News in the Pews

THREE WEEKS COMMENCING 15th AUGUST 2010


SERVICES SUNDAY 15th AUGUST TRINITY 11

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

SERVICES SUNDAY 22nd AUGUST TRINITY 12

8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant Canon Philip Norwood

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Burton Overy
Celebrant Canon Philip Norwood

SERVICES SUNDAY 29th AUGUST TRINITY 13

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

10.30 a.m. All-Age Service and Baptism at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar


SERVICES SUNDAY 5th SEPTEMBER TRINITY 14

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

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, 18th August
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church

Thursday, 19th August
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 20th August
NO Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 21st August
11.10 a.m. Visiting bellringers at St Cuthbert’s Church

Tuesday, 24th August
7.30 pm. Housegroup at The Springs, Burton Overy

Wednesday, 25th August
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church

Thursday, 26th August
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 27th August
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Wednesday, 1st September
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
8 p.m. Sparklers team meeting at 51 St Cuthbert’s Avenue

Thursday,. 2nd September
9 a.m. Churches Together in Glen at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 3rd September
1 p.m. Wedding of Emily Wilford and Neil Grove at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Sunday, 5th September
7.30 p.m. Ignition at Burton Overy Village Hall

Monday, 6th September
9.30 a.m. Sparklers in the Methodist Church Hall

NOTICES
Plums – Mary’s garden is in full production again – please call in any time and pick plums from her trees – absolutely masses are just ripening! Please also help yourself to courgettes and runner beans during the last two weeks in August – such a pity to let them go to waste and the plants produce more if the produce is picked!

Alpha Course – We will be running an Alpha Course this autumn in conjunction with Glen Methodist Church on Monday evenings. There will be a taster session on Monday, 13th September, and the course will start the following Monday and end on Monday, 29th November (no session at half-term). To run this course, we need people who would like to do the course – so please think about people you know who might be interested and maybe come with them yourself to the taster session. We will also need a team of people to prepare and cook the meals and a team to serve the meals and wash up afterwards – the more volunteers we have the less work there is for everyone to do, hopefully not everyone will be needed every week. If you can help, please contact Chris Otway.

Knitting Teddies – Leicester Prison could do with a few more. If anyone has time to knit one, please obtain the very simple pattern, advice and help from Amy Cook (259 2610).

Gift Aid Envelopes – Will anyone who kindly donates money to St Cuthberts via the gift aid envelopes which are left in the pews, please note that it is essential that they include their name and post code on the envelope in order for the tax to be claimed. This tax revenue is a vital source of income to the church. Many thanks.

Launde Abbey Fun Weekend takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend (28th – 30th). The Abbey will be playing host to a Viking encampment with living history presentations and battles during the weekend. Lunches, afternoon teas and other refreshments will be available throughout the weekend and the attractions will include games for all the family, a bouncy castle, plants, crafts, bric-a-brac, plus music to shop by. There will also be a car boot sale on Bank Holiday Monday. To book a stall or for more information ,please contact the General Office at Launde Abbey on 01572 717254 or via email laundeabbey@leicester.anglican.org

Gaulby Group Fete on Saturday, 21st August at The Rectory, Gaulby. Lunches from 12.30 p.m. Stalls from 1 p.m. Teas in Gaulby Church from 2 p.m. Stalls to include tombola, cakes, bric-a-brac, gifts and plants.

Jazz in the Park on Saturday, 4th September from 7.30 p.m. at Saxelbye Park near Melton Mowbray (LE14 3PN). An evening on a country estate with Happy Jazz starting at 7.30 p.m. Bring your own picnic, drinks, chairs, etc. Tickets £10. each from Tony Moore (01664 812 813).
For those in need – Please add an extra item to your shopping so we can collect a few more essential food and toiletry items in the boxes at the back of St Andrew’s and St Cuthbert’s churches.

Bible Study House Group takes place at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy on Tuesday, 24th August at 7.30 p.m.

An Informal Concert of music from German lieder and French chanson to operatic arias and classical mezzo soprano vocal music will be given by Great Glen’s newest student at the Royal Academy of Music, 21-year old Katie Walker, on Friday, August 20th, at 7.30 p.m. in Burton Overy church. She will be accompanied by Vanessa Hounsome, music teacher at Kibworth High School, on keyboard. There is no fixed price or tickets but all are welcome. Donations will be welcomed towards Katie’s study costs for her year in London starting in September. Katie recently played the lead in the Vaughan Williams opera “The Poisoned Kiss” in Birmingham to rave reviews.

Racial Justice Sunday takes place on 12th September. A service has been arranged at Leicester Cathedral at 4 p.m. The preacher is the Ven Danny Kajumba, Archdeacon of Reigate who is also chair of the Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns for Archbishops’ Council. All welcome.

Laughter is a gift: Church Signs: “Be as good a person as your pet believes you are” – St Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church, USA

Please pray:-
· For couples as they prepare for their weddings.
· For all who are ill or suffering.
· For the family and friends who have lost loved ones recently.
· For the Scouts, Cubs and Beavers in Great Glen and their leaders.
· For pupils as they receive GCSE, A & AS level results.
· For those in hospitals hit with another ‘superbug’.
· For all those affected by the floods in Pakistan and China

Proverb of the Week: “There is treasure in the house of the godly, but the earnings of the wicked bring trouble.” (Proverbs 15 v6)