Living Brook Benefice

  Joy To The World

  We Three Kings

  For everyone for whatever reason you cannot make Midnight Mass at Piddington this year - here is a pre recorded version with Canon Beverley and Rev Sylvia Coles  Midnight Mass

  Canon Beverley’s Christmas Message  

The Coventry Carol  

  The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy

  Here are links for: Last week’s thought for the week about Christmas   This week’s thought for the week for the very young ones

Christmas Eve 3pm Ring It Out Hardingstone  4pm Gathered Round the Tree Hardingstone (Rearranged service from the 13th December) 7pm Gathered Round the Tree Preston Deanery  (outside the church) 11.30 pm Midnight Mass Piddington  Christmas Day 10 am Benefice Christmas service at Quinton  (All services must be booked on Eventbrite apart from the outdoor’Gathered Around the Tree see previous post for links)

  Go Tell It On The Mountain

  Carol of the crib

  Order of service for ‘Ring it out’

  Angels from the Realms of Glory

The First Nowell

  While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night

  O Holy Night

  O Little Town Of Bethlehem

  Hark The Herald Angels Sing

  What child is this?

  As Joseph Was A-Walking

  The Magnificat

These ar e our Christmas services. We are recording and live streaming all the services so don’t feel you will miss out if you need to stay at home to keep safe. Spaces due to current covid19 measures are limited so you need to book a place at any service so we can manage the seating plans to comply with government measures. We also will expect you to sign in with either a QR code or by giving your details to the sidesmen. Finally hand sanitising and masks will be compulsory. Places can be booked via Eventbrite   or by phoning the appropriate church warden(s) Piddington with Horton:  Anton Dil 01604 870681 Cheryl MacDougall 01604 870222 Quinton with Preston Deanery: Mike Crouch 01604 862096 Hardingstone: John Wilson 01604 760411

  A Great and Mighty Wonder

  Mary Did You Know?

The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came  

Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Gound)

Brightest and Best  

  Christmas by candlelight  Order of service This is the service that will be held: Hardingstone 4pm 6th December  Piddington 4pm 13th December 

  Gathered around the tree  a service for Christmas  - this is the service which will be held. Order of service Sunday 6th December in Piddington 6pm Sunday 13th December in Hardingstone along with ‘A Light For A Loved One’ 4pm Sunday 20th December in Quinton 4pm Thursday 24th December in Preston Deanery 7pm

  Food Aid Far Cotton Christmas bags Canon Beverley will be taking a delivery of items to go towards Far Cotton's Christmas bags for those living in poverty in the south of the town. Donations of treats such as mince pies, biscuits, christmas cakes or puddings, chocolate, Christmas crackers or toiletries would all be very much welcomed. All items need to be with Canon Beverley  before 3pm on Thursday 10th December . Please contact her if you need her to collect items from you.

  Thought for the week  Advent

  On Jordan’s Banks The Baptists Cry

  Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

A Tender Shoot  

  O Come O Come Emmanuel

  It came upon a midnight clear

  Dear Friends It feels like Advent has crept up on us very quickly this year, and we enter into that time which reminds us that God is with us, in all the topsy turvy oddness of the world, Emmanuel has come. In Living Brook we will be observing Advent by following the Church of England's 'Comfort and Joy' activities, which different members of the team will talk about each week in our services, starting this week with Angie. For those of you who are not able to follow morning prayer on WhatsApp or the website, a new prayer booklet will be arriving through your door during the coming week, with services and prayers for Advent that you can use alongside the weekly readings sheet .   We'd love everyone to make, draw, print out or (if you really aren't into craft) buy an angel to put in your window where everyone can see it. Just as many people put rainbows in their windows in the first lockdown, let's bring Advent Comfort and joy with reminders that Go

  Please find attached 2 very important statements:- 1. From Canon Beverley Hollins to the people of Living Brook 2. From the Bishop of Peterborough making a very important announcement. Canon Beverley apologies for not making this announcement earlier but there was an embargo on it until Sunday 22nd November

As we get closer to Christmas and already know that this Christmas is going to be quite different - we hope we can also make it quite memorable too. We are asking you to join in on Wednesday 16th December between 6-7 pm with ‘Carols on your doorstep’ where we will join others in singing carols alongside music being hosted by Radio Northampton - which will help keep in time and tune! So don’t be embarrassed - this is your chance to bring some Christmas cheer to your neighbours! Please tell other people and who knows how loud our choir across Northamptonshire will be!  You can access the Carol sheet here

  Thought for the week this week looks at anti bullying  

  The Thought for the week is about Remembrance  

Due to the Remembrance  Services our service this Sunday is Morning Prayer from the Vicarage at 10:15 am and is live-streamed. In the Living Brook Benefice we are promoting the observation of Remembrance Sunday recommended by the Royal British Legion   and the Government by saying STAY AT HOME and observe 2 mins silence on your doorstep.  However there will be services at Hackleton and Hardingstone and an Act of Remembrance has been prerecorded for Quinton and Preston Deanery. Hackleton will be live streamed on zoom Zoom ID 829 7079 0532 Passcode 697102 Quinton & Preston Deanery  link for Act of Remembrance  Hardingstone will be live-streamed on the  What’s on in Hardingstone  Facebook page

As we face another period of lockdown when we can’t physically meet, our online services will still continue. We have Morning Prayer at 8:30 am weekdays on WhatsApp for details see our online services page. We have our Midweek Service at 7pm on Zoom details on how to join can be found on our Notices page. Our Sunday Service will be live-streamed this week without a congregation either from the Vicarage or St Edmunds. The Hardingstone Remembrance Service will be live-streamed from the cenotaph on the What’s on in Hardingstone Facebook page  The Quinton Act of Remembrance will be on Canon Beverley’s YouTube channel and Quinton’s Facebook page.  We will update this notice as the remaining services are decided upon. 

  This week our ‘Thought for the week’ is Diwali

  Please see below for details of our All Souls service this year. It will be at 4pm on 1st November at St Edmunds, Hardingstone. It will be live-streamed, but if you are wanting to come then please either book with us so we can comply with the covid -19 measures by ringing 01604 270085 or booking through eventbrite If you wish to add a name for us to remember then please email hardingstonechurch@gmail.com

  We are being asked by Rev. Judy Evans to join in a campaign to put an Angel on prominent display this December to spread comfort and joy. Let’s see how many angels we can see around the Benefice.

  Our ‘Thought for the Week’  this week is Jesus telling the story about the two house builders.

  Our thought for the week is about ‘Caring for Others’

  This week's Thought for the Week is about Harvest

  Our Thought for the Week for all our youngsters and the young at heart! This week the theme is respect and it is about Zacceus.

  Canon Beverley has produced some short films in lieu of leading collective worship in schools. They have been designed as a ten minute reflective moment to be used in classes or at home and are now branded as ‘Thought for the Week.’ They are aimed at primary schools aged children and can be accessed through the link below. Thought for the week

  It is with regret that the Social and Fundraising Committee of St John the Baptist, Piddington with Horton has postponed the Harvest Quiz and Supper. We have made this decision because of the new measures that restrict how many people can meet up. We hope to be able to put the quiz on in the new year. We are very grateful to everyone who supports this annual fun event and hope we can soon have you scratching your heads when our wonderful quiz mistress Jane starts the quiz, be prepared for even more fiendish questions as Jane has longer to prepare the quiz!