Sunday October 27th: Bible Sunday
8am Holy Communion. President: Revd Dr Laura Biron-Scott
10am Parish Eucharist with Forest Sunday School. President: Revd Peter Boulton-Lea. Preacher: Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex. Deacon: Revd Dr Laura Biron-Scott. Organist: Andrew Patterson
Midweek Services
Morning Prayer: Please note there will be no Morning Prayer during half term
Midweek Communion: 10am Wednesdays
Sunday November 3rd: All Saints’ Day
8am Holy Communion
10am Parish Eucharist with Forest Sunday School
6pm All Souls service
Please note that from November, our pattern of Morning Prayer will be shifting to Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9am. This will enable us to keep a steady pattern of worship into the vacancy. All the books for morning prayer are available in the Lady Chapel for use by anyone – you are welcome to use these for prayer with or without clergy present.
Building project
A prayer for the end of the project:
God of vision and hope,
we thank you for our church building;
a place of prayer and pilgrimage,
witnessing to your love and presence in our midst.
We thank you for guiding us through to the completion of the building project.
Keep us united in vision and focus as we celebrate this milestone, and grant us your peace.
in the name of Jesus Christ our Cornerstone.
Amen.
URGENT HELP NEEDED TODAY at 6.30pm to clear the Coach house main room in preparation for resurfacing floor works commencing 8am Monday 28th October. We need to move the chairs, tables and piano into another part of the building. Some will go in the store room and there is room in the Jackson room. We do urgently need some help with this as the firm will not do the job unless the room is clear. Please will you consider helping as many hands make light work! Contact Churchwardens Margaret and Linda. Thank you.
Robert Twycross
Our dear friend Robert died in the early hours of Monday morning. The whole family had come to be with Deirdre as she nursed him through the last hours of what had become an increasingly debilitating illness. Robert achieved so much during his lifetime of work in palliative care. I want to pay tribute to him as a deeply loving and caring man and very good friend. Robert was never afraid to shed tears about so many things that distressed or upset him both at the personal and at the national and international level.
When David and I arrived at Holy Trinity in 2008, Robert and Deirdre were the first couple that we got to know. They welcomed us for meals and David and Robert would enjoy long theological chats. Robert was a rock for me when David was dying and put us in contact with the great palliative care services that operate through Michael Sobell House. Over the years I have kept good contact with Robert and I was always struck by his deeply personal faith Christian faith which he loved to talk about. In the early days of our being at Holy Trinity Robert and Lionel Tarasenko were leading courses for any of us to join to explore the Christian faith more deeply and they were wonderfully rich evenings.
I rarely saw Robert without Deirdre at his side and their love for each other and the people they welcomed into their home from all over the world was beautiful to experience.
We will miss him and we will have Deirdre and their family so much in our minds and hearts over these next weeks and months. Sue Saville.
Autumn Fair
Thank you to everyone who donated items or came to the Fete last Saturday. We were so lucky with the weather. We banked just over £1,312 in cash to which we can add £110 taken on the card machine. The completed Gift Aid forms are estimated to raise about another £260 to add to the total. Our thanks to the hardworking Fete organisers
Fete committee: Derek and Margaret Taylor (765051), Mike and Lisa (768077), Linda & Howard (765003), Janet Foot (762450)
All Souls Service 3rd November 6pm
If you would like to have a name read out, please write this on the list at the back of church. Thank you.
Date for your diary
Laura’s last service at Holy Trinity will be the 10am Service on November 24th. There will be a lunch celebration in church after the service, so look out for more updates in the notices.
Church Cleaning team members needed
Now that the extension is complete, and we have more space to keep clean, we are looking for people to augment the cleaning teams. We currently have teams of 2, who clean every 5th week. Could you help in this role? If so please speak to Janet Masters or the wardens to find out more to see if you can help out.
Julian Group
The November meeting will be on Friday 1st November at 2.30 pm at 3 Barton Road, Headington. We meditate for half an hour on a passage provided by one of us and then discuss it before having a social time with tea/coffee and biscuits. New members are very welcome. Please contact me for further details: Sheila Allcock 01865-769630
HTHQ 175 Talking History
The HTHQ175 committee have put together a programme of talks celebrating Holy Trinity’s 175th Anniversary year:
Wednesday 6 November Remembrance Commander John Drummond
Wednesday 4 December Blessed Virgin Mary Revd Emily Hockliffe Essex
Wednesday 8 January C.S. Lewis’s Oxford Prof Simon Horobin
Further dates to be announced.
The evening begins with refreshments at 6.45pm, the talk beginning at 7pm, and discussions close at 7.45pm. All are welcome in church.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is coming to Aylesbury Waterside Theatre in 2025! I have reserve seats for Saturday 11th October 2025 at 2pm seat cost £28 each please let me know if you’re interested as a deposit will have to paid by Christmas. Frances Farrar. – frances.farrar23@gmail.com
Laura to leave Holy Trinity
All who attend worship at Holy Trinity, and all who listen to broadcasts of our services whether at home or from hospital, will welcome the good news that the building work has very nearly been completed. We, therefore, feel great gratitude to our Vicar, the Revd. Laura Biron-Scott, whose faith, prayerfulness, perseverance, dedication and capacity to get along with other people, have guided us safely to so happy a conclusion. However, one of Laura’s predecessors at Holy Trinity used to say that the reward for good work is more work, and that proves to be true in Laura’s case as well. Laura will, in fact, be leaving the Parish at the end of November to take on a role of ministry in an academic environment as Chaplain of Balliol College, Oxford. So our joy is tinged with sadness at her departure, but a sadness relieved by the thought that she will remain close by and we still might hope to see her from time to time. We ask for God’s blessing upon Laura and we pray for her ministry in her new calling.
Tots Mornings
Open to all babies, toddlers, and preschoolers in term time in the Coach House on Tuesdays. Stay & Play will be 10-11am and Story & prayers 11am – 11.15am. No need to book just come along. All are welcome.
Hearing Loop Update
We’re very sorry that our loop system is not working at the moment. We expect to have it back in action by the end of the month. Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience.
This week’s Eco Tips
Although most tea bags are made from natural plant fibres, some brands use polypropylene (a kind of plastic) to heat-seal them. Some use plastic in the bag itself. Avoid tea bags which come with plastic, and use leaf tea instead. Or why not get creative and brew your own blend? Try fresh mint leaves with lemon grass and/or slices of fresh ginger or lemon. Hilary Rollin, Eco Group
Save the Date: Our next Eco Talk
On Thursday November 14th Judy Webb, local ecologist and Chair of Friends of Lye Valley will give a presentation on Restoring the rare Lye Valley fen, this precious asset, right on our doorstep. Venue: The Coach House, starting at 7.30, with refreshments at 7.15pm Hilary Rollin, HTHQ Eco Group
Eco Resources Autumn/Winter 2024
If you are looking for information on ECO matters, you might like to follow the link below for ideas on book titles, links to Zoom sessions (live and recorded), talks etc. Hilary Rollin, Eco Church Group
Go to: https://www.hthq.uk/eco-church-resources/
Pastoral care team
Are you in need of support or would you like to talk to someone? We rely on you to let us know of anyone who is ill, or in hospital or who might welcome a visit. Please contact any of the clergy (numbers on back page) or Helen Day, Janet Masters, or Anne Tarassenko.
