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Services for February 2015
Morning and Evening Prayer are said daily at 8.45am and 4pm from Monday to
Friday. On Saints’ Days, Evening prayer is replaced by a Eucharist.
Prayer Meeting at 8.45am, first Saturday of each month, at which we pray about
future developments in the Benefice.
Sunday 1st Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
9 .00am
Eucharist
Hempton
10.30 am
First Sunday
Deddington
10.30 am
Eucharist
Barford St M
6.30 pm
Choral Evensong
Deddington
Wed 4th
10.00am
Eucharist
Deddington
th
Thurs 5
2.00pm
Squeals and Wheels
Deddington
Sunday 8th 2nd Sunday before Lent
8 .00am
Holy Communion (BCP)
Deddington
10.30 am
Eucharist:
Deddington
(with healing prayer)
10.30 am
Family Service
Barford St M
Wed 11th 10.00am
Eucharist
Deddington
th
Thurs 12
2.00pm
Squeals and Wheels
Deddington
7.30pm
Induction of new Vicar
Deddington
th
Sunday 15
Sunday next before Lent
9 .00am
Eucharist
Hempton
10.30 am
Eucharist
Deddington
10.30 am
Morning Service
Barford St M
th
Wed 18
10.00am
Eucharist with
Deddington
Ash Wednesday
Imposition of Ashes
7.30pm
Eucharist with
Barford St J
Imposition of Ashes
Thurs 19th 2.00pm
Squeals and Wheels
Deddington
nd
Sunday 22 Lent 1
9.30am
Fourth Sunday:
Deddington
Eucharist followed by
Interactive Café Church at 10.20am
4.00pm
Evensong
Barford St M
6 .00pm
Evensong
Hempton
Wed 25th 10.00am
Eucharist
Deddington
th
Thurs 26
2.00pm
Squeals and Wheels
Deddington
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BENEFICE OF
DEDDINGTON,
HEMPTON, CLIFTON
AND THE BARFORDS
February 2015
PRAYERS
Bible Readings
Readings—
— February 2015
Jesus wants to heal us to wholeness, and to him no one is untouchable.
Heavenly Father, your desire to save us made you willing to share our human brokenness; as the Body of Christ, may the Church share that willingness to be vulnerable
in order to serve in love.
Heavenly Father, so wise and perceptive, take us to the heart of all conflicts, and
give us the grace to share in the healing between factions and nations, guided by your
Spirit.
Heavenly Father, so comforting and kind, help us to notice the needs around us, in
our families, friends and colleagues, and respond to them in love.
Heavenly Father, shock us into seeing more clearly the ache of those whom society
rejects and overlooks; the wounds of the discarded and socially embarrassing. May we
reach out where others turn away.
We pray for the sick including Issy Walton, Daphne Puttick, Vivienne Brewer, Jessica Broadbent, Arthur Lewis, Peter Hancock and Judy Ward.
Heavenly Father, so welcoming to all, we commend to your everlasting keeping
those who have recently died and those who mourn their going. We pray especially
for the family and friends of Robin Woolgrove, Thomas Rogers, Thelma Higgins, Philip
Rudge, Joyce Bliss and Dorothy Faint.
This month, as a Deanery we pray for
1st February
4th Sunday of Epiphany
Ironstone Benefice: Drayton, Horley, Hornton, Hanwell, Shenington, Alkerton,
Wroxton, Balscote. John Reader, Hugh White, Lindy Bridgeman and Trina Wilcock. For
the Children and Schools work; Worship development; Community Engagement and
the Banbury Food Bank.
8th February
2nd Sunday before Lent
St Hugh’s Banbury: Anita Smith. For the work of Relate, Samaritans and all counsellors helping those in crisis. For LLMs and all other authorised and accredited Ministers who work throughout our Deanery and are such a blessing.
15th February Sunday Next before Lent
Deddington, Clifton, Hempton and the Barfords: Christopher Hall, Hugh Marshall
and Christine Turner; Children's and Youth Worker David Benskin. For our good keeping
of Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. For all Lent Groups. For those who make pilgrimages – that they may be richly blessed. All retreat houses.
22nd February 1st Sunday of Lent
For all Village Christian Communities served by Quakers, Methodists, and Baptists. For
circuit Teams and Visiting Ministers travelling many miles to minister to small flocks.
For all that we can learn through ecumenical dialogue. For Fair Trade to happen in all
countries and for us to ensure it does.
