Happy New Year and welcome back to worshipping at home!

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With the news that we are now in tier 4 it seemed sensible for us to pause in holding in person public worship, at least until after Benefice Council has met and had an opportunity to consider the situation.  Public worship is still allowed, but we are required to do a new risk assessment and pausing to consider the situation is, I think, a sensible approach.  That means we’re returning to YouTube services, as a playlist as usual, with a paper copy included with the mailing or delivered to those who are not online.

So you can find this week’s worship on YouTube here

While you’re there you might like to look at the choir and the Christmas playlists, which have many of the choir carols in them as well as worship from Christmas Eve.

Can we once again voice our thanks to all those who contributed to our Christmas worship.  Yes it was different to usual but it was still very special and the choir’s hard work made all the difference.

It also seems sensible to hold a ‘Zoom’ Morning Prayer each week, this will usually be on a Thursday but this week will be on Tuesday 5 January at 9:00am and we will reinstate Sunday morning coffee, 10:00am Zoom details for both of these are attached.  The end dates are somewhat arbitrary but I hope this gives us some ways to continue to meet together.  I have attached the order for Morning Prayer in Epiphany.

In the meantime I hope you stay well and safe

Best wishes

Jane

Postscript: We have decided not to hold a service of public worship on 27 December, If you would like to access the Church of England worship you can find it here https://www.youtube.com/user/ArchbishopsCouncil

Good morning

Please find attached the bulletin for Sunday 20 December until Sunday 3 January

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We still have space for Christmas Services, but please do book
If you are coming to Crib or Carol service please bring a chair and dress appropriately, we’re effectively outside for carols and have gazebos and fires for crib

All service details are in the bulletin attached

With best wishes for Christmas

Jane

Jane Durham
Priest in Charge Wheathill Priory Benefice & Deanery Mission Enabler for Glastonbury Jurisdiction
01458223417 or 07421700242
The Rectory, Church Street Keinton Mandeville TA11 6ER

Good afternoon

Please find attached the bulletin for this week

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Please book for Christmas services, if you haven’t already done so, the easiest way is to go here

Sunday worship is:
8:30am Holy Communion Keinton Mandeville
10:30am Morning Prayer Barton St David also we hope on YouTube, although the lack of windows can make livestreaming complex.  If it doesn’t appear at the same time, then we’ll upload after the service as our broadband permits
4pm A Quiet Christmas Lydford on Fosse, this is a quiet and reflective carol service and is open to all

Last week’s Christingle service went well and we look forward to welcoming many of you to one or other of the varied Carol Services, once again if you haven’t already done so please do book!

Many thanks, best wishes and stay safe

Jane

(I will be away from the benefice for 2 days next week 16-17 for a family funeral but will probably have access to emails etc whilst I’m away)

Jane Durham

Priest in Charge Wheathill Priory Benefice & Deanery Mission Enabler for Glastonbury Jurisdiction

01458223417 or 07421700242

The Rectory, Church Street Keinton Mandeville TA11 6ER

Good afternoon

Welcome to this week’s notices and worship details

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Don’t forget the Zoom Quiz on Friday evening, we’ll open Zoom from 7 & begin once all those who have booked have signed in
So please let Trevor Ryder know if you’re coming rydert36@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday we’re back worshipping in churches
8:30am in Barton and livestreamed, although you can watch any time that suits you after 8:30!  You will be able to find it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9tB_kpGA8SZwwyE9AmKvmg/videos?
We will also incorporate it into a playlist https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9tB_kpGA8SZwwyE9AmKvmg/playlists  after we’ve finished the service

10:00am there will be ‘After Church Coffee’ on Zoom (details above)

12:45pm is the baptism of Felix Bliss in Lydford on Fosse

4pm is Christingle and Advent Star in Keinton Churchyard, please book here https://wheathill.org/ if you haven’t already done so

Please also book for Christmas services if you haven’t done so yet, some are filling up

The advent course continues, on Zoom on a Tuesday evening 7:30pm and in Keinton Church on a Wednesday afternoon 2:30pm

I look forward to seeing many of you over the next few weeks

Best wishes & stay safe

Jane

Good evening

Please find attached your worship resources for the week

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My apologies to all those who tuned into YouTube at 9am last Sunday morning looking for worship and found only half of it there.  The Rectory internet was playing up and it took an inordinately long time to upload, in fact thanks to Lynne that we finished by midday on Sunday!

This week we hope to manage to upload more easily (or to take the upload to someone else’s home!)  and you should be able to find the worship for the week here There will be a playlist entitled 2020 11 29 Morning Worship, select that and it should then play through the tracks.

Our worship this week was filmed in Barton St David Church, Kingweston Church and includes an introduction from Clive into what is involved in being a Lay Worship Assistant, filmed in The Rectory.

Plans for Christmas are proceeding apace.  We hope that you will be able to access worship wherever and whenever is appropriate for you.  If you are coming to an in-person service please do book, if possible using the online system accessed from the front page of the website  it will help make everything proceed more easily.  If you are not coming then there will be some services on YouTube and we hope to produce the carol service as a DVD or CD as well, all the details are on the bulletin attached to this email, and in the magazine which will be distributed in the next week or so.

Our Advent course continues on Tuesday evening, which is also open to the deanery, last week we had 5 participants from MoMMS benefice and Wednesday afternoon.  Although the lockdown ends on Wednesday morning I am not sure at this moment in time whether we are allowed under Tier 2 guidelines, to hold in person Bible Study.  Please phone if you would like to come and I will let you know once full guidelines are issued.  Otherwise I expect we will continue on Zoom.

Thank you, best wishes and stay safe

Jane

Jane Durham

Priest in Charge Wheathill Priory Benefice & Deanery Mission Enabler for Glastonbury Jurisdiction

01458223417 or 07421700242

The Rectory, Church Street Keinton Mandeville TA11 6ER