Friday 28 February 2020

News in the pews


Sunday 1st March – First Sunday of Lent

Collect for Today
Heavenly Father,
your Son battled with the powers of darkness,
and grew closer to you in the desert:
help us to use these days to grow in wisdom and prayer
that we may witness to your saving love
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
  
Post Communion Prayer
Lord God,
you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven;
by it you nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:
teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Services Today

St Andrew’s            8.00am                    Holy Communion
St Cuthbert’s          9.15am                    Morning Worship Service
                                                                 With All Age Communion
St Cuthbert’s        10.45am                    Holy Communion

NOTICES

This week:-

World Day of Prayer will be held in the Methodist Church on 6th March at 2.15 pm
Each year the service is put together by a different country and this year it is the women of Zimbabwe who have taken on this task. As we participate in this service we will be part of a wave of prayer encircling the globe. It is an open invitation for all to come to God’s table to pray throughout 120 countries and islands around the world commencing as the sun rises over Samoa and ending 38 hours later back in the Pacific as the sun sets once more.
Refreshments will be served in the hall after the service. We look forward to greeting you.

The Annual Parochial Church meeting for the parishes of Carlton Curlieu and Burton Overy will be held on Wednesday 6th May 2020 at 7.30pm in St Andrew’s Church, Burton Overy. The parish electoral roll will be updated before that date. The names on the current roll will be displayed on the notice board in the porch.  Please check that your name is on the list.  If you spot any omissions or mistakes please contact Anne Warwick, Electoral Roll Officer, Tel 2593349.

Lent Course started last week and will continue every Monday evenings at 7:00 pm and Wednesday afternoons Feb at 1:30 pm during Lent.
Last week we watched ‘The Greatest Showman’ movie as we will use the message of the film to be the focus of the study over the coming weeks.
Monday nights are held at Linda and Simon Harwood’s house
Wednesday afternoons are held at St Cuthbert’s.  

Please Pray for:
·   Mollie Alexander
·   Elizabeth Tacey
·   Andrew and Mary Porter
·   Christine Higgins
·   Dave and Helen
·   Chris Hadley
·   Chris Hollick
·   Joan Stephens
·   Beryl Scott


Advance Notices:-

A Place of Welcome Group on the second Wednesday of the month, will not be going ahead during Lent due to the Lent course being held every Wednesday afternoon.  The Group will meet again after the Lent and Easter period.  Any of you who attend the Group, please consider joining the weekly course during Lent.  Call Sarah if you’d like to know more – Tel: 07525 491496 

Ladies Night Out:-
March Ladies Night Out will be on Wednesday 18th March at the Oadby Grange Farm Pub at 7pm
For more information, or to book your place and ask for a lift (if needed) contact:
Mo John tel 0116 2593504 email mojohnal@gmail.com
Carole Henson 0116 2403368 email hensonc@talk21.com

APCM 29th March after the 10:45 am service at 12:00 pm, this is our annual general meeting. It would be great to have as many as possible to join us on the day. It will be a bring and share meal so we can have fellowship together and chat through the next step for us as a benefice. There are some changes ahead so please sign up so we know how many are coming.

ALPHA Course starting in April.
We will be running the Alpha Course on Thursday Nights starting the 23rd April starting at 7:00 pm. It will run for 10 weeks. The hope is to run the course in the skittle alley at the Royal Oak in Great Glen. The night will start with a meal, there will be a short teaching video followed by discussion. Please call Rev Kim Ford on 0116 259 2238 or email kimberleykford@aim.com if you are interested in joining us

Kitchen and Cleaning Rota for St Cuthbert’s Church
Do you have a spare hour or two each month? 
St Cuthbert’s church is in great need of volunteers to help with cleaning including polishing the brass.  We also need volunteers to help with teas and coffees between services.
If you can help in anyway to keep our lovely church looking clean and tidy, please contact Jenni Neal at jenni.neal@outlook.com to let me know your availability.  This request is open to all males and females

Early Reminder: Mothering Sunday is the 22nd March, 10:30 am at St Cuthbert’s.

Letter From Rev Kim - Last Sunday a letter from me was given out. If you didn’t make the services last week, the letter is still available from the church. Or you can email me and I will send it to you via email. It is important that all of you receive it, so please make sure you have a copy. Thank you! Kim kimberleykford@aim.com
Annual Diocesan Vocations Day, 14th March at St Martin’s House, 9:45 am
If you have ever thought about doing something more for the Lord, this is a great day to explore what ministries there are in the Church of England. It doesn’t always mean doing ministry full time but can incorporate many different aspects of missional life within the community, i.e. Readers, pioneers, pastoral assistants, evangelists, children and youth workers. So if you are interested in having a look at any of these ministries please let Kim or Sarah know or simply book yourself a place by calling Mission and Ministry on 0116 264 5317 or email them on mmbookings@leccofe.org. The day will include seminars and a free lunch with talks from Bishop Guli and chats with those who have been in ministry for around our diocese. There is no commitment to signing up for anything just come and have a look.
Quiet Prayer and Meditation
This group will now cease to meet till after Easter to give flexibility for those who want to go to Lent groups. 

Help with Employment ‘Drop In’ Sessions Every Thursday 10 – 12 at Great Glen Library.
Work Live Leicester is a lottery funded project supporting those over 18 who are currently not working with all aspects of finding employment. 
For more information, please take a look at their website:-

DIARY

            
Monday 2nd March
9.45am                                        Sparklers
7.30pm                                        Lent Course at Linda & Simon’s, 6 Hilltop Ave

Wednesday 4th March
9.00am                                       Prayers for the Benefice at St Cuthbert’s
10.00am                                      Sparklers
1.30pm                                        Lent Course at St Cuthbert’s Church

Friday 6th March
2.15pm                                        World Day of Prayer at the Methodist Church
7.00pm                                        Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s
7.30pm                                        Annual Parochial Church meeting -
                                                     At St Andrew’s Church, Burton Overy

Sunday 8th March – Second Sunday of Lent
St Cuthbert’s          8.00am        Holy Communion/BCP
St Cuthbert’s          9.15am        Morning Worship Service with Sunday School
St Cuthbert’s        10.45am       Holy Communion
St Andrew’s            6.30pm        Evensong

Sunday 15th March – Third Sunday of Lent
St Cuthbert’s          8.00am        Holy Communion/BCP with Breakfast
St Andrew’s          10.30am       Morning Worship Service
                                                     With All Age Communion



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