Sunday 18th January 2015 THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY www.stpeters-leckhampton.org.uk +Welcome to St Peter's today. A special welcome to our visitors and to any worshipping with us for the first time. A loop system is installed in the church; please turn your hearing aid to the T position. We also provide large print copies of the Common Worship Services. Toilet facilities are available in the Cottages via the main glass doors. SERVICES 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion Hymns: 233, 401, 278, 311 At Communion the choir will sing ‘The Servant Song’ Organ Voluntary: Hornpipe (Water Music) Handel 12.30 Baptism (Jones) 18.00 Evening Prayer THIS WEEK In our prayers this week Within the Worldwide Church we pray for London, Bishops Richard Chartres, Peter Wheatley, Jonathan Baker, Paul Williams, Adrian Newman, Peter Broadbent. Within the Porvoo Communion we pray for Soer-Halogaland, Norway, Bishop Tor Berger Joergensen. In the Diocese of Gloucester we pray for Arthur Champion, being licensed as an Associate Priest in the Churn Valley Benefice this morning. In the Diocesan Partnership we pray for our five overseas partner Dioceses and especially today the Diocese of Dornakal, Bishop Prasada Rao. In our own Parish Calendar we pray for the Members of the Parochial Church Council and for the residents of Bishops Orchard and Blackthorn End. 08.30 Morning Prayer every Weekday and Saturday. 17.00 Evening Prayer every Weekday and Saturday Monday 19th January Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 19.30 Bell ringing Wednesday Agnes, Child- Martyr at Rome, 304 09.30 Holy Communion 11.30 Holy Communion at Hampton House Thursday 11.00 Holy Communion at Middleton House 19.00 Choir Practice Friday 09.30 Flower Guild in Church Saturday Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher of the Faith, 1622 This is the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Sunday 25th The Conversion of Paul (Third Sunday of Epiphany) 08.00 Holy Communion 10.00 Parish Communion and Baptism of (Duncan) 18.00 Evening Prayer CHURCH FAMILY BOOK If you would like to share a birthday or anniversary with the Church Family of St Peter’s, please fill in a form at the back of the church and return it to the Parish Office. NOTICES Intercessions Will you volunteer to lead the prayers on an occasional Sunday morning at St Peter’s 10 o’clock service? Advice, support and instruction are given. Please speak to Peter. Lost – one pearl earring Has anyone found a pearl earring set in silver belonging to Anne Davies? If so, please hand it in at the Parish Office, or speak to Anne direct. Thanks. South Cheltenham Churches Lent Course 2015 The following topics will be debated at open meetings at 7.30 p.m. Justice and the Law – 26 February at St Peter’s Education – 5 March at Pip and Jim’s The Environment – 12 March at St Stephen’s Health – 19 March at St Christopher’s, Warden Hill Immigration – 26 March at Emmanuel Full Time Church Administrator at St Philip and St James A poster and application forms for this post are in Church. The post is 40 hours per week with a salary of £20,000, fixed term maternity cover until 1st May 2016 with the possibility of becoming permanent after that date. The deadline for applications is 26th January. An application pack is also available at www.pipandjims.org.uk If you understand the Church of England, have close attention to detail and a can-do attitude, we need to hear from you. We have great speakers lined up and, with the General Election in May, this will give us a head start to contacting the prospective candidates about our concerns as Christians. See the Poster in Church or contact Liz Mitchell, Deacon at Pip and Jim’s, on 01242 241311 or [email protected] David Deboys. David, who is on the staff of Tewkesbury Abbey, will be with us in South Cheltenham until Easter as an opportunity for him to return to ministry following illness. A pleasure to have you with us, David. COFFEE ROTA FROM JANUARY TO MARCH Yes, it’s that time again, all you lovely helpers. Please sign up on the new rota. New faces very welcome. Penny Come Dine with Me for Kambia Are you willing to support the Kambia Appeal (www.kambia.org.uk) and help raise funds towards our work in Kambia, including the fight against Ebola, by hosting a dinner party for 4 or more of your friends and asking them to make a donation (suggested minimum of £5.00) to the Kambia Appeal? All we ask is that you organise your dinner (or breakfast or lunch) to take place before 28th February and that you contact Sonia Maisey who is co-ordinating this campaign to let her know, so that she can send you more information. Her phone numbers are 01242 231327 and mobile 07469 251309, and her e-mail is [email protected] If you would also take photos and send them to us, we can add them to our Facebook page. Richard The Messenger online The February edition is now available to view and download from the diocesan website. Please visit www.gloucester.anglican.org/news A Fairtrade Church. If you buy products for use at Church or in the Cottages please purchase Fairtrade alternatives if they are available. We will hold sales of Fairtrade Products a couple of times a year. In Britain there are over 7,300 churches, mosques, temples and synagogues that have signed up to be Fairtrade and the products range from coffee to flowers, cotton to dried fruit. In 2012 it was worth £1.57 billion in the UK economy. 