Eight churches have been brought together under the Chellington Team Ministry with two full-time stipendiary priests. These are: St.Peter’s Harrold & St.Mary’s Carlton with Harrold United Reform Chapel known as ‘Churches Together in Harrold & Carlton’, together with All Saints’ Odell, All Saints’ Turvey, St.Mary the Virgin Stevington, St.Lawrence Wymington, St.Mary the Virgin Podington (united benefice). Contacts for Churches Together in Harrold & Carlton, service times and the clergy letter are below.
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Services in Harrold, Carlton and Odell August – September
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St Peter’s, Harrold |
URC Chapel, Harrold |
St Mary’s, Carlton |
All Saints, Odell |
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Sunday 4 August |
Joint Communion at St Mary’s |
1100 Service 1600 service@4
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1100 Joint Communion with St Peter’s |
1100 Morning Prayer |
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Sunday 11 August |
0930 Communion |
1100 Communion |
0815 Communion |
1100 Worship Together |
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Sunday 18 August |
0930 Communion with St Mary’s & URC |
Joint Communion at St Peter’s |
Joint Communion at St Peter’s |
0930 Communion BCP |
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Sunday 25 August |
0930 Morning Worship |
1100 Service |
1100 Family Service |
1100 Communion CW |
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Sunday 1 September |
1100 ST MARY’S PATRONAL FESTIVAL |
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Sunday 8 September |
0930 Communion |
1100 Communion 1600 service@4 |
0815 Communion |
1100 Morning Prayer |
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Sunday 15 September |
0930 Communion with St Mary’s |
1100 Service
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Joint Communion at St Peter’s |
0930 Communion BCP |
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Sunday 22 September |
0930 Family Service |
1100 Service |
1100 Family Service |
1100 Communion CW |
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Sunday 29 September |
1100 TEAM SERVICE MICHAEL & ALL SAINTS, PODINGTON |
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A Summer of Relaxation, Laughter and Worship.
July and August are times for holidays and we do hope that everyone manages to get some quality time to relax. Not everyone can afford to go away on holiday but we are very fortunate to live in a beautiful county and July and August are a good time to enjoy living in the countryside.
Enjoying the gift of life is an important life choice. For as we all know too well, life is a fragile and delicate thing. Life has grown up in what scientists call the Goldilocks zone. This means that everything is perfect for life: the rate of oxygen in the atmosphere; the amount of fresh water; the temperature of the earth. For all this we have God to thank.
It is the same on the spiritual plane. Our relationship with God operates in near perfect conditions as the first letter of John puts it: “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only son into the world so that we might live through him.” (1 John 4:9)
God want us to enjoy life; to accept the challenges we face and to travel together in our journey through life, so we need to enjoy our earthly pilgrimage and to thank God constantly for life.
We also need to enjoy our worship. Our Bishop has given us special permission to laugh in church during the months of July and August. Laughter is a sign that we are enjoying being the Church and are enjoying each other’s company. A Church that does not laugh together is a church that is too serious and is heading in a downward spiral. So let’s enjoy our worship. If we enjoy church it will rub off on others and they will want to join us.
July and August are a time of relaxation and we hope that that spirit of release and freedom will imbue our churches so that we can relax and be still with God.
Combining relaxation and laughter is the perfect recipe for a summer of fun with God. Enjoy life. Enjoy God. Enjoy Church.
Revd Peter Turnbull
Revd Jacqueline Curtis
Revd Lynne Sandle
3 The Moor, Carlton MK43 7JR. Telephone 01234 720961. Email: chellingtonteam@gmail.com