News in the Pews

 

SUNDAY 8th MARCH		3rd SUNDAY OF LENT
8.30 am	Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
10.30 am	Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen
6.30 pm	Evensong at Burton Overy
SUNDAY 15th MARCH		4th SUNDAY OF LENT MOTHERING SUNDAY
8.30 am	Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
10.30 a.m.	United All-Age Service with Baptism at Great Glen
6.30 p.m.	Evensong at Great Glen (sorry service not on this was a typo)
SUNDAY 22nd MARCH		5th SUNDAY OF LENT
8.30 a.m.	Holy Communion (BCP) at Burton Overy
10.30 a.m.	Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen

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 9^th March

9.30 am   Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Wednesday 11^th March

9.00 am   Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church

7.30 pm   Lent Course at the Methodist Church

Friday 13^th March

7.15 pm    Choir Practice at Great Glen

Monday 16^th March

9.30 am   Sparklers at the Methodist Church

Tuesday 17^th March

10.00 am  Funeral of Mr W Tebbutt

Wednesday 18^th March

9.00 am   Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Church

7.30 pm  Lent Course at the Methodist Church

 

Saturday 14^th March

11.0 – 4.0 Red Nose Open Day at the Vicarage

Thursday 19^th March

7.30 pm   Leicester Anglican Cursillo Meeting at St Cuthbert’s

Friday 20^th March

7.15 pm    Choir Practice at Great Glen

 

NOTICES

LENT COURSE 'GOD HAS NO FAVOURITES' has started.  Wednesdays 11th, 18th and 25th of March at the Methodist Hall at 7.30 pm. There are leaflets at the back of church with notes and questions for each session, please pick one up!

OPEN DAY AT ST CUTHBERT’S VICARAGE in aid of the Red Nose Appeal.  My family and I would like to invite all of you to stop by for a cup of tea and a piece of cake on Saturday 14^th March.  You can drop in any time between 11.00 and 4.00; the event is free (we will have a donation box for the Red Nose Appeal).  Hope you can join us.

A VISITING CHOIR, led by David Briers, will be singing evensong this Sunday, 8^th March, at 6.30 p.m. at Burton Overy.

LEICESTER ANGLICAN CURSILLO MEETING  There will be a meeting here at St Cuthbert’s on Thursday 19th March at 7.30pm, to include hymns and prayers.  All welcome.  Any enquiries please ask Carole Henson, Amy Cook, or Helen Dartnall.

ST CUTHBERT'S AGM 6.30 p.m. on Sunday 12^th April, at the church: This year we will open with a short act of worship followed by a time of fellowship and refreshment of wine and nibbles.  It is a time for all of us to gather, to chat and to look back at the year that has gone.  I would love to have as many of you with us as possible so that I can share a vision and hope for the year ahead of us.  Hope to see you there!

CHOOSING THE NEXT BISHOP OF LEICESTER  In order to hear the views of people in the Diocese, there will be four open consultation meetings:

Wednesday 11th March - All Saints Church, Thorpe Acre
Tuesday 17th March – St John’s Church Hinckley
Wednesday 18th March – Grand Hall, St Martins House, Leicester

In each case the meeting will run from 7.00 for 7.15 to 8.45. All are welcome, whether or not you are currently involved in the life of the Church.

GOOD FRIDAY IN THE CITY CENTRE  11am- 12noon Friday 3rd April Humberstone Gate.  Easter is the most important festival for Christians around the world and the Churches of Leicester and Leicestershire will come together again this Good Friday to remember this part of the Easter story when Jesus was crucified on the cross.

CHURCH CLOCK   The church clock has now been electrified, much to Roland’s delight.  It is also hoped that the clock face will be cleaned in the Spring.  For many years Roland has climbed the tower every week to wind the clock and we thank him for his commitment to this onerous task

THE HIRED MAN - a Musical by Howard Goodall (who wrote the theme tune to The Vicar of Dibley) is being performed at The Little Theatre in Leicester from 21st to 25th April.  It is based on the book by Melvyn Bragg.  Emma Davey of Great Glen is in the cast and is selling tickets: emma.davey@live.co.uk or 07771-751020

CHORAL CONCERT - Puccini's Messa Di Gloria, 7.30 pm, Friday 20th March at Leicester Grammar School in Great Glen

ANTIQUE AND FINE ART EVENING at Gilding’s Saleroom, Great Bowden Road, Market Harborough, in aid of the Lifeboat Guild.  Wednesday 18^th March 7.00 – 9.00.  Details and tickets from Wendy England, Tel: 0116 2714655

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.

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:-

·         Margaret Wood, Peter Wood, Arthur Whitfield, Heather Alexander, Margaret Bannister, Christine Higgins, Kimberley Tyler, Alan Selway, Marion Frost and all who are ill.

·         the soul of Mr W Tebbutt

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

·         the hostages held by IS militants.

·         those held hostage by Boko Haram in Nigeria and Cameroon

·         all those suffering from the Ebola virus and the aid workers who are treating them.