Bolingbroke Deanery MARCH 2020 ISSUE 525 Faithful, Confident, Joyful Our calling from God is to work together across the Bolingbroke Team to reconnect dispersed communities with the transforming love of Jesus through our FELLOWSHIP, INCLUSIVENESS & SERVICE Our Vision We aim to have more visible links between people of faith and our local communities by working together in a ministry of encouragement across boundaries 50p 1 READINGS AT THE EUCHARIST Principal Service Sunday 1st March 1st Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent array) First Reading Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 32 Second Reading Romans 5.12-19 Gospel Matthew 4.1-11 Sunday 8th March 2nd Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent array) First Reading Genesis 12.1-4a Psalm/Canticle Psalm 121 Second Reading Romans 4.1-5, 13-17 Gospel John 3.1-17 Sunday 15th March 3rd Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent array) First Reading Exodus 17.1-7 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 95 Second Reading Romans 5.1-11 Gospel John 4.5-42 Sunday 22nd March 4th Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent array) Mothering Sunday First Reading Exodus 2.1-10 or Samuel 1.20-end Psalm/Canticle Psalm 34.11-20 or 127.1-4 Second Reading 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 or Colossians 3.12-17 Gospel Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25b-27 Sunday 29th March 5th Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent array) Passiontide begins First Reading Ezekiel 37.1-14 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 130 Second Reading Romans 8.6-11 Gospel John 11.1-45 2 LETTER FROM THE DIOCESE OF LINCOLN Lead theft in our diocese The past 12 months have been a particularly difficult year for many of our parishes due to a significant rise in lead thefts. In total, 30 churches have been targeted, and despite the arrest of four suspects in December 2019 the problem has not abated – within the first two weeks of the new year two further thefts had taken place. Lead theft is a devastating crime not only for the parish, but also for the wider community. The cost involved for the replacement of the lead using terne-coated stainless steel – a far less attractive material for metal thieves – can be considerable. Most insurers will cover the cost of a replacement roof if the church is alarmed, has SmartWater and all of the appropriate signage. Where a church doesn’t have an alarm, but has the other precautions it is likely the pay-out will be capped at around £7500. With the latter the net result is that parishes have to find the repair and reinstatement costs from a combination of church funds and charitable grant givers. On average the replacement of an aisle roof can cost in the region of £30,000, and a nave roof, with more scaffolding involved, can be as much as £70–80,000. Therefore, it is in everybody’s interests to try and minimise the risk of lead theft from a church. With this in mind, and if there is lead at your church, here is some advice: • Make sure that where you already have SmartWater or similar it is up to date, registered and the appropriate signage has been installed. • If you have an alarm ensure it is checked regularly and serviced as required. • Be on the alert for suspicious activity around the church and ask parishioners who live close to the church to be especially vigilant. Any suspicious activity can be reported using the police 101 number, and if you think a crime is in progress then ring 999. • Further advice about lead theft can be found on the diocesan website, where there is also advice on what to do if the worst happens and who to contact in the diocesan Church Buildings department if it does. Matthew Godfrey Historic Churches Support Officer, Diocese of Lincoln www.lincoln.anglican.org/church-buildings www.lincoln.anglican.org/News/protecting-against-lead-theft 3 Bolingbroke Grape Vine Please can all articles be with the Editor by the 14th of the month. Anything received after this date cannot be guaranteed space. They can be emailed to [email protected] or posted to The Grape Vine, The Vicarage, Church Street, Spilsby, Lincs PE23 5EF Group Registers: Funerals: Spilsby Cluster Marianne Raschewitz 97 years Firsby died 06.01.2020 Doreen Emily Ellerby 89 years Spilsby died 10.01.2020 Marden Hill Cluster Jean Thompson 86 years East Kirkby died 01.01.2020 Catherine Anne Lingham 63 years Hagworthingham died 09.01.2020 Partney Cluster Patricia Marina Smith 85 years Scremby died 28.12.2019 Stickney Cluster Harold William Scott 90 years Eastville died 30.01.2020 Weddings: Spilsby Cluster Michael William Wrisdale & Nicola Jane Robinson Hundleby 