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01608 676048 01608 PHONE September 2020 50p CHRISTMAS TREES • ROSES BICYCLES Quality home grown Christmas Trees in December. Wreaths & Seasoned Logs. Digitally printed by Parchment (Oxford) Ltd, from copy supplied Printworks, Crescent Road, Cowley, Oxford England OX4 2PB email: [email protected] www.PrintUK.com THE BLACK HORSE STA DLAKE 01u We '11 let food do the talking. 81 High Street, Standlake Oxfordshire OX29 7RH Tel; 01865300307 •O OpenTable· @@blackhorse_ stand lake [email protected] (!)@TheBelJStandlake www.theblackhorsestandlake.com THE PARISH OF BAMPTON WITH CLANFIELD St James, Aston; St Mary The Virgin, Bampton St Stephen, Clanfield; St Mary, Shifford; Holy Trinity, Lew Vicar – Rev. Janice Collier Tel. 01993 851 222 mobile 07494 278 068 email – [email protected] Website: http://www.bamptonchurch.org.uk Church administrator Camilla Gordon-Finlayson - [email protected] Tel 07586 939 545 Churchwardens Aston & Cote - John Ordish 01993 850 923 [email protected]; Chris Holt 07905 217 070 [email protected] Bampton – Roger Preston 01993 850 415 [email protected]; Philip Humphreys [email protected] Clanfield – Liz Stevens 01367 810 255 [email protected]; Bryn Torrington 01367 810 510 [email protected] Lew – Isobel Miller [email protected] SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER 6th September Trinity 13 9.30am Holy Communion Aston 10.30am Zoom Service 10.45 Holy Communion Bampton 13th September Trinity 14 9.15am Holy Communion Shifford 9.30am Family Service Aston 10.30am Zoom Service 6.00pm Evensong Bampton 20th September Trinity 15 9.30am Holy Communion Aston 10.30am Zoom Service 10.45am Holy Communion Bampton 27th September Trinity 16 9.15am Holy Communion Lew 9.30am Family Service Aston 10.30am Zoom Service 5.00pm Prayer and Reflection Clanfield 6.00pm Evensong Bampton Wednesdays 10.30am BCP Holy Communion Bampton 8 From the registers Funerals Clanfield August 3rd Pauline Murray Shifford August 6th Lilian Barker (Interment of Ashes) Marriages Aston August 8th Christopher Neal & Stephanie Neilly LOWER WINDRUSH BENEFICE St. Denys, Northmoor; St Giles, Standlake; St. Michael, Stanton Harcourt; St. Nicholas & St Swithun, Yelford Rector: Revd Jo Hurst The Rectory, Main Road, Stanton Harcourt OX29 5RP Tel: Rectory: 01865 655 692 Mobile: 07494 278 068 email – [email protected] Website: lowerwindrushbenefice.org Rest Day-usually a Saturday. Emails dealt with on Mondays and Thursdays Churchwardens & PCC Team Contacts Standlake Sue Miles 01865 300 765 Carol Collinge 01865 300 849 Northmoor Michael Druce 01865 300 480 Henry Herford 01865 300 884 Stanton Harcourt PCC Team contact Gill Salway [email protected] Jane Watts [email protected] Yelford Philip Rogers 01865 300 674 Shirley Warren 01865 300 977 SERVICES IN SEPTEMBER Sept 6th Trinity 13 Proper 18 Ezekiel 33:7-11; Romans 13:8-end, Matthew 18:15-20 Please join online morning worship via ‘Church at Home’, using the link on the home page of the Oxford Diocesan website oxford.anglican.org or access the online worship of St. Mary’s Church Bampton or St. Mary’s Church Witney via the links on their websites. Wed Sept 9th No online Compline Service Sept 13th Trinity 14 Proper 19 Genesis 50:15-21; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 10.00am Benefice Holy Communion Standlake 5.00 pm Harvest Festival Evensong at Yelford (we hope to have a 'bring your own and do not share' picnic after the service if the weather is fair) Wed Sept 16th 8.30pm Online Compline Service of night prayer, via Zoom link on the Benefice website. Sept 20th Trinity 15 Proper 20 Jonah 3:10 – end of 4; Philippians 1:21-end; Matthew 20:1-16 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Yelford 10.00am Benefice Holy Communion Stanton Harcourt Wed Sept 23rd 8.30pm Online Compline Service via Zoom Sept 27th Trinity 16 Proper 21 Ezekiel 18:1-4,25-end; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 10.00am Benefice Service of the Word (non-Communion) Northmoor Wed Sept 30th 8.30pm Online Compline Service via Zoom From the registers Funerals 19th August Michael Hempstead Standlake 24th August Michael Back Standlake Every day of our lives is known to God As I write this, there is a smell of autumn in the air. It feels crisp and fresh, and I am grateful to have a fleece to zip up. I always look forward to a change in seasons. My two favourite seasons – spring and autumn – begin with such beauty. One with soft, unassuming pastel shades and the other with a glorious riot of yellow, orange, burgundy and red. Woodsmoke unfurls gently from chimneys and there is a crunch under our feet as the leaves begin to fall. In my garden, the squirrels have