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Sunday 1st
Malachi 3.1-5
Presentation of Christ in the Temple Ps 24. [1-6]7-end
Hebrews 2. 14-end
Luke 2. 22-40
Sunday 8th
2nd Sunday before Lent
Proverbs 8. 11, 22-31
Ps 104.26-end
Colossians 1. 15-20
John 1.1-14
Sunday 15th
Sunday next before Lent
2 Kings 2.1-12
Ps 50.1-6
2 Corinthians 4. 3-6
Mark 9. 2-9
Sunday 22nd
Lent 1
Genesis 9. 8-17
Ps 25. 1-9
1 Peter 3. 18-end
Mark 1. 9-15
Services for March 2015
Sunday 1st
Lent 2
9 .00am
10.30 am
10.30 am
6.30 pm
Eucharist
First Sunday
Eucharist
Choral Evensong
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Hempton
Deddington
Barford St M
Deddington
WE REMEMBER THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARY FALLS THIS MONTH
Deddington and Hempton: Donald Welford, Stephen, James
and Christopher Holt, Jack Churchill, Clara Clarke, Barbara
Garrett, Gertrude West, Harry Hall, Josephine Stevens, George
Doggett, Peggy Driver, Hilda Evans, Gertrude Butler, Oliver
Hawes, Janet Kyte, Philip Abernethy, Peter Hancock, Malcolm
Adkins, Florence Spencer and Ellen Cresswell.
Barfords: Harry Austin, Robert Smith, Frederick Callow, Frank
Lovell, Gertrude Bennett, Phyllis Castle, Frank Haynes, Geoffrey Castle, Brenda Tibbetts, George Brain Joan Cook.
If you would like to have a name included in the Book of Remembrance, please
contact Jean Welford (338539).
Don’t forget to look at the
Church website:
Deadline for notices and
other contributions for
March issue to:
Christopher Hall
[email protected]
By Sunday 15th February
www.deddingtonchurch.org
The calendar of events
may be viewed on the internet via DOL (Deddington on
Line) follow the links 
Deddington Church 
What’s on & calendar of
events  Google Calendar
Please continue to contact the Churchwardens for all church matters until
12th February.
Vicar: The Revd Annie Goldthorp
(01869)336880
The Vicarage, Earls Close, Deddington OX15 0RY
Churchwardens: Deddington George Fenemore 338203
Iain Gillespie
338367
Barfords
Cubby Brett
338300
Youth Worker: David Benskin [email protected]
Our grateful thanks to Hamptons International for their generosity in photocopying our newssheet.
Editor: Sue Addison, Laurel Cottage, Church Street, Barford St Michael, OX15 0UA
Tel: 01869 338017 Email: [email protected]
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If you would like prayer on any matter, please contact anyone in our Prayer Circle:
Glynne Bianchi 337743 Christine Gillespie 338367
Liz Dickinson 337050
Rosemary Clark 336267
John Osborough 07753802841 Judy & Jenny Ward 337187
Don't give up chocolate for Lent this year IF it is
Fair Trade chocolate. In the Ash Wednesday [18 Feb]
lesson, Isaiah says: ‘Is not this the kind of fasting I
have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie
the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and
break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the
hungry?'
Last year my friend Arton Medd shared in a
'Meet the People' tour in Ghana. He visited the grow
ers of fair trade cocoa, palm oil and bananas. Divine
Chocolate is produced from the cocoa grown by the
80,000 members of the Kuapa Kokoo co-operative. They produce 6% of Ghana's cocoa.
What difference has the Fairtrade Premium made to them? The growers decided to
build village schools so that children did not have to walk a long way to their lessons.
The premium also paid for boreholes providing clean water which teenagers carry from
the pump back to their homes. Clinics and village health services too were improved.
Fair Palm cleaning products are a new line introduced by Traidcraft last year. Traidcraft is supporting the Serendipalm co-operative in Ghana to produce fairtrade, organic
palm oil, known as FairPalm, in a way that supports smallholder farmers and protects
the environment. Arton saw the palm oil processing plant with its wood-fired boilers
emitting steam and smoke on a dark wet evening.
Fairtrade banana growing in Ghana produces 5000 to 6000 tonnes of bananas a
year from 600 acres. Arton witnessed the meticulous care of and for the workers as
they used pillows on their shoulders so as not to bruise the bananas being carried to
the conveyor system. He also saw the secondary school that had been built using the
Fairtrade banana premium.
