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Services for June 2017 HEXAD JUNE 2017 Edition 4th June Pentecost The Newsletter for the United Benefice of Hallaton and Allexton, with Horninghold, Tugby, East Norton and Slawston 10:00am Tugby Celebration Communion Bishop Martyn www.ourbenefice.btck.co.uk Official opening of the restored Tower. Licensing Service of the Reverend Richard Curtis Birthdays! They have a habit of making us think, at least as adults The licensing service will be on Wednesday 8th June at 7.00pm at All Saints, All anyway, we might still delight in them, we might wish they didn’t come so Cannings. Wiltshire. Everyone is warmly invited to attend. fast but those that end with a ‘O’ tend to have a particular effect on th making us think about life, who we are, what we want to do. 11 June Trinity Sunday 10:00am Slawston Communion 4th June is Pentecost (Whit Sunday) often referred to as the Birthday of 10:00am Tugby Morning Service - Congregation Led the Church! I suppose as with our own Birthday I often celebrate, enjoy 4:30pm Hallaton Family Service the day and don’t think too much beyond that, but then there are those th particular years and as we approach Pentecost this year I am aware that 18 June The First Sunday after Trinity the Church in our part of the world needs to think about who we are and 9:30am Hallaton Communion how we want to be. 11:00am Tugby Communion 6:30pm East Norton Evensong (BCP) The villages of Hallaton, Allexton, East Norton, Slawston, Horninghold and th Tugby are without Revd Richard Curtis and as Acting Area Dean I am first 25 June The Second Sunday after Trinity port of call for the wardens there. In a vacancy like this it is not only my 10:00am Tugby Communion diary that needs a good look at to make sure what is really important is 11.30am Horninghold Communion / Family Service still happening but also for those villages of the Coplow Benefice 5.00pm Slawston Evensong Billesdon, Goadby, Rolleston, Skeffington, Hungarton and Keyham all of us together need to think about what Church means to us and how we Services for July 2017 want it to be. nd 2 July The Third Sunday after Trinity So if you have a clear idea about how you would like Church to be in your 8:30am East Norton Communion BCP village, what is important to you about the Church, how we can be there 10:00am Hallaton Family Communion for everyone and seek to bring God’s love and care into the lives of all – 6:00pm Tugby Evening Prayer Compline please tell us, whether it is schools, Sunday services, Weddings, Christenings or Funerals, having someone to talk to or something else th 9 July The Forth Sunday after Trinity please take the time to tell me. 10:00am Slawston Communion Revd Alison 10:00am Tugby Morning Service - Congregation Led 4:30pm Hallaton Family Service [email protected] 16th July The Fifth Sunday after Trinity The Vicarage, Gaulby Rd, Billesdon, Leics LE7 9AG 9:30am Hallaton Communion 11:00am Tugby Communion The Benefice Web Site: www.ourbenefice.btck.co.uk 6:30pm East Norton Evensong (BCP) The Benefice Web site contains all the latest news and events, activi- 23rd July The Sixth Sunday after Trinity ties and photographs covering Hallaton, Allexton, Horninghold, Tugby, 10:00am Tugby Communion East Norton and Slawston. 11.30am Horninghold Communion / Family Service 5.00pm Slawston Evensong During the vacancy enquiries about Baptism, Confirmation or Weddings should be made to the churchwardens or to the Rural Dean. th 30 July The Seventh Sunday after Trinity Contact: The Rural Dean: The Reverend Alison Booker 6:00pm Withcote Chapel Evensong for Parishes Around Launde Phone: 0116 259 6321 Email: [email protected] Looking to the Future…… Concerts at Launde Abbey: 25th June @ 4:00pm Following the departure of Rev’d Richard Curtis, The Venerable Dr. Tim Stratford The ladies’ voices of THE RICARDUS CONSORT: (Archdeacon of Leicester), met with the Church Wardens of the Benefice and Leicester Cathedral songman Simon Mold founded the Ricardus Consort, a choir of Rev’d Alison Booker (Area Dean) to discuss what will happen in the future. experienced singers associated with the Cathedral, in Spring 2016. Last March a Hallaton Benefice of 6 villages are part of a wider group of around 26 villages successful inaugural concert in the Cathedral consisted largely of baroque sacred surrounding Launde Abbey and Revd Alison Booker alongside Revd David Newman music by Monteverdi, Deering and Handel. Cost: £15 for tea & concert, (or just (Warden of Launde Abbey) are working with Archdeacon Tim and those in our £10 for the concert). Phone Launde Abbey - 01572 717254 to book your tea, parishes to find a way for the Church in these