Astcote Methodist Church
Team Ministry
Rev. Phil Taylor, Rev. Tina Swyre, Rev. Martin Swan, Rev. Phil Snelson
Deacon Richard Beckett
To contact a Minister please ring the Circuit Office: 01604 721908
Sunday Services
10.30am All age worship – children & adults meet together.
Services are generally informal. During the colder months we will usually meet in the Upper Room where everyone will be much warmer.
Children/Youth Groups
Sunday Club 8-11 year olds 6-7pm. and 11-18 year olds 7-8pm. Contact John Atkin 830907 for more details.
Lunch Club
For the elderly or retired on the second Tuesday in the month.
Please contact Fiona Hawkins on 830368 if you are interested.
Well Group
12-2pm Ladies group meet monthly for lunch followed by a
speaker. Contact Alison Brierley on 830770 to book a seat.
Next meetings:
26 April - Ruth Clark, Brazil missionary
31 May - Rev. Marion Reynolds
28 June - Rev. Tina Swyre Methodist Circuit Minister
Flowers can be placed in the Chapel on Sundays to celebrate an
anniversary or in memory of a loved one.
Hire of the Church Rooms, which include kitchen area and toilets. Please
contact Kate Stretton on 830115 to organise flowers or book the rooms.
Quiz and Supper to be arranged later in the year - date TBD.
Eastcote Baptist Church
Services
Start at 3pm unless otherwise stated, everyone welcome
May
6th - Mr M Mabbutt
13th - Mr Roy Chapman
20th - Rev P Taylor
27th - Mr John Hutcherson
June
3rd - Mr Paul Wilson
10th - Mr Richard Wilson
17th - see noticeboard
24th - Mr Stephen Spandl
If anyone has any queries, please contact Janet on 01327 830210, or write to
Mrs J Steel, 45a High Street, Astcote, Towcester, Northants NN12 8NW.
Coffee mornings held in Eastcote Chapel from 10 am to 12 noon:
May 19th in aid of Air Ambulance
June 23rd in aid of Cynthia Spencer Hospice
July 21st in aid of Hinwick Hall
Holy Cross
The Benefice of Pattishall with Cold Higham
March Messenger
April Messenger
May Messenger
Priest in-charge Marion Reynolds
Our new Priest in-charge Marion Reynolds was installed at Holy Cross on Tuesday 10 January by the Bishop of Peterborough. The Church was full with representatives from the Benefice, Pattishall with Cold Higham and Gayton with Tiffield together with clergy from the Diocese and the local Deanery.
Marion and Paul have moved into the Rectory in Church Street - Marion can be contacted by telephone 01327 830573.
Marion and Paul: about us - Read more
Holy Cross Wildflower Garden
The wildflower garden at Holy Cross is an attractive public amenity and has been managed over recent years on an ad hoc basis. Because of its relatively undisturbed nature it is a sanctuary for wild flora and fauna and in a recent survey was found to contain 82 wildflower species, a number of grass species and 16 trees and shrubs.
The garden was created as a Parish Millennium project because as an ancient burial ground, it had become very overgrown and unmanageable. At present the wildflower garden consists of only part of the existing graveyard but it is proposed that in time, it could be extended to other parts of the south side of the churchyard.
As part of the Parish Plan a small group has produced a provisional management plan for the next twelve months including cutting back of intrusive shrubs and undergrowth and allowing more light into the area by careful removal of some lower branches of trees. This will promote the growth of existing wildflowers and will facilitate any further planting schemes should they arise.
In keeping with the Parish Plan, tasking is on a voluntary basis and the group would welcome those with an interest in the project to contact them with a view to providing assistance as and when required. It is hoped that from this it will be possible to set up a more long term working plan with new ideas and a vision for the future for the wildflower garden.
Contacts:
bob.illingworth@btconnect.com 01327 830829
pippoptaylor@hotmail.co.uk 01327 830996
St Luke, Cold Higham
Our new Priest in-charge Marion Reynolds was installed at Holy Cross on Tuesday 10 January by the Bishop of Peterborough. The Church was full with representatives from the Benefice, Pattishall with Cold Higham and Gayton with Tiffield together with clergy from the Diocese and the local Deanery.
Marion and Paul have moved into the Rectory in Church Street - Marion can be contacted by telephone 01327 830573.
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