News in the Pews

WEEK COMMENCING 7th MARCH 2010
SERVICES TODAY 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

SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY 14th MARCH LENT 4
MOTHERING SUNDAY

8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
10.30 a.m. All-Age Service at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar
6.30 p.m. Evensong at Burton Overy
Leader Angela Allen

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

Wednesday, 10th March
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Thursday, 11th March
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. Lent 3 at the Methodist Church Hall

Friday. 12th March
11 a.m. Funeral Service for John Sawbridge (64) at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Sunday, 14th March
7.30 pm. Ignition at Burton Overy Village Hall

Monday, 15th March
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at the Methodist Church

NOTICES
Stoneygate School Choir are giving a concert at St Cuthbert’s on Wednesday, 17th March. The concert will last about an hour, starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are £5. on the door and tea, coffee and wine will be served after the concert for a small donation. All proceeds to the church.

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 the rural ministry. She will be with us from Sunday, 7th March to Sunday, 21st March, and she will be delighted to meet you and hear your views about church life in our villages.

St Cuthbert’s Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Sunday, 11th April 2010, in the evening after a short Songs of Praise. If you are interested in being a churchwarden or member of the PCC (Parochial Church Council) for the next year, nomination papers are available at the back of the church and the elections will take place at the Annual Meeting. Please leave completed nomination papers in the envelope provided.

Fund Raising Day for Haiti on Sunday, 7th March –This event is taking place today in Burton Overy Village Hall from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please come along and support this very worthwhile cause. Entry is £2. for adults and children free. Refreshments available. There will be stalls for cakes, good bric-a-brac, books and plants.

A Ceilidh is being organised to raise money for Great Glen Community Wild Space. It will be on Friday, 12th March at 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.

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.

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.

10th Mar Should politicians do God?
17th Mar What price should we pay for our planet?
24th Mar Is Jesus unique?

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.

Mothering Sunday lunches will be served on Sunday, 14th March, at Launde Abbey, after which guests are free to relax in the house or wander in the beautiful spring gardens before a delicious afternoon tea with cake. The Abbey will also be hosting a family Easter Sunday lunch and tea (including Children’s Easter Egg Hunt) on Sunday, 4th April. Pre-booking is essential for both events. For information, telephone 01572 717 254 or see www.launde.org.uk

New election website – The Church has the potential to play a significant role in re-engaging people with democracy and this should start locally, at the level at which the parish church operates. To help us to think through the nature of the election process and the values by which we make choices see http://election2010.dioceseofleicester.com

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

Faith Leaders Forum presents a Question Time event at Leicester Cathedral on Sunday, 14th March at 5.30 p.m. Current confirmed panellists are Peter Soulsby (Labour, Leicester South), Suffar Haq (Liberal Democrat, Harborough) and Geoff Forse (Green Party, Leicester West).

Choral Concert at St Philip’s Church, Evington Road, on Saturday, 13th March at 7.30 p.m. The Choir of St Edmund College, Oxford will give a concert of choral music including works by Parry, Bach, Whiteacre and Stainer, with solo performances. Directed by Nick Race. Tickets £6. from 0115 273 5313 or email admin@stphilipsleicester.co.uk

Laughter is a great gift – Church Bulletin Bloopers: ‘Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.’

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.

Proverb of the Week: If you can help your neighbour now, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.” (Proverbs 3 v28)