Old Hills Malvern Headlines th 25 October 2020 Keeping you in touch with your churches across Powick, Callow End, Guarlford and Madresfield with Newland SERVICES FOR THE COMING PERIOD Sunday Evening Worship Sunday Gathered Worship 25th October th 25 October 5.30pm – Contemplative Evening Prayer 9.30am Living Communion at Callow End 1st November 11.00am Guarlford and Madresfield with 5.30pm- All Souls Open Memorial Service Newland Annual Meeting and Service of On Zoom Video Conferencing Thanksgiving at Madresfield Please contact us for access codes st 1 November All Saints Day Thursday Night Prayers th th 10.30am Zoom Service 29 October and 5 November 8.30pm On Zoom Video Conferencing Remembrance Sunday – 8th November Please contact us for access codes 9. 30am Wreath Laying at the war memorial and 2 minutes silence at Guarlford 10.45am Church Service for Remembrance Sunday (Rev Canon Claire Griffiths) at Madresfield 10.50am The Powick Parish Royal British Legion Remembrance at Callow End War Memorial In all situations where gatherings occur around or in the vicinity of war memorials, remember the Rule of Six and Social Distancing provisions. You are strongly urged to Remember this year in your own way, in your own home with a poppy A set of weekly intercessions for personal use is available each week on the website. Rev Gary is on holiday during half term VICAR’S BLOG! week (w/c 26th October), hopefully away but that depends on the virus! It is with sadness that I write to let you know that our He will leave the parishes Parishes' patron, Lady Morrison, passed away after a in the capable hands of the churchwardens..... short illness. Lady Morrison was very well known across the County - both as the Vice Lord-Lieutenant and as patron to countless good causes that appreciated her Bible Readings for the Church involvement. She worshipped within our parishes on Based Services occasion and at St Leonard's at the Beauchamp Community. She was one of the very few parishioners that asked questions or indeed challenged me on my sermons. She also wanted the church to change: th Sunday 25 October respecting the past of course, but embracing the future Callow End: Nehemiah 8: 1-4, 8-12 was her advice to me. She will be sadly missed. I have Colossians 3: 12-17, Matthew 24: 30-35 written to Jonathan & Lucy at Madresfield Court to Sunday 1st November extend the parishes' condolences at this sad loss at this All Saints Day Zoom Service: sad and challenging time. Rest in peace: Rise in Glory. Revelation 7: 2-12, Matthew 5: 1-12 Christmas Shoebox Appeal 2020 Over the last couple of years, our schools, churches, and communities have sent over 600 boxes to families and children across Central and Eastern Europe with our love at Christmas via Teams4U. This year will be different because of the pandemic - as Christmas will be different and hard for the families in Moldova, Belarus and Romania that are scheduled to receive our shoeboxes this year. Think of the appreciation and thanks that will be received when a family or child gets your box. So, if you are able to pack up a shoe box, with all the restrictions on us all, me included, as regards our ability to go shopping or our health or budget, that would be great. Please ensure any collected shoe boxes are returned to either the Madresfield Early Years Centre, your church, or the vicarage by the FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER. It will be stored safely before arrangements are made by me to collect and get them to the charity for onward travel. Please do not forget the donation of £2.50 towards travel costs where you can. If you cannot find a shoebox – here is an idea: pack a Christmas Carrier Bag with what you would normally put in a decorated shoe box and donate that instead. The charity will simply load your bag into any spare boxes they can get. If you want to do a shoebox, but cannot, you can sponsor a shoebox to be made up on your behalf. Look at www.teams4u.com for further details. Leaflets will be available in each church and from The Vicarage but most details are on the Teams4U website. This is a difficult year for all of us but lets try and continue to help others too. We do it so well and it is appreciated. Take care and keep safe - Rev Gary If you are over 70 and/or have an underlying medical condition, please consider the merits of Tearfund’s Big coming to a gathered church service. You may Quiz Night 2020 prefer to use the Online Resources and Zoom Great Malvern Priory are hosting this online quiz on services rather than attending. Maybe, for those th without computers or internet access, you can Saturday 14 November at 7pm to raise money for the form a bubble with someone that does – charity’s work in some of the world’s poorest countries. respecting Government Advice of course. We are So far this group of parishes has raised £550 in donations in challenging times. from a variety of sources. Let’s see if we can increase that! To take part sign up by sending an email to Field of Memories - Madresfield Church [email protected] with Big Quiz in the 1st-30th November 2020 subject title. During the month of November, the parishes come More details are available on the homepage of our website. together to remember all those that we love but see no more. The season of all Souls and Remembrance is going to be very humbling this Can you knit? Rev Gary needs a Host year. Due to the generosity of some local of Angels for Christmas. Contact him benefactors, the parishes have 150 crosses that will if you can offer help with the be installed at Madresfield Church over the Heavenly Host… weekend 30th/31st October. If you would like to have a name inscribed on the cross, please let Rev Daily Prayer and Hope on the Phone Gary know ASAP - by email or phone call Daily Hope offers music, prayers and reflections preferred. Crosses will also be available at the as well as full worship services from the Church open Church at Powick on of England at the end of a telephone line The line Sunday 1st November (2-4pm) – which is available 24 hours a day on 0800 804 All Souls service Online via Zoom 8044 – has been set up particularly with those on Sunday 1st November at 5.30pm. unable to join online church services during the Please contact Rev Gary or Liz Edwards period of restrictions in mind. Let me know what you think of it. for the Link Code. Vicar: Revd Gary Crellin – [email protected] 01905 830270 31 The Greenway, Collett’s Green, Powick, Worcs. WR2 4RZ For more information please see our website: www.oldhillsmalvern.co.uk If you would like to be included in the email circulation list for this newsletter please contact Liz Edwards, the Parish Administrator on [email protected] .