news in the pews

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)
	Sunday 11th March -                                             Mothering Sunday
	St Cuthbert's		8:00 am		Holy Communion (BCP) Breakfast
	St Cuthbert's		10:30 am		All Age Family Service
	St Andrew's		6:30 pm		Evensong Roger Flowers
	Sunday 18th March                                               5th Sunday of Lent
	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

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 5^th March

9.30 am                                  Sparklers at the Methodist Hall

Tuesday 6^th March

7.30 pm                      Bible Study HouseGroup at The Springs, Carlton Lane,

Burton Overy

Wednesday 7^th March

9.00 am                      Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s

10.00 am                    Toddler Café at St Cuthbert’s

2.00 pm                      Lent Group, Methodist Hall

3.30 pm                      Quiet Prayer and Meditation at 20 Kingfisher Close

Thursday 8^th March

7.30 pm                      Christianity Explored at St Cuthbert’s

Friday 9^th March

6.00 pm                      Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s - tba

Monday 12^th March

9.30 am                                  Sparklers at the Methodist Hall

Tuesday 13^th March

9.30-11.00 am          School visit to St Cuthbert’s

3.00 pm                      Thanksgiving Service for Howard Bartlett at St Cuthbert’s

Wednesday 14^th March

9.00 am                      Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s

10.00 am                    Toddler Café at St Cuthbert’s

7.30 pm                      Ladies’ Night Out at Oadby Grange Farm Pub

Friday 16^th March

6.00 pm                      Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s - tba

Monday 19^th March

Instead of their usual meeting, Sparklers will be going to see the lambs on the Rees family farm near Kings Norton.  

NOTICES

Howard Barlett. - It is with a sad heart that we have to say goodbye to Howard. Although it was not expected, he passed away peacefully at home on the 24th of February. Please keep Moria and Howard's children in your prayers as they come to terms with their loss and the loss of a precious member of our church family. A Thanksgiving Service will be held on Tuesday 13th March at 3:00 pm at St Cuthbert’s Church.

School Visit -  13th March from 9:30 am to 11:00 am. I still need more volunteers to help me run the morning. A new school will be visiting St Cuthbert’s and they are 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 

Lent Group started on 21st February at 2:00 pm in the Methodist Hall. We have coffee and biscuits and a discussion time together. The book this year is "A Discipling Presence" and will be looking at discipleship in a rural context. There is still time to join us if you would like to come. 

Christianity Explored -  7:30 pm every Thursday at St Cuthbert’s during Lent and Easter. We have had to move to the church due to the numbers of people who have joined the group. We are off to a great start so please do feel free to join us this Thursday.

Mothering Sunday - 11th March at 10:30 am   - Please note this is a joint 9:15 and 10:45 service so the timing has changed. It is a family friendly service so please do join us.

New Sunrise Service is being added this Easter at 6:30 am at St Cuthbert’s. We want to start Easter with celebrating the resurrection of Christ at sunrise. So for those who would like to join us at sunrise please come for the Easter fire and short service. It will followed by bacon sandwiches and coffee in the Church. 

Ladies Night Out will be at the Oadby Grange Farm Pub on Wednesday 14^th March at 7.30pm and April 18th. Please note the new date for March.  Any ladies interested or needing to book your name for one/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

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

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Easter Flowers  If you would like to make a donation towards the cost of the Easter Flowers in St Cuthbert’s Church would you please hand it to Phyllis Hallam, Carol Neal or Lyn Flowers.

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

Concert at Leicester Grammar School Friday 16th March at 7.30pm given by the School's First Orchestra and the Choral Society - Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and famous opera choruses.  Tickets £8 - pay on the door.  Dr David Whittle, head of music at the school, is retiring in the summer, so this will be his last concert with the Choral Society - his contribution to the musical life of the school has been wonderful.

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 soul Howard Bartlett

·         all the people who died and all those injured and affected by the tragic explosion on the Hinckley Road in Leicester

·         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.