News in the Pews

SERVICES SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER TRINITY 14
GREAT GLEN FUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

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

Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen

Celebrant Bishop Christopher



SERVICES SUNDAY 2nd OCTOBER TRINITY 15

BURTON OVERY HARVEST FESTIVAL

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

Celebrant Canon Philip Norwood

10.30 a.m. Harvest Festival Service 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

Monday, 26th September
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at Methodist Church Hall
7.30 p.m. Funding Campaign Cheese & Wine at St Cuthbert’s Church

Tuesday, 27th September
7.30 p.m. Great Glen PCC at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Wednesday, 28th September
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Thursday, 29th September
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. 20/20 Vision Meeting at Glen Methodist Church (Ruth Warner Room)

Friday, 30th September
12.30 p.m. Mayhem Munchies at Methodist Church Hall
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 1st October
7.30 p.m. Soroptimist Concert at St Cuthbert’s Church

Monday, 3rd October
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at Methodist Church Hall



FUTURE EVENTS

Wednesday, 5th October at 7.30 p.m. – Deanery Synod at St Wilfrid’s Church Hall, Kibworth



NOTICES

Church Visit – Stoneygate School are bringing Year 2 to visit St Cuthbert’s Church at 1.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 12th October. This format will be the same as in previous years so we need volunteers to show small groups of children the bells, organ, font, pulpit and lectern and the stained glass window in the Lady Chapel. If you can help, please contact Mary.

Messy All Sorts @ School will take place on Thursday, 6th October, in the Community Lounge at St Cuthbert’s Primary School from 3.30 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. This is for all children up to 11 years old – there just needs to be a responsible adult with them. Please feel free to bring your friend’s children as well as your own.

A Coffee Morning in aid of The Children’s Society will be held on Wednesday, 28th September, at 23 Beechfield Close from 10 a.m. until 12 noon. Please support this excellent cause.

Historic Churches Trust Ride and Stride Day – Thank you to those who manned the churches and welcomed visitors, and to those who biked or walked or ate tea - £200. was raised. St Mary’s at Carlton Curlieu won the vote for the best refreshments in the area!

Items for the Parish Magazine – Please contact Dirne Spearing on 279 3311 or by email at insideoutgg@hotmail.co.uk

An opportunity to meet some of the young families involved in our church life by visiting them in their homes. Funding visitors are NOT required to ask for money (this will already have been done as part of the St Cuthbert’s Church Funding Campaign) but just to collect any forms they may have filled in and have a nice chat. If you would be willing to visit one or two of these families, please contact Mary. The young families will feel welcomed and valued if they are visited.

Harvest Festival at Burton Overy on 2nd October – After the service at 10.30 a.m. there will be a Harvest Lunch in the Village Hall. Any offers of puddings will be gratefully accepted. For information and tickets, please contact Rebecca Broughton on 259 0055.

Harvest Festival at St Cuthbert’s on 9th October – The Primary School Choir will sing at the 10.30 a.m. service which will be followed by a Bring and Share lunch in church. There will be a Harvest Evensong at 6.30 p.m.

Called Together Service will be held at Leicester Cathedral at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 8th October. Roger Flowers, Angela Allen and Carole Henson will all be re-licensed and commissioned for a further three years at this service. Please consider attending this special service to support them and as a way of showing your appreciation for their work in our benefice.

An Evening of Jazz with The Brian Humpherson Quintet and featuring Nicole van de Kuinder (vocals) has been arranged by Soroptimist International of Leicester. It takes place at St Cuthbert’s Church, Great Glen on Saturday, 1st October from 7.30 until 10 p.m. and is in aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Trust. Tickets are £10. each and are available from Anne Folwell (259 2052).

Lecture by Canon Andrew Wingate: “Sweden, Norway, Britain - the challenge of living with Muslims within the Porvoo Communion of Churches in the contemporary context”, Wed 5th Oct, 7pm at Leicester Cathedral.

A Memorial Service for Revd Monsignor Richard Rutt (Bishop of Leicester 1979-1991) at Leicester Cathedral on Sat, 22nd October at 2.30 p.m. Please let Julia Unna know if you are planning to attend this service: 261 5362 or julia.unna@leccofe.org. Refreshments in St Martin’s House after the service.

Cecilian Singers Concert at Kibworth Church, Sat 15th Oct, 7.30 pm. Tickets £8, tel 279 6140 or 279 2543 or through http://www.ceciliansingers.co.uk/
The Provost Derek Hole Annual Public Lecture 2011 takes place on Wednesday, 26th October at 5.30 p.m. in the Peter Williams Lecture Theatre, Fielding Johnson Building, South Wing. This year it will be given by the Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe. Entry is free of charge but by ticket only. To reserve a place, please email a.widdecombe@le.ac.uk

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.

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.
Humour is a gift –Through a child’s eyes: “Dear God, Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now.” – Ginny

Please pray:-
• For couples as they begin married life.
• For all who are ill or suffering.
• For St. Cuthbert’s Funding Campaign and all who are helping with this.
• For the people suffering from the floods in Pakistan and those trying to help them.
• For those trying to solve the world’s financial problems.
• For the homeless, refugees, and those facing starvation.

Proverb of the Week:
“Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.” (Proverbs 19 v 13)