news in the pews

SERVICES SUNDAY 31st AUGUST		TRINITY 11
8.30 am.	Holy Communion (BCP) at Burton Overy       Celebrant: The Revd Canon Philip Norwood
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen       Celebrant: The Revd Canon Philip Norwood
SERVICES SUNDAY 7th SEPTEMBER			TRINITY 12
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at Carlton Curlieu       Celebrant: The Revd Bonnie Evans-Hill
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen       Celebrant: The Revd Dr Bernard Higgins
SERVICES SUNDAY 14th SEPTEMBER			HOLY CROSS DAY
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen       Celebrant: The Revd Canon Dr Stephen       Foster
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen      Celebrant: The Revd Canon Dr Stephen       Foster
6.30 pm	Evensong at Burton Overy       Leaders: Angela Allen/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

Wednesday 27^th August

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

Friday 29^th August

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

Monday 1^st September

9.30 a.m.           Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Wednesday 3^rd September

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

Thursday 4^th September

10 a.m. Monthly drop in at St. Cuthbert's Church

Thursday 4^th September

7.30 p.m.           Burton Overy District Church Council at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy

Monday 8^th September

9.30 a.m.  Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Tuesday 9th September

7.30p.m. Bible Study House Group meets at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy

Wednesday 10^th September

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

Friday 12^th September

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

 NOTICES

Licensing Date for the Revd Kim Ford as Priest in Charge of Great Glen with Burton Overy and Carlton Curlieu has been agreed as 7.30 p.m. on Thursday 30^th October at St Cuthbert’s Church.

Drop-In at St Cuthbert's Church takes place on the first Thursday of each month at 10.0 – 11.30 a.m.

The Benefice Prayer Group will continue to meet on Wednesday mornings to pray for the people and issues in our churches, villages and the wider world.  There is a Prayer Request Box at the back of St Cuthbert’s Church – please do use it and encourage everyone to use it whether they share our faith and our church-going habits or not!

Bible Reading Note

Will all those expecting the next session of notes please look at the back of the churches to find their named copy, beginning 1^st September.  Any problems ring Christine Higgins (Tel:  2592624).

The Hog Roast was very well supported with over 80 people attending and raised a magnificent sum of £616 for Church funds.  A big thank you to all those who helped in any way.

Saturday 6th September - Burton Overy Village Show.  Please support the show by entering the best of your home grown fruit, vegetables and baking.  There are adult and children's sections and the show is open for viewing in the afternoon.  Teas will be on sale.

Ride and Stride Day  Saturday 13^th September.  Over 400 churches in the city and county will be open.  Raise money for the Historic Churches Trust and for our own churches by picking up a sponsorship form in church and visiting churches on this day - either on a bicycle or on foot.  Please sponsor someone to help with raising money to keep our churches in good repair.  Details are in church for anyone wanting to take an active part in this event.  St. Cuthbert's and St. Andrew's will be open and we would like some volunteers to be willing to be in and around the church on that day to welcome people and offer refreshment.

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.  Suggestions: 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.

Keeping people in touch – Please do take copies of this news-sheet to anyone you know who might be interested, especially to those who can’t get to church at the moment.

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.

Please pray:-

·         For David Neal, Peter Folwell, Phyllis Stanley, Margaret Wood, Peter Wood, Arthur Whitfield, Myra Humphrey, Rachel Stevens (the daughter of Bishop Tim and Wendi), and all who are ill.

·         For the people in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Gaza, that peace may return.

Greetings Cards  Please do have a look at the cards in church which are for sale.  There are several new ones.  Mother’s Union cards are priced at cost and that money goes towards funding Mother’s Union projects around the world. Some cards cover multiple needs.  “Thinking of you” could be in the loss of a loved one, or on an anniversary or because they are unwell.  Some cards are blank inside and some have a Christian message.  There are other cards in a separate box which are either handmade or from redundant stock for which we would appreciate a voluntary donation for church funds.