SERVICES IN
THE BENEFICE 4th – 18th December 2016
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SUNDAY 4th
DECEMBER SECOND SUNDAY OF
ADVENT
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8.30
am
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Holy Communion (BCP) St Cuthbert’s
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10.30
am
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All Age Service with Baptism at St
Cuthbert’s
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5.30
pm
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Christmas Tree Festival Service at St Andrew’s
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SUNDAY 11th
DECEMBER THIRD SUNDAY OF
ADVENT
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8.30
am
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Holy Communion (BCP) at St Cuthbert’s
followed by
Church Breakfast
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10.30
am
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Holy Communion (CW) at St Cuthbert’s
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4.00
pm
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Christingle Service at St Cuthbert’s
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SUNDAY 18th
DECEMBER FOURTH
SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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8.30
am
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Holy Communion (BCP) at St Cuthbert’s
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10.30
am
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Holy Communion (CW) at St Andrew’s
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6.30
pm
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Nine Lessons and Carols at St Cuthbert’s
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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 5th
December
9.30
am Sparklers at the
Methodist Hall, Great Glen
2.00 pm WI Carol Service at St Cuthbert’s
Wednesday 7th December
9.00
am Prayer Group at St
Cuthbert’s
10.00-11.30am Toddler
Cafe at
St Cuthbert’s
Thursday 8th
December
11:15 am Christingle
making with children at St Cuthbert's School
Friday 9th
December
7.15
pm Choir Practice at
Great Glen
Monday 12th
December
9.30
am Sparklers at the
Methodist Hall, Great Glen
Tuesday 13th
December
12.00-2.00pm Ladies Night Out at the home of Dave
and Carole Henson
Wednesday 14th December
9.00
am Prayer Group at St
Cuthbert’s
10.00-11.30am Toddler
Cafe at
St Cuthbert’s
Friday 16th
December
7.15
pm Choir Practice at
Great Glen
10.00 am St Cuthbert’s School
visiting St Cuthbert’s Church for Christmas Carol Service
Saturday
17th December
2.00 – 4.00 pm Festive open house at the vicarage for
tea & biscuits
and
7.00 – 9.00 pm for mulled wine & nibbles
NOTICES
Christmas Flowers If you would like to make a donation towards the cost of the Christmas
Flowers at St Cuthbert’s Church please see Phyllis Hallam, Lyn Flowers or Carol
Neal.
Christingle Service Sunday 11th December
at 4.0 p.m. at St Cuthbert’s Church. Please invite family and friends and come and
join us. There will carols and refreshments.
Ladies Night Out December’s LNO will be at the home of Dave and Carole
Henson. This will be on Tuesday 13th December, 12 until 2pm. You can also
invite a guest (male or female!) and you are invited to a Bring and Share Buffet.
RSVP Carole & Dave 01162403368 hensonc@talk21.com 1 Coleman Road Fleckney LE8 8BH. A date and venue for the January meeting will
be arranged shortly.
To existing readers and sidesmen Amy will be preparing the rota for
the first four months of 2017 soon so please let her know if there are
any dates when you know for certain that you will not be available.
the first four months of 2017 soon so please let her know if there are
any dates when you know for certain that you will not be available.
Reading the Lesson If anyone would like
to take a turn at reading a lesson sometimes at
the 10.30am service at St Cuthbert’s please get in touch with Amy, preferably
by email (amy@cooksonline.net)
or a written note.
Cleaning Rota Kate Brookes and Amy are
the only ones who have had their names on the cleaning rota this year. We would really appreciate some
more volunteers when the 2017 list appears.
St Andrew’s, Burton Overy Garden of
Remembrance Please note
that an area 6ft from the church walls will be covered by scaffolding from 6th
December to the end of March while work to the tower proceeds. That part
of the Garden of Remembrance will be inaccessible during that time.
Apologies. No damage will be done to plaques.
Mothers’ Union You are warmly
invited to join the Mothers' Union for their Advent Carol service in Leicester Cathedral
on Tuesday 6th December at 2.00 pm when
the preacher will be the Rt. Rev'd Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester.
Carol Service at St Mary’s, Carlton Curlieu Everyone is welcome
to the Service on Tuesday 20th December at 7.00 pm
A Call To
Prayer for all
Christians in Great Glen. On Sunday evening January 29th from 7:30-9:00 pm
there will be an extra service held at St Cuthbert's Church. Some Christians in
the village have asked if we could gather together and pray for our village.
There will be prayer stations, worship, and a short service run by various
Christians from the village, followed by light refreshments. If you would like
to join us praying for the village please come along. Any further questions please see Kim.
Why not put an extra can (not packets) 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.
Advance Notices:
Please
pray for:-
·
Margaret Bannister, Gracie, Christine
Higgins, Elizabeth
Tacey, Martin Tacey, Mollie Alexander and all who are ill.
·
the soul of Graham Callander who passed away
recently, his family and friends
·
Sebastian Ayres whose baptism is on 4th
December
·
the footballers killed in the South American
air crash
·
the people in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Gaza,
and all other places of conflict in the world, that peace may return
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