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Issue #11 of Wheatley Area Newsletter
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Forest Hill +----+ +----+
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Holton THE | | COMMUNITY
Wheatley | |
Horspath | | Tiddington
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HEADLINES: The Trust Challenge!, Wheatley Christmas Family
Festival, A plea for help, Ugandan Christmas
Presents, God's Holy Hill
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"... the LORD hath anointed me to publish good tidings to the
meek." Isaiah 61:1
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| ><> GOOD NEWS <>< |
| Building the Kingdom Locally |
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><> The Trust Challenge! by John Baker
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Last Wednesday I heard Steve Chalke at London School of
Theology (LST) and he spoke about his latest book 'Trust a
radical manifesto'. He gave a formula for trust as
Trust=Credibility+Dependability+Relationship / Self Interest
Thinking about this I really felt it made a lot of sense
especially for Churches trying to work together. I then
thought about the trustworthiness of God and have come up
with the following challenge which I would like to give to
all readers of the Christians in the Community Newsletter:
Assuming Trust = C + D + R / SI, produce 2 or 3 verses from
the Bible for each that illustrate the trustworthiness of God
First three reasonable answers by the end of November will
win a copy of Steve's new book - 'Trust - a radical
manifesto', and be included in the next newsletter.
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><> Wheatley Christmas Family Festival by Lucy Betts
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Saturday 11th December, 2-4pm at Wheatley Primary School
Would you like to be part of the team to share the story of
Christmas with children from our local villages? We are
planning an afternoon of crafts, games, singing and drama at
Wheatley primary School. We are looking for people who would
be happy to help, either with craft tables or refreshments.
The event will be free, so any financial help would be
welcome too! The afternoon is being run by local christians
supported by Fusion Youth & Community. If you would like to
know more, please contact Lucy Betts on 01865 875436.
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| ><> EVENTS <>< |
| Signs and Wonders |
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Nov 13 (Sat)
><> 12:30 - 4pm, URC Hall - Christmas Card Making Afternoon
Bring and share lunch. Donations of £3 to cover costs
Please bring any other card making items you have and
may like to use.
RSVP Jennifer Newton (01865) 876066
or Lucy Betts (01865) 875436
><> 2:30pm Tiddington - St Helen's Christmas Bazaar
Cakes and Provisions, White elephant, Christmas
decorations, Raffle, Tombola
><> 7:30pm, St Mary's Wheatley - "AUTUMN LEAVES"
Wheatley Choral Society's Autumn Concert. Don't miss a
seasonal fusion of sacred and secular music which
embraces Schubert, Gerschwin and others...
For tickets and other details please phone 872250
Nov 20 (Sat)
><> 10am - 2pm: Tearcraft / Traidcraft sale
Beckley parish church - purchase attractive Christmas
cards and fairly traded hand-made crafts and foods from
the developing world. Refreshments will be available.
For further details or Tearcraft Brochure phone Ian &
Erica Cave (01865 351226)
><> 10:30am-1:30pm Book Sale and coffee/cookie morning at
Forest Hill Village Hall in aid of St Nicholas Forest
Hill Project.
Nov 21 (Sun)
><> 6pm: Wheatley Area Churches Service - Wheatley, URC
Dec 4 (Sat)
><> 10am - Come and Make Christingles at St Mary's, Wheatley
The Christingle is an orange (representing the world),
decorated with a red ribbon (a symbol of Christ's blood,
sharing in the suffering of the world) and sweets or nuts
(symbolic of God's creation and provision for us). The
candle, lit during the next day's service, symbolises
Jesus, the Light of the World. There will be
refreshments.
><> 10am-4pm - 'Peace at work, good will to all people?'
Quiet Day for Working People, Stanton House, Stanton St
John. In preparation for Christmas - take some time to be
refreshed and to experience how workplace relationships
can be peaceful & purposeful. Led by Barbara Hayes &
Mike Rayner. Cost - £12.50, payable to 'Oxford Industrial
Chaplaincy'. To register - contact Barbara Hayes, New
Road Baptist Church, Oxford OX1 1LQ; 01865-245349;
barbara.hayes@talk21.com, with your details (Name,
Address, Tel; email) and your cheque.
Dec 11 (Sat)
><> 2-4pm; Wheatley Primary School: Christmas Family Festival
Sharing the story of Christmas via crafts, games, singing
and drama. Please bring a child - everything is free!
Dec 12 (Sat)
><> Wheatley Area Churches Christmas Cheer
Dec 19 (Sun)
><> Joint Wheatley Area Churches Service at St Mary's
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| ><> REQUESTS <>< |
| Ask and you will receive |
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><> A plea for help from Kim Proctor
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The Collinwood Road URC, Risinghurst are desperately looking
for someone to help cook on a Tuesday at our lunch club, and
we also need help with transporting the elderly that attend
the lunch club.
If you can help please contact Kim on PrctKm@aol.com
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><> Ugandan Christmas Presents by Kim Proctor
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The Collinwood Road URC, Risinghurst, has links with people
in Uganda, and are offering gifts such as dolls, Batiks,
place mats and trays, all made by the local Ugandan women. If
you would like to purchase some lovely gifts and help these
Ugandan people, please contact Kim on PrctKm@aol.com
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| ><> LOCAL LINKS <>< |
| wwjd.com |
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><> Blogging Special Edition!
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Blogs are online diaries or news items which you can gather
together using special PC programs which read the news feeds.
><> Diocese of Oxfords Blogs:
http://www.oxford.anglican.org/syndication/
><> Blog of Vicar Of Marston & Elsfield:
http://www.godspell.org.uk/blog.html
><> Read the Blogs that your editor is reading:
http://www.bloglines.com/public/ChristiansintheCommunity
><> Get quicker updates by subscribing to the CitC blog:
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| ><> REVELATIONS <>< |
| And finally... |
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Mark Chapman, vice-principal and curate of All Saints,
Cuddesdon has recently published a new book God's Holy Hill,
A History of Christianity in Cuddesdon, Wychwood Press at
£12.99 (ISBN 1902279204). The book is available from
bookshops or from Ripon College Office (inc. p & p) - all
proceeds go to Church funds (01865 874404).
This book charts for the first time the religious history of
a very special parish: for good or ill, the village of
Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire with its Bishop's Palace and
Theological College, has left its own indelible mark on the
Church of England. Using many unpublished sources, the author
traces the history of a village whose life has been
inextricably bound up with abbots, bishops and clergy for
well over a thousand years. Even before the coming of
Christianity it was an important Saxon burial site. From as
early as 956 it was an major source of revenue for the monks
of the great Abbey of Abingdon, who built its beautiful
church of All Saints. After the Reformation Cuddesdon became
the home of the Bishops of Oxford for much of the time from
the 1630s to the 1970s. From 1854 it has housed a Theological
College founded by the great Bishop Samuel Wilberforce which
has educated many thousands of clergy in the Anglican
Communion.
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