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Connecting – Caring – Celebrating
Latest News 25th January 2026
Services This Sunday 25th January – Epiphany 3/last day of week of prayer for Christian Unity (white)
0930 Leonard Stanley – sung Holy Communion with hymns
0930 Saul – Morning Prayer
0930 Stonehouse – family communion with hymns/songs
1115 Eastington – Holy Communion with hymns
1115 Framilode – Morning Worship with hymns/songs
1115 Fretherne – Holy Communion
1500 Selsley – Evening Prayer with hymns
1800 Frampton – Evening Prayer with hymns
1800 Haresfield – Holy Communion
Live Streaming of Sunday services
If you know of someone who is unable to attend church in person and would like an online service, a live stream is still provided on the St Mary’s Frampton on Severn Facebook Page, as well as the Church of England uploading a weekly service to their website.
Readings for this Sunday can be accessed here or by clicking the button at the bottom of this email
The latest news from the Diocese of Gloucester is here
Admin Support
We are delighted to say that Rachel Chaplin has volunteered to support Rev Liz with some admin tasks – particularly around Life Events. This is a voluntary role for one to two hours per week (average) and we are very grateful to Rachel for offering to give her time and talents to the church in this way. Rachel will also be taking over looking after the team website in due course, and we are very grateful to Chris Amys for all he has done in this are, and look forward to a smooth handover in the coming months.
Bishop’s Mission Weekend 9th – 11th October
In October a group of curates from across the diocese along with Bishop Robert will be helping us lead a mission weekend here in Stroudwater. There has been an initial meeting and the proposed theme of the weekend is sharing out stories – it is hoped to host events for our local communities to explore stories of faith in gentle accessible ways, round a fire toasting marshmallows, walking in the local area, through creative arts, and music. We will need people from our local worshipping communities to be part of planning and delivering the weekend in a variety of roles, so if you are interested please contact a member of clergy. There is a planning meeting with Bishop Robert on Thursday 15th January in Gloucester, so if you are interested and are able to come to this meeting please let us know asap and we can send you the outline plan – or come to the cluster meeting in your area on Tuesday to hear more.
January & February rotas are available at the bottom of the page.
Eco Tip – small things we can do to help care for God’s creation
Why not take part in the RSPB’s big garden birdwatch 2026
Jan 23-25
What is Big Garden Birdwatch?
Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Every year, hundreds of thousands of nature lovers like you take part, helping to build a picture of how garden birds are faring.
Details of how to join in are here
Bereavement Care Awareness
Care for the Family are running an online course for people in churches who want to learn a bit more about how to support people who are bereaved. Details are here. If you are interested please let Revd Liz know.
Coming up
Save the date!
Aid for Ukraine coffee morning at St Swithuns Leonard Stanley 24th January
St Swithuns will be hosting a coffee morning to raise money for trauma therapy for children in Ukraine. Do pop along if you can, and if you have any candle stubs, please bring them along as they can be recycled to make trench candles. Details are here
Shrove Tuesday 17th February
There will be a team event for all the family hosted in the Stanley’s cluster – crafts, stories, pancake races and a light lunch. Details are here all welcome!
Ash Wednesday 18th February
There will be two services in the team on Ash Wednesday
10am at Leonard Stanley
7.00pm at Frampton
Lent Groups will begind the following week – more details to follow.
Website
www.stroudwaterchurches.org.uk
A reminder to check out our website. If you know someone who might want to be involved in updating our website, please contact Rev Liz rectorstroudwater@gmail.com
Pew sheet with readings for this week
Newsletter with upcoming events