Bishop Andrew is coming to lead a Confirmation Service at All Saints Westbury on Sunday 30th November at 10.00 amI’m pleased to announce that the Bishop of Ramsbury is coming to join us for a Team Service of Holy Communion and Confirmation on this Advent Sunday. We have three candidates from Westbury and Dilton Marsh. This is a very special occasion and we are delighted that the Bishop can come and be with us on this Sunday and to confirm three adult candidates.If anyone else is interested in getting baptised and/or confirmed at this service, please be in touch with me as soon as possible, so we can arrange some appropriate preparation in time.As this will be a Team Service, there will be no other services in our churches that Sunday. I hope as many people as possible will come along and support this service, and meet our Bishop and enjoy this beautiful and moving service. This will be a good start to the Advent season too.The Revd Rebecca Harris
The All Saints' Church organ is a three manual Bevington organ which was originally installed in 1868. It was relocated and enhanced in 2001 with the addition of some electrical action and a small solid state memory panel. After nearly 25 years the organ needs some 'TLC'. This includes repairs to the electronic action.We are offering a unique way to support our campaign by sponsoring an organ key for £10. Donors will able to write their name onto the key on a manual keyboard chart which will be displayed in church. You'll also receive a souvenir organ campaign badge! The full cost of the restoration of the organ will be at least £10,000.You can make a donation to the appeal using this link. Please remember to Gift Aid your donation if you can so we can claim the additional revenue from the government! https://givealittle.co/c/asorganfundFor those who know about organs these are the stops on the organ. Choir:Sesqui-alteries IIOboe 8Flute 4Gemshorn 2Stopped diapason 8Dulciana 8Swell:Trumpet 8Principal 4Clarinet 16Open diapason 8Stopped diapason 8Double diapason 16Great:Mixture IIITrumpet 8Twelfth 2 2 /3Fifteenth 2Clarabella 8Principal 4Open diapason 8Pedals:Fagot 16Principal 8Violone 16Bourdon 16If you want any more information about the campaign and the work being undertaken please get in touch with Churchwarden, Ruth Hann wcw2@whtministry.org.uk
Our former curate, Holly Newton, who left us at the end of July, did a lot of work on disability awareness and church inclusion. She will be starting MA in Theology and Disability in September. Before she announced her departure, we invited her to come and preach in September at All Saints on 21 September and at Holy Trinity on 28 September, about disability and how the church can develop its awareness and accessibility for people with diverse needs and abilities. So she will be returning on these two Sundays to our Team. We do hope that you will come and hear her reflections on this important topic, which, I think we’ll find, affects us all.
Can you believe it is 25 years since Westbury Leigh Community Hall was established followed the reordering of Holy Saviour church in 2000? There will be a celebration taking place at the hall, on Saturday 20 September where cream teas will be served from 2.00 – 5.00pm. This is being organised by Lily Munday and friends. The celebration is open to everyone and it would be lovely to see people from across our Team who have enjoyed visits, events and services there over the last 25 years.
We are pleased to announce that Sharon Waggott has been appointed as our new Team Administrator from 1 September. Sharon comes from a background in housing management, working for a number of housing trusts. She has a great deal of experience in administration and IT and is keen to start a new role supporting our mission and ministry in the White Horse Team. We have been tidying up, sorting out and decorating the Team office to make it more welcoming and attractive. The Team office email address will come back into use on 1 September: office@whtministry.org.uk and we have the same telephone number: 01373 859450. Please be in touch with Sharon directly with your enquiries for baptisms, weddings, funerals, burials of ashes, parish hall bookings or anything else. Sharon will need a bit of time to get used to her new role, so please be patient. She will have a lot to get to used to! Please give her your full support. I’m looking forward to working with her.Revd Rebecca Harris
Harvest Thanksgiving in our churchesWe shall be collecting items of non-perishable food to give to the Westbury Food Bank, so please bring along something to contribute.Holy Saviour on Sunday 14 September at 11.00am, including Holy Communion and followed by refreshments.All Saints on Sunday 28 September at 10.00am. We are inviting our local uniformed organisations to join us for this service.The Tin Church, Brokerswood on Wednesday 1 October at 5.00pm with Bishop Andrew. The Bishop will be blessing the new work on the tower and the bell during this service. Followed by light refreshments.Holy Trinity Dilton Marsh – Sunday 5 October at 9.30am. This will be followed by a bring and share lunch.