Living Brook Benefice (Piddington, Hardingstone and Quinton)

After a recent request for a photo of one of the memorials inside the church, we took some photos and made an album available. You can see it here (https://goo.gl/photos/Vd11Pf3kTdHMJP2D6) We also had a request to install a sign indicating that we have commonwealth war graves in our churchyard and that is now in place. In fact, there is just one commonwealth grave in our graveyard, which you can see below. This stone commemorates R.E.G. Hall (T/179137) a Driver with the Royal Army Service Corps, who died on the 29th of February, 1944, aged 28.

Come and enjoy a lovely evening of wine tasting, bring your friends and raise some money for us at the same time!  Friday 20th September 7pm at Horton Cricket Club  

We have  many great fundraising events this year and so you can put them in your diary now, here is a list of them:   Sat 22 nd June - Bangers & Boule 1pm onwards Temple Cottages, Horton Fri 20 th September - Wine Tasting Evening 7pm Horton Cricket Club  Sat 30 th November & Sun 1 st December - Christmas Tree Festival & Wassail Service Sat 18 th January - Burns Night Supper Hackleton Village Hall For further details and to purchase tickets please call: Jane Ward 870203 or Joanne Wilde 870162

Save the date! 20th July Come and spend the afternoon with Bishop John! Looking at pictures of our lovely churches and the precious moments we have enjoyed there! See if you agree with Bishop John on his decision for the winning bakes and brews. For more info see below!

Here are the details for our new Lent course, if you want a taster of what is to come please follow this link to a video all about the course - Talking Jesus video

PIDDINGTON with HORTON CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL SATURDAY 1st & SUNDAY 2nd December 2018 The trees will be displayed on: Saturday 1 st December from 10.30am – 4.30pm Sunday 2 nd December from 1pm – 4.30pm. Entrance by donation Wassail & Carol Service - Sunday 2 nd December at 6pm This year the theme is “Narnia ” so come and step into our wonderland If your organisation or family would like to decorate and display a tree please contact Cheryl MacDougall on 01604 870222.

Don't forget to pop along to St John the Baptist, Piddington this weekend and marvel at the wonderful Christmas Trees. If that is not enough to get you into the Christmas spirit, you can pop over to St John the Baptist Quinton Saturday evening to enjoy Mistletoe, Wine and Carols and if that wasn't enough you can come back to Piddington Sunday night for the Wassail. Let's hope that leaves you with enough energy to do your Christmas shopping!  

Don't forget, please come along and support this event, this weekend. It is the last chance to see some of Margaret Wright's wonderful work, before it is stored for safe keeping. You can see some more photos of the exhibition here .  

Please come and support us and get into the mood for Christmas...Hark are those angels I hear singing? https://goo.gl/photos/QMfKBoZLEXiSozVH7

Make Valentine's Day really special this year and come to our Valentine's Day service where you will have a chance to renew your vows or if you are getting married soon have a dry run! Everyone is welcome.

You are invited to once again join us and marvel at the fabulous Christmas Trees in St John the Baptist Church, Piddington with Horton. What better way to start the Christmas season, apart that is from also joining us for the Wassail. We would love to see you all.

Come and join us at this coffee morning, where there will be ample time to chat as well as enjoying coffee and cake. There is also some great early Christmas present buying opportunities, as the ladies from Knit and Natter have been busy with their needles making small gifts to sell in aid of the Makeni Centre in Lusaka, Zambia.

Don't forget to buy your tickets before they are all gone...they are selling fast! This is a fabulous fun filled evening.

  Please come and see the magnificent displays at St John the Baptist, Piddington and help raise church funds.  We are also holding two open air services.  Holy Communion at 11 am will be held in the churchyard. To end our glorious weekend join us in an open air  Songs of Praise at 6 pm in the churchyard.

On the 21st of June we held a service at St John the Baptist, Piddington, to welcome our Living Brook Benefice Team! Julie Austin and Julia Javes of Quinton along with Steve Watson of Piddington, received certificates and gifts to mark the completion of their training in Children's work, Home groups and Worship. They were welcomed by Revd Beverley, Heather Crudgington (our layreader) and our new curate, Deborah Marsh. After the celebratory service we enjoyed a round of cakes and coffee, before diaries were whipped out to arrange the first meeting! The congregations of all the benefice churches welcome our new leaders...

Sponsorship of Flowers for the Flower Festival We have been approaching local businesses for sponsorship for the Flower Festival for Piddington with Horton to be held in Piddington Church. If you would like to donate towards the cost of the flowers and printing of a souvenir brochure, perhaps in memory of a loved one or to commemorate a special occasion, then please give your donation to Gill Watson Treasurer, Reverend Beverley or any member of the PCC. Cheques should be payable to Piddington PCC. A list of sponsors will be included in the souvenir programme for the occasion.  

Naomi came back to church to report on Year 4's sponsored silence for WaterAid. The class managed a whole hour of silence, including Gill Watson, who had popped into class to watch them. Together they have raised over £1,000. This is a magnificent total and it is thought that with the outstanding monies due to be collected they should reach £1,100. So well done Naomi and all of class 4 at Hackleton Primary School! Thank you to all who sponsored class 4 . For those who are interested in finding out more about WaterAid please click on the following link: wateraid

Naomi and Reverend Beverley talking about the Water Aid project Naomi's brilliant poster for Water Aid in detail Today at Piddington Church Naomi Knowles told us about the Sponsored silence that Year 4 were carrying out next Wednesday in aid of "Water Aid". Which is a very worthwhile project that helps the Developing World by providing resources that will enable them to have clean drinking water. After the service Naomi took a retiring collection and raised a whopping £109.95 plus a sheet full of sponsors. She will be returning to church in 2 weeks time to report on the outcome of the event and how much was raised in total. Thank you Naomi. If you too would like to sponsor the children of Year 4 in their sponsored silence for Water Aid then please contact Freddy (Andrew) Knowles on  870103 or email  Freddy  In addition to this during Lent all Piddington Church cash collections will be going towards buying some bibles for Hackleton School. If ...

As promised last week, here are some more photos from our fabulous Christmas Tree Festival...enjoy!