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Calendar for October 2019 October 50p 2019 Parish Magazine Festival of Music 19th October www.stpeters-leckhampton.org.uk email: [email protected] part of the South Cheltenham Team Ministry The contents of this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the PCC or the editor, but are those of the individual contributors. - 1 - Our Vision Statement St Peter’s Church Leckhampton exists to love and worship God, to serve our neighbours and to pass on the faith in Jesus Christ. The Parish Prayer Loving God Open our eyes that we might see you. Open our ears that we might hear you. Open our hearts and minds that we Might respond to you and bring others to know you. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ Our Lord who lights our way. Amen +++++++++++++++++++++++ - 2 - In this October issue… Service Times, Regular Activities Page 4 Calendar and Readings Pages 5 - 8 Gary writes…… Page 9 Parish Register Page 9 Festival of Music Page 11 Learning to Listen Page 12 Young People Pages 13 - 14 Youth News Page 15 Events Pages 16 - 17 The Messenger Pages 18 - 19 Rotas Page 29 Directory Page 30 Contacts Page 31 The contents of this magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the PCC or editor but are those of individual contributors. Editor: David Webber Deputy Editor: vacant Business and Advertising Manager: Sue Marlow Distribution Manager: Peter Davies Printers: Parish Office - 3 - INFORMATION Usual Services Sunday 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Family Communion Junior Church 18.00 Evening Prayer 18.00 Service of Prayer of Healing and Second Sunday Wholeness Weekdays 08.30 Morning Prayer 17.00 Evening Prayer Wednesday 10.30 Holy Communion Other Regular Activities Monday 19.30 Bellringers’ Practice Church Tuesday 10.00 Tuesday Club (0-4) Cottages Thursday 17.45 Brownies Cottages Friday 09.30 Flower Guild Church For choir practice times please see Simon Gibson Other Information Baptisms Please ask the Parish Office for details Weddings Parish Office Hours: 09.00 -13.00 Tel 513647 (Cottages) Monday to Friday Prayers are said daily at St Peter’s, at 8.30am and 5.00pm. We invite you to request prayer for people or situations that weigh heavily on your heart and mind at this time so that we can include them on a regular basis. Unless you ask otherwise, we will pray for them for two weeks from the time we receive your request. You would also have to let us know if you would also like the prayer to be used in Sunday services. If you would like to ask for a prayer, you may telephone, email or write to the Vicar (see back cover; emails may also be sent via St Peter’s website), or you may prefer to leave the prayer on the board beside the door in church. If you name somebody, please be sure that they are happy for this to happen; you may choose to use just a Christian name or be even less specific. You are; of course, welcome to join us for daily prayers at any time. - 4 - CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER 2019 Sunday and Weekday service times are listed on the Information page 1 Tuesday - 2 Wednesday 9.00-12.30 Craft-T-Time (Cottages) 10.30 Holy Communion 3 Thursday 19.30 Men’s Group at the Wheatsheaf 4 Friday Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 5 Saturday 9.30-12.00 Marriage Preparation (Cottages) 6 SUNDAY THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00 Parish Communion with Junior Church 15.00 Baptism of Thea Russell (Church and Cottages) 18.00 Evening Prayer 19.00 NextGen (Emmanuel) 7 Monday 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 8 Tuesday - 9 Wednesday 9.00-12.30 Craft-T-Time (Cottages) 10.30 Holy Communion 11.00 Holy Communion at Hampton House 19.30 Leckhampton Local History Society (Cottages) 10 Thursday Parish Office closed (Training Day) Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644 - 5 - 11 Friday 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 12 Saturday Wilfrid of Ripon, Bishop, Missionary, 709 13 SUNDAY THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion with Breakfast Church 18.00 Service of Healing and Wholeness 14 Monday 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 15 Tuesday Teresa of Avila, Teacher of the Faith, 1582 16 Wednesday 9.00-12.30 Craft-T-Time (Cottages) 10.00 Leckhampton School Reception Class Service No Holy Communion 17 Thursday Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107 12.00 Holy Communion 12.30 SCP Lunch (Cottages) 19.00 Music Festival Rehearsal 18 Friday Luke the Evangelist 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 19 Saturday Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India and Persia, 1812 12.00-19.00 COME AND HEAR THE