Aston Tirrold w Aston Upthorpe

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What's Happening at St Michaels Aston Tirrold:

Greetings from the clergy and all from St Michaels Aston Tirrold. How may we help you? Please do get in touch!. We would love to communicate with you. Give us a call 01235 850267 or email [email protected] or online.  See the Churn Benefice Newletter.

Easter Week Services

Click here to see services within the Churn Benefice in Easter Week.

Lent Groups and Recommended Reading

Our Lent leaflets are available in our churches but can also be downloaded from our website via this link https://www.churnchurches.co.uk/content/pages/documents/lent-groups-for-2025.pdf.

MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS on Mondays from 10th March, Father Jason will be leading a tour around the churches looking at church monuments and the stories they tell.

CHURCHES TOGETHER LENT GROUP 2025. Led by the Rev. Josie Midwinter and meeting at Jenny Loder's house, 75 Loyd Road in Didcot, on Friday mornings from 10.30 am - 12 noon, beginning on Friday 7 March.

HOME GROUP TASTER SESSIONS with refreshments! Sessions led by Revd Louise on four Welcome, Worship, Word and Witnes, at The Charity School House, Church Road, Blewbury 7.30 -8pm, 12thMarch and 9th April.

QUIET TIME - ONLINE COMPLINE Every weekday Monday to Friday at 8pm there is a short online service of reflective night prayer or "compline". It lasts about 10 minutes and is a wonderful way of winding down at the end of the day. Join https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/312446493.

FELLOWSHIP DURING LENT There will be hot soup lunches served at St Andrew's Church on Saturdays between 12:30 - 2:00pm during Lent from 8th March - 12th April (inclusive).

Planet Earth.  Bishop Steven's message is a must watch: the biblical imperative for Christians to invest resources to restore nature alongside working towards net zero.

You are welcome to join local people in our Services. A Eucharist Service is held in St Michael's Church at 9am on the third Sunday of each month. A Eucharist Service is held in All Saint's Church, Aston Upthorpe at 9am on the first Sunday of each month. Other services take place at Festivals and special occasions. See the servcies tab for more details. We meet with the rest of the Churn Benefice, which serves the Astons, North and South Moreton, East Hagbourne, Blewbury and Upton, for online worship at 10:30 every Sunday and weekday evenings at 8:00 pm for ten minutes. Join us any weekday night at 8pm for a short service of night prayer. Links and codes for these are on the website under the services tab.

The Misddle East. For Emergency Appeal and prayers to the people of Palestine and Isreal see Notices.

Click on these links for information about activities in the Benefice: Sunday Services in our Churches and on line, Weekday Compline Service, Midweek Communion, Men's Breakfast Group (First Saturday of the month), Churn Cygnets Youth Group (1st Sunday of the month) and Churn Climate Action Group.

Home Communion is available to anyone who is unable to get to church through sickness or frailty, either for a short time or on a long term basis. If you, or anyone you know, would like to receive Holy Communion at home, please contact The Revd Louise Butler on 07837 009730. Full COVID precautions will be followed.

Climate Action.The Anglican Fifth Mark of Mission inspires us to 'To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth'. The Churn Churches Climate Action Group encourages conversation and action to reduce the impact of Climate Change within the communities served by the Churn Benefice. We urge all who are concerned about the impact of climate change to write to our MPs to make them aware that action to address the Climate Emergency must be taken by all Government Departments Follow the links for: More about writing to MPs, Action to reduce our carbon footprint, Actions to encourage businesses to address the Climate Emergency.

Anxious about the future? We can put you in touch with someone to talk to in these difficult times. See Ways of Supporting Each Other on the Benefice website.

Watch a three minute video explaining Christianity. Try an online course and meet others who want to understand what it is all about. Experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus. Click here for the Rector's reflections.