SERVICES 21st NOVEMBER
CHRIST THE KING/1 BEFORE ADVENT
8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
10.30 a.m. All-Age and Thanksgiving Service at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar
6.30 p.m. MP Evensong at Houghton on the Hill
Leaders The Oadby Team
SERVICES SUNDAY 28th NOVEMBER
ADVENT SUNDAY
8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Burton Overy
Celebrant The Vicar
6.30 p.m. Advent Service of Light at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar
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, 22nd November
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at Methodist Church Hall
7 p.m. Alpha Course (9) at Methodist Church Hall
Tuesday, 23rd November
7.30 p.m. Theology Reading Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
Wednesday, 24th November
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
9.45 a.m. Pastoral Group Meeting at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
Thursday, 25th November
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church
Friday, 26th November
3 p.m. Funeral of Eileen Allen at St Cuthbert’s Church
6 p.m. Wedding rehearsal at St Cuthbert’s Church
Sunday, 28th November
1.30 p.m. Wedding of Ian Kerr and Julia Kennedy
FUTURE EVENTS
Saturday 27th November St. Cuthbert’s School Christmas Fayre 10am-3pm
3rd, 4th and 5th December from 10 a.m. until 6.30 p.m. each day – Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival
Sunday, 12th December at 4 p.m. – Christingle Service at St Cuthbert’s Church with Songbirds and Senior Choir from St Cuthbert’s Primary School
Sunday, 19th December at 6.30 pm. – Carol Service at St. Cuthbert’s Church
Tuesday, 21st December at 7.00 pm. – Sing Christmas at The Yews
Wednesday, 22nd December at 6.30 pm. – Carol Service at Carlton Curlieu
Friday 24th December at 4.00 pm. – Family Carol Service at Burton Overy
NOTICES
2020 Vision Meeting – By 2020, the Church of England will have 20% fewer full-time paid clergy available. Parishes have been asked to give the Diocese some feedback to help them plan for the future. St Cuthbert’s PCC are holding an open meeting to discuss this issue and to formulate Great Glen’s response. They would like to invite to this meeting anyone from St Cuthbert’s Church who would like to take part in this discussion. The meeting is on Wednesday, 1st December, at 7.30 p.m. in St Cuthbert’s Church.
New Carpet – We are very grateful to Carole Henson for the lovely new carpet which she has supplied for the north aisle at St Cuthbert’s Church. It will make it much more comfortable for the children and it looks much better than the old worn-out one.
Vicar’s Stall Tidied! – Some kind person tidied the shelf of the vicar’s stall, for which she is very grateful. However, the clipboard with Gloria signing instructions has gone missing. If anyone knows of its whereabouts, please could they tell Mary.
Beetle Drives are fun – Would anyone like to organise one for St Cuthbert’s Church? They are very easy to organise, perhaps by one or two people working together.
Advent Service of Light - Come and enjoy this candlelit service of hymns and readings with the choir at St Cuthbert’s Church at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday, 28th November – a good way of starting our preparations for the run-up to Christmas.
Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival – If anyone wants to enter a tree and has no entry form, or simply wants more details, please contact Angus on 259 0141 or gummi800@hotmail.com
Wanted for the Christmas Tree Festival – Do you have unwanted CDs or DVDs cluttering up your shelves. We’d like to sell them on our Book Stall at the Christmas Tree Festival in Burton Overy. Please let Joan Stephens have them (259 2210). Also we need extension leads for lighting the Christmas Trees. If you can spare any for the Festival, we would be very grateful. Please leave them in Burton Overy church during the week commencing Monday, 29th November, clearly marked with your name. Greenery – If you can spare any ivy from your garden, please leave outside Burton Overy church door over the weekend of November 27th/28th. The Flower Club would be very grateful.
Cards for Good Causes are now on sale at Leicester Cathedral and St Dionysus Church, Market Harborough until the 17th December. 75p in every pound goes to the charity as opposed to a few pence from charity cards bought in retail shops.
Do you need ideas for Burton Overy’s Christmas Tree Festival? Why not go to one of these the weekend before, 26th-28th Nov, at St Botolph’s, Shepshed; Christchurch, Mountsorrel; or All Saints, Husbands Bosworth.
Recruitment campaign launched for 29,000 Census Collector roles. - One of the largest current campaigns in the UK has begun as recruitment gets underway to fill over 29,000 temporary part-time and full-time vacancies to make the 2011 census a success – and we need your help! We would really appreciate the help of Leicestershire Historic Churches Trust in recruiting local people by spreading the word about the vacancies and directing people to our dedicated recruitment site www.censusjobs.co.uk
An evening with Andy Reed, Sileby on Wednesday, 24th November, at 7.30 p.m. at St Mary’s Sileby. Andy served as MP for Loughborough from 1997 until 2010. Andy, a committed Christian, will be reflecting on his time as a Christian in the House of Commons. The event is open to all.
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.
Hearing Loop – St Andrew’s Church at Burton Overy now has a hearing loop as part of the loudspeaker system. If you wear a hearing aid, adjust the switch to the T position and you will hear the service clearly.
Humour is a gift: The wit of children: “The most famous of the ten commandments is thou shall comment on a duckery”. ‘Blackboard Blunders’
Please pray:-
· For couples as they prepare for their weddings.
· For all who are ill or suffering.
· For those who have lost loved ones.
· For we pray for wisdom, patience and joy for those blessed with new children
· For our Social Workers who work so hard in difficult circumstances.
· For all those affected by the severe weather in Cornwall.
· For those affected by the cholera outbreak in Haiti.
Proverb of the Week: “Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.” (Proverbs 12 v27)
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