11:00am - Holy Communion - Fladbury

A copy of Sarah’s reflection for Ascension can be downloaded here

Reflection

The Cake Stall and Raffle at the Wyre Piddle Coffee Morning in the Village Hall on 13 May raised £390 – a wonderful amount.

We had a successful and happy Coffee & Cake morning in Fladbury Social Club last Friday. The Bring & Buy Stall and Raffle raised over £350 for which was also good.

Many thanks to all who contributed in anyway.

I have received some donations in envelopes – deadline Sunday!

If you still have some envelopes – filled or empty! – please do let me have them by this Sunday 1 June.

And If you haven’t managed to donate yet and would like to, there will be some envelopes in Fladbury Church on Sunday or you can donate on-line by going to:

https://fundraise.christianaid.org.uk/envelope-2025/five-alive-envelope

Thank you!

Jane Bugg

Christian Aid Week Organiser for the Five Alive Parish

Helen Stanton will be praying at Holland House for the new bishop on Monday 12 June 10:00am -10.30am. She would be delighted if people would join her. There will be led prayers and some silence.

Saturday 31 May at 12.30pm at Fladbury – Georgina Phillips and Robert Burton

Thursday 29 May at 2.30pm – Requiem Mass for Lucy Orchard at Holy Redeemer Church, Pershore

Thursday 5 June at 12noon - Fladbury - funeral service for Dorothy Russell

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Carolyn Middleton as the new Benefice Administrator and Secretary to both PCC’s.

Carolyn and Carole will have a handover of a month.

Alison Sandham and Sarah.

Speaker: Canon Doug Chaplin

Mary Magdalene’s greatest claim to fame in the gospels is that Jesus appointed her “apostle to the apostles” — that title is not just the result of modern feminist readings of scripture, it was one given her in the Middle Ages by none other than St Thomas Aquinas. In this session we shall root ourselves in the biblical traditions about Mary Magdalene but also take a look at some of the ways others have narrated her story, outside as well as inside the Church. Doug Chaplin will reflect on her role in the Gospels, and the ways people have co-opted her for their different agendas. Book your place and receive the Zoom link here: Lunchtime Learning - on three Marys of the Bible. Mary Magdalene 

Cropthorne Walkabout and church fabric

Thank you to the organising team, volunteers and all who supported Cropthorne Walkabout on the May Bank Holiday weekend.

The whole event was a huge success and enjoyed by all ages. St Michael’s will receive a donation of £7,000 with an open door to apply for more BECAUSE……

…….St Michael’s faces large items of expenditure on its fabric, which includes repairs to the churchyard wall onto the highway, major roof repairs and a new heating system (electric to replace the now inoperable oil system). The PCC is obtaining estimates for the work involved to define priorities.

We are immensely grateful to everyone involved in the Walkabout for it is the major contributor to the fabric of the building.

Communication on the fabric works will be ongoing.

Sarah.

From 1:00pm to 4:00pm - family games, arena events, food, bar, stalls and much more…..

In the evening, doors open at 6:00pm for an evening of live music from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

Evening Gig tickets cost £10.00 and can be obtained from here. 

9:30am - Morning Worship - Charlton
11:00am - Holy Communion - Wyre Piddle

and for the following weeks…….

Sunday 15 June – Trinity Sunday
9:30am - Morning Worship - Bishampton
11:00am - Holy Communion - Fladbury

Sunday 22 June - First Sunday after Trinity
9:30am - Holy Communion - Bishampton
9:30am - Café Church - Charlton School Room
11:00am - Holy Communion - Cropthorne

Sunday 29 June – Peter & Paul Apostles

11:00am - Holy Communion - Fladbury

It has been wonderful to hear comments about this small eco-section of our weekly E-News. After last week’s piece on saving water in the garden, eco friendly gardeners have shared that they use old washing-up water to water plants. The RHS says this is fine for periods of drought, but it is not advisable to water edible plants this way. Others have suggested the use of buried terracotta pots in the soil to act as small reservoirs from which the water gradually seeps into the soil and water surrounding plants.

Eco-church team