for more informationDuring the week beginning 13th February St Peter's will be holding a Faith
Sharing Week. There will be four events taking place during the week that
will be suitable for anyone who has questions about life, faith and the universe
and perhaps how it all fits together. Bishop John Went will be hosting two
of the events and answering questions. Revd Dr Sandra Millar (Diocesan
Children's Advisor) will be hosting another and on the Saturday of that week
there will be an entertainment evening with Tom Elliott, illusionist and
evangelist. Two of the events will take place at the Wheatsheaf pub in
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Bell Ringers needed
Everyone
loves hearing bells being rung and a wedding is not complete without them.
At
Leckhampton we are in need of some more Bell Ringers and would be very happy to
teach you (any lapsed ringers would also be most welcome).
We
practise on Monday evenings (between 7.30 – 9.00pm) and ring for the Sunday
morning service (between 9.10 – 9.50am) – you would need to be able to
commit to attending the majority of these sessions. It takes a while to master
the basics of handling the bell, followed by ringing rounds/call changes and
then moving on to ringing methods. Having reasonable hand/eye coordination helps
and you do need to be able to hear your bell and keep in time with the other
bells (this comes with practise).
Bell
ringing is a wonderful hobby that exercises both mind and body. It is something
you can do at almost any age from about 12 up to 80+, requiring technique rather
than strength. As a bell ringer you have the opportunity to ring at over 5,000
rings of bells, all different in some way (mostly in Britain plus a few
overseas). Whilst on holiday, I have often turned up at another towers practise
night and been warmly welcomed. I believe bell ringing is a unique hobby that
offers as few or as many challenges as you want.
We
are fortunate at Leckhampton to have a relatively light and easy to ring set of
bells. The existing band are a friendly group of people and we will do our best
to make you very welcome.
If
you think this might interest you, please contact Stuart Tomlinson (tel: Chelt
581610). We can then arrange a suitable time for you to come and see a bell
being rung (including a trip up the tower) and learn more about what is
involved.
Following
on from the Journey in Prayer, I would like to draw attention to two
opportunities for prayer which are offered by the people of St Peter’s.
One is the Julian Group which meets on the first
Thursday of each month at 7.30pm in members’ homes.
It is a time of contemplative prayer, which usually begins with a short
sentence of scripture, followed by 20-30 minutes of silent prayer.
Julian meetings first came into being in 1973 in response to letters
written by Hilary Wakeman, and published by the Church Times, the Catholic
Herald and the Baptist Times, who had, for some years, been conscious of a gap
in the worshipping life of the Church. At
that time many were becoming aware, and particularly the young, that the
contemplative dimension of prayer expressed through silence (though not
necessarily exclusively so) played little or no part in the Christian worship.
The response to these letters was wonderful, and came from across the
whole country, and from these responses grew up the Julian Group movement.
For many people, what is vital about the Julian Meetings, and the thing
that differentiates them from other Christian meditation groups, is that they
encourage those who are drawn to this way of prayer to find their own way
into silence. If you would like to
know more about this group, please contact Helen Taylor.
The other opportunity of prayer is the Prayer Chain,
which is a group of people linked together who are willing to offer their
private intercessory prayer for particular people or concerns.
If you think you would like to be involved in this, or want to know more
about it, then please contact Sue Marlow.
Prayer is such an important part of our corporate life as
Christians, and it is clearly God’s will that we bring into our prayers those
whose lives God has closely interlocked with our own and those with whom we
worship. We are all very
grateful for all those who give of their time to undergird the prayer life of
our community, and I do commend the two groups above.
Felicity Bayne
If you are not on the rotas already, but would like to read the intercessions or become a welcomer or read in church please contact Peter Davies, Anne Webber or Bob Peters respectively. Newcomers always welcome.
In particular, Anne Webber would be very pleased to hear from anybody who would care to become a Welcomer at the 1000 service. Numbers have fallen in recent months and although other aspects of church life have benefited from that, nobody has stepped up to fill the breech, which means that the existing Welcomers find that their turn comes round more often. We could really do with a further half a dozen people, if possible. You need no special skills, just the ability to make people feel welcome and perhaps a sense of humour and the ability to be flexible. Anne will be happy to provide more details on request.
The church and churchyard are maintained solely by the
congregation. We receive no
assistance from Government (apart from Gift Aid on donations to the Church) or
the central church.
The cost to the congregation of maintaining this church and the ministry in Leckhampton is over £2,000 per week. If you feel that you would like to support us financially in our efforts to maintain this church for future generations you may wish to make a regular or single donation.
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St Peter's has a Child Protection Policy.
The nominated person is David Webber whose number can be found in the church
magazine or obtained from the Parish Office.
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CCP needs food for
people in times of crisis. All non-perishable food items are needed such as:
Tea, coffee, sugar, long-life milk, pasta, rice, tinned tomatoes, tuna, corned
beef, vegetables, tinned fruit –
anything that can be easily made
into a meal.
If everyone could add one extra item to their shopping list to donate on a
regular basis it would make CCP's task in providing for their destitute clients
so much easier.
There will be crates in the porch each week for your donations which will be
delivered to CCP on a regular basis.
Your generosity will be greatly appreciated.
We all care about our stewardship of our church, and many of us are regular and generous givers during our lifetime. However, few of us have probably thought about leaving a legacy for the benefit of St Peter's, so that the church and its parochial activities can benefit after our deaths, when we have no earthly use for our money or other assets.
In keeping with many other churches we have now appointed a Legacies Officer (Richard Collins) who will act as a confidential focal point for anyone who would like to know more about how to make a will (if you do not have one already) or how to add a codicil (a kind of formal "PS") to your existing will so that, if you so wish, you can include a legacy in favour of St Peter's.
Richard can be contacted by telephone or by leaving a note at the Parish Office. He can let you have an easy to read information pack, which explains why it is important to make, and regularly review, a will, and the different ways in which we can make arrangements to give something to the church that has been such an important part of all our lives.
Please also look out for the poster in the church and the information shortly to be added to our website.
Richard Collins
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