22.02.2020 Dates for the Diary Stations of the Cross Fridays during Lent, 6pm th 28 February - St James’ Church 6th March – Roman Catholic Church th 13 March – St James’ Church 20th March – Roman Catholic Church th 27 March – St James’ Church 3rd April – Roman Catholic Church March 1st St David’s Day 2nd Holy Communion at The Manor Care Home, East Kirkby 2nd Skendleby APCM 3rd West Keal APCM in church, 10.30am 3rd South Ormsby Group meeting, Hamilton Hall, 7pm 4th Compline at Hundleby, 6.30pm 5th Stickney APCM 6th World Day of Prayer, Christian Fellowship, 10am 6th Spilsby Light Night preview 4 7th Learning Communities, St James Spilsby, 9.30am 7th Spilsby Light Night, 5pm-9pm 10th Stickford APCM 11th Compline at Hundleby, 6.30pm 13th Little Steeping APCM 13th East Kirkby APCM 14th Community of St Hugh prayer at The Olive Tree, 10.00am 15th New Leake APCM 16th Aswardby APCM 17th St Patrick’s Day 17th Dalby APCM 17th Hagworthingham APCM in church, 7pm 18th Compline at Hundleby, 6.30pm 19th Skendleby Old School Afternoon Tea, 2pm 21st East Keal Church Coffee Morning, 10-11.30am 22nd Hundleby Café Church and HOP 7th Birthday celebrations 24th Eco Church/Environment talk, Brinkhill Church, 10am 24th Communion at The Old Rectory, Stickney 24th Halton Holegate APCM 25th Compline at Hundleby, 6.30pm 25th Langton APCM 25th Spilsby & District Schools Music Festival 26th Spilsby & District Schools Music Festival 28th Scremby APCM 30th Partney APCM 31st Candlesby APCM April 1st Compline at Hundleby, 6.30pm 4th Elizabethan Singers ‘A Celebration of Sacred Music’, St James Spilsby, 7.30pm 5th Raithby APCM 7th Chrism Eucharist at Lincoln Cathedral 8th Compline at Hundleby, 6.30pm 9th Maundy Thursday Eucharist at Firsby, 10.30am Service at Harrington, 7pm Service at Stickford, 7pm Service at Spilsby, 7pm 10th Good Friday Service at Sausthorpe, 9.30am Reflection service at East Kirkby, 10am Walk of Witness, Spilsby, 11.45am Service at Ruckland, 2pm Reflection service at Spilsby, 3pm 5 11th Holy Saturday Making the Easter Garden, 10am Devotion service at South Ormsby, 12 noon Service of Light at Stickney, 7pm Vigil at Spilsby, 7pm 18th Partney Cluster Meeting 18th Old Bolingbroke Coffee Morning 18th HOP Spring Event 18th Caistor Male Voice Choir, St James Spilsby 7.30pm £6.50 19th Firsby APCM 22nd Spilsby APCM 24th Toynton PCC, 3pm 25th Diocesan Synod 26th Great Steeping APCM Please go along and support your Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Date Church Venue Time Mon 2 March Skendleby Old School 7pm Tue 3 March West Keal Church 7pm Tue 3 March S.Ormsby Group Hamilton Hall, Tetford 7pm Thu 5 March Stickney Tue 10 March Stickford Community Centre 7pm Fri 13 March Little Steeping Church 2pm Fri 13 March East Kirkby Church 7pm 15 March New Leake Mon 16 March Aswardby Tue 17 March Dalby Dalby House 2pm Tue 17 March Hagworthingham Church 7pm Tue 24 March Halton Holegate Church 7pm Wed 25 March Langton Langton Village Hall 7pm Sat 28 March Scremby Scremby Manor 10am Mon 30 March Partney Partney Rectory 7pm Tue 31 March Candlesby Candlesby House 7pm Sun 5 April Raithby Village Hall 11.15am (service) Sun 12 April Great Steeping Church 3pm (service) Sun 19 April Firsby Church 3pm (service) Wed 22 April Spilsby The Vicarage 7pm St James’ Church Sat 23 May All Parishes 10am Spilsby 6 West Keal Your Village Needs You! Please come along and find out how you can help at our Annual Parish Church Meeting St Helen’s, West Keal Tuesday 3rd March 10.30 Refreshments provided Toynton All Saints February Draw Winners 1st No.54 S Shelley 2nd No.58 Ruth Machin 3rd No.66 L Purcell Marden Hill Cluster February Draw Winners 1st No.16 V Lingard 2nd No.15 Sylvia Bradbury Many thanks to all for taking part. The new year has just started for Marden Hill Group we could do with many more numbers to be taken up this year...Alf Tunnicliffe Lottery Organiser Prayer: Evil and the Challenge of Good What can separate us from the love Christ? Can affliction or hardship, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger of the sword? I am convinced that nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 8:35-9 Christ the true Light, who enlightens the whole creation, Fill us with the joy of your light and love. O radiance of the Father, pure and holy one, dwelling in light, Drive from us all evil passions and ill feelings; Protect us from all harm and spiritual attack. Grant us to live according to your commandments in purity of heart; Grant us your mercy and hope of the day of resurrections. Amen. Lenten Reflections - Michael Perham George Herbert, the saintly Anglican priest and poet of the seventeenth century, spoke of this season of Lent not as a fast, but as a feast.