Benefice Notices

• Deiniol's Resignation from the Benefice

  It's been announced that Deiniol will be leaving Holy Trinity, Prestwood and St Mary Magdalene, Great Hampden after 17 years as our Rector.

  You can read the full announcement here: Holy Trinity, Prestwood - Announcement from the Rector. 

  The churchwardens would like to invite you to contribute to a farewell gift to Deiniol, to thank him for his ministry here. There will be a joint collection by both churches. We will make the presentation after his last service at Great Hampden on July 20th.

  There will only be one service in the Benefice on 20th July, 11.15 at Great Hampden, when Teresia will be preaching. This will be followed by lunch in Hampden House. We hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us to say farewell to Deiniol. You can sign up for the Farewell Lunch either in church or here: https://www.htprestwood.org.uk/rectorsfarewell. 

  If you wish to contribute, you can pay by BACS, cash in a marked envelope, or cheque made payable to Holy Trinity Prestwood PCC.  

  Account Name: Holy Trinity Prestwood PCC
  Sort Code: 30-93-67
  Account Number: 00085332
  Reference: Deiniol
  Donations by 13th July please.

• Senior's Tea Party

  The Senior's Tea Party will be held on Wednesday, July 16 at 2.30pm. If you are 80 or over and have not received an invitation, please take it as a great compliment! However, if you whisper your privileged status to one of the clergy we will add your name to the sign-up sheet and make sure you receive an invitation.

• HTP Flower Festival and Patronal Festival Thanks!

  Last weekend was fantastic!! We welcomed over 200 people to our church to celebrate 175 years of Holy Trinity, Prestwood and the community. Thanks to the amazing Anne and her Flower Team and all who helped and made the weekend possible.

  We were proud to kick off Prestwood Community Association's Big Week.

  Thanks too to our incredible SEARCH catering team, who provided a fantastic lunch for out Patronal Festival celebrations on Sunday, as well as managing the tea and cakes on Saturday.

  It was a wonderful weekend and a great way to round off our 175th Anniversary celebrations.

  Details of all the displays can be viewed in our brochure: https://www.htprestwood.org.uk/images/flower_festival_bookletsmall.pdf

• HTP Preserves

  • Do you have space in your freezer?
  • Do you have a bumper crop of fruit and veg?
  • Can you make jam or preserves?
  • Can you contribute towards the cost of production?
  • Do you have a surplus of jars?
  • Do you enjoy picking fruit?
  • Do you have a spare freezer you are seeking to get rid of?

   If you answered 'Yes' to any of these, then the preserves team wants to hear from you. So far this year we have raised £2000 for church funds and made over 500 jars. Any help, support and encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Please speak to Jean. 

• Missenden Abbey Summer Fair | Sunday, 6th July 2025

  HTP will be having a stall at Missenden Abbey at their Summer Fair on Sunday, 6th July, 11am-4pm. We will be selling cakes, preserves and craft items. 

  Are you able to support us by:

  • Baking cakes, biscuits, quiches etc. (wrapped and ingredients clearly labelled)
  • Making craft items to sell

  If you are able to help please let Jean know.

• Chamber Music Concert, July 13 7.00pm, Great Hampden

  

  Join us on Sunday 13th July at 7pm at St Mary Magdalene, Great Hampden for an evening of beautiful music in the recently refurbished church,  courtesy of the wonderful Hampden Ensemble.

   

  This is the latest in our excellent and popular series of concerts and will feature Alexandra Caldon, Charlotte Reid, Alex Caldon and friends.

   

  Tickets are £15 (£10 for under 18s) and include refreshments in the interval.

   

  Get your tickets online at greathampden.org.uk/concert.

• Unbound Theatre's Performance of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" on Friday 11th July at 7.30pm

  Unbound Theatre’s award-winning Buckinghamshire Shakespeare Festival comes to Holy Trinity, Prestwood with one of the most famous tragedies of them all!

  

   

  In the aftermath of a bitter and bloody war, there waits a prophecy. Once uttered, there can be no wavering from what it foretells, and the words are about to be spoken. Blood will have blood, and fateful ambition will rob a man of everything he holds dear...

   

  This blistering new production of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ is perfect for fans of the Bard, as well as those a bit suspicious of Shakespeare! Had a bad experience with his plays at school? Can’t cope with another show full of men in tights? This is the performance for you!

  The performance starts at 7.30pm with doors opening at 7pm. The performance will be approximately 2 hours long (2 halves of 50 mins, plus a 20 min interval). Tickets are £10/£8 for under 16s and concessions. Visit htprestwood.org.uk/macbeth to book your tickets. Tickets are limited so advance booking is highly recommended!

  For more information about the performance itself, please visit unboundtheatre.co.uk. For all other queries, please email Lesley on marketing@htprestwood.org.uk or pop into the office. Looking forward to seeing you there!

  Presented as part of the Buckinghamshire Shakespeare Festival, winner of ‘Best Cultural Event’ at the inaugural Bucks Spark Awards.

  For more information about this year’s Festival, head over to unboundtheatre.co.uk.

