Thursday, 8 January 2015

News in the Pews


SUNDAY 11th JANUARY
BAPTISM OF CHRIST
 
8.30 am
 
Holy Communion (BCP) Great Glen
10.30 a.m.
Holy Communion (CW) Great Glen
6.30 p.m.
Evensong Burton Overy
 
 
SUNDAY 18th  JANUARY
EPIPHANY 2
 
8.30 am
 
Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
10.30 am
Christian Unity Service at St Cuthbert's Great Glen
6.30 pm
Mission Partnership Evensong at Great Glen
 
 
SUNDAY 25th JANUARY
EPIPHANY 3
 
8.30 am
 
Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
10.30 pm
Holy Communion (CW) at Burton Overy

 

At Communion Services
If you are a communicant member of a Christian Church, you are welcome to come up to receive the bread and wine.  Otherwise you are welcome to either remain in your seat or come up to receive a blessing.  Keeping your hands down by your side will signify to the Vicar that you wish to receive a blessing.   If you have difficulty coming up to the Communion Rail and would like the Vicar to come to you, then please inform a sidesman.

DIARY

Monday 12th January
9.30 a.m.           Sparklers at Methodist Church
Wednesday 14th January
9.00 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church
Friday 16th January
7.15 pm  Choir Practice at Great Glen
Monday 19th January
9.30 a.m.  Sparklers at Methodist Church
Tuesday 20th January
2.30 p.m.  Myra’s funeral at St Cuthbert’s Church
Wednesday 21st January
9.00 a.m.  Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church
Thursday 22nd January
7.30 p.m.      PCC Meeting at St Cuthbert’s Church
Friday 23rd January
7.15 pm  Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church
 
Tuesday 27th January –
7.30pm  Bible Study House Group, The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy.

MORNING PRAYER

Mondays and Tuesdays – 8.40 a.m. at St Peter’s;

Wednesdays and Thursdays – 8.30 am at *St Cuthbert’s;

Fridays and Saturdays – 8.40 am at St Paul’s.

*There will still be a prayer meeting at St Cuthbert’s on Wednesdays at 9.00 am.  There is a Prayer Request Box at the back of St Cuthbert’s Church – please do use it and encourage everyone to use it whether they share our faith and our church-going habits or not!
 
NOTICES

We are sad to let you know that Myra Humphrey, whom we have been praying for, has passed away.  Myra's funeral will be held at 2:30 pm on Tuesday 20th January at St Cuthbert's church.  Please remember to keep Phil and the children in your prayers during this difficult time.

We are also sad to inform you that the Bishop Tim’s daughter, Rachel, passed peacefully away at home with her family this Wednesday (7th January).  Please continue to keep the Bishop and his family in your prayers. Details of the funeral will come later once arrangements have been made.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS Many thanks to all who gave a donation towards the cost of the flowers.  Your kindness is much appreciated.  Thank you also to the ladies who decorated the Church over the Christmas period.

FLOWER LADIES  There is a 2015 Calendar at the back of St Cuthbert’s Church for you to enter the dates when you can arrange the alter flowers.

TEAM ALPHA COURSE- The course is taking place on Wednesday evenings during January and February from 7pm to 9pm at St Paul's in Oadby.  If you have any questions please call Kim on 0116 2592238 or see her after a service.

WELLSPRING Sunday January 25th 6.30pm Trinity Methodist Church.  WellSpring is a new ecumenical evening service on the 4th Sunday of each month.  Its launch takes place on Sunday 25th January.  Lead by Emily Walker, Director of Music at St Peter’s Oadby, this is a service that offers refreshment, reflection and challenge.  WellSpring will draw on a wide range of music and spirituality from Iona, Taizé, and the worldwide church. Do come along and try it for yourself. 

OADBY COMMUNITY CHOIR  Tuesdays from 27th January 7.30pm – 9.00pm Trinity Methodist Church.  This is a new initiative: singers of all abilities are welcome to come and join what will be an entirely new choir.  Directed by Emily Walker, the Oadby Community Choir offers fun and singing in equal measure. Everyone welcome.

BACH CHOIR invite you to “Come and Sing” Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms


Saturday 24th January 2015.  We have a harp, organ and percussion to help make this amazing work into a spectacular come and sing event.  Please join us at Leicester Grammar School, Great Glen and bring your friends.  For further information about this or to become a Friend/Patron, please ring our Friends Secretary Polly Bootle on 0116 285 4437 or email pollybootle@yahoo.com

Greetings Cards  Please do have a look at the cards in church which are for sale.  
There are several new ones.  Mother’s Union cards are priced at cost and that money goes towards funding Mother’s Union projects around the world. There are other cards in a separate box which are either handmade or from redundant stock for which we would appreciate a voluntary donation for church funds.

WHY NOT put an extra can or packet in your shopping basket to bring to church services.  St Cuthbert’s supports Leicester Cathedral’s Welcome Group for destitute asylum seekers and St Andrew’s supports a homeless charity.  Suggestions: rice, pasta (mainly spaghetti), oil, sugar, tea, coffee, tinned goods (tomatoes, fruit, meat, fish, baked beans and sweet corn), shampoo, shower-gel, toothpaste, deodorants, shaving cream/gel.

LIFTS TO SERVICES – If you need a lift to any of our services, please contact Howard Bartlett (259 3747) at Glen or Richard Bloor (259 2440) at Burton Overy and they will arrange one for you.

KEEPING PEOPLE IN TOUCH – Please do take copies of this news-sheet to anyone you know who might be interested, especially to those who can’t get to church at the moment.


Please pray for:-
·         Peter Folwell, Margaret Wood, Peter Wood, Arthur Whitfield, Heather Alexander, Chris Taylor, Margaret Bannister, Christine Higgins, Kimberley Tyler, and all who are ill.
·         the soul of Myra Humphrey whose funeral is on Tuesday 20th January and for the soul of Rachel Stevens (Bishop Tim and Wendi’s daughter).
·         the people in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Gaza, and all other places of conflict in the world, that peace may return.
·         the hostages held by IS militants.
·         all those suffering from the Ebola virus and the aid workers who are treating them.

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