Services of Remembrance Sunday 8th November
10:15am Memorial Cross, Dinton
10:30am Bishopstone Memorial
10:45am Memorial Recreation Ground, Stone *
11:30am War Memorial, Ford Village
*We may need some help setting up on the day in the Recreation Ground. If you
could be available at 10:00am please contact Revd Phil to let him know.
Email: Vicar@stonedintonhartwell.com
SJB 2026 Christmas Craft Fair
Christmas Gift Fair
This is on Saturday 28th November and we are starting to collect items for the TOMBOLA. If you have any unwanted new gifts, cosmetics, bottles of drink etc then we would be delighted to collect them at the back of the church from now onwards.
Collecting Amazon delivery boxes for Christmas
If you receive any deliveries from Amazon in the next two weeks and they come in
sturdy boxes please don’t flatten them for re-cycling or throw them away! At the end
of November, Aylesbury Prison Fellowship will be wrapping and posting approximately
60 Christmas gifts to children around the country who won’t have their fathers with
them at Christmas…………
Jenny Pickup will be pleased to collect any boxes from you and remove any address
labels from them before re-using them. Any that are surplus to requirements will be
put into re-cycling for you.
Email: J.Pickup@stonedintonhartwell.com
Tel no: 01296 748170
Thankyou!
Joyfull Juniors
- About
- Photos
- Schedule
About Joyfull Juniors
Joyfull Juniors is our Sunday School held on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at SJB, Stone.
It is for children between x and x.
There is no sign up required and any child can drop into the sessions.
Most weeks are a stand alone topic so easy to pick up on algthogh some of the bigger themes may run over 2 weeks.
We use painting, drawing, moddeling and bible stories to help us learn.
Photos
Schedule
September 1st – Noah and the Ark
September 2nd – Adam and Eve
Socially Crafty
Christian Aid Coordinator for Stone, Bishopstone and Hartwell
Role description: Christian Aid Coordinator for Stone, Bishopstone and Hartwell
Please contact Richard Smith for more information or if you would be interested in this role: Richard.Smith@stonedintonhartwell.com
We are seeking someone to be a link person for Christian Aid for Stone, Bishopstone and Hartwell. Sue Spinks, who has held this responsibility for many years, has recently retired.
Christian Aid is a global charity whose aim is to eliminate poverty, particularly where this has come about through natural disaster.
There are many ways in which churches can work with, and support Christian Aid, but this is most often done by raising funds and raising awareness of the work of the charity, particularly during Christian Aid week (10-16 May 2026), and around Harvest and Christmas.
The traditional fundraising method of door-to-door collections is becoming less popular and less effective as fewer people carry cash these days, although envelopes now carry QR codes for those who wish to donate on-line.
Christian Aid has many resources including posters, leaflets, video presentations, special orders of service and other fundraising materials which can be ordered or downloaded free of charge. It is also possible to book speakers to give live presentations at local events.
The main responsibilities of our local Christian Aid coordinator will be to work with the SJB committee by:
- Contributing ideas for local events to raise funds for Christian Aid and helping to coordinate these events.
- Obtaining promotional materials from Christian Aid (usually available to order from late February)
- Keeping in touch with other local Christian Aid coordinators.
To find out more, you are welcome to contact David Blackmore, who is a very experienced Christian Aid coordinator based in Weston Turville (davidbblackmore@gmail.com)
Joyfull Juniors
Our Childrens Church, Joyfull Juniors, meet on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month at St John the Baptist, Stone. We would love to see you there.
Ride and Stride 2026
Once again, we are opening St John the Baptist for the Bucks Historic Churches, Ride and Stride on Saturday 12th September 2026.
St John the Baptist will be open 9:00 – 18:00 with refreshments avaliable.
About Ride and Stride
Participants may be cyclists, walkers, horse-riders or drivers of mobility scooters. They can be of any age, but under-13s must be accompanied by an adult. All denominations are welcome.
Visit as many churches as you like, planning your own route. Seek sponsorship from friends, relations and colleagues, so much per church visited or a lump sum. More detail at: https://ridestride.org/
Ride + Stride is an event like no other why not take part this year and find out for yourself what extraordinary things lie behind the churchyard gates of Buckinghamshire’s many churches and chapels.
Ride + Stride is open to walkers as well as horse-riders and cyclists – in fact to anyone using a non-mechanical form of transport. It always takes place on the second Saturday of September between 10.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m., and the object is to raise money for the repair and restoration of churches and chapels of any Christian denomination in Buckinghamshire. Half the money raised goes to the church or chapel of the participant’s choice, and the other half is added to a general fund which is administered by the Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust. If you do not wish to nominate a church, you can instead donate 100% of the money raise direct to the Historic Churches Trust.
Churches are encouraged to make applications to BHCT for grants to help with church repairs and restoration.
- Sponsorship Form
- Posters
- Helping
- Participating Churches
Sponsorship Form
You can also collect sponsorship via Just Giving. for more information please visit: www.bucks-historic-churches.org.uk/ride-stride/
Posters
Help as a Welcomer
If you would like to help out on the day as a welcomer or serving refreshments, please contact either Raymond or Stephan. All help is greatly appreciated, even if you can only spare 30 minutes.
Stephan@stonedintonhartwell.com
Raymond.Medhurst@stonedintonhartwell.com
Open Churches
A list of participating churches can be found here: www.bucks-historic-churches.org.uk/ride-stride/
You are encoraged to make your own routes using the linked list above, visiting the churches you would like to see and setting your own time constarints upon the event.
However, there are preplanned routes avaliable below with the estimated time it would take to complete.
Services this week
| December 29th Christmas 1 | SJB, Stone |
| 10:30 | Family Worship |
Heating at Dinton
Unfortunately, our heating at St Peter and St Paul, Dinton has broken this week.
Please bear with us whist we address this issue.
In the meantime, please wrap up warm when attending any services at SPP.
