Many thanks to Revd. Phil Groves and the walkers who joined him on a pilgrimage walk at Ride and Stride.
The walkers managed to visit 10 Churches in the day, stopping and praying at each Church.
If you would like to sponsor them, it is not too late to make a donation online at: https://www.justgiving.com/page/philip-groves-19
Revd. Phil Groves started the walk at Aston Sandford with Jenny Pickup, Ian Cairns and Jan Lemos and finished at Stone with Jenny Pickup, Bryan Wardley, Enid Robinson
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:
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)
Here at St John the Baptist, Stone,
We have always welcomed dog walkers to enjoy our beautiful churchyard.
However, Recently there have been several incidents where our grounds have been damaged by dogs that have been left to freely roam and a lot of dog mess has been left behind which our gardening volunteers have had to deal with.
In light of this, we have had to make the decision to designate our churchyard as a dog on leads only area. We did not want to make this decision as we would love to keep the churchyard as a safe place for dogs to play, but the actions of a few have caused this to be necessary. We hope to be able to reverse this decision if things improve.
