Hanborough Parish News February 2016
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Visit us online at: www.hanboroughparish.co.uk Three Congregations: One God, One Parish Our Rector, Rev David Tyler, writes this month… Dear friends, I have at mes had people say to me ‘why do you keep needing to confess in church’ ‐ or ‘I don't like the fact that you have to say sorry all the me in church’. I understand why people say that to me, but I think there is more to it than just saying sorry ‐ and I think that there is something important about saying sorry that none of us should miss out on. We are soon to enter the season of Lent ‐ a season which is all to do with saying sorry. So why say sorry and why is it important to do so ‐ when perhaps quite a few of us are not very good at doing it (including me!). If we really understand who God is then we can't but help to realise that we do need to say sorry. God is holy and perfect ‐ God has never done anything wrong and he can't abide any wrongdoing or evil. (Noce he doesn't stop loving those who do wrong ‐ he just doesn't love what they are doing.) So it is important to say sorry and recognise that we are not God and that we do get things wrong. But there is also something else. I meet quite a few people who have done something wrong, perhaps something serious, but who can't forgive themselves for it. It is really important to say sorry to God SO THAT we can receive the forgiveness that he offers to all of us no maer what we have done. So as we enter this season of Lent let us be willing to say sorry ‐ sorry to God and sorry to anyone else you may need to apologise to, and as you do so be willing to accept the forgiveness that God offers us all. May you know that you are loved and forgiven. Best wishes, David Hanborough Parish News February 2016 Contact Informaon David Tyler ‐ rector@hanboroughparish.co.uk Parish News ‐ parishnews@hanboroughparish.co.uk Noce Sheet ‐ meganepawley@gmail.com Website ‐ administrator@hanboroughparish.co.uk Hitchhikers ‐ hitchhikers@hanboroughparish.co.uk Communicaon Team Members Parish News Editor ‐ Zoe Preston Noce Sheet Editor ‐ Megan Pawley / Sarah Lindon Parish News Contribuons Please do support your local Parish News by leng us know what you or your group have been doing recently. Please submit news, arcles, adverts for future events, poems, jokes, etc for the next issue to the Editor, Zoë Preston (Tel 886637), by Friday 12th February 2016. By Email: parishnews@hanboroughparish.co.uk Or by post to: 63 Church Road, Long Hanborough, Oxon, OX29 8JF If you would like to receive a PDF version of this monthly newsleer via email, or if you know someone else who would like to receive a paper or PDF version, please contact the Editor. Cut-off Date for Contributions To aid publication of the Parish News in Hanborough we have decided to bring the cut-off date for articles forward to the 12th of the month. Please can you ensure that any items are with the Editor, Zoe Preston (parishnews@hanboroughparish.co.uk) by the 12th of the previous month. 2 TRAIDCRAFT News Thank you for all your support of the Traidcra stall over the last year. As you may know Traidcra give me a small margin to cope with stock that doesn't sell or goes out of date. Because the stall has been doing so well I have been able to send a gi of £50 to Chrisan Aid for their Christmas appeal (for Mosquito nets in Nigeria) and £50 to Traidcra to help their work with beekeepers in Tanzania. Thank you again for your support which has enabled these gis. Catherine Somerville Tyler Lent Groups During Lent, (from 16th February 2016 onwards), there will be several groups meeng weekly both in Hanborough and Freeland. We hope you will feel able to join one, to meet others, to think and chat about personal, group and spiritual issues. You really will be most welcome. Details about the groups will be found at the back of church and in the Sunday Noce Sheet. Please contact John Fox (881384) for informaon. Opportunies at St Andrews Bookshops At St. Andrews we passionately believe that ‘Books Change Lives.’ Over many years, we’ve seen how Chrisan books and resources inspire, teach, encourage and challenge. We have opportunies for new part‐me team members to work across our Oxford and Witney branches, joining us to connect customers with life‐changing projects. To apply, please submit your CV to either branch or email them to Andi at:andi.bray@standrewsbookshop.co.uk 3 Forthcoming Events & News One Way UK Puppet Ministry Day Saturday 30th January At Iffley Church Hall, Oxford on 30 January 2016. Cost £15 (bring a packed lunch). Email sarahmckearney@binternet.com for details. Lent Soup Lunch Saturday 20th February 12.30pm at Christ Church. Proceeds to Chrisan Aid. Come and enjoy homemade soup I n the company of others, all are welcome. Contact Judy Haynes : 01993 882379 Safari Supper Safari Supper Saturday 16th April Guard this date for the Safari Supper – 2016 more informaon to follow soon. Evening Recepon at Broughton Castle Saturday 11th June An early evening recepon at Broughton Castle, near Banbury. Music by an ensemble of the Rifles Waterloo Band. During the evening we will using the occasion to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday. Anyone interested in coming should contact Richard Wilkins. Date for your diary… We will be holding a Bapsm service by full immersion on Sunday 10th July at 10am Manor School. If anyone would like to be bapsed or reaffirm their bapsm promises) please speak to David or Phil. 4 Please Pray For... For our Alpha course, underway with 7 guests. For the growth of our churches. For James Berry on mission with OM. For those unwell and recovering including Frances Pargeter, Dave Tee, Megan Pawley, Marie‐Jo, Mahew Thompson, Sarah Haggie, Elizabeth McKay, Zoe Preston and Janet Paerson. For Neil Bishop. Prayers For Our Community The churches in Hanborough will be focusing some of their prayers on the community and will be praying for a part of the villages' community each month. This month, the focus of prayer will be Staon Hill, Park Lane, Blenheim View, and Burleigh Court . 5 Advance Noce LIVING WELL IN THE END TIMES We are fortunate as members of the congregaons in the Benefice of Hanborough and Freeland to have the opportunity of hearing the Revd. Dr Joanna Collicu present her booklet ‘Living Well In The End Times: A Chrisan Resource to support people in making peace with the prospect of death’, on Monday 22nd February 2016 at Christchurch 7.30 pm for 8 pm. Coffee & Tea will be served at the start of the meeng which is expected to end at 9.30 pm. Revd Dr Joanna Collicu works three days a week for Ripon College, Cuddesdon. The rest of the week she works as Oxford Diocesan Advisor for Spiritual Care for Older People. She studied experimental psychology and theology at Oxford University, and clinical psychology at the Instute of Psychiatry, University of London. She is a chartered clinical psychologist and specialist neuropsychologist, registered as a praconer with the Health Professions Council. Aer many years working in the health service, Joanna moved into the field of psychology of religion and was director of the MA programme in psychology of religion at Heythrop College, University of London unl 2010 when she joined the staff at Cuddesdon. Her interests are wide ranging, reflected in publicaons on cognive behaviour therapy, brain and behaviour, natural theology, psychological approaches to the Bible, psychological trauma, the spirituality of children and people with special needs, and medical ethics. She currently has two books in press: one on psychology and spiritual formaon (SCM), and one edited volume on neurology and religion (CUP). She has been a trustee of Godly Play UK, and Chair of the Brish Associaon of Chrisans in Psychology. She is an associate priest in a west Oxfordshire parish. 6 Home Group Informaon Freeland Aernoon Home Group The group will meet on the following Tuesdays in 2016: February 9th, 16th and 23rd March 1st, 8th and 15th April 12th and 19th May 10th and 17th June 14th and 21st July 12th and 19th August 9th and 16th September 13th and 20th October 11th and 18th November 8th and 15th December 13th This is a very friendly group who all want to learn more of our Chrisan Faith and what the Holy Bible has to teach us. The group meets at 2.00pm usually at 113 Broadmarsh Lane but please contact Peter Langley (883775) to find out more. Ladies’ Dayme Bible Study Thursdays in term me. 12:45 to 2.00pm at the Lindons (87 Main Rd, Long Hanborough). Bring your bible and your lunch. (Contact Susan Sugden 881522 or Sarah Lindon 883490) Tuesday Home Group Meeng Tuesday evenings at 8pm. Currently studying the parables. Venue to rotate as follows; the Young family, Hardens and Claires. For more informaon contact Emma Young on 883345. “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20 7 Hanborough Parish Website Don’t forget to visit the Hanborough Parish Website, where you can find further informaon on what is happening in your parish. hp://www.hanboroughparish.co.uk/ 8 Could you ring church bells? Perhaps you might like to learn or haven't rung for a bit but would like to get back to ringing? If so, the Hanborough Tower would love to hear from you.