Bowland Benefice
Pews News 27 July 2025
Collect for 6 th Sunday after Trinity
Creator God, you made us all in your image:
may we discern you in all that we see,
and serve you in all that we do;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
This week in the Benefice

Sunday
27 July

9.30am

Holy Communion
in White Ladies
Aston

10.30am

Hymns and a
Prayer in Upton
Snodsbury
11.00am Holy Communion
in Peopleton
2.00pm Garden Party in
Peopleton

Monday 28
July

12 noon

Meet and Eat in
The Parish Room,
White Ladies
Aston

Friday
1 August

3.00pm

Memorial Service
for David
Mathew in White
Ladies Aston.
May he rest in
peace

7.00pm

Country &
Western Evening
in The Parish
Room

Saturday
2 August 1.30pm

Baptism of
Elizabeth
Allchurch in
Peopleton

Sunday
3 August
7 th Sunday
after Trinity

10.30am

Benefice Holy
Communion in
Broughton
Hackett
Annual Garden Party at Hallgarth Farm, Norchard
Lane, Peopleton this afternoon 27 July from 2.00pm.
Tickets cost £10 for adults and £4 for under 12s.
Meet and Eat on Monday 28 July. 2 course lunch with
coffee for £5. Please prebook by ringing 345371.
Country & Western Evening on Friday 1 August.
£10 for 2 course supper and entertainment. Please

prebook by ringing 345371.

Baptism of Elizabeth Allchurch on Saturday 2 August.
We wish Mum Emma, Dad Martin and the Godparents
a very happy and memorable day.
Dear God we thank you for Elizabeth
who is to be baptised in a few days’ time.
May your blessings of peace and joy be with her and

protect her all of her days.

We make this prayer in the name of your Son, Jesus.

Amen.

Bowland Benefice Pews News
3 and 10 August 2025
In the Benefice

Sunday
3 August
Trinity 7

10.30am

Benefice Holy
Communion in
Broughton
Hackett

Sunday
10 August
Trinity 8

11.00am

Benefice Holy
Communion in
Peopleton

Saturday
16 August

2.00pm

Wedding of Hugo
Blanshard and
Lucy Caldicott in
White Ladies
Aston

Sunday
17 August
Trinity 9

10.30am

Benefice Holy
Communion in
Upton Snodsbury
A very warm welcome to church this morning!
As you know, in August we hold just one service each
Sunday, rotating around our four churches.
It is a wonderful opportunity to visit and experience
the very different characters and styles of the
churches in our Benefice. Please do encourage friends
and neighbours to travel around with you.
The Bowland Benefice Council members come from all
4 of the parishes which make up our benefice. They
work together to support Rev Claire in all aspects of
her work across the whole Benefice.
The Council needs a new Treasurer to look after the
bank account, pay bills, prepare simple annual
accounts and quarterly financial statements. Meetings
are approximately every 2 months and are friendly,

focused and generally short.

If you feel you would like to learn more, please do
ring Revd Claire on 07921 101320.
The thought for the beginning of August is a little
quote from Bear Grylls, best known as an adventurer,
survival expert, TV presenter and SAS Trooper.
I was introduced to these words at the baptism of a
great niece. I spoke to the Vicar after the service and
he kindly wrote them in my diary for me – he told me
he uses them at every baptism he takes.
They give a sense of reassurance when things are
changing perhaps when someone you love, (a son,
daughter or grandchild) sets out, as they inevitably
have to, on their own for the first time to face what
this big, beautiful world has to offer with all its
blessings, opportunities and pitfalls.
There is a light that shines in your heart that is
brighter than any darkness that you will ever have to

face.