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Mothering Sunday Posy Making and Service – 15th March in Horley

On Mothering Sunday (15th March) there will be posy making followed by a short service at St Etheldreda’s Church. Everyone welcome.

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

The Ironstone Benefice of eight churches has once again offered to provide Christmas presents for children who use The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

Each parish has been asked to give presents for a certain age group and Horley has been asked to buy presents for the age group 0 to 2 years old.  

If you feel you can help this year, please donate toys/gifts which are NEW and cost up to £10. 

Please wrap your gift(s), label with the age group and where necessary indicate whether the gift is suitable for a girl or boy.  Wrapped gifts should be left by the font in the church. They will be collected regularly and then delivered to the Sunshine Centre in good time for Christmas.

The appeal is already underway and runs until Sunday 7th December.  Thank you so much for your generosity.

Note: The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area. It provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

Thank you from the staff and children of The Sunshine Centre.

Mothering Sunday Posy Making and Service – 30th March in Horley

On Mothering Sunday (30th March) there will be posy making and an all-ages Benefice service at St Etheldreda’s Church – see below for details.

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

The Ironstone Benefice of eight churches has once again offered to provide Christmas presents for the children of The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area. It provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

Please could any presents donated be wrapped in Christmas paper and labelled stating the age of the child (0-5 years) that they would be best suited to.  Please don’t spend more than £5 to £10 per present.

If you would like to contribute, please bring presents to one of the services at St Etheldreda’s on Sunday 1st December (the 11am morning service or the 5pm Christingle service) – or give to either of the clergy (Alicia or Guy).

Thank you from the staff and children of The Sunshine Centre.

‘Faith in Politics’ event this Sunday (30th June) at The Bell, Shenington

See below for details of an Ironstone Benefice event at The Bell, Shenington this Sunday.

Everyone is welcome but there is a maximum capacity of thirty and booking is essential so that numbers for breakfast are known ahead of time.

Bookings to Guy Edwards at: vicarofironstone@gmail.com

Nativity service at St Etheldreda’s – tomorrow at 5pm

Confirming that the Nativity service at St Etheldreda’s tomorrow, Sunday 17th December, is at 5pm, not 6pm as stated in the Horley Views magazine.

Ukraine Appeal – Update Dec 23

Although the situation in Ukraine is not front page news so much these days, donations of food and other items are still urgently needed.  A truck will be making at least one more trip this year following a contribution towards the cost of petrol from the proceeds of the monthly village coffee mornings. Please put any items you can contribute in the box under Rita’s porch as soon as you can. 

Items especially needed are food (cans, packets of rice, pasta etc), warm winter clothing and bandages. All donations are much appreciated and Rita continues to do great job collecting and taking the items down to central hub.

Services at St Etheldreda’s during December

Christmas services at St Etheldreda’s are as follows:

Sunday 17th December at 5pm – Nativity (not 6pm as stated in the Horley Views Magazine)

Christmas Eve at 11:30pm – Midnight Mass

Details of all services in the Benefice in December can be found here:

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/477/news/notice-sheet/grid/

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

As a Benefice of eight churches we have once again offered to provide Christmas presents for the children of The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

For those of you who don’t know about this amazing facility, The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area, this includes Early Years and the Childrens’ Centre.

It is an Ofsted rated, ‘outstanding’ nursery, which provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

It is proposed that any presents that are donated should be wrapped in Christmas paper and marked with a post-it note or similar as to what they are and what age and gender the child is to whom they’d be best suited.  Small presents with a value of £5 to £10 are what are required.

If you are minded to contribute please leave the presents on or near the main altar in St Etheldreda’s, from where they will be collected no later than Monday 4th December, and taken to the centre.

Thank-you from the staff and children.