5th September Mixbury Fete?? Saturday 12th September Ride and Stride?? Finmere – Last Night at the Proms – Finmere Village Hall Sunday 13th September 10.45am Finmere Pet Service 4pm Hardwick Harvest Festival Thursday 17th September Magazine deadline Saturday 19th September Wedding- Stratton Audley
Sunday 20th September 9.15am Stoke Lyne Harvest Festival 11.30 am Mixbury Harvest Festival and lunch Monday 21st September Benefice Council Newton Purcell Saturday 26th September Wedding – Stoke Lyne Sunday 27th September 11.30am Stratton Audley Harvest Festival
Saturday 3rd October Wedding – Finmere Sunday 4th October 9.15 am Cottisford Service with Harvest hymns 11 am Godington Harvest Bishop Colin’s last service – Dorchester Abbey 5 pm Tuesday 6th October Stratton Audley & Godington PCC Sunday 11th October 11.30am Newton Purcell Harvest and Lunch 4 pm Finmere Harvest plus tea 2 pm Crops and Canines – Fringford Walk and Harvest Festival? Thursday 15th October Magazine deadline Sunday 18th October Evening - Hethe Harvest Festival
Sunday 1st November All Saints / All Souls 4 pm All Souls Service Wednesday 4th November Deanery Synod (7.30pm) at Ardley Church Sunday 8th November Remembrance Sunday 8am Service in Newton Purcell Services at 9.15 at Finmere and Hethe Service at 10.45 at Fringford, Cottisford, Mixbury, Stoke Lyne and Stratton Audley.
Monday 9th November ‘Lighthouse Shelswell’ AGM Thursday 19th November Magazine deadline Sunday 29th November Advent Sunday 6 pm Candlelit Service of Reflection
Friday 4th / 11th December Finmere Carol Service Monday 7th December Benefice Council Meeting 7.30pm Stoke Lyne Tuesday 8th December Stratton Audley & Godington PCC Thursday 10th December Magazine deadline Sunday 13th December 4 pm Fringford Carol Service 4 pm Hardwick Carol Service 6 pm Stratton Audley Carol Service Monday 14th December Christmas Party – Finmere Rectory Wednesday 16th December Hunt Carol Service ? Friday 18th December 7 pm Godington Carols by Candlelight 6 pm Newton Purcell Christmas Concert? 6.30 pm Stoke Lyne Carol Service? Saturday 19th December Cottisford Church – Decorating for Christmas (10.30am) Sunday 20th December 4 pm Mixbury Nativity and Cottisford Carol Service 6 pm Hethe Ecumenical Carol Service Thursday 24th December Christmas Eve 4 pm Crib Service Stratton Audley 10.00 pm Midnight mass Finmere 11.30 Midnight Mass at Fringford, Stratton Audley and Cottisford Friday 25th December Christmas Day 9.15 Services at Finmere, Hethe, Newton Purcell and Stoke Lyne 10 am Family Service at Stratton Audley 10.45 Services at Fringford, Mixbury, Hardwick,