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SUMMARY:Bowland Benefice Pews News 22 January 2023 Third Sunday of Epiphan
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DESCRIPTION:Bowland Benefice\nPews News 22 January 2023\nThird Sunday of E
 piphany\n\nCollect\nAlmighty God\,\n\nwhose Son revealed in signs and mira
 cles\nthe wonder of your saving presence:\nrenew your people with your hea
 venly grace\,\n\nand in all our weakness\nsustain us by your mighty power\
 ;\nthrough Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\,\nwho is alive and reigns with 
 you\,\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, now and for ever. Amen
 .\nThis week in the Benefice\nSunday\n22 January\n3 rd Sunday of\nEpiphany
 \n\n9.00am Holy Communion in\nWhite Ladies Aston\n10.30am Morning Prayer i
 n\nUpton Snodsbury\n11.00am Holy Communion in\nPeopleton\n\nTuesday\n24 Ja
 nuary\n\n7.30pm Bowland Benefice\nCouncil meets in\nThe Parish Room\,\nWhi
 te Ladies Aston\n(see below)\n\nSaturday\n28 January\n\n10.30am –\n12 no
 on\n\nCall in for Coffee –\nCoffee Morning at\nThe Parish Room\,\nWhite 
 Ladies Aston\n\nSunday\n29 January\nPresentation of\nChrist -\nCandlemas\n
 \n10.30am Benefice Holy\nCommunion in\nBroughton Hackett\n(see below)\nThe
  Benefice Council is holding its first meeting of\n2023 this coming week. 
 If you have anything you\nwould like raised at the meeting please let me k
 now\nby emailing bowlandbenefice01@gmail.com\nor by ringing 01386 860389.\
 nThe Benefice Council is made up of representatives\nfrom each of the Bowl
 and parishes\, working together\nfor our Bowland congregations.\nSunday 29
  January is a 5 th Sunday and there will be a\nBenefice Holy Communion hel
 d in St Leonard’s\,\n\nBroughton Hackett.\n\nIt’s a good chance to wor
 ship with those we might not\nsee very often\, then to catch up with frien
 ds after the\n\nservice.\n\nRevd Nancy Murray-Peters will be taking the se
 rvice.\n\nA thought …..\n\nFear knocked at the door – Faith opened it 
 and there\n\nwas no one there.\n\nThe retirement of Revd Ian Spencer\, War
 den of\n\nHolland House\n\nIan has been the Warden of Holland House\, the\
 nbeautiful retreat house in Cropthorne\, since July 2008.\nSince then he h
 as been responsible for leading\nretreats\, offering hospitality to visito
 rs both from the\nlocal area and from far and wide.\nHe has worked alongsi
 de the Trustees and Friends of\nHolland House to refurbish and improve the
  amenities\nincluding accommodation for disabled guests. 2018\nsaw the ref
 urbishment of Holland House’s wonderful\n\nand very special chapel.\n\nC
 ovid and the pandemic saw the closure of many\nretreat houses but Ian\, wi
 th hard work and ingenuity\nmanaged to keep Holland House open and thrivin
 g.\nIan will retire on 31 March and he and his wife Karen\n\nwill move to 
 Worcester.\n\nIan leaves\, knowing that Holland House is in good\nheart an
 d will serve the community for many years to\n\ncome.\nWe wish him well.\n
 Holland House Quiet Mondays 2023\nCome and spend a day of quietness\, peac
 e and\nreflection. If you are familiar with our Quiet Garden\nDays\, these
  days will follow a similar pattern and\ntheme. They run from 10am to 4pm.
 \nThe theme for 2023 is Emotions\nDates and details as follows:\n\n30 Janu
 ary: Introduction including a film led by Revd\nBrenda Morton with Communi
 on led by Revd Nikki\n\nMoon\n\n20 February: Leader for the day is Canon J
 ulie Fay and\nCommunion led by Revd Carolyn Petts\n27 March: Leader for th
 e day and of Communion is\n\nThe Ven Frank Bentley.\n\nThe Cost for the ea
 ch day\, including a light lunch\,\ncoffee and afternoon tea is £20.\nA s
 hort\, led reflection at the start of the day\, optional\nCommunion before
  lunch and shared group reflection\n\nto close before tea.\n\nPlease book 
 at www.hollandhouse.org or by calling\n\n01386 860330.\nA Prayer\n\nThank 
 you Lord for the gift of our senses so that we\nmay enjoy nature’s gifts
 . From the first snowdrops in\nspring through summer’s glory to autumn
 ’s harvest of\nfruits\, we thank you\, Lord. Help us\, Lord\, to draw\ns
 trength from nature’s continuing beauty so that we\nmight be enriched an
 d thereby able to enrich life for\n\nothers. Amen.
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