News in the pews

Sunday 24^th February – Second before Lent

Collect for Today

Almighty God,

give us reverence for all creation

and respect for every person,

that we may mirror your likeness

in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Post Communion Prayer

God our creator, by your gift

the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,

and the bread of life at the heart of your Church: may we who have been nourished at your table on earth

be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross

and enjoy the delights of eternity;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Services Today

St Cuthbert's       8:00 am       Holy Communion BCP

St Andrew's        9.15 am       Morning Worship with All Age  

                                               Communion

NOTICES

Thelma Short's funeral will be held at St Andrew's Church, Burton Overy on the 25^th February at 3:30pm.

Ian Selvey Willars Funeral will be held at St Cuthbert’s Church on the  11^th March, at 2:45 pm.

Pancake supper and Beetle Drive

5^th March, 5:30pm, St Cuthbert’s

We would like to celebrate Shrove Tuesday and the beginning of Lent with a social event as we launch into Lent and journey towards Easter. The cost of the evening will be £5 per adult and children under 12 go free. So do come and join us for some pancakes and fun. Please sign up at the back of church and do feel free to bring friends along.

Ladies Night Out

Wednesday 20^th March 2019
7.30pm, Oadby Grange Farm Pub.

For more information, or to book your place and ask for a lift,
(if needed) contact:

Carole   tel: 0116 240 3368
             email: hensonc@talk21.com

Mo John tel: 0116 2593504

             email: mojohnal@gmail.com

Isaac Ford – Blog site called: Tales of an urban monk. If you would like to follow Isaac’s journey he has created a blog

https://www.facebook.com/groups/602792030171423/

World Day of Prayer - 1st March at 2.15pm - Methodist Church
‘Church At The Cross’ - Oaks Road, Great Glen.

Each year the service is put together by a different country and this year it is the women of Slovenia who have taken on this task. As we participate in this service we will be part of a wave of prayer encircling the globe. It is an open invitation for all to come to God’s table to pray throughout 120 countries and islands around the world commencing as the sun rises over Samoa and ending 38 hours later back in the Pacific as the sun sets once more.

Refreshments will be served in the hall after the service. We look forward to greeting you.

Lent Course

This year will be a 6 week course and we will be following the TV series called 'Broken.' 

“The series focuses on Michael Kerrigan (Sean Bean), the priest of a Roman Catholic parish in a northern English city, who despite suffering from his own troubles stemming from a traumatic childhood, tries to guide several of his most vulnerable parishioners through the trials and tribulations of everyday life."

The course will start on the 4^th and 6^th March, we will watch an episode and have a discussion to follow.

There will be two choices, Monday nights or Wednesday afternoons. Monday nights will start on the 4^th March at 7pm for 6 consecutive weeks at 6 Hilltop Ave. Wednesday afternoons will start on the 6^th March at 1:30pm for 6 consecutive weeks at the Methodist Church. Please sign up for one or the other so we have an idea of numbers for each venue. If you have any questions please ask Kim.

Church Electoral Roll
Every six years we have to totally renew our church electoral roll, this is one of those years. If you would like to be on the church electoral roll please pick up a form at the back of the church and give it to Helen Dartnall (or place in the blue folder at the back of church) for St Cuthbert's, or please give form to Anne Warwick for St Andrew's and St Mary's. 

A Deanery Evening

St Paul’s Church, Oadby
“Shaped Every Day”

Thursday 28^th March - 7.30pm

A special evening hosted by Bishop Martyn, Bishop Guli and the Gartree

Deanery. This is part of a series of ten such evenings taking place around the whole diocese in the first quarter of 2019.  As we begin to look forward to 2026 when we will celebrate our Centenary as a diocese, we are beginning to ask how we will be Shaped by God in the coming years.  There are many different aspects to this question,
but these deanery evenings are intended as the next step in exploring Christian discipleship and every day faith.

Please Pray for:

Those who are ill:

·   Mollie Alexander

·   Margaret Bannister

·   Sue Burnham

·   Elizabeth Tacey

·   Andrew and Mary Porter

·   Maureen Snow

·   Baby Willow Coates

·   Christine Higgins

·   Kris Plant

Those who have died and their families: Thelma Short,

Ian Selvey Willars

DIARY

Monday 25^th February

9:45am   Sparklers

3:30pm    Thelma Short’s Funeral at St Andrew’s 

7:30pm   House Group at 6 Hilltop Avenue

Wednesday 27^th February

  10.00am        Toddler Café 

Friday 1^st March

  7.00pm  Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s

Saturday 2^nd March

  2:30pm       Isaac’s Promise Service at St Nicholas, Leicester

Sunday 3^rd March – Sunday next before Lent

St Andrew's               8:00am   Holy Communion

St Cuthbert's     9:15am   Morning Worship with All Age Communion

St Cuthbert's   10:45am   Holy Communion

Monday 4^th March

9:45am   Sparklers

7:30pm   Lent Course at 6 Hilltop Avenue

Shrove Tuesday 5^th March

St Cuthbert’s     5:30pm   Pancake supper and Beetle Drive

Ash Wednesday 6^th March  

Methodist Church    1:30pm      Lent Course

St Cuthbert’s     7:30pm  

Church Wardens – St Cuthbert’s, Great Glen:   Amy Cook           0116 259 2610   amy@cooksonline.net   Carol Neal          0116 259 2988   carolann_neal@yahoo.co.uk Church Wardens – St Andrew’s, Burton Overy:   Anne Bloor          0116 259 2440   rabloor@gmail.com   Steve Rankine    0116 259 3414   steve.rankine@northamptoncollege.ac.uk

Ash Wednesday Service