SERVICES SUNDAY 17th FEBRUARY                         LENT 1

 

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

                      Celebrant       The Vicar

 

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (United) at Great Glen Methodist Church

                      Celebrant       The Revd Gordon Webb

                      Preacher        Joel Payne (Christian Aid)

6.30 p.m.   Gartree Choral Evensong at Smeeton Westerby

                      Preacher        The Bishop of Leicester (Bishop Tim)

 

SERVICES SUNDAY           24th FEBRUARY             LENT 2

 

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

                      Preacher        Angela Allen

  

FRIDAY, 1st MARCH

2.15 p.m.   Women's World Day of Prayer Service at St Cuthbert's

 

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, 18th February

9.30 a.m.   Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church Hall

Wednesday, 20th February

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

7.30 p.m.   Lent Course (1) at Glen Methodist Church

Thursday, 21st February

10.30 a.m.  Weekly "Drop-In" at St Cuthbert's Church

7 p.m.        Christianity Explored Course (3) at St Cuthbert's Vicarage

Friday, 22nd February

2.15 p.m.    Rehearsal for Women's World Day of Prayer Service at St Cuthbert's Church

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

Monday, 25th February

9.30 a.m.   Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church Hall

 

FUTURE EVENTS

Thursday, 28th February

3.30 p.m.   Messy Church at St Cuthbert's School

Friday, 1st March

2.15 p.m.    Women's World Day of Prayer Service at St Cuthbert's Church

 

NOTICES

A Lent Challenge - to get to know the names of all the people who attend your church's services!  Shy people would appreciate a bit of help with this challenge from those who are more gregarious, have more local knowledge or better memories!

Lent Course - This year's Lent Course starts this week, taking place on the five Wednesdays to the 20th March.  All start at 7.30 p.m. at Glen Methodist Church.  DO COME even if you can't attend all the sessions!

Death Watch Beetle at Burton Overy - The good news is that English Heritage have promised a maximum grant of £42,000. towards the roof repairs to St Andrew's Church at Burton Overy.  The not so good news is that we now have to raise the balance of the total repairs estimated at just over £108,000.  The church has reserves in the building fund and an appeal is to be launched for £46,000.  Please consider if you are able to help.

New Churchwardens will be needed at both Burton Overy and Great Glen from the AGMs onwards.  We are very grateful to David Pease and David Graves who are both standing down after three years' service.  Both churches really need two churchwardens to steer them through the interregnum - but they must not be expected to do all the work.  Please can you consider how you may be able to help your church.

Sparklers is going to need a leader (preferably two leaders) to run it after Easter.  There is a team of young mums who do the crafts, so it's not very time-consuming.

Treasurer - Arthur Whitfield has offered to manage the day to day finances (banking, paying bills, etc) and Jane Parkinson has agreed to continue to produce quarterly accounts for the church.  We are enormously grateful to them both for doing this essential task for St Cuthbert's church.

Renewal of Church Electoral Rolls - Every six years, each parish church has to compile and publish a completely new version of its Electoral Roll.  Everyone who wishes their name to appear on the new roll must complete a fresh application form - even though their name may already appear on the current roll, which in April 2013 will no longer be valid.  Application forms may be found inside St Andrew's and St Cuthbert's, near the entrances.  People wishing to be on the new joint roll for Burton Overy and Carlton Curlieu should return their completed forms to Richard Bloor by 21st March.  Completed application forms for Great Glen should be returned to Roger Hickling by 27th March. Why apply to be on your parish church's Electoral Roll?  It will entitle you to attend your church's Annual Meeting and vote for your new PCC and your parish's representatives on the deanery synod.  Any person entitled to attend the Annual Meeting may raise any question of parochial or general church interest.  The Annual Meeting for Burton Overy/Carlton Curlieu is on Thursday evening, 18th April, and the Annual Meeting for Great Glen is on Wednesday evening, 24th April.

 

Big Choral Evensong Services - These have had various names, e.g. Big, Area, Mission Partnership, etc but are now beginning to be known as Gartree Choral Evensong services which is a good description as Gartree is an ancient name for this area!  Everyone is welcome regardless of where they live or worship so do invite anyone who might enjoy these services.

St Cuthbert's Church Fete - The PCC have decided to hold a church fete on Saturday, 1st June, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.  The fete organisers this year are David Graves (271 4420), David Webster (259 3717) and Roger Flowers (0776 879 4662).  They would be grateful for any good ideas and offers of help.

Sound System and Hearing Loop for St Cuthbert's Church - THANK YOU to everyone who has made a donation - we are enormously grateful to you.  If anyone still intends to contribute, the fund is still open - just send the money (cheques payable to St Cuthbert's PCC) to the Vicar who will then pass it all on to the Treasurer (gift-aided if possible).

Heritage Lottery Fund - Find out if your church could benefit on 1st March 2013 at St Martin's House at 9.45 a.m. for a 10 a.m. start until 12.30 p.m.  The HLF Fund is for projects that involve urgent structural repairs to places of worship that are at risk.  Grants are available from £10,000 to £250,000.  There will be an opportunity to speak to an HLF representative.  For more information go to www.hlf.org.uk or contact Gill Rusk on 0116 261 5353 or via email at gill.rusk@leccofe.org

Humour is a gift – Written by an NHS medical secretary:  "Discharge status - Alive but without my permission.".

 

Please pray:-

·         For Roger Harris, Phyllis Stanley, Richard Shepherd, Laura Record, John Spencer, Myra Humphrey, Judith Buffrey’s grandson Joel, and all who are ill.

·         For those struggling with the recent bad weather.

·         For all in the food trade, and for clear accurate labelling.

·         For the Roman Catholic Church as they begin the process of finding
a new Pope.

·         For an end to slavery which persists in our modern world.

·         For wisdom concerning North Korea.

·         For those trying to create peace in Egypt, Syria, Libya, Mali and all the troubled areas of our world.

 

Proverb of the Week:  “Do not rob the poor because they are poor or exploit the needy in court.  For the LORD is their defender.  He will injure anyone who injures them.” (Proverbs 22 vv22-24)