26th April 2024
NOTICES
Keeping Cheriton Church Tidy
Kindly requesting anyone storing personal items in the Cheriton vestry or old ‘Children’s Corner’ to come and remove them before the Fete in early May. These items are currently to be found in the ‘old childrens corner’. The PCC hopes to clear this area for cleaning. Many thanks.
Save the Date
Rectory Open Garden, Saturday 17th August from 2pm to 4pm.
Banns to be read at Bramdean at 11:00am
I publish the banns of marriage between Annabel Charlotte Jones Brady (PMD) and Alec Michael Cyganowski (single) both of this parish. This is for the first time of asking. If any of you know any reason in law why they may not marry each other you are to declare it.
APCM dates
Tichborne – Thursday 16th May, 6pm in Tichborne Church.
Cheriton – Sunday 19th May, 10:45am at Cheriton Church.
EVENTS
Rogation walk – Saturday 4th May
It’s that time of year again where we (rambunctiously) process around the Benefice bounds. The route this year will be:
| From | To | Distance (km) | Time (min) | Rest Break | Depart | Arrive |
| Cheriton | Tichborne Arms | 3.50 | 00:45:00 | 00:15:00 | 10:00:00 | 10:45:00 |
| Tichborne | Beauworth | 7.00 | 01:30:00 | 00:15:00 | 11:00:00 | 12:30:00 |
| Beauworth | Kilmeston | 1.50 | 00:20:00 | 00:15:00 | 12:45:00 | 13:05:00 |
| Kimeston | Hinton Ampner | 1.50 | 00:20:00 | 00:15:00 | 13:20:00 | 13:40:00 |
| Hinton Ampner | Bramdean | 1.25 | 00:15:00 | 00:15:00 | 13:55:00 | 14:10:00 |
| Bramdean | Church in the Woods | 3.25 | 00:40:00 | 01:00:00 | 15:10:00 | 15:50:00 |
| Church in the Woods | Cheriton | 5.50 | 01:10:00 | 00:15:00 | 16:05:00 | 17:15:00 |
Walkers need only do a leg or two. The aim would be also to take dinner at the Pots by way of a celebration of the Rogation – numbers as soon as possible to Alex Green alex@gomms.co.uk
Fetes
Cheriton – Bank Holiday Monday 6th May at The Old Rectory from 1:30pm
Bramdean – Saturday 11th May at Bramdean House 2-4:30pm
In Silence my Soul Awaits : A ‘Contemplative Hour’ silent prayer meeting
First of a series of joint prayer meetings at St. John the Baptist, St. John’s Street, Winchester, SO23 0HF on Wednesday May 8th at 15:00. All welcome! Additional dates are 26th June at Ss Simon and Jude, Bramdean; 31st July at St Johns the Baptist, Winchester; and 18th September at Ss Simon and Jude, Bramdean.
SERVICES
Services this week – Sunday 28th April
09:30 Cheriton – Holy Communion with Bishop Philip of Winchester preaching.
11:00 Kilmeston – Holy Communion with Bishop Philip of Winchester preaching.
11:00 Bramdean – Morning Worship
Services next week – Sunday 5th May
10:15 Bramdean – Sunday Station
18:00 Cheriton – Holy Communion
Do you want to help, or need help, this winter with food or fuel costs? Please see our poster below for a local way to help others and to find help for your household: Thank you
4th March 2022
War in Ukraine
As the heart-breaking news of war in Ukraine becomes more horrific every day, we rightly ask ourselves “what can I do to help”? In a seemingly hardened world, thank you for your sensitivity towards the hurt and harm of others; for laying oneself open to love another person is the first victory.
Read Scripture
Jesus said “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.” John 14.27
For in [Jesus] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross. Colossians 1.19-20
Jesus said “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you.” John 14.16-17
Pray to God
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
O ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governor of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to them that truly repent: Save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of our enemies; abate their pride, asswage their malice, and confound their devices; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory; through the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Act in Power
- Examine your own intentions. Repent of any prejudice or selfishness that distorts your relationships with others, especially those in peril or debt. And receive God’s liberating forgiveness.
- Intercede for the voiceless by lobbying our government. Consider writing to your MP (https://www.flickdrummond.com/).
- Use your resources ethically. Ensure your own personal investments and business partnerships do not support warmongering nations.
- Reach out to Eastern European citizens who may be friends, colleagues, or staff. Listen to what they want to say. Celebrate their cultures, and make them welcome.
- Donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal for Ukraine (https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal)
‘In the Steps of Jesus’: A Tour to the Holy Land (April 2024):