George Fenemore supported Fair Trade - buying 500kg of Fairtrade sugar from the Coop Village store to keep his bees fed this winter. Fairtrade ensures that producers wherever they are in the world are paid a fair price for their labours to meet our needs.
There is no conflict between local producers in Britain and producers in the Two-Thirds
World - both are dependent for their living on being paid more than it costs them to
produce what they sell. That's only fair.
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The 'I DO Bridal Campaign' is promoting the sale of Fairtrade Gold wedding rings.
With St Valentine's Day this month in mind, engaged couples are invited to share their
romantic stories to win £1500 wedding rings http://ido.fairtrade.org.uk/tell-us-yourstory/. See page 11 in the February edition of THE DOOR [Diocesan newspaper]
In Fairtrade Fortnight [22 Feb-6 March] Deddington School will have a Fair Trade
themed Assembly at 2.45 on 27 Feb, and host a Traidcraft stall at 2.45 on 6 March. On
Sat 28 Feb Deddington Fairtraders of course have their regular stall in church at the
Farmers' Market, selling Divine Chocolate and FairPalm products - but not gold or bananas. We turned over £6000 last year - thanks to you!
When Janet Chapman was interviewed for the role of Vicar at St Mary's Banbury,
she told her interviewers that her three priorities were "God, Justice and Chocolate not necessarily in that order." She then gave the panel a bar of Divine Chocolate and
told them to share it among themselves - fairly. She was given the job.
We are praying for Annie Goldthorp as she settles into the vicarage in Earl's Close.
We look forward to her induction on Thursday 12 February at 7.30pm. She has chosen
for us all to sing:
Brother, sister let me serve you
Let me be as Christ to you
Pray that I may have the grace
To let you be my servant, too
Instead of giving up something for Lent this year, decide to take up Fairtrade
products so that we can serve our brothers and sisters, and be as Christ to them.
Christopher Hall
to everyone in the Benefice for your
gifts and good wishes. I am not moving
to Scotland yet but I'll let you know the
new address when I get there. With good wishes for the
future of Deddington Benefice. Rosemary
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SAINTS ALIVE!
February 10th: SCHOLASTICA, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543
Scholastica is a more shadowy figure than her
famous brother, St Benedict. She too was born at
Nursia, central Italy, around the year 480. At an
early age she chose to consecrate herself to God,
but probably continued to live at home. Only after
Benedict moved to Monte Cassino did she settle at
Plombariola nearby, joining or maybe founding a nunnery under his direction. As abbess she sought to
follow his Rule, and met him each year at a house
near his monastery where they would praise God together and discuss spiritual matters. She died in about the year 543. Benedict had a
vision of her soul rising up to heaven and, collecting her body, he had her buried in
the tomb prepared for himself. Scholastica soon became a figure for veneration by
all nuns who followed Benedict's Rule.
February 16th: JANANI LUWUM, Archbishop, Martyr d. 1977
Janani Luwum was born in northern Uganda. He became a
teacher and was converted to Christianity in 1948. He was ordained in 1956 and served in parishes in the Upper Nile. His
abilities were recognized in 1966 when he became Provincial Secretary of the Church of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and BogaZaire. He was consecrated Bishop of Northern Uganda in
1969. President Obote and Chief of Staff, Idi Amin, were in the
congregation. Two years later, Amin was in power.
Bishop Luwum was known as a faithful visitor to his parishes and also had a growing influence at international gatherings of the Anglican
Communion. He was elected the Archbishop of Uganda in 1974. He must have known
the likely outcome of standing up to the President, saying on one occasion, ‘I do not
know how long I shall occupy this chair. I live as though there will be no tomorrow…
While the opportunity is there, I preach the Gospel with all my might, and my conscience is clear before God.’
On 5 February 1977 the Archbishop's house was raided by soldiers who said
they had been ordered to look for arms. On 8 February the Archbishop and nearly all
the Ugandan bishops met and drafted a letter of protest to the President and asked
to see him. A week later, on 16 February, the Archbishop and six bishops were publicly arraigned in a show trial and were accused of smuggling arms. Archbishop Luwum
was not allowed to reply, but shook his head in denial. The President concluded by
asking the crowd:"What shall we do with these traitors?" The soldiers replied "Kill
him now". The Archbishop was separated from his bishops. As he was taken away
Archbishop Luwum turned to his brother bishops and said:"Do not be afraid. I see
God's hand in this."
