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Wasperton |
CHURCH SERVICES AT WASPERTON |
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3rd |
The Epiphany |
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6:00pm |
Evening Prayer |
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10th |
Baptism of Christ |
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8:00am |
Holy Communion |
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17th |
The Second Sunday after Epiphany |
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6:00pm |
Evening Prayer |
BCP |
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24th |
The Third Sunday after Epiphany |
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9:30am |
Holy Communion |
BCP |
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COFFEE STOP : Coffee Stop is suspended until further notice. TOADS IN WASPERTON : A link to information from Ben Blackham. HARVEST FESTIVAL : Wasperton Church will hold its Harvest Festival Service on Sunday 4th October at 6 pm. We are as safe as possible and we welcome our villagers and those who would normally join us for worship to this celebration and our future Sunday Services. WASPERTON 100 CLUB : In an effort at normality, and in spite of lockdown restrictions, a Wasperton 100 club draw has taken place. The winners are: 1st Caroline Apsden During the lockdown period there has been a marvellous community spirit prevailing and we look forward to meeting everyone again at the Wobbly Wasp pub and other social events when we are all back in action. ALLCHURCHES TRUST : We are delighted to report that Allchurches Trust has awarded a grant of £1000 towards the required repairs to St John the Baptist’s church roof.
PHOTOCARDS AND NOTELETS: Please do call in and/or phone. PUBLICATION OF WAR MEMORIAL BOOKLET : It consists of 24 pages of A5 in black and white including a centre spread showing colour photos taken on the day of the rededication. Details are given of the two crashes by the River Avon during World War II, the recovery of aircraft parts from the Avon in 1976 and the subsequent construction and dedication of the memorial in 1977. A report is given of the rededication of the memorial on 9th April 2011 . Copies of the booklet can be obtained from Kath Wright on 01926 624088. WASPERTON EMAIL DIRECTORY: At the Wasperton Annual Parish Meeting it was suggested that an email directory for Wasperton might be created to facilitate the speedy distribution of information. The Parish Clerk (a registered Data Controller) would be the custodian, ensuring that no email addresses were released to third parties. Any resident of Wasperton who wishes to be added to the directory should contact the Parish Clerk, James Johnson. WASPERTON BOOK SALES : Many thanks, DIG WASPERTON! : In a new book, "Wasperton - A Roman, British and Anglo-Saxon Community in Central England", the authors have put this variety of burial practice into a credible sequence, and built up a picture of life at the time. Here there were people who were culturally Roman, British and Anglo-Saxon, pagan and Christian in continuous use of the same graveyard and drawing on a common inheritance. Here we can see the beginnings of England and the people who made it happen - not the kings, warriors and preachers, but the ordinary folk obliged to make their own choices: choices about what nation to build and which religion to follow. A review in the journal British Archaeology states 'Careful arguments result in the beautifully written story of a community going through massive cultural changes. This is groundbreaking stuff ..'' Click here for full details of this new book.
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