SERVICES 9th JANUARY EPIPHANY 1/BAPTISM OF CHRIST


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
Preacher Angela Allen

6.30 p.m. Evensong at Burton Overy
Leader The Vicar




SERVICES SUNDAY 16th JANUARY EPIPHANY 2

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

4.30 p.m. All Sorts Christmas Party at Great Glen

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, 10th January
9.30 a.m. Sparklers Party at Methodist Church Hall
7.45p.m. Alpha Course (11) at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage (no meal!)

Wednesday 12th January
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
7.30 p.m. Marriage Preparation (2) at Kibworth Church Hall

Thursday, 13th January
9 a.m. Churches Together Meeting at 2 Stonehill Drive
8 p.m. Sparklers Team Meeting at 75 Coverside Road

Friday, 14th January
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 15th January
Market Harboro District Ringers Meeting at St Cuthbert’s Church

Sunday, 16th January
4.30 p.m. All Sorts Christmas Party

Monday, 17th January
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at Methodist Church Hall

7.30 p.m. Great Glen PCC at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

NOTICES
Women’s Aid have sent us a letter thanking us for the wonderful toys and gifts we donated from the Christingle service. Thank you to all who contributed to this.

The YMCA have sent a letter thanking us for the food collected at the back of church at St Andrew’s in Burton Overy. Thank you to all who contributed.

Our grateful thanks to everyone who helped clean up St Cuthbert’s Church after the mess resulting from the recent cold spell and the many Christmas Service visitors. The cleaning entailed a lot of hard work!

The Christmas Tree Festival Profit amounted to £7,840 to be divided between St. Andrew’s Church, LOROS and Burton Overy Village Hall. St. Andrew’s will receive approximately £5,400. We are very grateful to Lizzie King, the organiser, and to everyone involved for their hard work in producing such a magnificent result.

Church Warden – Sadly Chris Otway has had to resign as churchwarden as she has increasingly found it impossible to cope with both a full-time job, a busy family and the demands of being churchwarden. She will still continue to be involved with the church and remain on the PCC. We would like to thank her very much indeed for the work she has done and continues to do for St Cuthbert’s. Before we consider asking anyone else to become churchwarden, we probably need to reconsider how we organise the running of St Cuthbert’s.

Church Cleaning – Volunteers are urgently needed to help with cleaning St. Cuthbert’s Church. Would anyone who is prepared to give up a little time, please add their name to the list at the back of the church. More help would be very much appreciated.

The Mission Partnership Candlemas Service takes place at St Wilfrid’s Church, Kibworth on Sunday, 30th January, at 6.30 p.m. If anyone would like to sing with the combined choirs, a list of practice dates is set out below:-

Monday, 10th January, at 7 p.m. at Kibworth Church
Friday, 14th January at 7.15 p.m. at Great Glen Church
Monday, 17th January at 7 p.m. at Kibworth Church
Friday, 21st January at 7.15 p.m. at Great Glen Church
Monday, 24th January at 7 p.m. at Kibworth Church
Friday, 28th January at 7.15 p.m. at Great Glen Church
Sunday, 30th January at 4 p.m. at Kibworth Church before the service

It is appreciated that you may not be able to attend all practices but if you can attend some, you would be very welcome.


Nativity Film: At the next housegroup meeting at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy, on Tuesday 18th January at 7.30pm they are going to watch all 4 episodes of the new BBC production of the Nativity which was so thought provoking and well done. If you haven’t seen it or have missed some episodes do go and join them as the Bloors have plenty of space – they can show it on TV’s in 3 rooms at once if lots of people turn up, such are the wonders of modern technology!

Films at Great Glen Village Hall – The next film show takes place on Saturday, 15th January, at 7.30 p.m. The film is entitled “Five hundred days of summer”. There are no well-known stars in this film but it is a very enjoyable and ‘nice’ film. Tickets cost £4. and are available from Margaret Wood (259 2100) or Great Glen Post Office.

Easy Fundraising for St Cuthbert’s Church : How it works – You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally but simply by using the links from the easy fundraising site first, each purchase you make will generate a cashback donation to St Cuthbert’s. You can shop with 2000+ brand name retailers (Amazon, Argos, eBay, Debenhams, etc) and to raise funds you just use the links from the easy fundraising site first – it’s that simple! To start shopping and donate to St Cuthbert’s, log on using the following link : http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stcgreatglen or click on the link on St Cuthbert’s web page. Once you’re on the site, you have to register yourself as a user. Then log on as a user and find Amazon or whatever using the links or search on the easyfundraising site and continue as normal.

All Sorts Christmas Party
We’re doing another Christmas party for any families who’ve been to Sparklers or All Sorts services whether at school or at church, and for any other families who’ve been to other church services. The party is at St. Cuthbert’s Church on Sunday 16th January at 4.30pm and it’ll be games for all ages (split into two groups) followed by a bring and share tea – I expect it will end around 5.30 pm.
Bring some food with you – we’ll provide plates, cutlery, cups and drink! Come and join us for some fun - we look forward to seeing you!


Sing with Leicester Philharmonic Choir on 24th January 2011 at 7.30 p.m. at Guthlaxton College, Station Road, Wigston. “Only Men Allowed”. Come and sing with the men of the Leicester Philharmonic Choir (choruses, hymns, anthems, oratorio, songs, etc.) No experience necessary. Cost FREE.

Humour is a gift – Classroom Howlers:
‘A deacon is the lowest form of Christian’.

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.

Please pray:-
· For all who are ill or suffering.
· For the couples preparing to get married this year.
· For those who are facing pay freezes due to spending cuts.
· For those suffering from the flu virus, especially those critically ill.
· For those suffering from floods around the world and especially in Australia.

Proverb of the Week: “The wise are glad to be instructed, but the babbling fools fall flat on their faces.” (Proverbs 10 v8)