Bowland Benefice
Pews News 27 September 2026
17 th Sunday after Trinity Collect
Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
This week in the Benefice
Sunday
27 September
9.30am
Holy Communion
in White Ladies
Aston
10.30am
Hymn and a
Prayer in Upton
Snodsbury
11.00am
Late Breakfast
Café Church in
Peopleton
Saturday
3 October 10.30am
Churchyard Tidy-
Up in Upton
Snodsbury
Sunday
4 October
Trinity 18
10.30am
Harvest Festival
in Upton
Snodsbury
11.00am Holy Communion
in Peopleton
4.00pm
Harvest Festival
in Broughton
Hackett
6.00pm
Evensong in
White Ladies
Aston
It’s Late Breakfast Café Church this Sunday in
Peopleton – everyone will be very welcome to enjoy
coffee and croissant etc, friendship and relaxed
worship with Revd Claire. Come and join other
families for breakfast. What a good start for a Sunday!
Have you a couple of hours free next Saturday
Morning – 3 October? If so you will be very welcome
in St Kenelm’s churchyard, Upton Snodsbury with your
garden clippers and secateurs to tidy up the laurel
bushes. Refreshments will be provided!
I would be true for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure for there are those who care;
I would be brave for there is much to suffer;
I would be strong for there is much to dare;
I would be friend of all, the foe, the friendless;
I would be giving and forget the gift;
I would be humble for I know my weakness;
I would look up and love and laugh.
(a hymn based on 1906 poem by Howard Arnold
Walker and added to by J T Wenham)
Being thanked and complimented always gives you a
great feeling!
A couple of Sundays ago there was a baptism in Upton
Snodsbury as part of the Holy Communion Service and
Claire wants to share an email she has received from
toddler Lila’s Mum……
I just wanted to drop you a message to thank you for
leading Lila’s beautiful christening. We loved how
personal it felt and specific to her throughout the
service, it made it feel very special.
Could we also pass our thanks onto the wider
congregation as everyone made us and the rest of our
family feel incredibly welcome which we really
appreciated.
Lila loved feeling like a celebrity and excitedly told all
her friends at nursery about it (especially that her hair
got wet!) at every opportunity!
How wonderful!
A couple of opportunities in October
Since becoming Bishop of Worcester in January,
Bishop Hugh Nelson has been travelling across the
Diocese, meeting clergy and lay leaders, visiting
parishes, schools and communities, and listening to
the hopes, challenges and opportunities that are
shaping our life together.
This autumn, we are all warmly invited to one of a
series of diocesan gatherings to meet Bishop Hugh,
hear something of what he has discovered so far, and
explore with him what it means to be Kingdom People
today.
Hear about his vision for our diocese and pray for our
future together. Share the Bishop’s reflections, ask
questions, listen to each other and look ahead.
Bishop Hugh welcomes us as follows:
I hope these evenings will be encouraging, honest and
hopeful as we continue our journey as Kingdom People
in Worcestershire and Greater Dudley. I will share why
the phrase Kingdom People matters to me, what it
might mean for the next season of diocesan life, and
how communities marked by faith, hope and love can
help us be church for the world as it is today. I hope
you will come along and join me.
Locally meetings are planned in St Andrew’s Church,
Malvern on Thursday 15 October at 7.00pm; on
Monday 9 November in Claines Church, Worcester at
7.00pm and for us, here in the Evesham and Pershore
Deanery on Wednesday 21 October at 7.00pm, venue
to be announced.
Claire is planning to go to the meeting, she says
– I haven’t met him yet so will go along if anyone
wants to come with me - please do have a word with
her and maybe car sharing could be organised if there
is a contingent from the Benefice wanting to attend.
Sunday 18 October at 3.00pm
Service in the Cathedral – more information next
week!