Weekly News

Collect for Trinity Nineteen 

O God, forasmuch as without you we are not able to please you; mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.   Amen

News and Notices!

Note from the Vicar

Upcoming Events

Our Harvest Lunch is on Sunday 18th October! Doors will open at 12:45pm at Tylers Green Village Hall. There are limited spaces so please book on in advance to avoid disappointment. This week is the last week to book a space – The deadline for booking a space is this coming week, on 14th October. There will be sign up sheets at St Margarets and Holy Trinity if you want to join! If you have any questions please be in touch on 01494 813254 or email office@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk.

Volunteers:

here are lots of groups and activities that happen throughout the church during the week which is lovely. We are looking for some more volunteers and would be grateful for anytime that you can give. The groups include, Tuesday morning coffee, The Sanctuary café on Thursdays and various roles on a Sunday such as readings. If you would like more information, please be in touch with Jenna on 01494 813254 or email office@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk

Joint benefice service: St Margarets Patronal service

On Sunday 25th October at 10am, we will gather together as a Benefice for a joint service at St Margaret’s to celebrate the St Margarets Patron. It will be a special opportunity for us to join together and worship. Everyone is welcome to join!

Sign Up for Christmas Tree Festival

Advanced Notice: If you would like to sign up to decorate a tree for our Annual Christmas Tree Festival please check the website here.

Christmas Tree Festival 2026

A prayer for new people to join us

Let’s be praying for new people to join us and thinking who we might invite to come with us.

Lord God,
We thank you for sending your Son to be the Good Shepherd of the Sheep.
We pray for those sheep who are not yet part of your flock,
who for so many different reasons are wandering elsewhere.
We pray for them that they might hear your voice
and be brought into the fold
to encounter your love, your forgiveness of their sins,
and the hope of eternal life.
Be with us and give us courage,
to reach out and invite them to join us;
in the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.

Prayer List

Anne Griffiths of Holy Trinity is maintains our prayer list for us.
Please email her on prayer@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk and include ‘prayer list’ in the subject line.

Please remember in your prayers:

Amanda R
Carol and Geoff,
Family of Margaret Saunders
Sandra Mason
Jade & Daniel and the health of their unborn baby
Liz & Grandson Harrison
The Tygre Club
The Youth Club
The Sanctuary Cafe

Praying Together

Please remember that our churches are open during daylight hours for private prayer and reflection; take a moment to drop in, sit in the peace and serenity that the space provides and allow your minds to absorb God’s peace.

Prayer for a new Bishop

Note from the Vicar

Last weekend Linnea and I joined many others on Sunday afternoon at the Village Hall to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Tylers Green Village Hall. It was a great occasion, with a performance by the Rock Choir and tables filled with delicious foods and good company.

While there I discovered that the Hall had been built by the Wheeler family, the same family which were involved in the construction of St Margaret’s Church several decades earlier. As it happened I met a couple of the Wheeler family descendants. This gave me a real sense of resonance with the history of Tylers Green, a reminder that history is not simply “things which happened long ago” but rather is a tapestry of threads to which we continue to contribute and shape. This sense of the ‘living heritage’ of Tylers Green has been seen clearly in the ways in which the Village Hall has continued to grow and be developed in order to serve the community alongside other key institutions like the schools, the council, the residents society, the pubs, the village shop and the mug and bean cafe, and even the allotments and the local woodlands. The tapestry of our community is larger than any one institution or group of people, and yet each of us are able to find our place within the picture and to play our part.

It is my conviction that our Churches likewise continue to be a valued part of the picture of village life, and the coming weeks will highlight that as we look forward to Harvest Festivals next week (do sign up for the harvest lunch on the 18th!), St Margaret’s Patronal Festival on the 25th, our annual Memorial Service on the 1st November, Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance on the Common (11am on the 11th November), and then the flurry of events throughout Advent and Christmas; from Crafternoons, Christmas Tree Festivals (with Christmas Jumper Service!), Christingle, Carol Services, our Blue Christmas service, Crib services, and of course the Midnight Mass at St Margaret’s leading us into the joy of Christmas Day at both Churches.

Throughout this season our regular activities will happen, with SMART groups on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Tuesday Coffee, the Thursday Sanctuary Cafe, and the fortnightly youth group as well as a number of baptisms, wedding visits preparing for next year, and, sadly, various funerals as families say goodbye to their loved ones.

Through each of these elements we carry the torch of faith and act in love, gently witnessing to our community that the Gospel hope found in Christ Jesus is alive and well – and freely offered to all.

The thread of the tapestry reminds me of a song from the film the Prince of Egypt:

A single thread in a tapestry
Though its color brightly shines
Can never see its purpose
In the pattern of the grand design

It builds to ask:

So how can you see what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?
You can never see through the eyes of man
You must look at your life
Look at your life through heaven’s eyes

May I encourage us all to reflect on our own lives within our local community through the eyes of God – and realise that we are offering something of immense worth which sometimes we might take for granted. On that note, may I thank each of you for all that you do and contribute not just to the life of our Churches but to our local community.

Every blessing,
Samuel

Revd Samuel S. Thorp
Vicar of Penn and Tylers Green

As ever please feel free to give me a call or contact me on vicar@holytrinityandstmargarets.co.uk

ps the song mentioned above can be heard here

SAFEGUARDING: There are safeguarding officers attached to both churches. Contact details can be found in the porches.