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For his sermon at St Mary’s Kidlington on 7th August Ven David Meara reflected on Faith, especially in relation to the Lambeth Conference, just finishing. For those who were not able to hear it, or who would like to ponder this more, you can download the sermon here. Thank you David.

Many of you will have enjoyed meeting Christian Saguyan, the placement student with us from Cuddesdon for July. He joined in so many services and activities, and conducted a survey on how people make use of the worship we have been offering online – valuable input to discussions on future plans.

His last day in the parish, was Sunday 31st July, when he preached at St John’s, finishing with this beautiful poem to remember his time with us.

Love Enduring
Love is Strong
Many years lived
Many tears give
From births to deaths
Your hand to help 

Love Enduring
Love is Strong
Nothing fathoms
the generation of an ever-living song
A hymn of music in everyone’s heart
A melody humming in God’s heart
The song of love!
Whom it meets it greets
Serenading the most in need

Love Enduring
Love is Strong
Welcomed me as your own
Kidlington with Hampton Poyle
I delight to sing your song.

Christian, Thank you for all you brought to our parish life. Our best wishes to you, your wife and coming baby.

Do come along to browse and buy from a variety of tables in the hall. You can also sit and enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and cake whilst watching the world go by.

Yes, it is almost summer time and thankfully we will be able to enjoy it more with friends and family this year. Coming Soon are:

CTK Joint Pentecost Service, followed by Picnic – Sunday 5th June 10.30am, St Mary’s Kidlington – join us as we celebrate Pentecost with our fellow Christians from the village. The service will be in person but can also be accessed online via our Facebook Live page. If coming in person please also bring your hampers, as after the service you’re invited to stay for fellowship and picnic in St Mary’s church garden – provided the weather holds up! 

Parish Fete – Saturday 25th June, 12.30pm – 4pm, in and around St Mary’s Kidlington – this will be a great afternoon of friendship and fun. It includes a new “Lego (R) Masters Challenge” at 1pm and the now famous Dog Show at 2pm. For all the details, just click here.

Open Gardens Weekend – Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July, 2pm – 6pm, in Kidlington (including Station Fields Allotments) and Hampton Poyle – your opportunity to visit a wide variety of beautiful gardens in our villages. One ticket gives admission to all open gardens on both days. There will also be places to stop for tea, chat, toilets, rest….. click here for more information.

The annual meeting for the parish will be held at 8pm on Wednesday 4th May, in St Mary’s Refectory. This is the time when we review the Report and Accounts for 2021, elect churchwardens and PCC members (our official trustees) as well as members of other groups. Do come along to hear about what has happened and plans for the future. Further details and papers are available here.

I will be doing the Christian Aid challenge of walking and running 300,000 steps for Christian Aid this month. As we are supporting Ukrainian guests in so many ways this is just one way of making sure we don’t forget the many and deep needs across the world for the basics of life. We no longer do the Christian Aid house-to-house collection so if you would like to contribute or find out more about the challenge please visit my justgiving page at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/felicity-scroggie.

Felicity

PARISH LUNCHES are back! Meeting 12.00 noon at Moorside Place on the last Wednesday of each month, starting on April 27th. Why not join us for good, reasonably-priced food and the chance to catch up and make new friends? Please contact Anne Handsley via the Parish Office to make your booking.

From the beginning of April we are trying out a new way of sharing our regular news, as the weekly parish emails were sometimes getting rather long and confusing. All up-to-date news is now included in a newsletter format which will still be emailed out, but is also available to download here – or you can just click on the big blue button “Newsletter” on the Welcome page.

We are now updating the church Electoral Roll in readiness for our Annual Meetings which will be held on Wednesday 4th May 2022. Sunday 10th April will be the last day on which you can apply to join the Electoral Roll (you do not need to re-apply if you are already on it). For further explanation and details of the meetings just click here.