 How has it been another month already since our last worship night? Do join us as tomorrow night at 6pm as we carve out time and space to attend to God's presence.  Want to grow in your identity, spiritual maturity and what God has for your life? Why not join us on Sunday 27th March at 6pm for an interactive workshop where we will explore the 5-fold ministry?  You are so welcome to join us for a delicious lunch at St Swithin's on Sunday 27th March. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking on.  Men Behaving Dadly is back on Saturday 19th March. It's our monthly toddler group for dads and their pre-school children. It is a growing community which builds friendship, support and encouragement between dads, all within the warmth and welcome of St Swithin’s. We meet 3rd Saturday of each month between 9.00am and 10.30am in the crypt at St Swithin’s. We would love to see you there! Please book in advance to help us know how much food to provide.  Join with millions of Christians all around the world as we intercede and cry out for peace in Ukraine. 24-7 Prayer, among other organisations, have created some really helpful resources and suggestions for how to pray for Ukraine. Please follow the link below to find out more. How has it been a month already? Worship night is at 6pm this Sunday. A space to worship, meet with God, share and pray for one another. See you there!  Do you need to take some time out with God? Enjoy some time to worship, listen, pray, be listened to and prayed for and experience God’s healing touch? Why not join us for the weekend, enjoy a slower pace of life and an opportunity for refreshment and meeting with God. We have booked the weekend of 11-13th March 2022 for a healing retreat at Harnhill Centre for Healing. There are 20 places available. Please use the booking form below to join us.  You may have heard that the government are no longer asking us to 'Test and Trace'. This means there is no need to sign up online before coming to services. Just come as you are. We will still use Eventbrite from time to time for events where we need to know numbers for catering, or when there are limited spaces. As a church we are making a one-off donation to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal through our Mission Partner Tearfund, that the PCC agreed this week. As a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee and Integral Alliance, Tearfund are supporting partners on the ground to provide food, bedding, and temporary accommodation to refugees from Ukraine. We would love you to make a financial contribution to the Humanitarian Appeal sending it direct to Tearfund using one of the methods detailed below.
 Join us on Wednesday 2nd March at noon as we mark the start of lent and pray for peace in Ukraine.  Come along and invite others as we explore how we journey through loss to hope. These past 2 years have been hugely challenging for all of us, as we have faced uncertainty and fear, and have found ourselves in unknown territory. There has been so much loss. Sometimes we don’t even recognise our losses or understand why we just feel ‘out of sorts’, and we can carry our losses around with us for many years. I (Esther Birtwistle) would love to share my journey through loss to hope – which includes walking a pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago, and how I encountered God on The Way. It’s a journey that was triggered by my husband’s death, a loss that impacted every single area of my life and left me desperate, vulnerable and which led to further loss and trauma. My life and my faith fell apart. My journey has taken me a long time and it is still on-going. I continue to be a pilgrim. But now, I am able to say that loss has shaped me - it no longer defines me. It is in the hard and dark places that I have discovered treasures.  You are so welcome to join us for a delicious lunch at St Swithin's. Please book via the link below and let us know if you have any dietary requirements.  We're really sorry but we are unable to livestream on Sunday 6th February 2022. If you are unable to join us in person, why not bless another local church by joining them online this Sunday? We will upload Sunday's talk on here during the week. Looking forward to joining with you online next Sunday!  As we tentatively edge out of the challenging season we’ve all been in, so we want to put in place some plans for the future. We believe that St Swithin’s primary purpose is to display God’s Splendour to a needy world, and to join in God’s mission as a thriving church here in Walcot.
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