Worship This Week
St Andrew’s in the Dean Court Community Centre
11:30am Morning Worship
Leader and preacher: David Wenham
St Michael’s, Cumnor
8am Holy Communion (1662)
Leader and preacher: Jonathan Widdess
10:30am Big Story Sunday
Leader: Jonathan Widdess
St Mary’s, Farmoor
3:30pm Hymns and Cake
“Touching Jesus”, led by Jonathan Widdess
Online Worship
The 10:30am services in St Michael’s will be live-streamed via our website at:
https://cumnor.org/sunday-service-online/
These will remain available to watch online afterwards.
Music for a Summers Evening with Wantage Concert Brass
Join us at 7pm on Saturday June 25th in St Michael’s for a wonderful evening of music for a summer’s evening with Wantage Concert Brass (MD Neil Brownless). Tickets are available online here, from Jonathan or from Cumnor Post Office.
Light refreshments will be served during the interval.
Adults £8, Concessions £6, Family Ticket (2A + 2C) £25.
15 Minutes A Day With God
Do you manage to set aside (at least) 15 minutes a day to engage with God through reading the Bible and prayer? Imagine the difference it would make to your life if you did!
There’s a great handout you can download with suggestions and resources to help. It’s available online or you can pick up a printed copy from the back of St Michael’s.
Cumnor C.E. School Summer Fête
Cumnor Pre-School Summer Fête
Living in Love and Faith – Deanery Course
The Diocesan LLF Advocates Team are running a one day Living in Love & Faith course for our Deanery at Peachcroft Christian Centre, Abingdon on Saturday, 2 July. The course costs £5 per attendee, starts at 9.45 am for 10.00 am and runs until 4.00 pm. Further details can be found below.
Please let Sharon Derbe, Abingdon Deanery Secretary, know as soon as possible if you would like to attend. Her email address isabingdondeanerysec@gmail.com
Tower Roof Repairs
You may have noticed there is now scaffolding on the south side of the St Michael’s tower. This is to enable work to replace the lead on the roof. Work started on Monday and is expected to continue for about 4 weeks.
All the historic lead is to be preserved, with the most significant parts mounted in the tower itself for visitors to enjoy, and other areas sold to local people. Watch for more news on this in the next few weeks.
Vigil in Botley
On 25th June at 7.30pm St Peter and St. Paul is hosting an evening vigil of remembrance for the 140 women who were killed by men during 2021. This is combined with an art installation that is going on the front of the church building from this weekend for a week.
Pillow Talk – art installation and protest against femicide.
at the church of St. Peter & St. Paul, West Way
with a vigil of remembrance for all women killed by men
outside the church on Saturday 25th June at 7.30pm.
Did you know that during 2021 at least 140 women were killed by men in the UK?
They ranged in age from teens to nineties and were from all cultural backgrounds.
Violence against women is endemic in the world and since the deaths of sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in 2020 and Sabina Nessa and Sarah Everard in 2021 voices of women and men have risen in protest against femicide, which is the most extreme form of gender-based violence and is defined as the ‘intentional murder of women because they are women’.
In her installation, Pillow Talk, local artist Alice Brookes gives expression to the pain and outrage experienced by families who experience domestic violence, as well as encouraging us all to speak up for women and children at risk in abusive relationships.
Join us to honour the memories of women who have died in this way, to listen to invited speakers Emily Smith, Cllr for Botley and Sunningwell; Alice Brookes, Artist; The Revd Rachel Cross; (Layla Moran MP will be in attendance) and to share a glass of wine.
Rev Claire Sykes.
Accommodation Sought
Daniel and Leakhena Durston are a missionary family who are looking for accommodation to rent in the Littlemore or surrounding areas. They will be looking for a place over the summer. Please pray for them and if you can help then please email them on info@trainachildfoundation.org. Thank you.
Hymns and Cake at St Mary’s
Hymns and Cake’ is the new informal cafe type gathering on the fourth Sunday of every month at 3.30 pm St Mary’s Church Farmoor. We would very much welcome some help with refreshments etc on a regular or not so regular basis. For more info, please call Jean on 07927 236961.
Listen to Jean talking about it on Radio Oxford.
Taizé Worship
The songs and readings for March remain available online at: https://cumnor.org/taize-service-march-2022/ , and all our previous Online Taizé services can be found at https://cumnor.org/taize/
Toddler Group
The St Michael’s Toddler group meets on Wednesdays mornings in the Parish Centre, 1 Abingdon Road.
