Next Meeting

The next chapter meeting will be held in St Mary's Church, Kidlington on Wednesday, 13th March at 7.30pm.

After a celebration of the Guild Office the chapter's Annual General Meeting will be convened to recieve the report and accounts and elect chapter officers. The minutes of the last meeting held on 16th March 2011 can be found here.

Agenda
1. Opening Prayer
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Minutes of the AGM 2012
4. Matters Arising
5. Secretary’s Report
6. Treasurer’s Report
7. Election of Chapter Officers
8. Chapter Programme 2013
9. Any Other Business
10. Closing Prayer

Nominations for positions of chapter secretary and chapter treasurer should be notified to the current secretary prior to the meeting, similarly those wishing to serve on the chapter committee should advise the secretary, who will be happy to tell them more about the duties involved.

Lent 2013

Christian! dost thou see them

On the holy ground,

How the troops of Midian

Prowl and prowl around?

Christian! up and smite them,

Counting gain but loss:

Smite them by the merit

Of the Holy Cross!

Christian! dost thou feel them,

How they work within,

Striving, tempting, luring,

Goading into sin?

Christian! never tremble!

Never be down-cast!

Smite them by the virtue

Of the Lenten Fast!

From Hymns of the Eastern Church, 1866

Lent is a period of fasting and abstinence for christians. Fasting means eating just one main meal during a day; abstinence means refraining from eating meat. All Fridays in Lent are days of abstinence; and Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fasting and abstinence.

Candlemas

"Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty. Malachi 3.1