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SUMMARY:Pews News 23 February 2025
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DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice\nPews News 23 February 2025\n2 nd Sunday befo
 re Lent Collect\n\nAlmighty God\,\n\nyou have created the heavens and the 
 earth\nand made us in your own image:\nteach us to discern your hand in al
 l your works\nand your likeness in all your children\;\nthrough Jesus Chri
 st your Son our Lord\,\nwho with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme\no
 ver all things\, now and for ever. Amen.\nThis week in the Benefice\n\nSun
 day\n23 February\n\n9.30am\n\nHoly\nCommunion in\nWhite Ladies\nAston\n\n1
 0.30am\n\nMorning\nPrayer in\nUpton\nSnodsbury\n\nMonday\n24 February\n\n1
 2.00noon\n\nMeet and Eat\nin The Parish\nRoom\, White\nLadies Aston\n\n7.0
 0pm\n\nFete planning\nmeeting in The\nParish Room\n\nFriday\n28 February\n
 \n7.00pm Eataly in The\nParish Room\n\nSunday\n2 March\nSunday next\nbefor
 e Lent\n\n10.30am\n\nFamily Service\nin Upton\nSnodsbury\n\n11.00am\n\nHol
 y\nCommunion in\nPeopleton\n6.00pm Evensong in\nWhite Ladies\nAston\nAs we
  all know village churches and communities\ndepend so very heavily on fund
  raising these days.\nThis coming week there is a meeting to start plannin
 g\nWhite Ladies Aston’s Summer Fete and on the same\nday\, Monday\, the 
 monthly Meet and Eat Lunch will be\nheld in the Parish Room. Soup and a pu
 dding and hot\ndrink are on offer for £5. Please prebook by ringing\n\n01
 905 345371 or emailing\nmargaret.haywood@gmail.com .\nFriday\, again in th
 e Parish Room is an evening to find\nout more about\, and experience Itali
 an cuisine.\nBooking essential as above – tickets £10.\nAnd a date for 
 your diary…….\n\nOn 22 March there will be a Broughton Hackett Village
 \nSocial Coffee Morning. It will be held from 10.30am at\n6 Manor Court. R
 affle proceeds will go towards the\nupkeep of St Leonard’s Church. If yo
 u can offer help\non the day\, organise the raffle\, donate a cake of raff
 le\nprize\, please contact Di on 07530 406096\n\nChurch Annual Meetings\n\
 nIt’s that time of year again……when congregations get\ntogether to r
 eflect on the year gone by\, to elect a new\ncommittee and look forward to
  the coming months.\nTo be eligible to attend\, you need to be on the\nele
 ctoral roll of your parish. Every six years a\ncompletely new roll is prep
 ared and 2025 is THE year!\nElectoral roll application forms will be avail
 able in all\nthe Benefice churches\, so if you want to have your say\nat y
 our church’s Annual meeting\, please do complete\none and hand it back t
 o a Church Warden or the\n\nElectoral Roll Officer.\nThe Annual Meetings a
 re as follows:\nWhite Ladies Aston:\n27 March at 7.00pm in The Parish Room
 \n\nPeopleton:\n\n1 April at 7.30pm in St Nicholas’ Church\nBroughton Ha
 ckett:\n7 April at 7.00pm in St Leonard’s Church\nUpton Snodsbury:\n9 Ap
 ril at 7.00pm in St Kenelm’s church\nDo you feel you would like to do mo
 re for your\n\nchurch?\n\nNow is the time to volunteer for the Parochial C
 hurch\nCouncil. Membership can be very rewarding and fun\nand you can get 
 ‘stuck in’ to church and community\nlife – so satisfying and enrichi
 ng in our rural\n\nsurroundings.\n\nHelen Bennett Church Warden at St Kene
 lm’s would\nlove to hear from anyone who would like to get\ninvolved at 
 Upton Snodsbury.\nRing her on 01905 381490.\nThe Season of Lent is nearly 
 upon us as Ash\nWednesday is the week after next on 5 March. Our\nAsh Wedn
 esday service\, Holy Communion with\nImposition of Ashes\, will be held at
  7.00pm in St\nNicholas Church\, Peopleton.\nTraditionally Lent is a seaso
 n for reflection\,\nintrospection\, fasting and prayer. In the Pews News\n
 over the six weeks of Lent leading up to Holy Week\nand Easter Day\, it is
  planned to include some thoughts\nand reflections based on a ‘package
 ’ devised by Stuart\n\nand Joseph Townend.\n\nYou may know Stuart as a C
 hristian song writer – my\nfavourite of his is In Christ Alone.\nClaire 
 and I will be working together on these little\nofferings and our aim and 
 sincere hope is\, that they\nwill be thought provoking and helpful – a g
 ood\nchannel for personal reflection and challenge.\nIn due course we woul
 d love to hear what you feel\nabout the meditations and whether they prove
 d\n\nuseful.\n\nA thought for now to ponder on…\ntaken from Elif Shafak
 ’s book Three Daughters of Eve…\nIn the name of religion they are kill
 ing God.\nFor the sake of discipline and authority they forget\n\nlove.
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