notices 12 september 2021
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NOTICES 12 September 2021
CHURCH NEWS
A Tribute to Trinity’s Poet Laureate
Who would true poetry hear,
let them come hither;
Margaret’s verse will constant be,
alone, we’re joined together;
there’s no discouragement,
masks, spacing, washing hands,
shall make her once relent
from putting pen to paper.
So from yonder, far-off March,
to-o-o this August,
our spirits have been raised
by Langsford’s lyrics.
Now, launched to find our fate,
we thank our Poet Laureate
for all the rhymes she did create
to keep us going.
Definitely Anon
(to the tune [nearly] of Who would true valour see, [R&S 557])
Diary Date:
Church Meeting, Tuesday 14 September 7:30pm in Church.
Papers attached
TRINITY CHURCH (Methodist & United Reformed) Conduit Road, Abingdon OX14
1DB Tel: 01235 520282
‘Serving God, serving each other, serving community’ Presbyter: Revd Ian Griffiths Email: [email protected]
Deacon: Selina Nisbett Tel: 01235 521868. E-mail: [email protected]
Conduit Centre Office Manager: Eluned Hallas
Tel: 01235 520282. E-mail: [email protected]
Trinity Website: www.trinityabingdon.org.uk
Thank You: A big thank you to all the helpers who worked very hard to make
Sunday s lunch so successful. I’m sure everyone appreciated the opportunity to meet
and share time with friends we’ve not seen for a long while and it was a happy
welcome back to Trinity again after the service together.
Thank you also to the Trustees and Stewards and those who kept Trinity going
throughout the last 18 months. This must include Eluned in the office, who sent out
notices and the weekly service, keeping all of us in touch.
A huge thank you for everyone’s input during difficult times.
A Trinity member.
The Lunch raised over £470 to be split between the Red Cross and Trinity.
Thank you all for your generosity!
A BIG thank you to those who came to the toddler cutting out session. It has made a
huge difference and is more than appreciated. Dcn Selina
Trinity Directory: we are currently compiling a new Trinity Directory. You should
have received an email / letter outlining the contact details we hold for you and
seeking explicit permission to include in the new edition. If you have not, or if you
have not yet replied, please contact the office. Inclusion is voluntary and we can
include as much or as little information as you wish. Eluned
Action for Children - coffee and tea morning on Saturday 18th September 10am to
12 noon. There is a ‘sign up’ sheet in church for people to volunteer to bake for, or
help set up, serve or clear away for the AfC Coffee Morning next week. Do take a
look.
Gift Aid Envelopes: Our stock of white, general Gift Aid envelopes (not weekly
envelopes) is running low. If anyone has a batch that they have taken for an event,
can you please return the surplus to the drawer in the steward's table in the welcome
area. Thanks, Tom Kyffin
DENOMINATION NEWS
The new date for Rosemary Perrow’s memorial service (postponed from June) is
Saturday 2nd October David & Abi Perrow
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 October ‘Touch the Earth Lightly’
Circuit flower festival and eco event
The event aims to make people more aware of the influences they have on climate
change, and what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.
Saturday 2 October:
10.00-4.00 Flower Festival open with vegetarian refreshments on sale, swap shop,
bring your unwanted things (no rubbish please!) and take away useful things, taste
samples, craft exhibition, learn about electric cars and bikes.
12.00 Ready, Steady, Cook: Cookery competition to prepare a tasty vegetarian meal
from surplus garden produce.
4.00 Free film show of ‘Thank you for the Rain’, a film promoted by Christian Aid
with a good story exploring the effect of Climate change on a community, presented as
a documentary about a farmer in Kenya. (85 minutes, Icecream in the Interval)
Sunday 3 October:
2.00-3.00 Flower festival swap shop and eco book sales open
3.00 Touch the Earth Lightly Circuit service, led by Rev Jocelyn Bennett, preacher
Martin Hodson
4.00 Circuit tea (outside hopefully)
All events are risk assessed and covid safe as far as we can make possible. Further
details: Jo Lakeland ([email protected]) or Mary Hancock
COMMUNITY NEWS
Afghan refugees - a chance to help Since 2016 St Ethelwold’s House has provided
accommodation for refugees and asylum-seekers, and we anticipate a huge increase in
demand in the wake of the crisis in Afghanistan. All of us could help by making a
standing order, and/or a one-off donation to Host Abingdon, Sort Code 40-35-34
Account No 34134214. We need to email the treasurer at [email protected] so
that she knows who made the donation. Many thanks.
Choral Concert I Was Glad: Saturday 25 September, 7.30 pm, St Helen’s Church.
The St Giles Consort directed by Julian Parkin Haig and accompanied by Peter Foster
sing a programme of choral masterpieces, dedicated to the memory of Juliet and Peter
Brooks. Tickets to go on sale soon.
Music for a Sunday Afternoon: Sunday 3rd October: 3.00pm. Barbara Stuart
(clarinet), Peter Willis (tenor) and Glynne Butt (piano) have chosen some of their
favourite. You can hear songs by Handel, Mozart, Vaughan Williams, and Britten;
Clarinet solos by Mendelssohn and Finzi and piano music by Chopin.
Abingdon library Language Café every Tuesday morning from 10 am to 12 noon,
starting on 5th October. Practise English with other friendly people or learn a new
language through conversation. Free drop in – no need to book.
WORSHIP
At Trinity In-Church (no need to book, but Covid guidelines followed):
Sunday 12 September: 10:30am Morning Worship led by Daphne Savage
Sunday 19 September: 10:30 Morning Worship led by Frederick Obeng
In the Circuit
Orders of Service for Worship at Home are made available on-line or in hard copy.
Keith leads an on-line Zoom service, Sunday mornings at 10:30am. To join or find out more please contact
him - [email protected].
A short Act of Worship will also be posted on the Circuit YouTube channel
By phone
Listen to a prayer: 0808 281 2514 or News: 0808 281 2478 or a
pastoral message from the President and Vice-President of Conference 0808 281 2695
Methodist and URC resources on line:
Methodist or see https:// Methodist.org.uk Methodist Central Hall – weekly Service and catch up
Wesley's Chapel & Leysian Mission – daily Service and catch up
URC or see https://urc.org.uk/
Trinity Gardens:
you may notice a few changes to the flower bed in front of the church over the next
month or so. Some of the shrubs have become old and woody and are riddled with
bindweed. We plan to dig them out, treat the weed as best we can and replace with
new flowers and shrubs. By next summer we hope to have a good display.
Heather & Stuart Townsend