The Christmas Fair is always popular. This year, we have local crafts and gifts, children’s stalls, tomobolas, childrens games, a hamper raffle and much more and our homemade refreshments will be available for you to enjoy. Come along and join the festive fun between 12 pm tp 3pm in Otterbourne Village Hall.
Just a quick reminder that the baby and toddler group meets every Wednesday in term time from 10-11.30 am in St. Matthew’s church room. Everyone is welcome to come along.
The annual Christmas Fair will be held in Otterbourne Village Hall on 30th November from 12 noon until 3 pm. Further details will follow nearer the time. In the meantime, we would welcome donations of soft toys, bottles, cakes and festive chocolates. If you are willing to volunteer to help out on the day, please email the Administator at: administrator@chobenefice.co.uk
In the evening, there will be a quiz night with a ‘Fish and Chip’ supper starting at 7 pm.
Following the retirement of William Prescott after sixteen years of service, the Benefice is currently without a rector. Services are continuing as usual, and we are grateful to lay readers and visiting clergy who are supporting us during this period. We must now follow the Church of England process to appoint a new incumbent. The following steps will happen: During this period, our benefice administrator, Dawn Morris, can be contacted with any queries and she will endeavour to direct any questions to the relevant people within the benefice. The email address is: administrator@chobenefice.co.uk. It is our intention to keep everyone informed of progress and any help or input required. In conclusion, we would like to wish William well in his retirement and look forward to appointing his replacement as soon as we are able.
A radical following of the rule of God (which is what the translated phrase ‘the kingdom of God’ really means) will inevitable lead to risk a confrontation with human injustice and tyranny. In such a confrontation the disciple is inevitably going to suffer, examples can be seen in the news every day. You don’t need two pieces of wood to be crucified, and Jesus’ vision of humane government will not be won and kept without cost. Alexei Navalny is just one of many hundreds of crucified men and women of many religions and none who followed Jesus ‘on the way’.
A Nebraska banker whose bank went into failure during the depression came home and told his wife that they were going to lose everything. She said, “what shall we do?” He replied, “maybe we should pray.” She said, “Has it come to that?”
