Bolingbroke Deanery FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE 536 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 Church of England updated The Government has announced a formal tiering review, whereby more areas have been elevated to tiers 4 and 3. The guidance for places of worship within tiers has not changed at this time, and public worship may continue in all tiers, in line with the Government guidance and the advice below. We are also conscious of those who will not wish to attend a church building in light of increased numbers of cases, as well as churches who for different reasons cannot currently safely accommodate public worship. Many churches continue to offer local streamed worship, together with national online weekly worship and daily audio prayer services via the Time to Pray app and podcast, and the Daily Hope telephone line for any who are unable to access the internet. See church online for more details. Whilst Government guidance permits certain activities to take place in church buildings, it is still vital that the necessary hygiene and social distancing precautions are kept in place. Under latest Lockdown Public worship in church, churchyard or other premises where church services are routinely held Permitted as ‘communal worship’ provided that any person attending is: alone or is part of a group all from the same household or from two linked households and must not join any other group or mingle with any person from another group. A statutory risk assessment must be carried out and all reasonable measures taken to limit risk of transmission of coronavirus Travel to church Permitted. But people are advised to avoiding travelling outside of their village, town or the part of a city where they live. Bolingbroke Churches on line: We will continue to publish a short video on YouTube and linked to our website. Our Web Site http://lincoln.ourchurchweb.org.uk/spilsby/index.php Back copies can also be seen on our YouTube Account - Bolingbroke Team Churches https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqTDWzvL2jxeB6ESF- aP9Nw?view_as=subscriber 2 READINGS AT THE EUCHARIST Principal Service Sunday 7th February 2nd Sunday before Lent (Green) First Reading Proverbs 8.1, 22-31 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 104.26-end Second Reading Colossians 1.15-20 Gospel John 1.1-14 Sunday 14th February Sunday next before Lent (Green) First Reading 2 Kings 2.1-12 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 50.1-6 Second Reading 2 Corinthians 4.3-6 Gospel Mark 9.2-9 Sunday 21st February 1st Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent Array) First Reading Genesis 9.8-17 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 25.1-9 Second Reading 1 Peter 3.18-end Gospel Mark 1.9-15 Sunday 28th February 2nd Sunday of Lent (Purple or Lent Array) First Reading Genesis 17.1-7, 15-16 Psalm/Canticle Psalm 22.23-end Second Reading Romans 4.13-end Gospel Mark 8.31-end FACE COVERINGS IN CHURCH Face coverings must be worn by all those attending a place of worship, including ministers, worshippers, staff, volunteers, contractors and visitors. Social distancing and hand sanitising/hand washing must still take place. 3 SERVICES ACROSS MARDEN HILL CLUSTER East Keal, East Kirkby, Hagnaby, Hagworthingham, Hareby, Mavis Enderby, Miningsby, Lusby, Old Bolingbroke, Toynton All Saints, Toynton St. Peter, West Keal FEBRUARY 2021 PATTERNS OF WORSHIP 7th February 2nd Sunday before Lent East Keal Holy Communion 9.30am 14th February Sunday next before Lent East Keal Holy Communion 9.30am Hagworthingham Holy Communion 11.15am East Kirkby Service of the Word 3.00pm Old Bolingbroke Holy Communion 3.00pm 21st February 1st Sunday of Lent East Keal Holy Communion 9.30am 28th February 2nd Sunday of Lent East Keal Holy Communion 9.30am Services listed are dependent on Government restrictions. If you wish to check before turning up please contact the Deanery Office – 01790 752526. St Helen, East Keal Open daily for Private Prayer - 10.00am – 3.00pm (Sun-Wed) 4 SERVICES ACROSS SPILSBY CLUSTER St James Spilsby, St Mary Hundleby, Holy Trinity Raithby, All Saints Great Steeping, and the three St Andrew’s: Halton Holegate, Little Steeping & Firsby FEBRUARY 2021 PATTERNS OF WORSHIP 7th February 2nd Sunday before Lent Hundleby Morning Prayer 9.30am Spilsby Informal Service 10.00am Great Steeping Holy Communion 3.00pm 14th February Sunday next before Lent Spilsby Holy Communion 9.30am 21st February 1st Sunday of Lent Spilsby Holy Communion 9.30am Hundleby Holy Communion 11.15am Firsby Evening Prayer 3.00pm 