#466: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
This Sunday
We have services at 9.30am at St Paul’s, 10am at Woosehill, and 11am at St Nick’s. The Gospel reading is one that’s worth reading in advance, so here it is:
At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish just as they did.”
Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the man working the vineyard, ‘See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?’ He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good, but if not, you can cut it down.’ ”
Mothering Sunday Posies
We will be making posies for Mothering Sunday on Saturday 29th March at 10.00 a.m. in Church. Flowers are supplied but foliage is needed. If you are unable to make posies but have foliage please leave at the back of Church.
Sue Davenport
PLEASE NOTE: My email address has changed to: davenport.se@outlook.com
Wednesday Morning Prayer Group
Please note that the Wednesday morning Prayer Group will be meeting at Sally Dowling’s house next week, 26th March: 29 Sewell Avenue RG41 1NT. All are welcome.
Electoral Roll Revision – Deadline 31st March!
Every six years there is a complete revision of the Electoral Roll and this process is due to take place this year, when all names and addresses will be deleted from the existing roll and a new one will be prepared. If you are on the current roll, you should receive a communication inviting you to reapply; please contact me or the Parish Office if you think you are on the Electoral Roll but have not received this communication.
Anyone who lives in the parish or is a regular worshipper at our churches is eligible to apply.
St Paul’s or St Nicholas’ Church on a regular basis are positively encouraged to do so, in order to engender a feeling of solidarity within the parish. Being on the Electoral Roll makes a statement of belonging to and identifying oneself as part of the Church.
In addition, the Electoral Roll is the parish’s record of those qualified to attend the Annual Parochial Church Meeting and to vote in elections to the parochial church council (PCC) and the deanery synod, and to raise any questions regarding the church and parish. In this way, you help to ensure that the PCC, your Deanery Synod, the Oxford Diocesan Synod and the General Synod are fully representative of the Church members.
Anyone wishing to take an official post within the church, such as sidesperson, must have his or her name on the Electoral Roll. Likewise, anyone wishing to stand for election to the PCC or Deanery Synod must have had his or her name on the Roll for at least six months prior to the election and be an ‘actual communicant’ (Rule 54i of the Church Representation Rules).
Application forms are available in church and can be obtained from a sidesperson, from the Parish Office or from myself, or can be completed online by going to: https://spauls.co.uk/electoral-roll/.
The closing date for application to the Electoral Roll is 31st March 2025.
Teri Austen
Electoral Roll Officer
The Deanery needs a new Treasurer. Could that be you?
If you would like to know more details, please email Lynne Piane on treasurer.woosehillchurch@gmail.com
It is not an onerous job, in 2024 only 30 transactions went through the accounts. Everything is online, no trips to the bank.
If you would like to put your name forward, please email Rev Julian Bidgood on julian.bidgood@abch.org.uk or John Sutton on laychair.sonning@gmail.com
