news in the pews

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

              Celebrant The Revd Canon John Tonkin

 

SERVICES SUNDAY     2nd MARCH      SUNDAY BEFORE LENT

 8.30 a.m.  Holy Communion (BCP) at Burton Overy

             Celebrant  The Revd Canon John Tonkin 

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

             Celebrant  The Revd Canon John Tonkin

 

ASH WEDNESDAY        5th MARCH

7.30 p.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen

             Celebrant  The Revd Gordon Webb

 

SERVICES SUNDAY                9th MARCH                                 LENT 1

 

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 Canon Dr Stephen Foster 

6.30 p.m.  Evensong at Burton Overy

              Leader    Roger Flowers

 

 

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, 24th February

9.30 a.m.      Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church

Wednesday, 26th February

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

Friday, 28th February

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

Monday, 3rd March

9.30 a.m.      Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church

Wednesday, 5th March

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

Thursday, 6th March

10 - 11.30 a.m.        Coffee morning at St Cuthbert's Church

Friday, 7th March

2.15 p.m.      Women's World Day of Prayer Service at Great Glen Methodist Church

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

Monday, 10th March

9.30 a.m.      Sparklers at Glen Methodist Church

 

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

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

 

NOTICES

Coffee Morning at St Cuthbert's Church on Thursday, 6th March from
10 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. This may become a regular monthly arrangement to replace the weekly "Drop-In"..

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 have been produced (15 for each church) and are now available.  Anne Folwell is collecting the money.  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

      26th 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).  Tickets now available from David Webster on 259 3717,  Roger Flowers on 0776 879 4662 and Paul Hadfield at St Andrew’s Church.

 

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.

 

WHY NOT put an extra can or packet in your shopping basket to bring to church services.  St Cuthbert’s supports Leicester Cathedral’s Welcome Group for destitute asylum seekers and St Andrew’s supports a homeless charity –items such as rice, pasta (mainly spaghetti), oil, sugar, tea, coffee, tinned goods (tomatoes, fruit, meat, fish, baked beans and sweet corn), shampoo, shower-gel, toothpaste, deodorants, shaving cream/gel and blades.

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

 

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 Overy and they will arrange one for you.

 

Humour is a Gift - Misprinted Classifieds : "Get rid of aunts - Zap does the job in 24 hours."

Please pray:-

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

·         For all who are suffering from the floods - those whose homes and businesses are flooded and the farmers who cannot feed their animals or grow their crops.

·         For all the troubled areas of the world where there is fighting and loss of life including the recent uprising in Ukraine.

 

Proverb of the Week:  “When you tell the truth, justice is done, but lies lead to injustice.”  (Proverbs 12 v17)