News in the Pews

WEEK COMMENCING 28th FEBRUARY 2010


28th FEBRUARY LENT 2


8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Very Revd Derek Hole

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Burton Overy
Celebrant The Very Revd Derek Hole



SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY 7th MARCH LENT 3


8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Burton Overy
Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
Preacher Roger Flowers

4 p.m. All Sorts @ 4 at Great Glen
Leaders The Vicar and her Team

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, 1st March
9.30 p.m. Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Tuesday, 2nd March
2.30 p.m. Funeral of Glenda Collins (74) at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. House Group at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy

Wednesday, 3rd March
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
10 a.m. Essence Course (3) at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Thursday, 4th March
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. Lent 2 at the Methodist Church

Friday,5th March
2.15 p.m. Women’s World Day of Prayer Service at the Methodist Church

Saturday, 6th March
10.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m. Marriage Preparation Day Course at Kibworth Church Hall

Monday, 8th March
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at the Methodist Church
7.30 p.m. Theology Reading Group at De Noveray House, Burton Overy

Future Events :
Wednesday, 17th March at 7 p.m. – Stoneygate School Choir Concert at St Cuthbert’s Church

NOTICES
We warmly welcome Revd Jordan Ling, Curate at St Christopher’s Church, Samworth Enterprise Academy, Leicester, who will be spending two weeks in our benefice as part of her training. Her experience to date has been city ministry and she wishes to explore rural ministry. She will be with us from Sunday, 8th March to Sunday, 21st March, and she will be delighted to meet you and hear your views about church life in our villages.

Fund Raising Day for Haiti on Sunday, 7th March – Liz Sturgess is arranging this event in Burton Overy Village Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please come having to live in the conditions in Haiti after the earthquake. Entry is £2. for adults and children free. Refreshments available. There will be stalls for cakes, good bric-a-brac, books and plants. If you have any contributions for these stalls, please contact Liz on 259 2049.

Haiti Earthquake – We will soon be sending the kind donations given for helping victims of the Haiti earthquake to Christian Aid. If you still want to give, the bucket at the back of St Cuthbert’s will be there for a few more days.

The Lent Course this year runs each Thursday from 25th February to 25th March from 7.30 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Methodist Church.

4th Mar. – Lent 2 Grand designs for everything – what do we make of ‘Reality Television’ (Revd Mary Ireland)

11th Mar – Lent 3 Characters around the Cross – A reflection on individual responses (Revd Paul Richards)

18th Mar – Lent 4 Christianity in Action – transformation and support in rural Zimbabwe (James Briggs)

25th March – Lent 5 The Holy Land through the Vicar’s eyes! (Revd Mary Ireland

The Cathedral Lent Lectures on Wednesday Evenings by Bishop Tim take place at Leicester Cathedral from 7 p.m. until 8.30 p.m. Each 40 minute lecture will be followed by questions and refreshments.

4th Feb How will Christianity change in the New Millennium?
3rd Mar How do we teach values to our children?
10th Mar Should politicians do God?
17th Mar What price should we pay for our planet?
24th Mar Is Jesus unique?

A Ceilidh is being organised to raise money for Great Glen Community Wild Space. It will be on Friday, 12th March qt 7.30 p.m. at the Village Hall with full refreshments, a raffle and dancing to Greenshoots Ceilidh Orchestra. Tickets are £5. or £3. for concessions if bought in advance from St Cuthbert’s School, the Post Office or from Steering Group members. They will be £6./£4. on the door.

Urgent appeal by the British Red Cross for baby items – jars of baby food for 4 – 6 month olds, baby rice which can be made with boiled water, Cow & Gate formula milk and nappies in size 3-4. Please take donations to British Red Cross Refugee & Asylum Support Services, 244 London Road Leicester or contact Kerri Beech, Service Co-ordinator on 0845 0547171.

Christ in the Centre on Good Friday needs stewards. Can anyone assist as a steward at the event? If you can, please contact Alan Fletcher. alanfletcher@freshpd.com

Information Meeting for Santiago Pilgrimage takes place on Saturday, 6th March at 3 p.m. at the home of Dana Bagshaw, 8 Milton Gardens, Oadby. Phone 0116 271 4837. – Join a group of pilgrims planning a trip to Santiago de Compostela, Spain from 11th to 15th May 2010. The trip will follow the Camino Inglés (English Way) from the North West Spanish port of La Coruna, similar to Margery Kempe’s trip in 1417. On her return she was tried for heresy in Leicester that same year. Rose Marie Manning who led a similar trip in 2006 will be there to help answer questions.

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.

Anthony Nolan Trust – Sing for Life takes place on Thursday, 25th March, at 6 p.m. in Desford Church. The Anthony Nolan Trust is at the forefront of developments in tissue transplantation and bone marrow register management and this is our chance to help this vital work. The idea is to sing 50 hymns non-stop. Come and join the singing – either for the whole 50 or jut a few. Sponsor the singers. Nominate your favourite hymn for £1. There will be light refreshments at the end of the marathon. For more information, please email marykcollins@hotmail.com

Laughter is a great gift – Church Bulletin Bloopers:
‘Miss Charlene Mason sang “I will not pass this way again”, giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.’

Proverb of the Week: The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear it if the spirit is crushed? (Proverbs 18 v14)