Each session costs just £1 and runs from 9am-11am during term times. The group is open to everyone.
For more details please contact Dianne Taylor (01865 862165) or Angela Evans (01865 864397).
Choir Practice
St Michael’s Choir practice in Church on Friday evenings at 6:30pm. New members are always welcome. Please contact Andrew Dyer for more details. Tel: 01865 862042 e-mail: ajdyer47@hotmail.com
Bellringing
The Bellringers practice on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-9pm. Please contact Jenny Dyer for more details. Tel: 01865 862042 e-mail: jadyer55@hotmail.com. Their website is at https://cumnorbellringers.uk.
Ukraine – We Can Do Something
Pray
If you would like to use the church for prayer and reflection, a dedicated area is now available in St Michael’s.
We can also pray using Christian Aid’s resources or this prayer for peace from +Steven.
A Prayer for Peace in Ukraine
God of compassion,
Have mercy this day on the people of Ukraine.
Restore to them the gift of peace.
Grant wisdom to the governments of the world.
Bring good in the midst of evil and suffering,
For the sake of Jesus Christ your Son,
Who gave his life to bring peace to your world
Amen.
Act
Christian Aid are encouraging people to sign a change.org petition launched by Together With Refugees member, Freedom From Torture. It’s calling on the government to provide humanitarian support to the people of Ukraine, and asking for urgent concessions on the Nationality and Borders Bill.
Give
Cash donations to a registered and regulated charity are best at this time. You can donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal here: DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.
Another option is to buy “survival items” from the online aid shop of the charity RefugEase. It sells food parcels, hygiene packs and medical packs.
Don’t Look Away
The Ukrainian Institute has an excellent web site with further information.
Oxford diocese also has a webpage dedicated to a Christian response to the war, which they are keeping updated.
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Staying safe online
Getting online can make life easier in many ways, but there is also a risk of scams and fraud.
Age UK has advice on how to stay safe online.
Bible Readings
Collect
Faithful Creator,
whose mercy never fails:
deepen our faithfulness to you
and to your living Word,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Please Pray For…
- The conflict in the Ukraine.
- The staff and pupils at our local schools.
- New people to find a living faith in Jesus and join us in church.
- The repairs to the tower roof at St Michael’s.
- Victims of domestic violence and all those affected by femicide.
- Those affected by COVID and especially those suffering from Long-COVID.
- Our CMS mission partner Bia.
- The work of BeSpace, one of the organisations we support with our mission giving.
- The ongoing rebuilding work at St Andrews.
- Everyone who leads worship, preaches or teaches in our parish.
Worship Services in July
Sunday 3rd July
St Andrew’s in the Dean Court Community Centre
11:30am Morning Worship
Leader: David Wenham
Preacher: Chris Scruby
St Michael’s, Cumnor
10:30am Holy Communion
Leader and preacher: Jonathan Widdess
Sunday 10th July
St Andrew’s in the Dean Court Community Centre
11:30am Holy Communion
Leader and preacher: Jonathan Widdess
St Michael’s, Cumnor
8am Holy Communion (1662)
Leader and preacher: Jonathan Widdess
10:30am Morning Worship
Leader and preacher: Jean Pryce-Williams
Sunday 17th July
St Andrew’s in the Dean Court Community Centre
11:30am Morning Worship
Leader and preacher: David Wenham
St Michael’s, Cumnor
10:30am Holy Communion
Leader and preacher: Jonathan Widdess
Sunday 24th July
St Andrew’s in the Dean Court Community Centre
11:30am Morning Worship
Leader: David Wenham
Preacher: Jessica Turner
St Michael’s, Cumnor
8am Holy Communion (1662)
Leader and preacher: Jessica Turner
10:30am Big Story Sunday
Leader: Jonathan Widdess
St Mary’s, Farmoor
3:30pm Hymns and Cake
Led by: Jean Pryce-Williams
Sunday 31st July
St Andrew’s in the Dean Court Community Centre
11:30am Morning Worship
Leader: David Wenham
Preacher: from Christians Against Poverty
St Michael’s, Cumnor
10:30am Morning Worship
Leader: Jonathan Widdess
Preacher: Chris Scruby
Contacts
Jonathan Widdess
Vicar
01865 863702 / vicar@cumnor.org
The Vicarage,
1, Abingdon Road
Cumnor
OX29QN
Kate Elliott
Safeguarding Officer
07782 350491 / KateE@cumnor.org