June Something for everyone......

During June we see the Church Season of Easter draw to a close as we celebrate both Ascension and Pentecost. We shall be using Book of Common Prayer for our Ascension Day celebrations at 7 pm on the 2^nd June at St Katherine’s Church Loversall. It will be trip down memory lane  for many as we celebrate Ascension day with a Choral Evensong and Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion. The Singing Group who have formed to sing at Weddings under the watchful direction of Ted Wetton have been practicing hard for this service. So it would be great if you could join us and for those who have never experienced it, a chance to see how we worshiped in the past.

During the period between Ascension day and Pentecost we will be doing 4 prayer walks. Each will take an hour. Is there anything local you would like to pray about? Don’t know how? Come and join us, we can help! You may have thought it was only possible to pray when you are kneeling or sitting, but the Christians have always prayed when they are on the move.  

Rogationtide is an ancient festival to invoke a blessing on fields, stock and folk which  involves praying while walking the parish boundaries. It is commonly been called “beating the bounds”. It also helped everyone to remember the boundaries before maps were commonplace. Along the way prominent trees often became places for preaching ­ and were called Gospel Oaks. Locations of various landmarks - stones streams, hedges, ponds were impressed upon the children.

The rogation days traditionally fall on the four days from the fifth Sunday after Easter but we are going to alter this ancient custom and walk around parts of the parish on 4 days.

5^th June           2:15     Walk from Woodfield Plantation to St Katherine for 3pm                                              service.  Kids welcome.             Meet outside shops.

6^th June           7:30     Woodfield Plantation              Meet outside shops

8^th June           7:30     Alverley                                   Meet outside shops

11^th June         2:00     Wadworth                               Meet outside church

A packed June continues when, once again, both of our lovely churches will be open during the Heritage Inspired Weekend.  Both Churches will be open on:

Saturday 18^th June 2 - 4

Sunday   19^th June 1 - 3

Then we finish a busy June the following weekend when we celebrate St John the Baptist with what the church calls a patronal festival.

Friday 24^th June 7:30                        Wadworth Community Centre

Sing a long a Show….stopper

Saturday 25^th June 2pm         Wadworth Church Community Centre and Churchyard

Garden Party with all your favourites Lucky Dip, Tombola, Raffle, Books.

Sunday 26^th June 9:30am      St John the Baptist Church

Holy Communion and celebration of St John the Baptist

Last month I mentioned commemorating the 95^th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Details are still being finalised but there will be a short act of remembrance at 11am on Sunday the 3^rd of July.

June has something for everyone and I hope you can join us for at least one of the above events.

                                                                                                Alun