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By clicking on these links, you can view today's offices of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and Night Prayer from Common Worship:
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Daily Prayer provided by the official Church of England web site, © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2002-2004.

Welcome

  Picture of Rector
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 11th May

Pentecost (Whit Sunday)


God, who as at this time
taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
grant us by the same Spirit
to have a right judgement in all things
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.   Amen.


Notices for week beginning 11th May

Services this week:

  • Sunday 11th May:  9.30am Holy Communion at Whitbourne; 10am Edvin Loach Parish Breakfast at Saltmarshe Village Hall - ALL WELCOME!
  • Wednesday 14th May: 10.30am Holy Communion at Whitbourne.
  • Next Sunday 18th May:  9.30am Holy Communion at Whitbourne; 11am Holy Communion at Tedstone Delamere; 3pm Evening Prayer at Edvin Loach.

Christian Aid Week 11th - 17th May

If uncollected, please remember to return your envelopes to church (or the Post Office at Upper Sapay). Christian Aid is one of the organisations with workers already in Burma. A typical daily wage there is just 50 pence, so it is easy to see how even a modest donation can make a real diference. Please be generous!

Pentecost (Whit Sunday) Party at Bromyard

From 2 to 5pm at Bromyard Public Hall.

Rogation Walk

This took place on Sunday 4th May, starting from Edvin Loach at 10am and walking to Upper Sapey. Here's a snap of the baker's dozen who made it to Wolferlow. (Most then carried on the Upper Sapey for most welcome refreshment.) CLick on the image for a full-size version.

Tanga-in-Touch success!

Many thanks to all who supported the Coffee Morning on 26th April - over £100 was raised.

Bees need help!

One in three mouthfuls of our food is dependant on pollination by bees, and they are in crisis due to disease and lack of government support of research. Wendy Cummins has a petition for you to sign in support of increased government support (currently a miserly £200,000 pa). Click HERE for the full story!

Whitbourne Hall Open Days

Whitbourne Hall is open to visitors every Monday in May and June from 11.30am to 4.30pm.

Church Electoral Roll revision

This took place over the period 2nd - 11th April. The Roll is now open to further additions. Please complete a form and send to John Bland, Church Electoral Roll Officer.

May Parish Magazine now out.

Just 50p a copy from the back of church.

Tanga-in-Touch

Get up to speed with the latest news - take a copy of the Spring 2008 Fifth Anniversary Edition of theNewsletter from the back of church.

Tanzanian Visitors

We will be hosting visitors from Tanzania in June. If you might be able to help with

  • Bed and Breakfast for one or two, or
  • Evening meal(s), or
  • Transport

then please contact Brenda Allan on 01886 821 450.

Swanwick Diocesan Conference

Details to follow, but we know the Archbishop of Canterbury will be there. Application forms to attend are at the back of church at Whitbourne.

Our webshop is at buy.at/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. Only about £25 was raised in 2007 - we can surely do better than THAT in 2008.
If you would like to be added to the buy.at/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...


SpecsOnTheNet
...give 10% commission to Parish of Greater Whitbourne if you use this link. (This is NOT part of the Buy.at/Whitbourne webshop, but works in the same way.)

JCB Club

This is suspended until further notice.

Friday Prayer Group

This is suspended until further notice.


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.



Greater Whitbourne Parish Magazine

In each edition you will find:

  • Who's Who in Greater  Whitbourne - contact details for church officers etc.
  • From the Rector - the Rev'd David Howell's message this month.
  • Parish News
  • Bishop's Letter - from the Bishop of Hereford or the Bishop of Ludlow.
  • AT A GLANCE - What's On, Where and When, in and around Whitbourne.
  • Church Rotas (also available on this website).
  • A variety of topical articles
  • Lots of adverts for local services

Click here for subscription details, advertising rates etc.




This page last updated on 11th May  2008 by John Bland.