eaten nearly all of the walnuts from the tree and the broken bits of branches they have scrambled around on, lie in piles that look like they are waiting for a game of ‘pick-up sticks’. In the raised bed the tomato crop is almost over. The leeks are growing well, their white middles expanding nicely (much like mine in lockdown). In our Benefice we have entered into a new season of partially reopening of churches and services on a Sunday morning, as well as Compline via Zoom on a Wednesday evening. I have (almost!) learnt the art of starting a YouTube channel so that our services can be recorded and then watched by those unable to get to church. It has been a season of much change and all of that has needed to be done thoroughly and at lightening speed so that we could throw open our church doors once again. The cobwebs (and the metaphorical cobwebs) have been blown away and the organ is singing once again, although at the moment without voices. We have also held services outside and enjoyed all the creativity and relaxed worship that that brings. We have welcomed newcomers as well as the faithful ones who have worshipped in these villages for years. The changing seasons both meteorologically and spiritually got me pondering. I have read Psalm 23 a fair bit recently – it’s popular at funerals. It speaks of seasons in life - times of resting, times of plenty, times of refreshing, times of peace and also times of difficulty, fear and being in the valleys of life. Throughout every changing season in life we are assured of Jesus, our Shepherd, being with us. A shepherd knows his sheep – he knows when they are well, and when they are not. He knows the paths they take and he walks with them. If they wander off he goes to find them. He understands that some paths we walk down are unexpected and rocky. Throughout all of that, he remains with us. He doesn’t leave our side. His goodness and mercy will follow us down every path and changing season in life. We need not fear when the path becomes rocky, steep and uphill, or if the valley we find ourselves in looms over us and feels more like a pit than a lush, green valley. Every day of our lives is known to God, and goodness and loving mercy follow us in all of them. And when the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over, we have the assurance of dwelling in God’s house for ever. What comfort! So, whatever season in life you are going through, know that you are not alone. The Good Shepherd is with you and promises to remain. Jo Hurst Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy. At this time we pray for all those across our world who are suffering from disease, hunger or violence, and lift up all who are brought low at this anxious time; that we may all rejoice in your comfort and healing knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen Roger Humphreys ___________________________________________________________________________ Editor: Janet Rouse [email protected] 01993 850 162 Your village correspondents have to send in their copy by the 18th of each month; please get your copy to them by the 16th if at all possible to give them two days to collate all the entries before sending them to the editor. Aston: Ann-Marie Pilling 01993850 930 [email protected] Bampton: Janet Rouse 01993 850 162 [email protected] Clanfield: Liz Stevens 01367 810 255 (evenings) [email protected] Lew: Don Rouse 01993 850 297 [email protected] Northmoor: Henry Herford 01865 300 884 [email protected] Standlake: Heather Hickman 01865 300 564 [email protected] Stanton Harcourt: Gill Salway 01865 881 934 [email protected] Yelford: Eva Rogers 01865 300 674 [email protected] Advertising Manager: Eva Rogers, Broadleas House, Yelford OX29 7QX 01865 300 674 [email protected] Treasurer: Nicola Saward, 01993 852 171 [email protected] CONTACT MAGAZINE NEEDS A NEW TREASURER I have been the Treasurer for Contact magazine for the past few years but am now standing down due to family commitments and am looking for a volunteer to replace me to start anytime between now and April 2021. The job involves recording income (subscriptions, advertising etc) and expenditure (printing etc); issuing of approximately 8 invoices on a quarterly basis; banking income cheques and preparation of cheques for signature for printing costs etc; reconciliation of bank statements; preparation of year end accounts and presentation to the AGM; and maintaining a few statistics on income, expenditure and cost per copy of the magazine. All the accounting is set up on Excel and Word. I estimate that I spend five hours per quarter on the various tasks plus an extra four hours annually on year end matters, a total of 24 hours per annum.