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SERVICES SUNDAY                  26th AUGUST                 TRINITY 12

 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

         

SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY          2nd SEPTEMBER        TRINITY 13

 8.30 a.m.  Holy Communion (BCP) at Carlton Curlieu

             Celebrant  The Vicar

 10.30 a.m. Family Service and Baptism at Great Glen

             Celebrant  The Vicar 

 

SERVICES SUNDAY          9^TH SPETEMBER                   TRINITY 14

 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. Evensong at Burton Overy

             Celebrant  Angela

 

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

Sunday, 26th August

From 12 noon. Bring & Share BBQ in St Cuthbert's Vicarage garden

Wednesday, 29th August

9 a.m.     Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Thursday, 30th August

10.30 a.m.    Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 31^st August

7.15 p.m.      Choir Practice at St. Cuthbert’s Church

Monday, 3rd September

9.30 a.m.    Sparklers (restarts) at Methodist Church Hall

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

Tuesday, 4^th September

7.30 p.m.     Burton Overy DCC at The Springs, Carlton Lane.

Wednesday, 5th September

9.00 a.m.      Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Thursday, 6th September

10.30 a.m.    Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday, 7^th September

7.15 p.m.      Choir Practice at St. Cuthbert’s Church

 

FUTURE DATES

Thursday, 6th September - Evening Flower Arranging Demonstration by Rosemary Mason in aid of  St Cuthbert's Church funds.

 

NOTICES

Bring and Share BBQ lunch – Sunday 26^th August. 12 noon onwards, in St. Cuthbert’s Vicarage Garden, weather permitting! Plenty of space for everyone do come and join us. Bring you own plates and cups and cold drinks. We will provide the cutlery, tea and coffee.

 A Bake & Brew Coffee Morning in aid of the Children’s Society will be held on Wednesday 5^th September, 10am-12 noon at 23 beechfield close – donation £2.  Children’s Society Boxes will be opened during the morning.

Ride and Stride Day Saturday, 8th September.  Why don't you bicycle or walk around some of the churches in Leicestershire which will be open this day.  It is a chance to raise funds for any church in the Benefice.  Sponsorship forms are available in church.

• If you want to join a walk or a ride, meet at Burton Overy Church at 2.00pm and then end with tea at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy.  If you do not want to ride or stride, JUST COME FOR TEA anytime from 4.00pm and make a donation to any of the churches in our Benefice!      

Margaret Kirby would like to thank her friends at St. Cuthbert’s for all their prayers, thoughts and good wishes: she says, “It helps so much to know that people care.”

Next Sunday Breakfast is Sunday 9^th September, 9.15am at St. Cuthbert’s Church.  Do come and join us for coffee & croissants, home-made marmalade, toast etc

URGENT: Only 9 tickets sold so far for the Flower-arranging Demonstration by Rosemary Mason on Thursday 6^th September, 7.30pm at Glen Village Hall.  Rosie holds a warrant for making the posies carried by the Queen and her attendants at the Maundy Services.  Amy Cook has kindly organised this fundraising event in aid of St Cuthbert's Church funds.  Please can you find people to buy tickets which cost £10 (to include a glass of wine and refreshments), available from Amy Cook (259 2610), Roger Flowers and David Webster.

LUNCH & LEP discussions – On 16^th September we have arranged to share lunch with our Methodist friends after the joint 10.30am service and the meeting following it.  We would be grateful if people could offer to contribute food for this lunch – there will be a list at the back of church for people to indicate what they will bring (meat/savoury; salad; potato/bread; or desserts) and how many portions their offering will serve.

Parish Share: All PCC & DCC members are invited to attend a special Deanery Synod Meeting on Wednesday 3^rd October, 7.30pm at Kibworth Church to hear about a possible new system of calculating parish share which may be calculated on a local deanery level.  At this meeting the Diocesan Secretary, Jonathan Kerry, will be talking about a pilot scheme that has been taking place elsewhere in the diocese and sharing the diocese’s vision for what may be proposed to the Diocesan Synod. 

CHRISTIAN PRAYER AND SPIRITUALITY; AN INTRODUCTION: Wed 19^th September, 7pm – 9.30pm at Christ the King, Beaumont Leys, is the first session of a nine week introduction to various traditions of Christian prayer and spirituality, including opportunity each week for practice.

• Areas covered will include scriptural foundations, lectio divina, desert tradition and Benedictine spirituality, Icons and the Jesus Prayer, Imaginative Prayer, the Examen, Contemplative Prayer, Prayer and the Creative Arts. Sessions will be led by practitioners of the traditions from the diocesan spirituality core group. To book a space please email MMBookings@LecCofE.org or telephone 0116 2615317
• Course dates, Wednesday evenings on 19^th and 26^th September, 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th, 24^th and 31^st October, 7^th and 14^th November

Religion In Britain Since 1945 - The Institute of Lifelong Learning at Leicester University are offering a short courses this autumn entitled “Religion in Britain since 1945”. Further information about this course can be requested by emailing cdb26@le.ac.uk OR calling 0116 242 2603

 Humour is a gift – God’s Post-It notes - 'The task ahead is never as great as the Power behind us.'

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.

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 and they will arrange one for you.

Please pray:-

·         For Carly & Cameron Price whose baby daughter Sienna is to be baptized at St Cuthbert's Church that they may bring up their family within the Christian faith.

·         For Margaret Kirby, Richard Shepherd, Sharon Hurst, John Spencer, Jim Dunning, Jayne Jackson, Peter Blagburn (Kate Alexander's father), Myra Humphrey, Judith Buffrey’s grandson Joel, Marion McArragher, and all who are ill.

·         For the family and friends of Molly Durham (91) who died recently.

·         For the farmers as they wrestle with the difficult weather conditions.

·         For the Paralympics to bring honour and pleasure to athletes and visitors alike.

·         For the victims of the post-election violence in Kenya.

 Proverb of the Week:  “The words of the godly lead to life; evil people cover up their harmful intentions.” (Proverbs 10 v11)