Living Brook Benefice (Piddington, Hardingstone and Quinton)

  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.