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Tuesday 27 December 2016

Jesus is born


A Christmas Greeting from our Vicar,
the Reverend Richard Phillips:
Welcome to Christmas! Reflecting on this momentous year, I am reminded that, in coming to live a human life as Jesus, God assures us that He's never going to give up on the world He created.

If you are left with any questions, comments about our services, or suggestions about the way your churches serve the local community, please email me on reverend.richard.phillips@gmail.com, or call the vicarage on 208987.

In the meantime, can I thank you on behalf of my family for the tremendous welcome we've received since moving here in September, and wish you a blessed Christmas.

Richard

This week's pew sheet can be found here

Monday 19 December 2016

Christmas Eve - Midnight Communion


Please come and celebrate Christ's birth and join us for Holy Communion at 11pm on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Eve - Children's Crib Service


Please come along at 3.30pm on Christmas Eve to watch or take part in our Children's Crib service, where we will hear and act out the timeless Nativity story, sing carols and share mulled wine and mince pies, all by candlelight. Children are encouraged to come along in Nativity costumes and if anyone knows of the whereabouts of the missing sheep, please bring them along too.  There will be prizes for little shepherds who managed to spot them in Chearsley through advent.

Monday 12 December 2016

This Sunday - Carol Service




Everyone is welcome to this traditional Service of 9 Lessons and Carols at St Nicholas’ Chearsley this coming Sunday.

A Christmas Greeting from our Vicar,
the Reverend Richard Phillips:
Welcome to Christmas! Reflecting on this momentous year, I am reminded that, in coming to live a human life as Jesus, God assures us that He's never going to give up on the world He created.

If you are left with any questions, comments about our services, or suggestions about the way your churches serve the local community, please email me on reverend.richard.phillips@gmail.com, or call the vicarage on 208987.

In the meantime, can I thank you on behalf of my family for the tremendous welcome we've received since moving here in September, and wish you a blessed Christmas.

Richard

For the full pew sheet, please follow this link

Sunday 11 December 2016

LOST - Where’s Woolly?



 Woolly and 23 of his little sheep friends are lost all over Chearsley again.
Can you help us find them and reunite them with their shepherd before Christmas Day? If you spot one, write its name down next to its number, then bring the sheet to church at 3.30pm on Christmas Eve, to win a finder's prize and see all the sheep reunited.
For an entrance sheet, click here.

Monday 5 December 2016

Christingle - Sunday 11th Dec 2016

If you are able to come and help make up the Christingles, please drop in to Alicia's between 10.30 and 12 on Saturday 10th December.
For this week's pew sheet, please follow this link.


Monday 28 November 2016

Toy Service - Sunday 4th December



This Sunday we have a double celebration.  It is our annual "Patronal Service" where we remember the patron saint of our church and that of Nether Winchendon - St Nicholas.  This will be combined with our annual Toy Service, where toys are collected and then distributed to less fortunate children.  If you would like to donate a toy, please note that it would be helpful if the toys could be unwrapped and new, and can also be items suitable for older children not just little ones.  Thank you.

For the full pew sheet, please follow this link.

Sunday 20 November 2016

Sunday 27th November

Please note: there will be no 10am service in Chearsley this week.  We have a special event for children instead. See below.   There is a BCP communion in NW at 10am and a carol service in LC at 6pm.



Wednesday 16 November 2016

Holy Communion - 20th November 2016




This Sunday we have our 9am Holy Communion, a Common Worship service, without hymns.   It will be taken by Richard Phillips.

For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.
For the full pew sheet, please follow this link





Friday 11 November 2016

Monday 7 November 2016

Morning Celebration - 13th Nov 2016



This month in Morning Celebration, we will be thinking about all the walls that have been built between warring parties, between countries but also between ourselves.  As usual, the service will be informal and modern and there will be refreshments at the start.  The service will start promptly at 10am so that we can finish early and walk up to the War Memorial for 10.45.  Everyone Welcome.

To read this week's pew sheet, please follow this link.

Friday 4 November 2016

Welcome Bertie





Welcome Bertie
There was a packed church at St Nicholas on Sunday 30th October when we welcomed Bertie Eames, youngest son of Hannah and Andrew and brother to Elsie and Rory, into our church family, through his baptism. 

Monday 31 October 2016

Let the little children come to me


Jesus said, 
“Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
Matthew 19:14

Family Communion - 6th November 2016



Come along on Sunday and join our Family Communion service and share the bread and wine with us.  As usual, there will be a Junior Church upstairs with a story and craft.  The service will be led by Steve & Rose Williams


Please follow this link to see the pew Sheet.

Tuesday 25 October 2016

United Benefice Service - 30th October 2016



As this is the 5th Sunday in the month, there will only be one service in the Benefice.   This month it will be here in Chearsley at 10am, taken by Richard Phillips.  A chance for all of us in the Benefice to worship together.

