news in the pews

SERVICES SUNDAY                9th FEBRUARY               4 BEFORE LENT

 

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

              Celebrant The Revd Canon Dr Stephen Foster 

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

              Celebrant The Revd Emma Davies 

6.30 p.m.  Evensong at Burton Overy

              Leader    The Revd Canon Philip Norwood

 

SERVICES SUNDAY          16th FEBRUARY       4 BEFORE LENT

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

            Celebrant  The Revd Dr Bernard Higgins 

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

             Celebrant  The Very Revd Derek Hole 

6.30 p.m. MP Choral Evensong at Great Glen

             Leader     The Revd Canon Philip Norwood

 

SERVICES SUNDAY              23rd FEBRUARY              2 BEFORE LENT

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

              Celebrant The Revd Canon Philip Norwood 

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Burton Overy

 

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 February

9.30 a.m.      Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church

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

Wednesday, 12th February

9 a.m.     Prayer Group at 2 Stonehill Drive, Great Glen

Thursday, 13th February

1.30 p.m.      Funeral of Geoff Hallam at St Cuthbert's Church

Friday, 14th February

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

Monday, 17th February

             NO Sparklers - Half Term

Wednesday, 19th February

9 a.m.     Prayer Group at 66 Coverside Road, Great Glen

Friday, 21st February

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

Monday, 24th February

9.30 a.m.      Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church

 

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, 16th February at 6.30 p.m. - Area Choral Evensong takes place at St Cuthbert's Church, Great Glen. There will be a choir of over 30 choristers and the service will be led by the Rev Canon Philip Norwood.  Do come and support this lovely traditional BCP service.

 

Concert at St Cuthbert's on Saturday, 22nd March 2014 - See later notice.

 

NOTICES

Thursday Drop-In at St Cuthbert's - Just a reminder that the Thursday Drop-In does not take place during January and February.   If you could help when it re-starts, please let Amy Cook know.

 

Lent Course - This year's Lent Course will commence on Wednesday, 12th March at 7.30 p.m. and continue at the same time each week until Wednesday, 9th April.  Gordon Webb has prepared notes for the course and thinks it best to give out the complete set before the first session as some homework is involved!  It was decided to charge £1 for each set of notes and that the money raised would be donated to Churches Together in Leicestershire.  30 sets of notes will be produced (15 for each church) and they will be available at the beginning of March.  The theme is "The King and the Kingdom" and explores the role of Jesus in portraying and preparing people for God's coming reign.

      12th March   'Temptation'                       The Revd Gordon Webb

      19th March   'Conflict'                              Roger Flowers

      16th March   'Suffering'                           Roger Flowers

      2nd April      'Transfiguration'                The Revd Gordon Webb

      9th April      'The Victory of the Cross'  The Revd Gordon Webb

Responsibility for refreshments during the course will be St Cuthbert's on the 19th and 26th March, the Church at the Cross on the 12th March and 2nd April, and Burton Overy on the 9th April.

Classical Guitar Concert will be given by Yvonne Bloor on Saturday, 22nd March at St Cuthbert's Church.  Do come and enjoy an evening of delightful music by Yvonne who has given concerts in many parts of the UK and abroad.  Her CD "Promise" was released last December and will be on sale at the concert.  You can hear samples of her playing her own compositions on www.yvonnebloor.com     Cheese and wine will be served after the concert.  This promises to be an entertaining concert given by a very high quality artist.  It will also be a fund-raising event for the parish.  Tickets £8 each (or £10 on the door).  Please order your tickets in advance from David Webster on 259 3717 or Roger Flowers on 0776 879 4662.

Women's World Day of Prayer Service will be held this year on Friday, 7th March, at 2.15 p.m. at The Methodist Church in Great Glen.  The service has been prepared by the Christian Women of Egypt and the speaker will be Suzanne Kelly.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Missing Key - The key to the notice board by the church gate (NOT the service board) has gone missing.  Does anyone know who has this key?  If so, please let David Webster know.

Great Glen Village Cinema takes place on Saturday, 15th February, at
7.30 p.m. in the Village Hall.  The film being shown is "Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks.  Tickets £5 on the door or available from the Post Office.

The Provost Hole Lecture this year is to be given by the Very Revd David Monteith, Dean of Leicester, on Thursday, 27th March, at 6 p.m. in the Hugh Aston Building of De Montfort University.  Refreshments are served from 5.30 p.m.  The topic is "Faith in the City".  To register your interest in this event, please complete the online booking form.  Please note that these events are very popular and places are limited.  To contact the event organiser, Michaela Gibbins, please contact the Events Office on 0116 250 6031 or by emailing eventsoffic e@dmu.ac.uk

'Leicester@theCross' will replace Christ in the Centre on Good Friday 2014 (18th April).  Support for this event is being sought in the following ways.  Please attend this event as it only works if thousands of Christians come together in the city centre.  Financially - please send your donation to St Martin's House, 7 Peacock Lane, Leicester, LE1 5PZ and made payable to "LDBF" and marked "Leicester@theCross".  Stewards - If you would be willing to help steward the event, please contact Paul Hall on 0774 677 6816.  Actors who can mime/dance or who can narrate the script and who would like to be involved, please contact John McGinley on 0795 891 6367 or vicar@holytrinityleicester.org

 

Please pray:-

·         For Phyllis Hallam and all the family and friends of Geoff Hallam who died last week.

·         For Alan Selway, Phyllis Stanley, Keith Blythe, Arthur Whitfield, Peter Wood, John Spencer, Myra Humphrey, Judith Buffrey’s grandson Joel, Rachel Stevens, and all who are ill.

·         For our local doctors and nurses, our dentists and our local chemist and all who in any way look after our health.

·         For everyone who is suffering from the relentless rain and storms particularly the people in Somerset and in the West Country and Wales.

Proverb of the Week:  “A lie has a short life but the truth lives on for ever.” (Proverbs 12 v19)