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CHURCH NEWS
Holy Trinity & St Margaret's
We have been running an 8am Prayer Book
Communion service at Holy Trinity and a
contemporary Morning Prayer at 10am at St
Margaret’s, with Communion once a month. It
has been a real joy to meet with those who are
able to come and it does feel like a moment of
normality in otherwise strange times.
Of course our ‘on line’ audio services
continue each week. They are recorded earlier
in the week so usually go on the website on
Friday or Saturday. I know many people who
enjoy the on line services and some who have
even confessed they like them more than ‘real’
church! I think that may have more to do with
listening in bed with a cup of tea. Our on line
services will continue for the foreseeable future.
After the Sunday services, the churches are
shut for Monday and Tuesday to give the 72
hours necessary for any infection to ‘time out’.
We have had to cancel our Harvest Supper at
the Village Hall at the end of September as there
is no way that 150 people squeezed in for an
evening of food and entertainment was ever
going to work with the current restrictions.
However, our Harvest Sunday service will
happen on 4th October and we will be receiving
gifts of tins and anything that lasts (ie nonperishable
items) which will go to Wycombe
Women’s Aid. We know this service is popular
with young people so we will start at 9.30am
that week with a short 20 minute Harvest
Celebration in St Margaret’s especially for
them. We will be well finished by 10am when
the normal service will start. If you are not able
to bring gifts on the Sunday then you may leave
them in the porch of either Holy Trinity or St
Margaret’s from the Wednesday.
Both churches are open for private prayer
from Wednesday to Saturday from 9am to
mid-afternoon.
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Village Voice October/November 2020
One of the hardest things about the lockdown
for me and the life of our Parishes has been the
uncertainty. So, we do know that we will have a
memorial service for those who have lost loved
ones on All Saints Day (1st November) and we
will celebrate Remembrance Sunday the
following week (8th November) but the timing
and form of both those services is dependent
upon the Government guidelines at the time.
Details will be posted on our website www.
holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk as soon as we
know what we will be able to do.
I am aware of many who are finding the
current restrictions are deeply affecting their
mental and spiritual health. I do encourage you
to be as open and honest with those you trust
about how you are feeling (they may understand
better than you expect) and all of the staff at
Holy Trinity and St Margaret’s are available for
you to ring and chat. Ultimately, of course, we
have a God who when he was here on earth in
Jesus Christ spent a disproportionate amount of
his time with the outcast and the lonely. He
understands. Blessings, Revd Mike Bisset, www.
holytrinityand stmargartes.co.uk
Penn Free Methodist Church
All are welcome to our services at the church on
Sunday mornings at 11am and in the evening at
6.30pm. Please also come along to our midweek
prayer meeting and Bible Study
on Wednesdays at 8pm. Those
with special health
vulnerabilities can join virtually
on Zoom - please email revps@
icloud.com for the link.
On Sunday November 8th at 10:45am there
will be a special Service of Remembrance to
commemorate before God those who have
fallen in war in the service of our nation.
Details of our open air preaching work can be
found on www.facebook.com/britainsonlyhope .
As a church we consider it vital to go into the
public squares and high streets to declare the
message of salvation to so many who are
oblivious of their great need.
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