It will also be a chance to welcome Bertie into our Church Family as he is being baptised during the service.
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The collection at this service will be given entirely for the relief of Haiti, following the hurricane disaster.



For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.
For the full pew sheet, please follow this link.
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Don't forget to put your clocks back on Saturday night.

Tuesday 18 October 2016

Family Service - 23rd October 2016



FAMILY SERVICE

This Sunday we have our traditional Family Service at 10am, led by John Scholefield
For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.
For our pew sheet, please follow this link.

Friday 14 October 2016

Prayer Request




An Emergency Call to Prayer
for the City of Mosul
Samaritan’s Purse is calling on churches across the UK to take part in an emergency call to prayer for the Iraqi city of Mosul, ahead of the proposed offensive to retake the city from ISIS.

Mosul is Iraq’s second largest city and the primary remaining stronghold of ISIS in the country. As preparations are made for the offensive the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warns that at least 700,000 residents from Iraq’s second city and surrounding areas will need urgent assistance in the form of food, shelter, water and medical support.

A recent report from  the UNCHR highlights the struggle these people will face whilst leaving the city:14-year-old Ali and his family fled Mosul recently, in a group of 23 people. The group were attacked and he saw his neighbours shot dead. Only five of the group made it out, the rest were captured or killed.

This story is, unfortunately, an increasingly common example of the lengths ISIS are going to in order to retain their grip on Mosul. The city is becoming increasingly fortified, with lines of defence consisting of booby traps and suicide bombers alongside ISIS gunmen. It is also becoming increasingly clear that ISIS intends to use trafficked women as human shields.
Samaritan’s Purse teams on the ground have been told to expect up to 200,000 people fleeing Mosul in need of assistance and protection within the first 24-48 hours. As such, our teams have been working non-stop to pre-position supplies in order to respond to the looming humanitarian crisis and provide critical compassionate and life-saving assistance to families in Jesus’ name.

Please take a moment to lift up the city of Mosul and the nation of Iraq. Pray for God’s guiding hand on the offensive and for the safe movement of families fleeing their homes.

'Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful' Hebrews 10:23 (NKJV)

May God Bless You,
Simon Barrington, Executive Director

Samaritan's Purse UK

Monday 10 October 2016

Holy Communion - 16th October 2016




This Sunday we have our 9am Holy Communion, a Common Worship service, without hymns.   It will be taken by Richard Phillips.

For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.
For the full pew sheet, please follow this link




Wednesday 5 October 2016

Morning Celebration - 9th October 2016


This Sunday we have our Morning Celebration service, which as usual will be modern and informal and will include refreshments both before and after the service.

This month, with the help of any willing volunteers, we will be acting out the story of the 10 lepers, who were all healed, but only 1 remembered to say thank you.   We will be thinking about all the things in our lives we are grateful for, so hopefully it will be an uplifting service which you will leave with a smile on your face and a glow in your heart .

Do come along, we'd love to see you.
To see this week's pew sheet, please follow this link.

Tuesday 27 September 2016

Harvest Celebrations


On Saturday 24th, we gathered together in the village hall to celebrate harvest with a fantastic spread of food and an eclectic mix of home grown entertainment including singing from Fenella and a vicar sketch from Sheepy. Our new vicar Richard bravely volunteered to join in and played the piano to accompany his wife Louise with her beautiful flute music.  But the highlight as ever, had to be Neville who sang us some opera and then dressed as a nun for a rendition of "How you do solve a problem like Maria?"  Tara and helpers did an amazing job of making the hall look beautiful with oak tables and candelabras and some of our youngsters volunteered as waiters and waitresses.  A great evening.  No wonder it was sold out early. 



Then on Sunday, Richard led his first Family Service which was a Harvest celebration.  The church looked beautiful with its floral decorations, loaves and other produce.  And this year, Alicia had organised a mosaic with the help of some village children. We intend to leave it up for a few weeks so please do go along and take a look.


Produce was collected and delivered to the Porch Steppin Stone centre for the homeless in Oxford.

A rare glimpse at our hidden music makers...




And a message from Richard...


Can I thank you for your part in the weekend’s harvest celebrations, and ask you to pass on my thanks to those whom you co-ordinated in some way!

Louise and I were blown away by the Supper on the Saturday evening – a real sense of a community celebrating together – an amazing job from Tara and the team.  

And the Service and brunch on Sunday were a joy to be part of, with the church looking awesome thanks to the flowers and food displays – including both the loaves of bread - and the amazing mosaic. Great Music and great bells, and I really appreciate the link with Steppin’ Stones.

What an expression of God’s hospitality and his joy for everyone in Chearsley!

God bless

Richard

Family Communion - 2nd October 2016



Come along on Sunday and join our Family Communion service and share the bread and wine with us.  As usual, there will be a Junior Church upstairs with a story and craft.  The service will be led by Richard Phillips.



Please follow this link to see the pew Sheet.

