Vale Churches: Personnel & Administration EVENLODE VALE CHURCHES Benefice Website: www.evenlodevalechurches.org PEW NOTES Churchwardens: Sunday 25th April Adlestrop Lesley Bishop Milnes 01608 659114 The Fourth Sunday of Easter (Easter 3) [email protected] 9.30am Morning Prayer (CW) Adlestrop Mr Gordon Harris Aloyse Packe 01608 658447 [email protected] Speaker: Mr Mark Smallwood Barry Way 01608 658542 [email protected] 9.30am Morning Prayer (BCP) Broadwell Rev Helkias Mapimhidze 9.30am Morning Prayer (BCP) Icomb Mrs Anita Ferrero Broadwell William Neill 01451 830656 [email protected] 9.30am Morning Prayer (BCP) St Nicholas, Mrs Dilys Neil Julian Beale (Deputy Churchwarden) 01451 831573 Oddington [email protected] 10.30am Morning Prayer (CW) Bledington Rev Peter Goodwin Hudson Evenlode Virginia Symons 01608 650608 11am Holy Communion (BCP) Evenlode Rev Helkias Mapimhidze [email protected] 6pm Holy Communion (CW) Westcote Canon David Cook Mark Dancer 01608 651653 mark.dancer@portland- wealth.co.uk

Icomb Sue Nock 01451 831688 [email protected] Collect for Sunday 25th April David Cowdery (Lay Chair) [email protected] Oddington Peter Davis 01451 830224 Almighty God, [email protected] whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: Camy Aston 01608 659263 raise us, who trust in him, Westcote Trevor Bigg 01993 830624 [email protected] from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, Staff Team: that we may seek those things which are above, Rector Vacant where he reigns with you Curate Revd Helkias Mapimhidze 01608 658500 Email: [email protected] in the unity of the Holy Spirit, Day off: Saturday one God, now and for ever. Amen Associate Revd Dr Stephen Blake Minister email: [email protected] Available: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

Youth Minister: Mark Smallwood 07584 561378 Email: [email protected] Day off: Saturday Administrator Kirsten Turner Appointment of our new Minister

Office Church Office, Holy Ascension Oddington, Please pray for wisdom for those responsible for appointing Richard’s successor GL56 0XA to Evenlode Vale Churches – including our Parish representatives. The 01451 831424 th shortlisting process is underway, as applications closed on 9 April. email: [email protected]

Office open: Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9am to 2pm You can pick up a prayer card from any of our churches with a suggested prayer to pray. Please note office closed Fri 30th Apr and Mon 3rd May

Dates for Your Diary FORTHCOMING SERVICES nd Thursday 29th April – 7.30pm Joint Churchwardens Meeting at Holy Ascension Sunday 2 May Oddington The Fifth Sunday of Easter 10.30am United Communion Service Rev Helkias Mapimhidze Friday 30th April – Church Office CLOSED Holy Ascension, Oddington Speaker: Rev Dr Stephen Blake Saturday 1st May – 9.30am to 10.30am Central Prayer at Holy Ascension th Oddington. All are welcome for socially distanced prayer Sunday 9 May for our parishes and community. Please wear a mask, The Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogation Sunday) you will not be asked to pray or read aloud. 9.30am Holy Communion (CW) Adlestrop Canon Tim Sedgley 11am Holy Communion (CW) Broadwell Rev Helkias Mapimhidze Monday 3rd May – Church Office CLOSED 11am Morning Prayer (BCP) Evenlode Rev Peter Goodwin Hudson

11am Morning Prayer (BCP) Icomb Canon David Cook 11am Morning Service (CW) Westcote Mrs Anita Ferrero 6pm Evening Prayer (BCP) Bledington Canon David Cook

Thursday 13th May Ascension Day 7.30pm United Communion Service Rev Dr Stephen Blake Evenlode Speaker: Mr Mark Smallwood

Sunday 16th May The Sunday after Ascension Day 9am Holy Communion (BCP) Bledington Rev Peter Goodwin Hudson 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) Icomb Rev Helkias Mapimhidze 10.30am Morning Praise Holy Ascension Rev Dr Stephen Blake Oddington Speaker: Mr Mark Smallwood 11am Morning Service (CW) Westcote Mrs Dilys Neill

Sunday 23rd May Reasonable Faith aims: Pentecost (Whit Sunday) 9.30am Morning Prayer (BCP) Adlestrop Canon David Cook  To strengthen believers in their faith.  To commend the faith to non-believers. 9.30am Morning Prayer (BCP) Icomb Rev Helkias Mapimhidze  To adjust the cultural climate so that Christianity is a more credible option 9.30am Morning Prayer (BCP) St Nicholas, Rev Dr Stephen Blake for thinking people. Oddington 10.30am Morning Prayer (CW) Bledington Mrs Anita Ferrero Mark Smallwood, our Youth Minister, is a Chapter Director for the . We have been in hibernation since lockdown, but typically we will practice giving 11am Morning Service (BCP) Broadwell Rev Helkias Mapimhidze answers to questions and discussing apologetics books when we meet up once 11am Holy Communion (BCP) Evenlode Canon David Cook every two weeks. At some point we would like to put on events that non-Christians 6pm Holy Communion (CW) Westcote Rev Dr Stephen Blake can come to. If you would like to find out more, please contact Mark on 075845 613478 or email Sunday 30th May [email protected] Trinity Sunday 9am Holy Communion (BCP) Bledington Rev Dr Stephen Blake 11am Joint Service St Mary, Westcote Mr Tony Gibson Speaker: Rev Dr Stephen Blake