News in the pews

Sunday 18th February                                 1st Sunday of Lent ‘A Time of Doubt’
St Cuthbert's	8:00 am	Holy Communion (BCP)
St Cuthbert's	9.15 am	Morning Worship Service (with SS)
St Cuthbert's	10:45 am	Holy Communion (CW)
Sunday 25th February                                  2nd Sunday of Lent   ‘A Time of Comfort’
St Cuthbert’s	8.00 am	Holy Communion (BCP)
St Andrew’s	9.15 am	Morning Worship with All Age Communion
Sunday 4th March                                           3rd Sunday of Lent ‘A time of New Beginnings’
St Andrew’s	8.00 am	Holy Communion (BCP)
St Cuthbert’s	9.15 am	Morning Worship with All Age Communion Angela Allen
St Cuthbert’s	10.45 am	Holy Communion (CW)

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.

KIM’S DAY OFF is every Friday.  If urgent matters arise on Fridays, please contact Roger on 07768794662.

DIARY

Monday 19^th February

9.30 am                      Sparklers at the Methodist Hall

10.30 am                    Funeral of Joan Amos at St Cuthbert’s

Wednesday 21^st Febuary

9.00 am              Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s

10.00 am            Toddler Café at St Cuthbert’s

2.00pm               Funeral of Tim Cole at St Cuthbert’s

2.00 pm              Lent Group, Methodist Hall

7.30 pm              Ladies’ Night Out, Oadby Grange Pub

Thursday 22^nd February

7.30 pm              ‘Christianity Explored’, The Yews, Great Glen

Friday 23^rd February

6.00 pm                      Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s

Monday 26^th February

9.30 am                      Sparklers at the Methodist Hall

Wednesday 28^th February

9.00 am              Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s

10.00 am            Toddler Café at St Cuthbert’s

Thursday 1^st March

10.0 am              Short Communion Service at Brookfield

Friday 2^nd March

6.00 pm                      Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s

NOTICES

Christianity Explored will begin on Thursday 22nd February, 7:30 pm. We will be meeting at the Yews to begin with a meal. We will then have a short teaching followed by a discussion. There is a workbook to go with the sessions which is £3 per book, which will be available this Sunday. We will have our first session at the Yews and then see if it works, if not we can discuss it on the day and make plans for future evenings. 

Lent Group starts the 21st February at 2:00 pm in the Methodist Hall. We will start with coffee and biscuits and then have a discussion time together. The book this year is "A Discipling Presence" and will be looking at discipleship in a rural context.

Ladies Night Out will be at the Oadby Grange Farm Pub on Wednesday 21^st February at 7.30pm and March 28th.

Any ladies interested or needing to book for one or both evenings, please contact Mo John  mojohnal@gmail.com or Tel. 0116 2593504. Thank-you Carole & Mo

Spring Cleaning  I would like to reserve Saturday morning 24^th March for spring cleaning the church and surround so please make a note in your diaries.   Many hands make light work.  Amy

Bishop’s Lent Appeal 2018  Bishop Martyn is raising funds to support the rebuilding of the homes and lives of thousands of adults and children hit by the hurricanes, Irma and Martha, last year on the islands of Anguilla, Barbuda and Dominica.  You will find details of how to make a donation on the poster on the board in the porch.

Quiet Prayer and Meditation: 3.30pm on March 7^th at 20, Kingfisher Close.   It is an opportunity for some special moments of peace in a busy world.   Everyone is welcome to join us.  We would love to see you.

Funeral for Joan Amos, 19th Feb 10:30 am at St Cuthbert's for those of you who have not heard Joan sadly passed away last week and will be sorely missed. Please keep her daughter Christine and son David in your prayers. 

School Visit 13th March from 9:30 am to 11:00 am. Woodgrange Primary School, Oadby will be visiting St Cuthbert’s Church for the first time and will be bringing the foundation stage children. We would like 8 or more volunteers to help us on the day as the children are much younger than normally visit.  We will still be showing them different parts of the church in groups, so if you can help please do let me know. Thank you, Kim

Leicester @ the Cross - Good Friday 30 March.  Please see the Poster in the porch and  the leaflets on the table.  Also, if you would like to volunteer to help with the organising of this event, please contact the following people:  To hand out leaflets, song sheets, talk to spectators etc, please contact: Paul Hall - pauljll@talktalkbusiness.net  To help with crowd management, please contact: Jonathan Kerry - jonathan.kerry@leccofe.org  To help set up and dismantle the staging, please contact: Jeff Pallet - jeff@sestechnical.co.uk

Calling all football fans: Would any football fans who have spare clappers please save them for Kim for the donkey walk this year. You can drop them off at the vicarage if the pile gets too big! Thank you! 

Lifts to Services: If you need a lift to any of our services, please contact Rev’d Kim for Great Glen or Richard Bloor (259 2440) at Burton Overy to arrange one for you.

Please pray for:

·          Mollie Alexander, Margaret Bannister, Sue Burnham, Christine Higgins,  Katherine, Mike and family, Elizabeth Tacey, Martin Tacey, and all who are ill.

·          the souls of Eileen Spencer, Joan Amos, William Graham and Tim Cole

·         all of the courses going on over Lent, Christianity Explored, Discipling Presence and Teaching RE in year 6 for the St Cuthbert's Cup. We want to see many grow in the knowledge and understanding of who Jesus is and what he means for their lives.