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Harvest Festival - 25th September 2016


This Sunday at St Nicholas’ will be the Harvest Festival Family service. It will be a lovely service celebrating this time of year – taken by our new vicar, Rev. Richard Phillips. After the service there is a “bring and share” brunch outside  (weather looks fairly good for the weekend!).

If any of you coming are able to bring something for the brunch table that would be most appreciated – savoury or sweet dishes are all welcome! It is usually a lovely spread.

Also, at this service we are asking for any donations of dry or canned foods for the charity “Steppin’ Stones” in Oxford - http://www.theporch.org.uk/ . The charity provides support for the homeless and vulnerable. Any donations you can bring will be most appreciated and help to give someone a warm, healthy meal who might otherwise go without.

Please follow this link to see the pew sheet.

Wednesday 14 September 2016

Holy Communion - 18th September 2016

This Sunday we have our 9am Holy Communion, which will revert back to being a Common Worship service, without hymns.   It will be taken by Richard Phillips



For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.
For the full pew sheet, please follow this link



Sunday 11 September 2016

Morning Celebration - 11th September


Today in our Morning Celebration service we thought about how several of us had started new schools with new teachers, but all of us had a new teacher, in our new vicar Richard Phillips.  We also thought about how we are all part of the Body of Christ and as such, had talents that could help and support Richard in his new role.  We all made body parts to represent our talents.  As you can see several people felt that they were ears as they were good listeners and could help Richard by visiting people in the Benefice.  He also has several extra helping hands, a couple of feet (for running errands), eyes (to look out for people in need), a mouth (to help teach) and a big heart to care.

Saturday 10 September 2016

Historic Cycle Ride




We have done it!

17.5 miles, wet to the skin and slightly less perky than we were when we started!   We visited our list of 15 churches.

Thank you for all those who have kindly sponsored us already, it is a good encouragement to have so many behind us.

For those still want to support St Nicholas we have a JustGiving page and will be in church twice tomorrow to collect sponsorship.

John and Jenny

Wednesday 7 September 2016

Morning Celebration - 11th September


This Sunday we have our Morning Celebration service, which as usual will be modern and informal and will include refreshments both before and after the service.  Do come along, we'd love to see you.


A message from Richard:


"Can I thank you all, on behalf of myself, Louise, Samuel, Hannah, and Rebecca, for the wonderful welcome to the Benefice we have received.   We have been tremendously encouraged by your kind words, generous gifts, and heartfelt prayers, and look forward to building the Kingdom of God together in the years ahead".

For the full pew sheet, please follow this link:

Harvest Supper


Tuesday 6 September 2016

Harvest Mosaic Making



Great Barn
10am on Saturday 10th September

Please come and help make a giant harvest mosaic, this Saturday.  It will be proudly displayed above the altar at our Harvest Service, 10am 25th September, the first Family Service taken in Chearsley by our new vicar Richard.  

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Monday 5 September 2016

Wednesday 31 August 2016

Family Communion - 4th September 2016



Come along on Sunday and join our Family Communion service and share the bread and wine with us.  As usual, there will be a Junior Church upstairs with a story and craft.  The service will be led by Steve and Rose Williams.

Please follow this link to see the pew Sheet.

Monday 22 August 2016

Family Service - 28th August 2016



FAMILY SERVICE

This Sunday we have our traditional Family Service at 10am, 
For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.

Monday 15 August 2016

Holy Communion - 21st August 2016

This Sunday we have our 9am Holy Communion, a service from the Book of Common Prayer without hymns.   It will be taken by Derek Witchell.


For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.


Monday 8 August 2016

Evensong - 14th August 2016

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At 6pm we have our normal Evensong service, a traditional evening service from the Book of Common Prayer with sung responses, psalms, Nunc dimittis and Magnificat. Music from the Parish Psalter.  The service will be led by John Scholefield.

Note: there will be no Morning Celebration this Sunday.

Monday 1 August 2016

Family Communion - 7th August 2016



Come along on Sunday and join our Family Communion service and share the bread and wine with us.  As usual, there will be a Junior Church upstairs with a story and craft.  The service will be led by the Ian Ogilvie

Monday 25 July 2016

United Benefice Service - 31st July 2016


As this is the 5th Sunday in the month, there will only be one service in the Benefice.   This month it will be in Nether Winchendon at 10am, taken by Bishop Alan.  A chance for all of us in the Benefice to worship together.  We hope to see lots of you there.

For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.

Monday 18 July 2016

Family Service - 24th July 2016



FAMILY SERVICE

This Sunday we have our traditional Family Service at 10am, led by Robert Hutton
For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.
For our pew sheet, please follow this link.

Monday 11 July 2016

Holy Communion - 17th July 2016

This Sunday we have our 9am Holy Communion, a service from the Book of Common Prayer without hymns.   It will be taken by Derek Witchell.



For details of the other services in our Benefice, please see the Benefice Website.

For our pew sheet, please follow this link.