Update The Parish of Cogges Week beginning Sunday 21st February 2010 (1st Sunday of Lent) If you are new to the church we'd like to get to know you and help you to find out more about us. If you would like to find out Who's Who in the Church look in the Green book on the Shelf by the door. Please fill in a welcome card from the shelf by the main church door and hand it to one of the clergy. Please also sign the visitor's book on the table at the door. If you would like to Gift Aid your giving today, there are envelopes available on the shelf by the church door or from Jen Osman t. 704577. 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 am Service of the Word, St James 11.00 am Family Baptism, St Mary's 7.30pm Deeper Reading Today Romans 10: 8 - 13 Luke 4: 1 - 13 Please come along to Deeper at 7.30 pm this evening it is entitled 'Our identity in Christ'. It is a lovely reflective, worship service. In the week ahead : Monday 9.15 am Praying Parents, The Priory Tuesday 10.30am Admin Meeting, The House 1.30pm Toddler Group, St Mary's Wednesday 9-9.45am Blake Assembly Thursday 10.00 am Prayer meeting, The Office Jigsaw not on at half term, restarting on the 28th February. 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30 am Church Breakfast, St James 11.00 am Morning Worship, St Mary's Celebrating Lent at St Mary's Cogges - Open to God Lent (the 40 days up to Easter) is a time for all of us as a church family to take some time to stop and listen to God - for ourselves, our loved ones, our church, our communities, our nation and our world. We want everyone to be involved. There will be two opportunities for us to gather together to worship, pray and learn together on Wednesday evenings - 3, 10,17, 24 March 8- 9.30pm in Church (starting with drinks & cakes) and on Thursday mornings - 4, 11, 18, 25 March 9.15-10.30 in Church (starting with drinks & cakes).Children are welcome! Annual Meeting - thank you to everyone who took part in the Annual Meeting on Thursday evening. We would be very grateful for your feed- back - any comments, good or bad, about the meeting. Please send them either to Andrew Sweeney or Harvey Leach via the office or by e mail. Thank you. Malcolm Harper The Besom in Witney - our next open prayer meeting is on Friday 26th February at Elizabeth's home, 35 Riverside Gardens, Witney OX28 4DD, from 9.15am for a 9.30am start. Everyone is welcome.Contact@witneybesom.org Staff Vicar Revd Andrew Sweeney 702155 Email vicar@coggesparish.com Curate Revd Andrew Pritchard 07944 522098 Email andrewjdp@yahoo.co.uk Associate Minister - North Leigh Revd Miri Keen 880095 NSM Revd Tim Edge Parish Office Mo & Elaine 779613 E mail address: office@coggesparish.co m Website Address: www.coggesparish.com OUR MINISTERS Andrew Sweeney and Andrew Pritchard have their day off on Friday In order to protect Miri's off duty days please be aware that her working days are as follows: Sunday and Tuesday to Thursday Junior Church Ruth Lockwood has decided to step down from her role as the Co-ordinator of Junior Church. Thank you very much, Ruth, for your years of ministry to the children. We are about to advertise for our youth pastor so it is timely that we look towards the future of Junior Church. Andrew invites anyone who is already involved in anyway or would like to become involved to a meeting on the 24th Feb at 8pm in church. Please let the office know if you would like to attend. Thank you. SERMONS-ON-THE-WEB The sermons from each Sunday morning 11:00am service, and other main services, at Cogges are now available as MP3 audio files to listen to or to download from the Cogges Parish website. If you wish to be notified by email when the sermons have been updated on the web, please email either the church office or Les Curwood with your request. www.coggesparish.com/sermons Sermons/talks available so far include :- - The Sermon Series - Our Church (Sept - Nov 09) - Sermons/talks for all of Dec 09 and Jan 2010 MOBILISE-putting your gifts to work. The teaching weekend(22nd-24th Jan) with Jon and Jo Soper. Expresso Breakfast "A Light in the Darkness: The Privilege of Making a Difference" We are delighted that Baroness Caroline Cox will be coming to speak at Expresso Breakfast on Sat 27th Feb. Caroline has worked to provide humanitarian relief to Christian communities in Burma, Sudan, Nigeria and Indonesia. She has travelled to some of the darkest places in the world and has seen terrible suffering and persecution, yet has stories of hope and courage to share with us. The breakfast provides a lovely opportunity for women of all ages to get together. Do come along, enjoy some food and friendship, and be inspired and challenged! 9-10.30am in the Church Centre. Tickets ?3 (must be paid for in advance please) from Judith (779021) or Lynn (779060) Easter is not far away, so it's time to think about lilies; you may remember the beautiful displays we enjoyed last year and we'd like to do them again. If you would like to donate ?5 - the cost of a lily - in memory of a loved one, please speak to Elizabeth Williams (773096) or Jen Osman (704577) before 21st March. Thank you. Ladies' Link Lunch The next lunch is on Thursday 4th March at 12 Noon at The Windrush, Burford Road. NB. Judy Poole (Tel 705432) is the contact person this month. At A+ we have a Directors and Team Day on Friday 26 Feb including lunch. Is there anyone who would help with preparing and serving the lunch? Please contact A+ 703308 Great Awakenings 27 June - 3 July Wycliffe Hall Summer School 2010 is sure to be an exciting week as we revisit revivals of the past and look at God's call for our lives today. Oxford tours, excursions and a lovely concluding banquet are combined with a week of study, worship and a chance to engage with Wycliffe staff. A tremendous opportunity for all! For more details visit www.wycliffe.ox.ac.uk Early bird prices end 8 March. Witney Inter-Church Singers will lead a service of Holy Communion at High St Methodist Church at 6pm on Sunday February 28th. The music will range from an anthem by Haydn to modern worship songs. Everyone is welcome. Sound and Vision Desk' Volunteers Required. Two or three more people are urgently required to help and operate the sound and / or vision desk during the 11.00 am morning service and some evening services. Training will be given. If you are interested please ask Les Curwood or anyone at the sound/vision desk for details. Beauty for Ashes - a day for women. Saturday 13th March 10am-4pm, The Manor School, Abingdon. Organised by Christ Church, Abingdon this event offers worship, speakers, prayer ministry and breathing space and is an opportunity to be challenged, encouraged an refreshed by God. ?10 per person including lunch. Call 01235 539172. and finally, a poem written by a child in a Middle East country - surely an encouragement for us to go on praying for our brothers and sisters knowing that they do value our prayer and action. I never thought that some out there Would even care If I get to learn or not Or if I pay a lot. I never thought that some would pray For me to know God, every day. The least I can do is to say thank you in Words that rhyme, Honestly, thanking you is not a waste of time. 1 1