Church News and Parish Notices
Church News July/August 2013
Celebration Service: Sunday July 7th at 6 p.m
It’s time to celebrate the completion of Appleby church building repair project: the tower and spire are safe and repaired; the cockerel is gleaming on his high perch and lots of other stonework repairs have taken place. And it feels good! Many thanks to all who’ve worked hard to bring this project to completion – so now is celebration time. Ven. David Newman, the Archdeacon of Loughborough, is coming to join us and we will hopefully be joined by our architect and the builders who’ve worked so hard as well as other representatives of grant making bodies. And we hope all those locally who have supported this project will come along. It will be open house – let’s make it a real village celebration.
Flower Festival
There will be a meeting in church on Wednesday 7th August 2013 at 11. am for every one involved in the flower festival in any way please come along is you can if not please ring me on 270054 Margaret Ward.
Coffee Morning/Bring & Buy
The July Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy is on Wednesday 17th July at the home of Phil & Jane Huntley, Peel House, 21 Measham Road. 10.30am—noon. £1 coffee/tea & biscuits. Proceeds to church funds.
The August Coffee Morning/Bring and Buy is on Wednesday 14th August at the home of Margaret Selby, 19 Measham Road. 10.30am—noon. £1 coffee/tea and biscuits. Proceeds to church funds.
Home Communion
If you are unable to get to church and would like to receive Communion at home, or know someone else in the Parish to whom this may apply, please contact Judy Selby, tel 01530 273572. If you are asking for someone else please check with them first.
The next meeting of the Mother’s Union will be held on Wednesday 26th June at 2.30pm at the home of Pat Jayne. The speaker will be the Revd Stella Polashek who will be talking about her trip to Australia. Please come along if you can.
Margaret Ward (270054)
Children and Young People
Details of Pure GoLd (for 10 to 18 year olds) and services for Children and Young People will be found on the Services page
Woodfield Team
Cream Teas in the garden of Measham Vicarage:
Thursday 4th July 3-5pm
Come and enjoy a cream tea and a natter. Cost is £2.50. (In church hall if wet)
Songs of praise at Stretton-en-le-Field: 14th July at 4pm
Two Songs of Praise services are to be held at this lovely old church on Sunday July 14th and on Sunday August 11th at 4pm. Stretton is a redundant church cared for by the Churches Conservation Church, but we try to bring it to life just twice in the year.
Donisthorpe Church Fete: 27th July
St John’s, Donisthorpe are having their fete on Saturday 27th July at 2pm in the grounds of the church. It’d be great if you could be there.
In his footsteps: Encountering Jesus in the Holy Land
A pilgrimage led by Bishop Tim, the Bishop of Leicester. 29 October – 7 November 2013
Would you be interested in this opportunity? The basic cost is £1,349 but with supplements etc., it’s wise to look at about £1700. For more details, visit the diocesan website www.leicester.anglican.org or e-mail kevinashby@meltonparish.org This trip is getting booked and is viable so if you’re interested, do something about it quickly. If there’s a few people from the Team area interested, then it would be fun to know – speak to Vivien on 01530 270354.