Services continue online until Easter. Sundays 9am Morning Prayer, 10.30am Morning Worship (Holy Communion on 28 February), 9pm Night Prayer. Also Morning Prayer at 9am on Tuesdays and Night Prayer at 9pm on Thursdays.Join our ‘Benefice Bible-Babble Bubble', starting Wednesday 17 FebruaryWe plan to gather ONLINE (using ZOOM) weekly to further study Rev David’s weekly reflection.Facilitated by Karen with David’s input, we will delve further into his weekly reflection, discussing context, interpretation and meaning and how we apply what we are learning to life today.Commences Wednesday 17 February (Ash Wednesday) from 7.30pm – 8.45pm followed by a short Compline to 9pm. Limited places available. Contact Karen to join in: CWBirdingbury@gmail.comCelebrate at 4Presently online using ZOOM but normally held in a village hall on the fourth Saturday monthly at 4pm – it’s fun, informal, lively and participative.Next Session: Saturday 27 February. Bring your coffee, grab a cake! Contact Karen to join as above.Website: https://draycotegroup.org.uk/Our website has had a bit of a makeover. Do take a look and let us know what you think. We hope that the information is presented more clearly and you will find it easier to find your way around. Up to date information on services will be posted at www.draycotegroup.org.uk/news
Below is a letter from the Benefice Church Wardens regarding services during January. Information updates and service details are available at https://draycotegroup.org.uk/<wbr></wbr>get-involved/ You can contact your Church Warden at: https://draycotegroup.org.uk/<wbr></wbr>contact-us/Dear Friends As we have entered a further full lockdown today, we have taken the decision to undertake all our worship online for the duration of this lockdown, and potentially until Easter. The Benefice Council believes this is the right thing to do in response to the government’s instruction for us to stay at home apart from essential activities as permitted. This does not mean we are suspending worship. We are intending to continue our extensive range of online services, which have been running successfully since March 2020. We have worked hard to improve the technical quality of our Zoom services and are very satisfied that this is the best, and most effective, online gathering option for our church community. It’s worship which allows us to gather live, to see and hear each other, and to be together in fellowship with coffee afterwards. Zoom is easy to use and we can provide instructions, help, practice or telephone access details, if you would like to join us. Many of you have not yet tried it, and we would encourage you to give it a go! We are missing seeing our regular attendees with whom we would gather in church. We have built a community of around 20 on a Sunday morning, but there is definitely space for more. Having undertaken online services for some months now, we believe the time is right to develop this further, so from this month, we will be retaining the existing format, but introducing a new monthly ‘Family Service’ worship and we are considering how we might offer a monthly sharing communion as well. So, there is choice and different styles from which to choose. In addition to Sundays, we will continue to offer short Morning and Night Prayer services and our monthly ‘Celebrate@4’ service which is particularly suitable for those preferring a more informal style. Full details with access information is below. The next couple of months are clearly going to be difficult for many people in our communities. We ask our church family to continue to do what you have done so well for the last few months now; to reach out, look after and love your friends and neighbours in whatever way you can. Do let one of us know if you would welcome help, support or a socially distanced chat. Our details are below, and on our website www.draycotegroup.org.uk With our loving thoughts and prayers
Harvest Services will be taking place around the Benefice this October:10.30am on 4 October at St Peter’s, Bourton10.30am on 11 October at All Saints, Stretton10.30am on 18 October at St Nicholas, FranktonThere will also be a service of Holy Communion on Sunday 25 October at 10.30am at All Saints, Stretton. Morning and Evening prayers online happen each Sunday at 9am and 9pm respectively. Contact your church warden for zoom codes.