Sunday, 17 January 2016


 

SUNDAY 17th JANUARY      2nd SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
8,30 am
Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
10.30 am
Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen
SUNDAY 24th JANUARY      3rd SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
Service for Christian Unity
8.30 am
Holy Communion (BCP) at Burton Overy
10.30 am
Prayer for Christian Unity at Methodist Church
6.30 pm
Evensong at Great Glen
SUNDAY 31st JANUARY      4TH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
Presentation of Christ in the Temple
8.30 am
Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
10.30 am
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 18th  January
9.30 am       Sparklers

Wednesday 20thJanuary
9.00 am       Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s
7.30 pm       Ladies Night Out at Grange Farm

Friday 22nd January
7.15 pm        Choir Practice at Great Glen

Monday 25th January
9.30 am       Sparklers
7.30 pm       St Cuthbert’s PCC Meeting at the Church

Wednesday 27thJanuary
9.00 am       Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s
3.30-4.30    Time of Quiet Prayer and Meditation at 20 Kingfisher Close, Great Glen

Friday 29th January
7.15 pm        Choir Practice at Great Glen
11.0 am        Funeral
 
 
NOTICES
 

NEW YEAR NEW VISION: Rev Dr Stuart Burns will be joining us on February 20th, for vision setting day for St Cuthbert's. 
The day will begin at 9:00 am with coffee with the discussions starting at 9:30 am. We will be meeting at the Barnabas Centre (next to St Paul's church in Oadby). There will be time to reflect, talk and look towards what God has for us in the future. Lunch will be provided. If you would like to join us please put you name on the list in at the back of the church so we know how many to cater for. We can also provide lifts for those who are unable to drive. 

ALTAR FLOWERS Please will all the flower ladies look at the Calendar at the back of St Cuthbert’s Church and enter the dates when they can arrange the flowers on the Altar.

FEBRUARY LADIES NIGHT OUT will be on Wednesday 24th at 7.30pm, venue to be decided. Please keep this date free if you would like to have an evening of fellowship, food and optional wine! Any enquiries please see me in church or email/telephone  hensonc@talk21.com 0116 2403368 Thank you. Carole Henson.

The next TIME OF QUIET PRAYER AND MEDITATION will be at 20 Kingfisher Close on January 27th at 3.30 to 4.30pm.  Everyone is welcome.  Do just come along, or for more information please contact Christine Higgins on 259 2624 or chrisples@btinternet.com. 

ELECTRICAL TESTING  The full electrical systems inspection has taken place at St Cuthbert’s.  Currently the cooker must not be used until a circuit fault is investigated; other requirements will be actioned.  Two lights have been replaced in church and the internal and external porch lights are now sensor controlled.  For safety reasons the outside vestry light is also to become sensor controlled.

ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE SURVEY  Following this survey at St Cuthbert’s two requirements concerning the Health and Safety Act are being implemented and the other recommendations will be considered at the next PCC.

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:-

·         Paul Amos, Margaret Bannister, Christine Higgins, Bernard Higgins, Colin Lacey, Alan Selway, Elizabeth Tacey, Martin Tacey, and all who are ill. 

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

·         victims and families of the floods in Northern England and Scotland as they recover from the storm damage to their homes

·         the people in drought stricken Ethiopia

·         those killed and injured following the suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul and Indonesia

 

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