News in the Pews

TWO WEEKS COMMENCING 30th MAY 2010


SERVICES 30th MAY TRINITY SUNDAY


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


SERVICES SUNDAY 6th JUNE TRINITY 1


8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Carlton Curlieu
Celebrant The Vicar

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


SERVICES SUNDAY 13th JUNE TRINITY 2


8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen
Celebrant 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
Wednesday, 2nd June
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church

Thursday, 3rd June
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday. 4th June
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 5th June
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Church Fete at St Cuthbert’s Church

Sunday 6th June
7.30 p.m. Ignition at Burton Overy Village Hall

Monday, 7th June
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. Burton Overy DCC meeting at St Andrew’s Church

Wednesday, 9th June
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. Deanery Synod at Kibworth Church Hall

Thursday, 10th June
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
11.30 a.m. Holy Communion at St Cuthbert’s Church
3.30 p.m. All Sorts @ School at St Cuthbert’s Primary School

Friday. 11th June
NO Choir Practice

Monday, 14th June
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at St Cuthbert’s Church
8 p.m. Evening Service at the Methodist Church Hall

NOTICES
Church Fete on Saturday, 5th June – Please keep this date free and bring friends and family along to support us in this major fund-raising event. There will be a box in church on each Sunday for donations of prizes for tombola and good bric-a-brac. Offers of prizes for the raffle will also be welcome. Cakes, fresh produce, plants, etc can be brought along on Friday afternoon, 4th June, or on the day. For more information, contact Amy Cook on 259 2610.


Urgently required hard or paperback fiction and biographical books for a stall at the Church Fete. To arrange collection, please contact Alan Selway on 259 2605.

All Sorts @ School – Our young families have requested that this be repeated so we have arranged for the next service to take place at St Cuthbert’s School on Thursday, 10th June, from 3.30 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. All children are welcome (including those at other schools) together with an adult who will take responsibility for them or for a group of them).

New Evening Service – Modern family life has changed greatly in recent years making it more difficult for people to attend church on Sundays. Working with the Methodist Church, we have decided to create a monthly evening service at 8 p.m. on Mondays with a relaxed atmosphere after the hurly burly of the day. Do come and try it out!

Do you need someone to clean your house? – The lady who keeps the vicar’s house beautifully clean would like up to 4 hours work on Tuesdays each week and on Wednesdays every other week. For information, contact Mary on 259 2238.

Extravaganza of Wedding Flowers – See the flowers from the wedding of Nick Grounds (a well-known National Flower Arranger) on Saturday, 5th June, and Sunday, 6th June (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) at St Andrew’s Church, Welham, near Market Harborough.

Knossington’s County Gardens on Sunday, 6th June (1.30 – 5 p.m.) in aid of St Peter’s Church. Teas, plant, cake, book and tombola stalls.

Sunday, 13th June at 6.30 p.m. at St Mary Magdalene Church, Knighton. St Mary Magdalene choir and friends perform music tracing a spiritual journey from Advent to Easter to celebrate RSCM Music Sunday. Admission free.

Call in to Gaulby Church and enjoy afternoon tea on Saturday afternoons between 2.30 and 4 p.m. during May to the end of August. Kings Norton Church, only ten minutes gentle walk away, is also open with a guide available. Why not combine the two?

The Hairy Bikers, Si King and Dave Myers, are once again undertaking a nationwide search for Britain’s most cherished and treasured recipes for the second series of their programme ‘Mums Know Best’. Surely some of our Churches have wonderful cooks within their congregations, so let the BBC know. Application forms from www.bbc.co.uk/mumsknowbest
Lost in Song – singing for children (7+) and families at Leicester Cathedral on
Friday 4 June. With the expert help of Sophie Pascall and support from Kainé gospel choir, learn some of the finest songs in traditional and modern styles. Book online http://www.sparkfestival.co.uk/events,94.htmlChildren /families’ rehearsal 3pm – 5.15pm (please bring a packed tea)Additional adults’ rehearsal 6pm – 6.45pm (for those who can’t come earlier)

National Outdoor Knitting Day is on Saturday, 12th June from 11 a.m. until4 p.m. at the strawberry fields of Whetstone Pastures Farm (on the A426 just south of the Blaby by pass) in aid of The Children’s Society. Get sponsored and knit as many fantastic little hearts as you can – share the fun of knitting in public together! For more info, patterns and ideas contact Sandra Herbert on 0116 277 4627 or visit www.knit-pickers@webs.com

Children during the 10.30 a.m. Communion Services are invited to move into the north aisle (whether at Glen or Burton) after the Gloria to engage with the day’s bible story in ways that they will appreciate. They rejoin their parents in the pews at The Peace.

Keeping people in touch – Please do take copies of this news-sheet to anyone you know who might be interested, especially to those who can’t get to church at the moment.

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.

Laughter is a gift: Questions asked by tourists: Is Fort William still alive?

Please pray:-
· For anyone known to us who is ill or suffering.
· For families and friends of loved ones who have past away.
· For teachers and pupils, that they may have a refreshing half-term holiday.
· For all students preparing for and taking important public exams.
· Four our parish council and the work they do for our community.

Proverb of the Week: “Discipline your children, and they will give you happiness and peace of mind.” (Proverbs 29 v 17)