MUSIC! A Festival of Music in a Day (Church and Cottages) 20 SUNDAY THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion with Baptism of Rose Grant 18.00 Evening Prayer 19.00 NextGen (Emmanuel) - 6 - 21 Monday 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 11.00 Holy Communion at the Grange 19.00 Rock Solid (URC Centre, Warden Hill) last before half term 22 Tuesday Parish Office closed 10.00 Tuesday Club (Cottages) last before half term 23 Wednesday Parish Office closed 9.00-12.30 Craft-T-Time (Cottages) 10.30 Holy Communion 24 Thursday 9.00-17.00 Sue Ryder Retail (Cottages) 11.00 Holy Communion at Middleton House 18.00 Brownies (Cottages) last before half term 25 Friday 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) 12.30-14.00 Friday Lunch with Friends at 1 Vineries Close 26 Saturday Half term begins until 4 November Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899 9.30-13.00 Bell Peal 14.00 Baptism of George Duckett 27 SUNDAY Clocks change! BIBLE SUNDAY - THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion with Junior Church 18.00 Evening Prayer 28 Monday Simon and Jude, Apostles 9.00-16.00 Crossroads Care (Cottages) - 7 - 29 Tuesday James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 30 Wednesday 9.00-12.30 Craft-T-Time (Cottages) 10.30 Holy Communion 31 Thursday - Readings for October 2019 Date Sunday Readings 6th THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4 10am AFTER TRINITY 2 Timothy 1.1-14 Luke 17.5-10 13th THE SEVENTEENTH 2 King 5.1-3, 7-15c 10am SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 2 Timothy 2.8-15 Luke 17.11-19 20th THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY Genesis 32.22-31 10am AFTER TRINITY 2 Timothy 3.14 – 4.5 Luke 18.1-8 27th BIBLE SUNDAY Isaiah 45.22-end 10am THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER Romans 15.1-6 TRINITY Luke 4.16-24 FRIDAY LUNCH with FRIENDS Come and enjoy a light lunch with friends old and new – soup, ploughman’s, salad Friday 25 October and Friday 29 November 12.30 – 2pm at the home of Sally & Peter Marlow 1 Vineries Close (off Kidnappers Lane) Donations for The Children’s Society will be welcome - 8 - Gary writes……. Building Walls Humanity has been building walls for millennia; they give us physical security and protect us emotionally from heartbreak and disappointment. Modern life has many such walls that divide, separate, brand, tag, sort, rank and compartmentalize. Our society is littered with them. No matter how safe they might make us feel, they block us from each other and from God. At the heart of the gospel is the message of love, forgiveness and reconciliation, which calls us to live life in its fullest and to grow in relationship with one another and with God. There should be no racial, economic or political walls separating us, instead we must let Christ work ‘through us’ to remove these barriers. What is separating us from one another? Race, status, wealth, education, personality, tradition, politics, disagreements? Or perhaps simply time and willingness? In Christ it doesn’t matter who you are, in him we are supposed to be one family. It is reassuring that in these turbulent times God is unchanging and calling us to seek this unity, to break down these walls, and to embrace each other, once again, as brothers and sisters in Christ. Revd Gary Grady From The Parish Register We congratulate those who have recently been baptised: William Pieters 1st September We congratulate those who have recently been married: James Michael Dey and Stephanie Victoria Gavagan 30th August Jack Joseph Hayman and Stephanie Catherine Vinall 7th September - 9 - LIFE vision party! Saturday 9 November, 2-5 pm All Saints’ Academy Blaisdon Way, Cheltenham, GL51 0WH A free party for all our worshipping communities (schools, families, churches and chaplaincies) to come together and celebrate being a part of the Diocese of Gloucester. Entertainment includes sports games, storytelling, choirs, iSingPop, circus skills, face painting, DNA bracelet making, dancing, creating chatterboxes, Taiko Drummers, arts and crafts, and much more... There is also a chance to grill the Bishops and Archdeacons in a special Question Time session! Free food will be available including a hog roast, vegan burgers, soup, popcorn and lots of cake. The Bake Off Challenge We are also holding our very own ‘Bake Off’ competition. Children of all ages and adults are invited to bake and decorate a cake or biscuits of their choice. The theme of the competition is our LIFE vision. Tom Herbert from The Fabulous Baker Brothers and Bishop Rachel will judge the entries and prizes for the winners will be presented on the day.
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