Evening Prayer on Zoom: Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays at 8pm for about 20 minutes.
Tuesday and Thursday alternate Compline and Worship at Home.
Wednesday is Book of Common Prayer.

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Join us for a traditional Wassail evening, rooted in centuries of rural custom and closely tied to the cider-making heritage of Somerset.

Wassailing is an ancient midwinter tradition, once widely practised in the West Country, where communities would gather in orchards to “wake” the apple trees after the darkest part of the year. The ceremony was believed to encourage a good harvest by driving away evil spirits, blessing the trees, and ensuring a plentiful crop of apples for the coming cider season. Songs were sung, cider was shared, and offerings were made — a ritual that combined folklore, agriculture, and community life.

Our evening will include a traditional Wassail ceremony followed by a (one night only) Wassail based play performed by the Rodney Stoke Mummers! We will be serving warming home made soup, bread rolls & cake as well as mulled cider or apple juice. It is going to be a relaxed, family-friendly event. There is no need to know anything about Wassailing beforehand, and you are very welcome simply to come along, listen, and take part as much or as little as you wish.

As with all Friends of St Leonard’s events, funds raised will go towards caring for our beautiful 12th-century church and supporting the village hall, helping to keep both buildings open, welcoming, and well cared for at the heart of Rodney Stoke.

Please dress warmly, wear wellies or sturdy boots as we will be walking across a field & bring a torch if you have one. If you need to park there is parking available in the field below Brangay Farm.

All are very welcome

Tickets available: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fosl

This is a service from the Book of Common Prayer, consisting of hymns, readings, prayers and a sermon.

Holy Communion with focus on Healing. A shortened service of Holy Communion with an opportunity to be anointed with oil for healing. During the prayers we particularly pray for those on our pew notes especially those who have asked for our prayers over a longer period whose names appear on the prayer tree. As always, if you are uncomfortable with receiving anointing or communion there is no pressure to do so.

Firsty Friday is a chance for the people of Rodney Stoke & Draycott to come together and socialise. Whether you're young or old, new to the area or a long-time resident, everyone is welcome!

Bring your own drinks and snacks and join us on the first Friday of every month at 7pm in Rodney Stoke Church Hall. Entry is £2.50 to help pay for hall hire fees.

We meet on the second Monday of each month at 11am. We are using a pattern of prayer used by the Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer (http://www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk/). Each session begins with relaxation, followed by an introduction to the saying for the day which is a short sentence of scripture. This saying is repeated as a mantra in three sections of about 7-8 minutes: first thinking about the saying, second allowing the saying to ‘speak’ to the heart and the third in which we use the saying to pray for others. The session ends with a final prayer. There is no pressure to share anything or to pray aloud. We finish at 11.45. Everyone welcome.

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