• Why is our Liturgy the way it is? | Tuesday 15th July | 7.30pm | GH

  Our liturgy has a structure and, whilst the content may vary week by week and season by season, this structure remains the same. It is a constant, we know where we are in the service and where we are going next. It can be easy for regular churchgoers, and Clergy alike, to navigate the service on ‘auto-pilot’. But why is our liturgy the way it is? What is it purpose? And what does it say about what we as a worshipping community believe. This session will be led by the Clergy and will focus on the liturgy within Common Worship, perhaps touching on the Book of Common Prayer which is ordered differently. Tuesday 15th July, 7.30pm, St Mary Magdalene, Great Hampden. 

• BHCT Gardens near the Church Event

  Bucks Historic Churches Trust fourth Gardens near the Church day brings us just south of Aylesbury where more beautiful private gardens are to be found. They are generously being opened on Wednesday 25th June from 10am until 5pm to raise funds for the Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust. This is also a unique opportunity to visit some special churches and have a day out exploring another part of our historic county. We very much hope that you will make time to visit them and thus help support the Trust. 

  To find out more and book scan the QR code or follow the website link to Gardens-Leaflet-2025.

• Dates for the Diary

  There's a lot of special events happening in the next two months. Here are some dates for the diary:

  Sunday June 22, 11.15am	John Hampden Society Memorial Morning Prayer using the Prayer Book John Hampden would have used	GH
  Saturday June 28, 3.00pm	Craft & Praise	HTP
  Sunday July 6	Missenden Abbey Summer Fair (Cakes, Craft & Preserves stall)
  Friday July 11, Evening	Unbound Theatre's Perfomance of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" Visit htprestwood.org.uk/macbeth to book your tickets.	HTP
  Sunday July 13, 7.00pm	Chamber Music Concert. Tickets are £15 (£10 for under 18s) and include refreshments in the interval. Get your tickets online at greathampden.org.uk/concert.	GH
  Tuesday July 15, 7.30pm	Why is our Liturgy the way it is?	GH
  Wednesday July 16, 2.30pm	Senior's Tea Party	HTP
  Sunday July 20, 11.15am	Patronal Festival Eucharist and Final Service for the Rector with the Rt Revd Teresia Boström, Bishop of Härnösand, (no service at Prestwood) followed by	GH
  	The Rector's Farewell Party and Lunch.  Sign up: htprestwood.org.uk/rectorsfarewell.	Hampden House

   

• Prestwood Picnic | Saturday 21st June

  Prestwood Picnic takes place on Saturday 21st June 2025 and Holy Trinity will be having a stall.

  https://prestwoodcommunity.uk/prestwood-big-week/

  On the stall we will be promoting everything we do in the community and also raising funds to support that work. 

  We will be holding a bottle tombola, if you have any bottles you would like to donate, please leave these at the back of church. 

  We will also need some volunteers to help us out on the day. If you are able to help, please speak to Barbara or Kayleigh. 

  Also, please come along on the day to support this event. 

• Volunteers Needed

  We are in need of some volunteers to help at three of our weekly clubs. The more volunteers we have - the less often you are likely to need to do it. 

  This includes:

  Sparks Club | Mondays, 11.45am - 12.45pm | Prestwood Infant School 

  Light Club | Thursdays, 12.15pm - 1.15pm | Prestwood Junior School

  Toy Library | Thursdays, 9.30am - 1pm | The Annexe

  If you would like to help with any of these then please speak to Frances. 

• Support our work with Acts 435

  We work in the community with Acts 435. Acts 435 is a giving website that allows people to give money directly to others, and 100% of what is donated via Acts 435 goes directly to those in need. When so many people need so much help giving to charities and good causes can sometimes feel overwhelming and hard. Acts 435 puts people who want to help in touch with people who are in need, through a network of churches and local charities. Acts 435 enables virtual, online giving for specific needs.

  If you would like to be notified by email when a local Acts 435 is made by us, please let one of the clergy know.

• Eco Church Bronze Award for Holy Trinity

  After a thorough audit and the submission of our paperwork to the A Rocha Eco Church Awards Scheme Holy Trinity, Prestwood has been awarded the Bronze Eco Church Award. This scheme is our church's primary means of addressing the climate crisis through the PCC's Climate Strategy. We are now working on achieving the next-level Silver Award.

  Help us respond faithfully to the climate and nature crises! Join us in reaching the Silver Award!

  • Community and Global Engagement—Transforming local and global communities and ecosystems
  • Buildings—Finding energy efficient and innovative ways to manage our places of worship
  • Land—Nurturing spaces for people and nature
  • Lifestyle—Living joyfully and sustainably as followers of Christ
  • Worship and Teaching—Embedding creation care in worship, prayer and learning

• Join our Kiva Team

  

  More than 1.7 billion people around the world are unbanked and can’t access the financial services they need. Kiva is an international nonprofit, founded in 2005 in San Francisco, with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. They do this by crowdfunding loans and unlocking capital for the underserved, improving the quality and cost of financial services, and addressing the underlying barriers to financial access around the world. Through Kiva's work, students can pay for tuition, women can start businesses, farmers are able to invest in equipment and families can afford needed emergency care.

  We have had a team on Kiva for about ten years. In that time we have:

  • Loaned over $20,000.00
  • Made 875 different loans

  Currently there are 15 team members. You can be one of them! By lending as little as $25 on Kiva, you can be part of the solution and make a real difference in someone’s life. 100% of every dollar you lend on Kiva goes to funding loans.

  Follow the link on the website or scan the QR code and you too can Join our team today!