June 2025

The Parish of Freshford with Limpley Stoke and Hinton Charterhouse

Dear Church Family,

Steve and I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Madeira, it’s a beautiful island.

The taxi driver commented as he drove us to the airport that we were returning to ‘real’ life.

I thought it’s not too much of a hardship to return to the village, after all we are so fortunate with where we live! As a retired people we don’t even have to face ‘work’ anymore and as some would describe us as being on the ‘Long holiday’ anyway!

The hymn ‘How Great Thou Art ‘always comes to mind when we are in amongst such beauty and up amongst those Madeiran hills, Levada, walking it seemed very appropriate.

We sang it in church this morning.

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur,
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze:

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to thee:
How great thou art! How great thou art!  Debbie

Just a few notices for St Peters Church  On Saturday the 28th June between 10 and 12.30 we will be having a churchyard tidy up. If you are able to help please come along with some gardening tools ready to do some cutting, digging and clearing. We hope to create a border to plant some shrubs that would be suitable for flower arranging. We have some paving blocks that were left behind by the builders which we are very happy to give away. Ask me more about these if you are interested or have a look behind the church they are piled near the old cupboard.

I would also appreciate some help with Café church on the 29th June so if you are able to help serve or bake something please let me know.

We continue to collect food items for ‘food gives’ which helps our Christian brothers and sisters who are poor and hungry. We are collecting rice, lentils, dried peas, chickpeas, salt and sugar. No tinned items as they are too heavy to pack. Please place any donations in the plastic box near the kitchen. Thank you. Debbie

Prayer

Lets continue to pray for Pat and Nigel as they prepare to join us in July.

St Mary’s Church

Sunday 15th June 10.30am Morning Service with communion. Come and celebrate Father’s Day with us.

Sunday 29th 5.00pm Traditional Book of Common Prayer Evening Prayer. Come and join in the 1662 service with hymns. Quote from a member of the congregation last time ‘It’s like having a warm blanket over me’ referring to the familiar words of the service!

David

Fete

Freshford and Limpley Stoke will be holding their annual fete on June 21st. If you’re able to help with the refreshments in any way, please let me know, (pennylanemurray@aol.com). Setting up, serving, clearing up and, most of all, offers of cakes will be gratefully received! Penny Murray

Services for June

1st June           10:30 am                    St John’s                    Morning Communion

8th June         10:30 am                    St Peter’s                    Sunday Service

15th June       10:30 am                    St Mary’s                    Morning Communion with Baptism

22nd June      10:30 am                   St Peter’s                    Morning Communion

29th June        10.30 am                   St Peter’s                    Café Church

 

Wednesday afternoons – Tea, cake & chat

Please do come and join us in the Old Bakery on Wednesday afternoons from 2.30 – 4.30 for tea, coffee, cake and chat. Everyone is very welcome.

Morning prayer

Wednesday Mornings 8.30am at the Old Bakery. Please join us as we pray for the parish. Pam 

Ladies Wednesday walking group

The next two walks are on the 11th June and 9th July. There will be no walking group in August. Please contact Debbie Ashcroft on 07889 780984 or debbieashcroft@live.co.uk if you would like to join the walking group. All welcome! Debbie

Monday Zoom sessions

If you don’t get out much and feel like a chat, a small group of us zoom together for 45 minutes on a Monday morning. To give it a try, please contact Penny Jones on jonespennyg@gmail.comPenny Jones

List of contacts

Rector

Nigel Rawlinson (end of July)

Churchwardens St Peter’s, Freshford

Roland Birchby birchbyr@gmail.com  or Tel: 01225 723432

Debbie Ashcroft debbieashcroft@live.co.uk

Steve Ashcroft steveashcroft@hotmail.co.uk

Churchwarden St John’s, Hinton Charterhouse

Liz Wordsworth hintonwords@icloud.com

Churchwardens St Mary’s, Limpley Stoke

Trevor Quartermaine redadmiral7965@gmail.com

David Sibley dssibley38@gmail.com

Parish Administrator

Debs Jones contact.parishoffice@gmail.com 01225 720347