villages to flourish. There are some and / or the concert. For more information contact Canon Brian: challenges as nationally we have fewer clergy than in previous generations but [email protected] there are also some real encouragements where clergy and people of these parishes are already working together in ways that serve our community well. Taize at Launde on Wednesday June 7th 8.00pm: Archdeacon Tim was able to tell us that the Diocese will fund a two year post for a Taize inspired worship in the Chapel, a service of scripture, song and silence and ‘Transition Priest’ who will help the Hallaton Benefice (alongside the others) to then hot chocolate and cake. find a way forward for the church which works well in our rural setting. The Launde Around the World: Moroccan on Thursday June 15th: National church is currently seeking to enable the flourishing of all churches through a process of ‘Reform and Renewal’ and as part of that they have set aside 'Come with us to the Kasbah for lots of Eastern delights'. funding for ‘Resource Church’ initiatives, this will mean churches being given extra £16 per person with a choice from a two-course menu. 7.00pm for 7.30pm resources in order that they can resource others more widely, the Diocese of Booking essential 01572 717254 [email protected] Leicester is committed to have Rural resource Churches as well as Urban or Benefice Boots: Market Town resource churches and the parishes around Launde will have the opportunity to explore with the Warden of Launde Abbey, the Area Dean, the The group will be meeting on Thursday 8th June 10.00am at the Nevill Arms, Archdeacon and the wider Diocese of Leicester what that might look like. Medbourne for a circular walk. We shall be returning around 12.30 for lunch in the In other rural places this has meant a Vicar who does have oversight of a number Café Nevill and as ever, non-walkers are warmly welcome to join us. These walks of parishes but who also brings a specialist skill such as ‘Children and Young are a great way to exercise, get some fresh air and enjoy the beautiful People’ or ‘Enabling lay leadership’ ‘Spirituality’ or some other particular gifting. Leicestershire and Rutland countryside. The Church Wardens and Parish representatives are already bringing together a June 1917 Key Events: parish profile so that this two year post can be advertised and a suitable priest US troops land in Europe. recruited. If you have any questions or if you have particular ideas about the Church in your Worst air raid of the war takes place on London resulting in 162 deaths and parish do please get in touch with me, Revd Alison (Area Dean) 432 injuries. [email protected] British Royal Family renounces German name and titles and adopts the name Windsor. Mothers' Union: Race riots occur in the USA with 200 reported deaths. Tuesday 13th June 7.30pm at Silva House, Main Street, East Norton Greece joins the war on the Allies side. Hazel Auchen from Launde Abbey will be giving a talk on the history of Launde Slawston Village Fete - Saturday July 8th: Abbey. Everyone most welcome. The Slawton Village Fete will be held on Saturday July 8th at 2:30pm at the Benefice Outing: Grand Day Out: Village Hall. Proceeds are in aid of the village hall and All Saints’ Church. The annual outing, open to everyone is again a Canal Trip on the Peter Le Horninghold Summer Garden 1st July: Marchant Trust boat, The Symphony. The boat accommodates 26 passengers and Tickets for the Horninghold annual garden party for our church restoration fund is fully accessible. It will leave from the Trust's canal-side moorings, Beeches are now available at £15 each from Jayne Webb on 01858 555187 or email Road, Loughborough on Friday 29th September. Shared transport will be [email protected]. arranged with 'pick up' times between 09.30 am and 09.45am for a 11.00 am prompt departure from the boat, returning to the villages at about 4.00pm after Hallaton Tea Time Service: Trinity Sunday the 4 hour cruise. Cost: £13.50 per person. Morning coffee and a buffet lunch will A service for ALL ages on Sunday 11th June at 4:30pm. be served on the boat. The boat has been booked and paid for. Booking forms A short service followed by tea, cake and the activity table. are available from: Janet Doughty (0116 2598497), Sue Horsley (01858 555748), Anthea Kenyon (01858 555602, Carol Johnson (0116 2598216), Hazel Wallace Food for Thought: Mad, Bad or Evil: (01858 555606) and Mary Twidell (01858 555204). Is there a right way to deal with the worst criminals in our society? Please complete a form and return by Friday 7th July with cash or a cheque Led by Moira Bartlett, Prison Governor (retired) (made payable to Mary Twidell).