28th February 2nd Sunday of Lent Spilsby Holy Communion 9.30am Services listed are dependent on Government restrictions. If you wish to check before turning up please contact the Deanery Office – 01790 752526. Eucharist at St James, Spilsby - Every Wednesday 10.30am St James, Spilsby Open daily for Private Prayer - 8am – 12 noon St Mary, Hundleby Open daily for Private Prayer - 10.00am to 2.00pm 5 SERVICES ACROSS STICKNEY CLUSTER Eastville, Midville, New Leake, Stickford, Stickney FEBRUARY 2021 PATTERNS OF WORSHIP 7th February 2nd Sunday before Lent Stickney Morning Worship 11.15am 14th February Sunday next before Lent Stickford Morning Worship 11.15am 21st February 1st Sunday of Lent Stickney Morning Worship 11.15am 28th February 2nd Sunday of Lent Stickford Morning Worship 11.15am Services listed are dependent on Government restrictions. If you wish to check before turning up please contact Rev’d Fran Jeffries – 01205 481183 St Luke Stickney Open Thursdays for Private Prayer - 10.00am – 11.00am St Helen Stickford Open Thursdays for Private Prayer - 10.00am to 11.30am St Jude, New Leake Open Tuesdays for Prayer & Bible Study - 2.00pm 6 SERVICES ACROSS PARTNEY CLUSTER Ashby by Partney, Aswardby, Candlesby, Dalby, Langton w Sutterby, Partney, Sausthorpe, Scremby, Skendleby FEBRUARY 2021 PATTERNS OF WORSHIP 7th February 2nd Sunday before Lent Partney Holy Communion 11.15am Scremby Evening Prayer 3.00pm 14th February Sunday next before Lent Candlesby Morning Prayer 9.30am 21st February 1st Sunday of Lent Aswardby Morning Prayer 9.30am Partney Family Service 11.15am 28th February 2nd Sunday of Lent Sausthorpe Morning Prayer 11.15am Skendleby Evening Prayer 3.00pm Services listed are dependent on Government restrictions. If you wish to check before turning up please contact Rev’d Teresa McLaughlin – 01790 752344 St Nicholas, Partney Open Thursdays for Private Prayer 11.30am to 12.30pm 7 SERVICES ACROSS SOUTH ORMSBY GROUP Bag Enderby, Brinkhill, Calceby, Driby, Farforth, Harrington, Haugh, Ketsby, Maidenwell, Oxcombe, Ruckland, Salmonby, Somersby, South Ormsby, Tetford & Worlaby. FEBRUARY 2021 PATTERNS OF WORSHIP 7th February 2nd Sunday before Lent Tetford Holy Communion 9.30am 14th February Sunday next before Lent Tetford Holy Communion 9.30am 21st February 1st Sunday of Lent Tetford Holy Communion 9.30am 28th February 2nd Sunday of Lent Tetford Holy Communion 9.30am Services listed are dependent on Government restrictions. If you wish to check before turning up please contact Rev’d Teresa McLaughlin – 01790 752344 St Mary, Tetford Open Thursdays for Private Prayer - 2.00pm to 3.00pm 8 February Diary Dates 16th Shrove Tuesday 17th Ash Wednesday services 10.30am St James, Spilsby 11.00am St Luke, Stickney 11.15am St Nicholas, Partney 7.00pm St Helen, East Keal Compline Every Wednesday via Zoom 8.00pm Starting 17th February 2021 Stations of the Cross Every Friday via Zoom 6.00pm Starting 19th February 2021 The Deanery Synod scheduled for 15th February is to be re-arranged when information from the next Diocesan Synod has been received. Group Registers: Funerals: Spilsby Cluster Gordon Brocklebank 73 years Halton Holegate died 26.11.2020 Charles Wright 92 years Hundleby died 29.11.2020 Barbara Warner 94 years Spilsby died 14.12.2020 Barbara Hicks 98 years Spilsby died 06.12.2020 Dorothy Harrison 95 years Spilsby died 06.12.2020 Margaret White 92 years Spilsby died 12.12.2020 Marden Hill Cluster Gillian Maxim 70 years Hagworthingham died 28.11.2020 Patricia Clarke 93 years Old Bolingbroke died 11.12.2020 Partney Cluster David John Scrimshaw 66 years Partney died 02.12.2020 Michael Rowland Johnson 72 years Candlesby died 29.12.2020 South Ormsby Group Michael George Hall 64 years South Ormsby died 01.12.2020 9 The Acting Bishop of Lincoln Ad Clerum 6 January 2021 Dear friends and colleagues, We write on this Feast of the Epiphany, and at the beginning of a New Year. We hope that you have found some opportunity for rest over the holiday period, though we know that for most of us any relaxation will have been set within the effort that is necessary to live and to minister during these Covid-shadowed times. As 2021 begins, we want to reach out to you, our partners in ministry, service, discipleship and evangelism. We do this as, together, we seek to respond to the Prime Minister’s recent announcement of a third period of lockdown for England. We have celebrated the feast of the Incarnation, reading together the story of God’s love for the world as manifested in his Son, Jesus Christ: ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people’.