The Benefice of and Hampton with and Newsletter for Sunday 3rd September 2017 - 12th Sunday after Trinity Welcome back after our Summer Worship Trail around the Asum Group! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Services and Diary for today and the coming week A Call to Care Home Ministry rd th If you feel drawn to this ministry, or would like to find out Sunday 3 September – 12 After Trinity more, please join us for our first exploratory meeting on 8am Holy Communion Hampton Monday 4th September, 2pm, at the Benefice Office, 8am Holy Communion Bengeworth Hampton Vicarage. Thanks. 9am Holy Communion Sedgeberrow Sponsored Rowing – by Bishops 10am Morning Worship Bengeworth £100K Holland House Chapel Appeal - Ian Spencer 10am All Age Worship Hampton (Warden), Rt. Revd. Robert Patterson (assistant Bishop) 10am Communion Service Fairfield and Bishop Graham - with the support of Bishops John & Rachel - are going to row the 20 miles from Holland House 3pm Holy Baptism (Louisiana Smith) Hampton to Tewkesbury on Tuesday 19 September. Please spon- 6pm SoulFood sor them! Phone Holland House on 01386 860330 to do- Mon 4th 11.30am Hampton PCC Benefice Office, nate by credit or debit card, or send a cheque or CAF Standing Committee Hampton voucher made payable to Holland House c/o Tarn Heeks, 2.00pm Care Home Benefice Office, Holland House, Main Street, Cropthorne, Ministry meeting Hampton WR10 3NB. Tue 5th 10am Holy Communion Bengeworth Big congratulations  and many thanks Wed 6th 10am Holy Communion Hampton to our Gardening Team at St. Peter’s Thurs 7th Bengeworth for their hard work and winning the Best Kept Fri 8th 7.00pm Choir Practice Bengeworth Churchyard Competition in Worcestershire 2017!! Sat 9th RIDE & STRIDE DAY The award will be presented on Monday 11th Sept, 11am 2.00pm Renewal of Marriage Bengeworth at the church – all welcome! Vows: John & Tara Gardner Sunday 10th September – 13th after Trinity FOR YOUR PRAYERS with our four Churches For those who are housebound, sick and elderly: Bible 1 Kings 3. 5-12; Psalm 119. 129-136; Readings Romans 8: 26-39; Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 Mabel Bailey, Sarah Clements, Gloria Cross, Roseanna Denning, Grace Dolphin, Andrew Dyke, Margaret 8am Holy Communion Hampton Goodman, Terry Grinnell, Olivia Hancock, Jess Hawkins, 8am Holy Communion Bengeworth Girlie Humphries, Sue Jones, Joyce Lampitt, Lewis 10am Parish Eucharist Bengeworth Langstone, Clifford Lewis, Ken Smith, Tim Russell, Janice 10am Parish Eucharist Hampton Sinclair, Cyril Westwood, Jessie Webb, Graham Williams, 10am Communion Service Fairfield Joan Wood, Michael Wood; Janet Bailey, Beattie Ballard, Pearl Bradley, Freda Durose, 11am Family Worship Sedgeberrow Richard Emson, Sylvia Emson, Barbara Line, Ken Smith. 11.15am Family Worship Hinton For those who have died, and all who mourn: (Back to Skool) Bill Green, Marlene Tandy, Dennis Wright, Margaret 3pm Holy Baptism Bengeworth Stanley (Quita Edkins & Alfie Reeve) This week, we keep in mind… Please note…  our schools, staff and pupils, beginning their new academic Gluten free Communion breads are available in all of our year; for youngsters starting school for the first time; churches. If you require one, please mention this to the  the people of Texas whose lives have been turned upside ‘welcomers’ or one of the Churchwardens. down by disaster; those called upon to lead the recovery and rebuilding Ride & Stride  the world’s relationship with North Korea… Harry & Daniel from Hampton and Richard from  the new Austen Court Care Home on Davies Road.

Sedgeberrow are joining the Ride & Stride Sponsored Please continue to support Caring Hands with Church Bicycle ride on Saturday 9th September. They donations of food and toiletries – box in church are looking for sponsors, if you would like to help them Pew-sheet Notices and Prayer Requests: help these 2 Churches, please speak to either of them. Or Please send these to the Benefice Office by 9.00am on complete your details on the form in church. Thank you. Thursdays. Tel (01386) 446381; [email protected]

Our Benefice is Large print hymn books are Bengeworth and Hampton part of the available and can be found on Churches have a loop Asum Group of the bookshelf at the back of system. To use this please Parishes Church switch hearing aids to ‘T’