News in the Pews

SERVICES SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER TRINITY 17

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

6.30 p.m. MP Holy Communion (BCP) at Carlton Curlieu

Celebrant The Vicar


SERVICES SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER

LAST AFTER TRINITY

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

Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. Mattins (BCP) 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

Tuesday, 18th October
7.30 p.m. Bible Study House Group at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy

Wednesday, 19th October
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church

Thursday, 20th October
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 21st October
12.30 p.m. Mayhem Munchies at Methodist Church Hall
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 22nd October
4 – 6 p.m. Timeout at The Old Greyhound

Monday, 24th October
9.30 a.m. Sparklers at Methodist Church Hall
7.45 p.m. Housegroup at 23 Beechfield Clos


FUTURE EVENTS

Wednesday, 2nd November at 7.30 p.m. – All Souls Service at St Cuthbert’s Church



NOTICES

Autumn Fair TODAY – (16th October) in aid of the Death Watch Beetle repairs at St Andrew’s Church. The fair is at Burton Overy Village Hall from 10.30 a.m. until 3 p.m. A wonderful opportunity to buy great cakes and preserves, plants and baskets, nearly new clothes, children’s toys, raffle, teas coffees and cakes. Free entrance.

BCP Holy Communion at Carlton Curlieu takes place this evening (Sunday, 16th October) at 6.30 p.m. and is led by St Cuthbert’s choir. Please do come to this traditional service in the beautiful church of St Mary the Virgin.

A Story of Glen will take place in Glen Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Friday, 28th October – entrance free.

A Guided Walk around Great Glen will take place on Sunday, 30th October, starting from the War Memorial at 2 p.m. Learn about village history and events from Heather MacDermid and enjoy a little exercise and pleasant company at the same time!

Team BOGG and The Grand Challenge : Thanks to a lot of organisation on the part of Dave Fletcher and their parents, youngsters from Great Glen and Burton Overy enjoyed a great day at Rutland Water and Oakham. Congratulations to Mollie Parkinson, Ellie Odams and Alice Masters who won the Intermediate Section and Henry Broughton, Stanley Cockerill and Matthew Hookes who came second in the Junior Section.

St Cuthbert’s PCC are in the process of reviewing what the church currently does and how we can best use our time and energies for the next few years. The PCC has identified six groups of people to focus on :

1st Those who enjoy BCP services
2nd People who want Holy Communion
3rd Adults in the 30-40 year age group
4th Non-attending villagers (with faith)
5th Wedding and baptism families
6th Choral element and young singers

The PCC is now considering what we are doing at present that focuses upon these areas of our church life and how we might improve what we do in order to identify desirable outcomes for each of the identified focus areas. It would be good to take plenty of people’s thoughts into account, so please do discuss this with PCC members before the next PCC meeting on 24th November

Bible Study House Group meets on Tuesday, 18th October at 7.30 p.m. at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy to continue the reading and discussion on St Matthew’s Gospel. You are very welcome to come along.

Timeout is our new monthly outreach event for young families – It takes place at the Old Greyhound Inn once a month from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on a Saturday. The next one is Saturday, 22nd October. There will be games for the children, space for mums to chat and fro dads to watch TV (football results ...!), time to eat and time to pray.

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

Auction at Blaby All Saints on 22nd Oct in the Parish Centre, Wigston Street, Blaby, (opposite the Baker’s Arms). View from 2pm, Auction 4pm.

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

All Saints’ Church, Highcross Annual Service on Saturday, 29th October at 12 noon. This annual service commemorates All Saints’ Day. All Saints’ Church is a special Norman/Medieval Churches Conservation Trust building. The service is supported by the Leicester diocese branch of the Prayer Book Society and all are most welcome. Refreshments are served afterwards. N.B. Wrap up well.



Humour is a gift – Through a child’s eyes:

Dear God, if we have to come back as something, please don’t let me be Jennifer Horton – because I hate her.” –Denise

Hearing Loop – St Andrew’s Church at Burton Overy now has a hearing loop. If you wear a hearing aid, adjust the switch to the T position.

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. They rejoin their parents in the pews at The Peace.

Please pray:-
• For all who are ill or suffering.
• For those who grieve.
• For St Cuthbert’s Funding Campaign.
• For those who are seeking employment without success, especially young people.
• For those trying to minimise environmental harm caused by the oil leak in New Zealand.
• For Christians being persecuted in Egypt and Zimbabwe.


Proverb of the Week:
“Intelligent people are always open to new ideas. In fact, they look for them.”(Proverbs 18 v 15)