News in the Pews

SERVICES 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

1.30 p.m. Wedding of Ian Kerr & Julia Kennedy at Great Glen

6.30 p.m. Advent Service of Light at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar


SERVICES SUNDAY 5th DECEMBER ADVENT 2


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

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) and Baptism at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar
Preacher Angela Allen

6.30 p.m. Christmas Tree Festival Carols at Burton Overy
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, 29th November
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at Methodist Church Hall
7 p.m. Alpha Course (10) at Methodist Church Hall

Tuesday, 30th November
7.45 p.m. All-Sorts meeting at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Wednesday, 1st December
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
7.30 p.m. 2020 Vision Meeting at St Cuthbert’s Church

Thursday, 2nd December
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 3rd December
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 4th December
5 p.m. RAF Guild Bellringers at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th December
10.a.m. – 6.30 p.m. Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival

FUTURE EVENTS
Monday, 6th December at 7.30 p.m. WI Fernie North Group Carol Service at St Cuthbert’s Church

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


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. this evening – a good way of starting our preparations for the run-up to Christmas.

Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival is now in its 11th year. It is open from 10 a.m. until 6.30 p.m. on Friday the 3rd, Saturday the 4th, and Sunday the 5th December. Visiting on Friday should avoid the crowds. Entries for trees must be in by Wednesday. To close the Festival is the Carols in Trees service in St Andrew’s at 6.30 p.m., a short informal service singing favourite carols.

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.

Beware this Scam! The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam especially as Christmas is fast approaching (it has been confirmed by Royal Mail). A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message, you will already have been billed £315. for the phone call.

The St Martin-in-the-Fields BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal - - The 2010 Christmas Appeal will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday, 5th December, from 7.55 a.m. and 9.27 p.m. and on Thursday, 9th December at 3.25 p.m. This will be the 84th year of a remarkable partnership between St Martin’s and the BBC.
Lunchtime Organ Recital at St Margaret’s Church, Leicester on Thursday, 9th December from 1 p.m. until 1.30 p.m. by Philip Bricher. Admission is free – tea and coffee provided.

Winter Harmonies at Oakham School Chapel on 7.45 p.m. on Thursday, 2nd December. Winter Harmonies this year will be a concert of contrasts. Jacob’s enjoyable Little Concerto, which is one of the few concertos written for double bass, is set alongside one of the memorable and delightful string Symphonies written by the child prodigy, Mendelssohn, at the age of just fourteen. The evening is rounded off with a generous helping of Big Band favourites. There will be a retiring collection for Mutethia Project, Kenya 2011. Free but tickets are essential from 01572 758 820, box office@oakham.rutland.sch.uk,Music&More (Oakham) or www.wegottickets.com (no charge)

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: “I asked my Mum why we said old men at the end of prayers at skool, I don’t know any old men apart from grandpa”. ‘Blackboard Blunders’ by R Benson

Please pray:-
· For couples as they embark on married life.
· For all who are ill or suffering.
· For those who have lost loved ones.
· For those who travel by rail and facing fare rises.
· Government school reforms to succeed in helping more children reach their potential.
· A peaceful resolution between North and South Korea.

Proverb of the Week: “Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.” (Proverbs 72 v3)