The Polden Wheel
We are a friendly and welcoming group of six churches spanning the Polden Hills and Somerset Levels, serving the villages of Ashcott, Burtle, Catcott, Chilton Polden, Edington and Shapwick.
We combine both traditional and contemporary worship, with new ways of doing church such as Messy Church and Café Church.
Polden Wheel Church services in July
Sunday 5th July ‐ Trinity 5
9.30 Catcott ‐ Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00 Chilton Polden ‐ Informal Worship
Sunday 12th July ‐ Trinity 6
9.30 Burtle ‐ Holy Communion
11.00 Ashcott ‐ Informal Worship (with Polden Praise)
6.30 Edington ‐ Holy Communion
Sunday 19th July ‐ Trinity 7
8.30 Chilton Polden ‐ Holy Communion (please note the early time)
10.00 Shapwick ‐ Café Church (with music group)
Sunday 26th July ‐ Trinity 8
9.30 Shapwick ‐ Holy Communion
11.00 Burtle ‐ Informal Worship (with Polden Praise)
6.30 Ashcott ‐ Holy Communion
Sunday 2nd August ‐ Trinity 9
9.30 Catcott ‐ Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00 Chilton Polden ‐ Informal Worship
A word from Rich
Hi folks,
We finally have a start date for the new benefice! Our launch service will be on Sunday September 13th at 11.00am at All Saints Church in Ashcott.
Many of us have expressed our unease about the necessity of this and the process along the way but it is worth realising that many of these feelings are shared by those in Moorlinch and Stawell – and it is worse for them, because in joining us, they leave their friends in Middlezoy and Othery. I have been greatly impressed by the desire and willingness of members of all eight churches to leave our unease behind and to embrace our future as a group of eight churches.
I was intrigued to find that an early Christian symbol was a circle with eight spokes (shown here)! In the first three centuries of the church, Christians were often persecuted. They therefore needed to develop secret symbols so that other Christians would know, for example, that a particular house was a meeting place. Thus, the Greek word ΙΧΘΥΣ meaning ‘fish’ is also an acronym for the words “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour”. If you lay the Greek characters on top of each other, you a circle with eight spokes. If that sounds obscure – that was the intention!
As we become a group of eight churches, our deepest need is to know more of
“Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour” – who is at the heart of all we do.
Every blessing,
Rich Tweedy
vicar@poldenwheel.co.uk
Men’s Breakfast
Our next Men’s Breakfast will be at 8.45am on Saturday 27th June, at the Crown, Catcott. The speaker will be Claudio Moises, who spent some time in Syria and Iraq at the time of ISIS.
If you would like to come, please email Rich to book a place so that we can give The Crown a reliable set of numbers:
📧Contact Us – The Polden Wheel
Website for churches: 🌐www.poldenwheel.co.uk