News in the Pews

SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER                            20th AFTER TRINITY
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at St Cuthbert’s Followed by Church Breakfast
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at St Cuthbert’s
6.30 pm	Evensong at Burton Overy Rev Canon Philip Norwood will be speaking specifically on his experience of the Holy Land.
SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER                         21st AFTER TRINITY
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at St Cuthbert’s
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at St Cuthbert’s
SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER              LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) St Cuthbert’s
10.30 am	Holly Communion (CW) at St Andrew’s
6.30 pm	Evensong at St Cuthbert’s

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

KIM’S DAY OFF is every Friday.  If urgent matters arise on Fridays, please contact Roger on 07768794662.

Monday 10^th October

9.30 am                 Sparklers at the Methodist Hall, Great Glen

Wednesday 12^th October

9.00 am           Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s

10.00-11.30am        Toddler Cafe at St Cuthbert’s

7.30 pm                 Ladies Night Out at The Grange Farm pub in Oadby

Thursday 13^th October

5.30 pm                 Derek Hole Annual Lecture at the University of Leicester

Friday 14^th October

7.15 pm                 Choir Practice at Great Glen

Monday 17^th October

HALF TERM – No Sparklers

Wednesday 19^th October

9.00 am           Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s

3.30 pm           Quiet Time of Prayer and Meditation at 20 Kingfisher Close

Friday 21^st October

              Wedding at St Cuthbert’s

7.15 pm                 Choir Practice at Great Glen

NOTICES

Thank you:

A huge thank you to those who helped at the recent visits to St Cuthbert’s Church by children from Leicester Grammar School.

Many thanks to the flower ladies who decorated our churches so beautifully for Harvest Festival with fantastic autumnal arrangements.

And grateful thanks to all those who gave money and tins of food at our Harvest Festivals.

Quiet Time of  Prayer And Meditation  at 20, Kingfisher Close  on October  19th at 3.30pm.

Ladies Night Out this month is on Wednesday 12^th October at the Grange Farm pub in Oadby at 7.30pm.  Carole is trying to book the Bell at Burton Overy for the November outing and December 13^th will be at 1 Coleman Road Fleckney, between 12 and 2pm.  Please bring along a guest and buffet food for a shared lunch.  Tea and coffee will be provided.  RSVP Carole and Dave Henson Tel.0116 2403368 (hensonc@talk21.com .  Lifts can provided for any of the above events.  If you have any queries contact details are above. Dave and Carole look forward to seeing you at church.    

Intercessions  Anyone interested in helping with Intercessions, please see Rev Kim or Carole Henson.

The Derek Hole Annual Lecture will be given by our new Bishop, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, at the University of Leicester on Thursday 13th October at 5.30pm.   The Lecture is entitled 'Pursuing Peace in a World of Faiths'.  To book a place email  events@le.ac.uk  or telephone 2525499 by 30th September.

Kitchen   The additional water damage of two weeks ago will delay repairs to the floor by a minimum of 8 weeks.  The circuits to the cooker are being re-examined in the next few days when a decision will be taken as to what further action is required.  Extreme care must be exercised on entering, and particularly leaving, the kitchen.  A MAXIMUM of two people are allowed in the kitchen at any one time.

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.  

Weekly Envelope Scheme  If anyone would like to support the church through the weekly envelope scheme, some spare sets of envelopes for the year September to August are available from Amy Cook.

Parish Giving Scheme  We are introducing a new Parish Giving Scheme as an alternative to those who give regularly by Standing Order or in envelopes, especially if you are able to Gift Aid.  In this scheme we can recover the Gift Aid generated each month rather than once a year, which makes financial planning easier.  Documentation is available from Amy Cook.

Advance Notices:

·         17th December, Festive open house at the vicarage. 2-4 pm for tea & biscuits, 7-9 pm for mulled wine & nibbles 

Please pray for:-

·         Margaret Bannister, Christine Higgins, Will Johnston, Elizabeth Tacey, Martin Tacey, and all who are ill. 

·         James Burnham and Kelly Moore who are to be married on 21^st October at St Cuthbert’s Church

·         For the people who have lost their homes and their lives as a result of hurricane Matthew.

·         the people in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Gaza, and all other places of conflict in the world, that peace may return