Update The Parish of Cogges Week beginning Sunday 29nd August 2010 13th Sunday after Trinity 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) 9.30am Morning Worship, St James' 11.00 am Morning Worship, St Mary's Thursday Prayer Meeting at the house is on the 9thSeptember. Reading today Hebrews 13: 1-8, 15-16 Luke 14: 1, 7-14 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30am Morning Prayer, St James' 11.00 am Morning Worship, St Mary's 6.00 pm Evening Prayer 7.30 pm Healing Service During today's 11am service the children will remain in Church. However, we would like to ask for volunteers to take the young ones out of Church during the sermon - either for games or to watch a DVD - or something else? If you can help, please let Roger know at the start of the service. Fun in the Garden. The Plough Inn on the High Street is kindly hosting a Barbeque and music event in aid of the Besom in Witney. With many live bands on from 3pm and a classic disco from 9.30pm onwards this should be good fun! Everyone is welcome today, 29th August from 3pm. Healing Service, Sunday 5th Sept, 7.30pm The theme is 'Reaching out...' This gentle, prayerful service provides a opportunity to reach out to God for healing of body, mind and spirit. Invitations for friends and neighbours are available near the main door of the church. Shock...horror.... The not too fit curate is going to get on a bike! He wants to get to 20 Churches and include Cogges, South Leigh and North Leigh so that he can say a prayer in each. He promises not to exceed visiting 20 Churches...so sponsoring him in the ride and stride need not be too costly.... Do consider supporting this gallant, unfit effort :-) Thanks, Andrew (The Madley Biker) Baby Sitters Available Naomi Everett (17) and Hannah Everett (14) are both available to baby sit. Please contact Lisa on 01993 779375. www.coggesparish.com/sermons has been updated with the following :- 22nd August - Cyril Tennant. The prayer chain is up and running. If you have an emergency prayer request please contact either Jenny Allen on 702555 or Lynda Young on 864849. Adventure Plus h has a growing team of gap year volunteers, but this means we need to purchase some more furnishings for our homes. Also, we need to renew some stuff. Adventure Plus desperately need the following for their gap year/staff houses: 1) electric oven 2) single bed 3) Wardrobes, chests of drawers, chairs & desks for increased volunteer team 4) dining table to enable communal eating rather than dinner on laps (folding table for 6- 8) 5) two new living room carpets (need about 5m x 4m). We also need volunteers to help between 30 Aug and 4 Sep to paint, hoover and lay carpets. We have allocated some funds towards refurbishments, so if you have something suitable but you do not feel you can give away, please let us know. Creative Repair The Oxford Christian Institute for Counselling (OCIC) is celebrating 25 years of existing and offering service to the community in the areas of counselling, supervision and training workshops. There will be a half day Workshop on exploring the importance of the creative arts in sustaining leaders, therapists and carers. Sat 18th Sept, 9am - 1pm (?25). More details on church notice board or OCIC website. The Gathering will happen on Wednesday 8th September at 8pm in Church. Please come along for this time of prayer, worship and reflection. INVITATION You are warmly invited to a SUMMER AFTERNOON MIXED FAITH GATHERING At THE HORSESHOES, CORN STREET, WITNEY 2pm Thursday 2nd September Our purpose is to create alliances, strengthen bonds and support students at Abingdon and Witney College in all areas of faith, religion and belief. Our vision is to enhance the learner's journey by creating stronger links with our local communities RSVP - lesley.floyd@abingdon-witney.ac.uk Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust We are looking for volunteers to do either a sponsored cycle ride or stride around Oxfordshire churches. This is an ideal event for families. For those who take part it is an opportunity to visit some interesting churches knowing that they will be open and it is an enjoyable event. Of the monies we raise from this event, 50% will go towards repairing our church and 50% to the Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust who give out grants for repairs and refurbishment - our Church will probably need their support again in the future. I have prepared a number of suggested routes, available free by email only from david.eaton28@btopenworld.com. In the past some members have gone striding around the Oxford churches and for a suggested route around Oxford churches, please email Valerie Hill on valerie.hill@tesco.net. We will also need volunteers on the day to be welcomers at the Church to greet Riders and Striders, they to can be sponsored - Gill Curwood will be organising this. For those who wish to be a welcomer, the list of time slots that need to be covered is in Church so please sign up. The sponsorship forms are now available in Church, at 11am service please see David Lockwood and at 8am myself, so I hope many of you are will take part or support those who do. If you are looking for someone to sponsor, speak to David Lockwood or myself. David Eaton contact no. 01993 704554. Madley Park Community Centre It is very exciting to see the Centre coming to completion. I now have a few suggestions of what we might want to use the centre for....But do you have any ideas? Please let me know if you do. I am also looking for one or two people who would like to represent the Church with me on a management committee; a real opportunity to serve God and the people on Madley Park. Do get in touch if you have an interest in this. Andrew P (The Madley Parkite) Logos Hope News The log books for the two ports of call in Ghana are on the notice boards in the church and the church centre. They make interesting reading, so please have a look. Pakistan floods If you would like to give to this situation TEAR fund are working there -money can be sent by post to Tear fund,100 church road, Teddington, TW11 8QE or by phone 0845 355 8355 Thirteen organisations form the Disaster Emergency committee including TEAR fund and Christian Aid you can give on line www.dec.org.uk Every one pound helps and many drops make an ocean. Praying for Blake School We have an opportunity to pray for the staff and pupils of the Blake Primary School before the new school year begins in September. Anyone is welcome to come. We will meet at the school's main entrance on Tues 31st Aug at 8pm and spend some time going round the school praying for God's presence and blessing throughout. Do you have any sports equipment, table top games eg snooker, table-tennis and table- football, Sing-star games, cricket bats or hockey sticks that are gathering dust in your attic? If so, Ugo would be delighted to take them away and use them in his work with the young people of our parish. If you can help please contact the office on 779613 or office@coggesparish.com. Thank you. 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 Youth Pastor Ugo Anagor 07872069834 Parish Office Mo & Elaine 779613 E mail address: office@coggesparish.com Website Address: www.coggesparish.com OUR MINISTERS Andrew Sweeney is on holiday but back on 5th September. Andrew Pritchard's day off is Friday Miri is on holiday 1 1