Living Brook Benefice (Piddington, Hardingstone and Quinton)

Yes Christmas seems a long time ago, but as we are still officially in Epiphany, I think I can get away with this late posting of pictures from the Piddington with Horton Crib service! Some of the Living Brook Youth Fellowship and our younger children put on a fantastic sketch at our Crib Service in Piddington this year. The comedy sketch based on two angel airmen played by Alex Bird and Brent Klegeris in the style of the much more famous Armstrong and Miller Show, witnessing a modern day unfolding of the Nativity before their eyes. The sketch was well received and the church was packed and you could feel the eager anticipation of the children waiting for a visit from that very special gentleman in the red coat! The crib service at Hardingstone was also very well attended this year with many children from the school attending, thanks to the strong links that are being forged between Hardingsto...

St John the Baptist Quinton Our service on Sunday January 18th 2015 will be led by laity and is a reading of the Order for Morning Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer,1662, with lessons read from the Authorized Version (The King James Bible.) This is a brief service with 2 hymns and no sermon. The Book of Common Prayer is licensed for use throughout the Church of England, but its use is dwindling. We wish to keep it alive. You will be most welcome if you wish to come to this special service. There is lots of participation, involving reading, so bring your glasses. Coffee etc will be served after the service.

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

We have been hard at it successfully raising money in the benefice. Christmas Tree Festival  The Christmas Tree festival raised over £1,200 this weekend. The Knitters and Natterers and the Youth Fellowship also raised £169 through the sale of handmade Christmas Decorations for our hostel project at Makeni Ecumenical Centre in Zambia. Thank you to all who helped organise this event and to those who attended. Pictures of the festival will be posted shortly. St Edmund's Feast Day   A big thank you to everyone who helped with the concert on Saturday especially Edward. Your contributions were greatly appreciated and enjoyed by the audience. We were delighted with a profit of over £500 in aid of the organ fund. Harvest Quiz PwH Parish would like to thank Barclaycard for their generous match-funding of the Harvest Quiz. A cheque for £900 was recently received, which brings the total profit of the Harvest Quiz to £1637, a magnificent total! Thank you also to e...

If you intend to start your Christmas this weekend with our Christmas Tree Festival and Wassail (29th/30th November) weekend you won't want to miss the rest of our Christmas season, which is as follows:   Wednesday 3rd Guides Carol Service 6.30pm Hardingstone Friday 5th Quinton Christmas Dinner 7pm Quinton Village Hall Saturday 6 th Quinton Christmas Social 5pm Quinton Village Hall Sunday 7th December Advent 2 Said Communion 8 am Hardingstone All Age Service 9.30m Quinton Sung Communion 11 am Piddington Nine Lessons and Carols 6pm Hardingstone Mon 8 th /Tues 9 th Hardingstone Academy Nativity Play 2pm/6pm Hardingstone Thurs 11 th Scouts Carol Service 6pm ...