News in the pews

SUNDAY 2nd NOVEMBER			ALL SAINTS DAY
8.30 am.	Holy Communion (BCP) at Burton Overy       Celebrant: The Revd Kim Ford
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen       Celebrant: The Revd Kim Ford
SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER		3rd SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen       Celebrant: The Revd Kim Ford
10.50 am	Remembrance Service at Great Glen       Leader: The Revd Kim Ford
6.30 pm	Remembrance Service at Burton Overy       Leader: The Revd Kim Ford
SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER		2nd SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen       Celebrant:  The Revd Kim Ford
10.30 am	Holy Communion at Great Glen joint with Methodists       Celebrant: The Revd Kim Ford

 

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 3^rd November

9.30 a.m.           Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Wednesday 5^th November

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

Thursday 6^th November

10.0a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday 7^th November

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

Monday 10^th October

9.30 a.m.           Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Wednesday 12^th November

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

Friday 14^th November

7.15 p.m.  Choir Practice 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!

 NOTICES

I want to thank everyone for their prayers and support leading up to and during my licensing on Thursday. It has been a long anticipated day for me and I am glad to finally be among you. My family and I would like the opportunity to get to know you a bit better so we would like to invite you to an open house at the vicarage on Saturday the 29th of November from 2-4. Drop in to the vicarage any time between 2-4 and have a cup of tea and a piece of cake! Hope you can join us. Many blessings, Kim

Remembrance Sunday (9th November) - Don’t forget the Service starts at 10.50 a.m. 

and the Church is usually very full, so please arrive in good time.

The practice for Remembrance Sunday ,will take place at St Cuthbert’s Church at

6.0 p.m. on Friday 7^th November.

The LOROS Market Harborough Support Group are holding a Frank Sinatra Evening 

on Friday 7th November 2014, 7.30 pm at The old Grammar School, Kibworth Beauchamp.  Tickets are £12.50 and include a light supper.  LOROS Christmas cards and gifts will be on sale. Tickets from Fran Brown 0116 2593184.

Church security  If you are the last person to leave the Church please could you ensure

that all the doors, including the North Door, are securely locked.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Please pray:-

·         For Peter Folwell, Margaret Wood, Peter Wood, Arthur Whitfield, Myra Humphrey, Rachel Stevens (the daughter of Bishop Tim and Wendi),  Heather Alexander, Chris Taylor and all who are ill.

·         For the soul of John (Ted)  Spencer whose funeral took place last Friday.

·         For the people in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Gaza, and all other places of conflict in the world, that peace may return.

·         For the hostages held by IS militants.

·         For all those suffering from the Ebola virus and the aid workers who are putting their own lives at risk treating them.

 

Thought for the day

Always end the day with a positive thought.  No matter how hard things were, tomorrow’s a fresh opportunity to make it better.