ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN

Children are welcome at St Peter's. There is a Toddlers' Area in Church for babies and toddlers to use at all services. Crèche and Children’s Church meet at 10.15 in Church Centre on 2^nd & 4^th Sundays.

Youth Group for age 11 and older meets 10.15 in the Church Centre.

Weekday Services

8.30am Tuesday & Friday, &

9.00am Thursday Morning Prayer

7.00pm Wednesday Holy Communion

10.00am Tuesday 12^th April Holy Communion at Willett House then

10.30am at Lawrence Mackie House.

Friday 22^nd April Short services of prayer and hymns:

10.00am at Lawrence Mackie House;

11.00am at Willett House.

We are glad to offer home Communions to anyone sick or housebound. Please let us know if you would like this.

From the Registers

AT ST PETER’S

WEDDING BLESSING

25 Feb Brian and Elizabeth Sears, Leamington Spa

BAPTISM

20 Feb Joseph Griffin, Garden Terrace, Wellesbourne

25 Feb Jessie-Kane Sears, Leamington Spa

FUNERAL

21 Feb Adrian Jelfs, Age 45

Prayer for the Village

At St Peter's this month we are praying for all those who live in Kineton Road, Mordaunt Road, Mountford Close, Newbold Place, Newbold Road, Orford Close, Staple Hill, The Precinct and Whitehead Drive.

St Peter’s Prayer Chain

If you have a request for prayer, please ring Betty Middleton on 841334 who will pass it on confidentially to a group of 20 or so people who will pray daily for a week for your request.

SUNDAY SERVICES IN April

St Peter’s Church

3^rd MOTHERING SUNDAY

8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)

9.45am Bacon butties

10.15am Café Connections

10.15am Mothering Sunday Communion

6.30pm Evening Prayer

10^th PASSION SUNDAY

9.30am Combined Communion Service
followed by St Peter’s Vestry Meeting
& Annual Meeting in the Church Centre

6.30pm The Big Read Matthew

17^th PALM SUNDAY

8.00am Holy Communion

10.15am Faith in 40 minutes

6.30pm The Big Read Matthew

24^th EASTER DAY

5.30am Sunrise Communion with breakfast

8.00am Holy Communion

10.15am Family Communion

6.30pm Songs of Praise

METHODIST CHURCH

3^rd 10.30am All Age Worship, Miss C. Cave

10^th 10.30am Mr B. Taylor

17^th 10.30am Holy Communion, Rev. A. Laird.

24^th 8.30am Rev. A. Laird

10.30am All Age Worship, Miss C. Cave

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

5.00pm Mass in St Peter’s Church every Saturday

St James’s, Walton D’EIVILE

1^st Sunday 5.30pm Evensong

2^nd Sunday 9.00am Holy Communion

3^rd Sunday 9.00am Matins

4^th/ 5^th Sundays 9.00am Holy Communion

Wednesdays 8.30am Morning Prayer

Church Contacts

for ST PETER’S & ST JAMES’S - Parish Office 01789 840262 stpeterswellesbourne@fsmail.net
Contact Amanda Bayley, Administrator, at the Parish Office for general enquiries, baptisms and wedding queries.
The Office is open 9.30 - 11.30am Tuesday to Friday.
St Peter’s website: www.stpeterswellesbourne.org.uk
Vicar: Rev’d Kate Mier, The Vicarage, Church Street CV35 9LS Tel 01789 840262 katemier@waitrose.com
Curate: Rev’d Wendy Biddington, 72 Mountford Close CV35 9QQ Tel 01789 840953
R.C. ministers: Father David Condron, The Presbytery, Kineton CV35 0LL Tel 01926 640275
Rev’d Ralph Watkins, Deacon, 35 Hammerton Way, Wellesbourne CV35 9NS Tel 01789 841883
Methodist Minister: Rev. A. Laird, 48 Warwick Place, Leamington Spa CV32 5DF Tel 01926 426084
Safeguarding children helplines: Childline 0800 1111;
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor 024 7652 1200 (9am-5pm)

Services for Holy Week:

At St Peter’s

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday,
18^th, 19^th and 20^th April 7.00pm Holy Communion

Maundy Thursday 21^st April 6.30pm Church Family Meal with Communion

Good Friday 22^nd April
9.30-11.30am Good Friday Children’s Craft Workshop in the Village Hall with fun for all the family; crafts, story telling, hot cross buns and worship in the Precinct.
Take home your very own Easter story and puzzle book.
12 noon to 2.00pm Good Friday Meditations at St Peter’s. Come and go as you wish.

7.00pm Churches Together Service at the Methodist Church

At St James’s

22^nd April 9.00am Good Friday Service.

24^th April 9.00am Easter Day Holy Communion

Wednesday 13^th April Annual Vestry Meeting and Annual Parochial Council Meeting 7.30pm at The Old Rectory, Walton

Next St Peter’s Prayer Hour
1^st April 6.00pm at the Vicarage

Wellesbourne

Choral Society

Pre-Easter Concert on Friday 15^th April in St Peter’s Church, starting at 7.30pm and including Mozart’s “Ave Verum” and Vivaldi’s “Gloria”. Tickets are £5.00 and are available on the door or in advance from Mike Crocker, 51 Ettington Close, Tel: 470380

The Friends of St Peter’s

is for everyone who is glad there is a Parish church in Wellesbourne, whether or not you come to church regularly yourself.

Its aim is to help maintain and develop the church building and churchyard to serve the people of Wellesbourne well today and into the future.

To find out more, telephone or email the Parish Administrator at stpeterswellesbourne@fsmail.net .

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