Living Brook Benefice

 You are invited to the Christmas Tree Festival on 11th and 12th December. See advert below for details.

Christmas Services Across The Parishes Sunday 28 th  November    St Edmund’s, Hardingstone  Lights for a loved one – turn on 11 th  December  10:30am  – 4:30 pm St John the Baptist, Piddington  Christmas Tree Festival  12 th  December  1pm – 4:30pm St John the Baptist, Piddington  Christmas Tree Festival 12 th  December 6pm St John the Baptist, Piddington  Nine Lessons & Carols with Wassail  14 th  December  10:15 Hackleton School Prize Presentation for Best Decorated Bauble  19 th  December  6pm St Edmund’s, Hardingstone  Service of Carols and Lessons  24 th  December  3pm St Edmund’s, Hardingstone  Christingle &Crib Service  24 th  December  4pm St John the Baptist, Piddington  Crib Service  24 th  December  5:30 pm St John the Baptist, Quinton Carols Around The Tree 24 th  December  11:30 pm St John the Baptist, Piddington  Midnight Mass 25 th  December  10 am St John the Baptist, Quinton Holy Communion  25 th  December  10 am St Edmund’s, Hardingstone  Carols On Christmas M

 It was with great anticipation and pleasure that we at were able to induct our new priest Rev Julie Scott. She was welcomed by people from across the Living Brook Benefice and St. Mary’s, Far Cotton.  The Archdeacon of Northampton, the Venerable Richard Ormston conducted the service with the Rural Dean for Greater Northampton Father Oliver Coss. We were also delighted that the Councillor for Hardingstone and Leader of West Northamptonshire Council, Jonathan Nunn was also present to welcome Julie into her new role. If you want to see more photos please follow this  Link

  Below follows a short introductory message from our newly appointed priest Rev. Julie Scott. Hello, it is with great joy that I can introduce myself as your new Vicar. My name is Revd Julie Scott and with my husband Adrian we are looking forward to joining and serving the community. We currently live in Bridgwater Somerset where I have served part of my curacy. The southwest has been home for a number of years, however I recognised that I wanted to discover and minister to a new area, as well as a being a little closer to our family. We have one daughter and two grandchildren who live in Lincolnshire, and I am blessed to have my father who still lives in Surrey where I grew up. Adrian and I are both passionate about the environment and will always look for the ways we can protect and enjoy the world around us. One of the ways I do this is through the arts, I have a love of painting and photography, as well as having a background in design which I bring to all aspects of my life. Adri

  Living Brook Benefice and the parish of St Mary’s Far Cotton are delighted to announce the appointment of the Rev Julie Scott as our new Priest. The majority of her time will be focused in Hardingstone and Far Cotton but she will retain an oversight of the whole of Living Brook Benefice and St Mary’s and work with the House for Duty Priest that is still to be appointed for Piddington with Horton Parish and Quinton with Preston Deanery Parish. We look forward to welcoming Julie to Living Brook Benefice and St Mary’s in the not too distant future.  Letter of appointment

 A prayer for Prince Philip God of our lives We give thanks for the life of Prince Philip, For his love of our country  And his devotion to duty. We entrust him now to your love and mercy  Through our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen  Our churches are holding different ways in which to express our grief - please see the notices page. In addition Guy Ward and Ivor Wilde tolled our church bell at midday Saturday 10th April 99 times in recognition of his age and passing

  Our final session of our Lent course on  Wednesday 31st March and we will be looking at the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. There is a video or audio of a talk by Bishop Donald which will be followed up with a discussion led by Steve on zoom. If you want to take part please contact Steve on 01604 870168. Links to the video and audio will be posted here  Study guide Video and audio Discussion on zoom at 7:45 pm Lent Course (Steve Watson Hosting) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83520331208?pwd=U3pNL0lCYjZDYTZieFV1cTVrZ04rZz09 Meeting ID: 872 2971 2269 Password: 573710

  Our  Thought for the week  this week is about Passover.

  Canon Beverley has kindly left us some collective worship films for primary school aged children. This week’s  Thought for the week  is about generosity.

  As we cautiously begin to open up church services again, we are pleased to announce that there will be a 2 Mothering Sunday services in the Benefice, the first at St Edmunds at 10 am for parishioners only and also  at St John the Baptist, Quinton at 10 am on the 14th March.  Booking is required for the Quinton service. You can book your part of 3 or less a pew - there are only 5 pews available. Please use the link below. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holy-communion-quinton-registration-124815056193?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=strongmail&utm-term=listing    

  Our thought for the week  for week beginning 22/2/21 is about Lent and exploring the wilderness  Our thought for the week  for the week beginning 1st of March is about having a grateful attitude 

  Here is the service for  Sunday 14th February  

Canon Beverley has written a final farewell  Pastoral Letter  

  This week’s ‘thought for the week’  is about courage

  Service  for the 7th February from the Vicarage

  The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are inviting the nation to join them in prayer every evening  at 6pm  - from today.   Archbishops Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell are encouraging people of all backgrounds to set aside time each day for prayer – if possible stopping wherever they are  at 6pm  each evening.   It follows their call last week for people to pause, ‘reflect on the enormity of this pandemic’ and pray for the nation and all those affected.   The call followed news that that more than 100,000 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test.   This evening  Archbishop Justin will lead a prayer session on Facebook Live  from 6pm (GMT)  on his  Facebook page .   He is encouraging people to post prayer requests in the comments section and he will pray with them.   In a letter to the nation last week, the Archbishops wrote: "We encourage everyone who is feeling scared, or lost or isolated to cast their fears on God.   “We also know that poorer communities,

  This week’s service

  Thought for the week This week's Thought is on the theme of Candlemas ( Feb 2nd ), and includes the story of the presentation of Jesus at the temple.

  Thought for the week This week's Thought for the Week takes advantage of the snow to explore the theme of 'protecting'. Not surprisingly, this thought for the week highlights the things we need to keep doing to protect ourselves and others from coronavirus, and the story is of Jonathan acting to protect his friend David when Saul threatens him.

  A  Pastoral letter  from Canon Beverley  

  This week is an assembly on the theme of talents. I've chosen to emphasise the need for practice, not just to rely on being 'good at' something.

  Here is this week’s  Service  led by Rev Chrys Tremththannor

  The ‘Thought for the week’ this week is about new starts .

  Here is this week’s  service

  Happy new year and here is the ‘Thought for the week’ collective worship about Epiphany