December 2012/January 2013 - Watlington Parish Council

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September was a busy month for us. First there were the Heritage Open days, and the Ride & Stride to raise money for historic churches in Oxfordshire. Since it was our 200th Anniversary we thought it would be appropriate if John Wesley could greet people when they visited the church, so we produced a full-size model of him preaching. We enquired as to how tall he was but nobody knew! In the end his height was decided by the size of the piece of plywood we had available! The first group he welcomed were from St.Leonard’ s Church, Chrissie and Jeremy Bell with friends Hazel & Flis. Later our Minister, Rev.Adam Stevenson, arrived having cycled from Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford visiting a dozen churches on the way. As a historical note John Wesley preached at least twice in Watlington in 1766 and 1775, well before the present church was built in 1812. A fortnight later a past minister, Rev. Andy Bryer, and his wife Janet came to celebrate Harvest Festival with us. Andy is now very much in a rural area and farming and harvest and the problems of rural communities are very real to him. Many friends from the other churches in his old circuit joined us for the service and for the harvest lunch afterwards. As usual the centre of our harvest display was a cake made and decorated by Pat Bird. The cake, our gifts and the gifts from News from the Methodists Watlington Pre-school go to the Porch Steppin’ Stones Centre in Oxford. The Centre helps those in need by providing meals, advice, training and support and these are even more necessary at the present time. On the last Sunday of November our Bicentenary guest preacher will be Mrs. Ruby Beech, past Vice-President of the Methodist Conference and previously Assistant Serjeant at Arms in the House of Commons. We start on the run-up to Christmas with our Advent Studies on 4,11 & 18 December. Then we shall be welcoming the churches in Watlington when they join us for the Watlington Town Carol Service at 7.30pm on 20 December. Meanwhile we shall be preparing our entry for the Christmas Tree Festival, this year’s theme “Celebrations & Jubilations” is very appropriate for our Bicentenary. To finish off our Bicentenary Year we shall be welcoming Rev. Peter Hancock, Chair of the Northampton District. as our guest preacher on 23 December. We then look forward to 2013 and welcoming St.Leonard’s to our Covenant Service on 6 January when we renew our covenant with God for the coming year. Our Lunch Clubs continue at 12.30 on the first Friday of each month to which all are welcome. As of Sunday 13 January we shall hold our services in our Community Room while we insulate the ceiling of the church and redecorate it: a challenging start for 2013 and the third century of our church! Phil Crockett 14
Forthcoming Methodist Services 2 Dec 11am Mrs. Jennifer Thompson 9 Dec 11am Rev. Adam Stevenson incl. Holy Communion 16 Dec 11am Mr. Peter Honeyball 23 Dec 11am Rev. Peter Hancock, Bicentenary Service 25 Dec 11am Rev. Adam Stevenson, Christmas Day Family Service 30 Dec 11am Dr. Neville Shepherd 6 Jan 11am Rev. Adam Stevenson, Covenant Service incl. Holy Communion 13 Jan 11am Mr. Paul Spray 20 Jan 11am Dr. Julie Todd 27 Jan 11am Dr. Alan Turner-Smith RIDGEWAY Venue: The Sports Pavilion, Watlington Recreation Ground Date: the 3rd Tuesday of every month Time: 2.30pm. Tea & biscuits served. We welcome all retired and semi-retired visitors who come to our monthly talks and encourage you to join us. Membership is £18.50 p.a. which also allows you to participate in our Group activities that include Walking, Reading, Outings, Antiques & collectibles, Heritage, Patchwork & quilting and our Lunch group Non-members can come to our monthly talks by paying £4.00 entrance.. For more details contact Jacky Wagstaff Email jacky.wagstaff@yahoo.co.uk or phone 01491 613175 PROGRAMME – 2013 18th December at 2.30 pm Tony Brown will give A Victorian Magic Lantern Show to be followed by Christmas drinks and snacks. 15th January 2013 Tim Horton will give an illustrated talk about Victorian Watlington its growth and decline, a subject close to all our hearts. 19th February 2013 Francine Blake will be talking about Crop Circles. How do they get here? Is it aliens or tractors? Or something completely different. 15
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