Sunday 21 June

10.30am Parish Communion – St Mary’s, Easton

Please note that our Parish Communion service this Sunday (21st) at St Mary’s, Easton will be at the slightly later time of 10.30am instead of the usual time of 10am.  We are grateful to the Revd Mary Copping for coming to lead this service and hope to see you there.

Valley Worship last Sunday

Thank you to Nick Fuggle for his excellent talk last Sunday on Psalm 139,  If you weren’t able to attend the service it can be listened to via the link to the recording below or read here.  John Bouldin was a memorable and most interesting Everyday Lives interviewee and Tim Clapp led us in some very special worship which complemented the service beautifully.  James Greig delivered heartfelt prayers and  we were delighted to welcome the children from the Ark back at the end of the service to tell us what they had been learning about the Holy Spirit.

St Swithun’s Patronal Evensong

St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy Patronal Evensong on Sunday 12 July at 6pm will include dedication of the new West Window by the Bishop of Basingstoke. All are welcome. There will be supper in the Village Hall after the service for which numbers are limited (Bishop Kelly will join us at this event) If you would like to be come to the supper please contact Verity Coleman via either mumgod@aol.com or 07977 462034 as soon as possible

A visitor rolling through the Valley

If you were at Valley Worship on Sunday, you might have encountered a wonderful lady and her wheelchair trike visiting St Swithun’s. Laura, from the Netherlands, is on a pilgrimage from London, via Winchester to Canterbury, using an electrically assisted wheelchair. She suffers from a rare disease that means that her joints easily detach.  She can walk no more than about 100 yards and has what looked like rings on all her fingers but they were in fact supports that held them together! Whilst locking up St John’s the night before, Joan Dartnell encountered her and offered her space to pitch her tent.  Rodney and Joan took her to supper in the pub before waving her off with a hearty breakfast the next morning. She spoke excellent English and was very good company, well read and very interesting as well as interested.  Her blog and further information are available at www.rolstoelpelgrim.nl

Winchester Cathedral ‘Stone by Stone’ Appeal

Revd Canon Andrew Micklefield has asked us to bring to your attention the new public ‘Stone by Stone’ fundraising appeal for Winchester Cathedral.  For more information, please follow this link.

for global peace

for those who are ill or suffering at the moment or for those recently bereaved

for Allison, Sally, Dave and Ian and all the family and friends of Richard Cannons as they mourn his loss

for the parish in this time of interregnum

for David and Rachel Cooke as they make plans to join us

Sunday’s readings can be read here

Easton Garden Players

The players will again be donating all ticket sales from their Summer performances of A Bunch of Amateurs to St Mary’s Church, Easton restoration fund.

Please check our website in case of

any unexpected changes:

http://www.itchenvalleychurches.org