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For your diary...
Sightsavers
The problem
There are 39 million blind people in the world, but 80 per cent of blindness could
be prevented or cured. That’s 31.2 million people who are blind when it could have
been avoided.
Shocked at how unfair this is? So are we. But you can help us do something about
it.
We want to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people who are irreversibly blind or disabled to live independently.
For every £1 we receive (including donated supplies)
94.p
is spent on our vital work
www.sightsavers.org
0.5p
keeps us running
5.p
grows awareness and
funds
Regular Events
NB: Tracey (Bullard) lived in Barford St Michael and was a parish councillor and a very active member of the village, serving on
many committees. She was particularly keen on raising funds to support a Mother and Baby Home in Nepal that she had visited.
(Editor.)
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Monday
6.45pm
BB Band Practice*
Deddington
7.30-9.00pm Bell Ringing Practice
Deddington
Wednesday
5.30pm
BB Anchors *
Windmill Centre
5.30pm
BB Juniors *
Windmill Centre
7.15pm
BB Company Section * Deddington
Friday
10-12.00am Katharine House Hospice Deddington
Coffee Morning /
Solemates Footcare
7.45pm
Choir Practice
Deddington
Saturday
9.30am
Deddington Farmers’
Deddington
th
Market [4 Saturday]
*these events take place during term time only
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Events Update February 2015
All events to be held in Deddington Parish Church – unless otherwise indicated.
Amendments and additions (in bold throughout text). Unconfirmed bookings in italics.
The calendar of events may be viewed on the internet via DOL (Deddington on Line)
follow the links  Deddington Church  What’s on & calendar of events  Google
Calendar
Banbury Bellringers
Social Evening
Induction of new Vicar
‘Rhythm is Life’ Concert
Deddington Primary School
Banbury Symphony Orchestra
Sat 7th Feb
6.30pm
Thurs 12th Feb
7.30pm
Sat 14th Feb
7.30pm
Tues 3rd Mar
9.30am-12 noon tbc
Sat 21st Mar
7.30pm
(Set up from 1.15 Rehearsal 2.00-5.00pm)
Warriner Choral Society*
Sat 28th Mar
7.30pm
NB: (Stage construction after Farmers’ Market. Rehearsal 2.30-5.30pm)
Neil Colledge Piano Recital
Sat 18th April
7.30pm
Wedding
Sat 2nd May
2.00pm Bells, Choir,
Organ
Private Party
Sun 17th May
from 1pm
Deddington Parish Show
Sat 5th Sept
All Day
(Preparation 2.00-5.00pm Fri 4th Sept)
Wedding
Sat 19th Sept
tba
Warriner Choral Society*
Sat 7th Nov
7.30pm
(Stage construction morning. Rehearsal 2.30-5.30pm)
Banbury Symphony Orchestra Sat 21st Nov
7.30pm
(Set up from 1.15 Rehearsal 2.00-5.00pm)
* Kitchen booked for this event
Tel. 01869 338017 E-mail; [email protected]
Please contact Sue Addison, Benefice Secretary, for all Church bookings.
Something for Lent
Please sign up on the list in Deddington Church if you would like to
share in a series of meetings on Tuesday evenings from 24 February and /
or Wednesday afternoon from 25th February. Topics to be decided.
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REPORTS are needed on Deddington and Hempton Church activities for
inclusion in the Annual Parish Magazine to be published for distribution prior
to the APCM on 23rd April 2015.
Please send items to Sue Addison [[email protected]] or
leave them in the folder at the back of Deddington Church as soon as they are
ready.
Deadline: Friday 22nd March!!!
Last year’s contributors included:
Vicar’s Report
Deddington PCC
Treasurer
Churchwardens’ Report
St John the Evangelist, Hempton
Choir Report
Sacristans’ Report
Youth Work
Deddington Pastoral Care Group
First Sunday services
i-tea and biscuits
Home Groups
Katharine House Coffee Mornings
1st Deddington Boys’ Brigade
Deddington Fair Traders
Deanery Synod
Christian Aid
Children’s Activities
Ride & Stride
If you are involved in a group that is contributing to Parish Life, please
write a short piece for the magazine. Photographs of Parish events will be
very welcome.
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