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Welcome

Whitbourne itself is just one of a group of six parishes which make up the Parish of Greater Whitbourne, in the care of the Rector, David Howell, pictured here. There are four churches still in use and lovingly cared for, but the one at Wolferlow has now been made redundant.    

The parish is situated in beautiful countryside in the North East of the County of Herefordshire.    Bounded on the East by the River Teme and on the South by Bringsty Common, the western part consists of sparsely populated farmland, while Whitbourne itself is a large village, many of whose inhabitants are connected with farming, and some of whom work in Worcester or Birmingham.



The Collect for 22nd January

The Third Sunday of Epiphany

Almighty God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by your mighty power;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Morning Prayer Evening Prayer Night Prayer
Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site, © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2004.


Notices for week beginning 22nd January

Services this week:

  • Sunday 22nd January - Epiphany 3. 9.30 am Holy Communion at Whitbourne; 11am Holy Communion at Upper Sapey.
  • Wednesday 25th January & 1st February. NO Holy Eucharist at Whitbourne.
  • NEXT Sunday 29th January - Epiphany 4. 9.30 am Holy Communion at Whitbourne.

Rector's Visit to Tanzania

David Howell goes to Tanzania on Tuesday 17th for 2 weeks. Please let him have letters or cards you wish him to take as soon as possible.

Lent Lunches

Ash Wednesday is on 22nd February this year.

Volunteers are sought to organise Lent Lunches on 22nd February and 29th February. If you can help, please contact the Rector as soon as possible.

Lent Meetings

Cmdr John Taylor (Kate Lack's father) has offered to run weekly meetings in Lent at his home (Old Wheelwrights). Further details in the January magazine on page 4. Please contact him on 821 341 if you are interested in participating.

Our Buy.at Webshop has been rebranded as Spend and Raise!

Spend And Raise - Parish of Greater Whitbourne

This is a new and more user-friendly website, but is supporting the same great cause - i.e. The Parish of Greater Whitbourne. Many thanks to those who have done their shopping via our webshop. £241.45 raised so far...

Diocesan Conference - advance notice

Surfing the Rapids - Finding Christ in Today's World: A conference for the Diocese of Hereford on 11th - 13th July 2012. Click here for a scanned copy of the leaflet (you will need to rotate the view to read it easily!).

Bible Readings at Church

The reading sheets for the next few weeks are at the back of Whitbourne Church in a folder. They are no longer to be published in the magazine. However, webmaster will endeavour to maintain the list of the current month's reading in the pink panel to the right.

More church cleaners, flower arrangers, coffee-servers required...

...at Whitbourne Church. Please contact churchwardens Myrtle Kneen on 821 707 or Sylvia Bland on 853 661 if you can help.

Magazine back issues now available on-line

Just click here, or on the new link to the right of this page, below the current magazine link.

Our webshop is now at spendandraise.com/Whitbourne/

Have a look through the list of supporting businesses in the booklet at church, and see how often YOU might use our webshop, and raise funds for The Parish Of Greater Whitbourne at no extra cost to you.

Don't forget that you are supporting Parish of Greater Whitbourne every time you make a purchase.

If you would like to be added to the spendandraise.com/Whitbourne/ mailing list, email John Bland and ask him! You will then get regular emails of the latest offers etc., often out-of-date by the time the Magazine is published.

If you buy on-line...

Spend And Raise - Parish of Greater Whitbourne


Website updates

Please send comments, suggestions, contributions etc. to John Bland Tel: 01886 853 661
Together we can make this an increasingly useful and valuable resource.
IF YOU THINK UPDATES HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, TELL THE WEBMASTER or Deputy Webmaster!

Click on the picture to see the whole current magazine (but please don't stop buying it every month). IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE PARISH OF GREATER WHITBOURNE.

Click here to see back issues where available!

Click here for subscription details, advertising rates etc.


Bible readings at Church

To assist lesson readers' preparation, listed here are the up-coming readings that will be used. We are currently using Year A Track 2 from the Revised Common Lectionary.


Readings for January
NB The magazine list is wrong!

8th January - The Baptism of Christ

Genesis 1.1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19.1-7

15th January Epiphany 2

1 Samuel 3.1-10, [11-20]; Psalm 139.1-5, 12-18; Revelation 5.1-10

22nd January - Epiphany 3

Genesis 14.17-20; Psalm 128; Revelation 19.6-10

29th January - Epiphany 4

Deteronomy 18.15-20; Psalm 111; Revelation 12.1-5a



     


This page last updated on 22nd January 2012 by webmaster John Bland