2 THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK AND LATER Conflict in the Holy Land: what should Britain do? Come along to meet and question our local politicians at the Performing Arts Centre, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Bayshill Road on Tuesday 20th January at 7.15 p.m. Organised by Pip&Jim’s. See poster in Church or contact [email protected] A Holocaust Memorial Day service and exhibition will be held at the Municipal Offices, Cheltenham on Tuesday 27th January at 6.15 p.m. Information in Church. Still Small Voice – British biblical art in a secular age. The first of a series of five special lectures will be held at The Wilson on 28th January at 5.30 p.m. Poster and information in Church. Open the Book – your prayer support please for the Richard Pate School at 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday 21st January. Christingle. Again we will celebrate Candlemas on Feb 1st this year with Christingles. You can help raise funds for the important work of the Children’s Society by taking a collecting box from the back of church and returning it on Feb 1st. Look on their website for more information about their work. Thank you. Residential Care Homes Over the past year or so two new Care Homes have opened in the parish. We hold monthly Communion Services in each of them and it would be good if a few people from the congregation at St Peter’s join in. It shows we care as a church. The next services are Hampton House (Leckhampton Rd) Wednesday 21st at 11.30am; Middleton House (Pilley Lane) on Thursday, 22nd at 11am; The Grange (Pilley Lane) on Tuesday, 27th at 2pm. Please join us if you are able. Cheltenham Inter Faith meeting on the subject of Subud, the international spiritual movement, will be held on Thursday 22nd January at 7.30 p.m. at the Friends’ Meeting House, Warwick Place. Christians in the World 2.2.15 Following Richard’s compelling talk on the impact of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa, we have decided that our next event will be a fundraising bring-and-share supper for the Kambia Appeal in the Cottages on Monday 2nd February at 8 p.m. More details soon. Please contact Stephen ‘Pen and Pew’ at Pip and Jim’s As part of the Big Appeal for the Church roof (which passed £100,000 in December) a series of four study days on writers and poets, hosted by Adrian Barlow and Roger Symon, will be held at the Church House, Painswick Road, commencing on Wednesday 4 March with George Herbert. Further dates for your diary are: John Betjeman on Saturday 2nd May; Anthony Trollope on Wednesday 23rd September; and T.S. Eliot on Saturday 28th November. Each day will begin with coffee at 10 a.m. and will include lunch, closing at 4 p.m. The suggested donation for each day is £20. Please contact the P&J office on 573508 for more details. Soul Spark in Lent A short course exploring prayer and spiritual growth through prayer, reflection and sharing developed by the Revd Nick Helm will begin with an introductory meeting at the Harnhill Centre of Christian Healing, Cirencester, on Saturday 24th January. Full details will follow in the New Year, or can be found on www.course2.soulspark.org.uk If you would like to reserve a place at the introductory event, or are interested in the possibility of running a course in your church or deanery, please contact the Revd Duncan Munro on mobile 07802 871156 or by e-mail at [email protected] 3 Parish Office. Please contact the Office for details and to purchase one. Musica Vera ‘Come and Sing’ day will be held at Christ Church, Cheltenham on Saturday 7th March 2015, with registration from 10.30 a.m., rehearsals during the day, and a performance of Handel’s ‘Israel in Egypt’ at 7.30 p.m. Proceeds to Sue Ryder and the Festival of Performing Arts. A poster and sign-up forms are in Church. Citizens Advice Bureau The CAB is now operating out of its new permanent premises at 3 St Georges Place, Cheltenham GL50 3LA. Tel. 527202 The Parish Magazine is available in Church. Great value. For delivery to your home, contact Sue. Prom Praise 2015 at the Royal Albert Hall. A Christian ‘Last Night of the Proms’. It will be held on Saturday 25th April 2015 and will cost approximately £47. A coach is being arranged by the Revd Maz Allen. Please contact her at 19 The Oaks, Up Hatherley GL51 3TS for more information. Online Newsletter is at www.stpeters-leckhampton.org.uk Contributions should be given to the Parish Office by 10am on Thursday. You can post them through the letterbox in the Glebe Cottages or call in (Monday - Friday 9am-1pm) E-mail: parishofficeleckhampton @btinternet.com or phone 513647 Spirituality Network for Gloucestershire – guided retreats Please see the poster in Church for details of these retreats, which begin with a taster retreat on Monday 11th to Thursday 14 May or contact Sister Mary Johanna on [email protected] GENERAL NOTICES Gift Aid Envelopes are available at the ends of pews for visitors and impulsively generous regulars. Gift Aid helps us turn every £1 given into £1.25. Please remember to fill in your full name (first name and surname) and your address (particularly your postcode). Many thanks. CCP FOOD DONATIONS County Community Projects are very grateful for your donations of food and still have a pressing need for them. Tinned pies and tinned meat products as well as tinned vegetables are very welcome. A crate can be found in the porch. More information at www.ccprojects.org.uk Thank you. Penny and Andrew St Peter’s Stained Glass. There are still some books written by Eric on sale from the 4
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