1st February 2026
By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 8 February 2026
Hello everyone,
I am pleased to say that from Sunday 1st February I will officially be the Vicar of Rockingham as well as St Columba. We are hoping to have a special service in the summer to celebrate this, and there will be more details about that once we have arranged a date.
I am delighted that after a break for Christmas and January we are starting a new course on Wednesdays (morning at 10.30 and evening at 7.30) this coming week. It is called DISCIPLESHIP EXPLORED and there are more details below, but I would like to encourage you to join us this Wednesday for the first session of this course.
Details of all the upcoming events are as follows:
Sunday 1st February
10.30am – Morning Worship at St Columba’s – we have changed the pattern of services slightly during the opening months of this year, and this service will include ENERGIZE groups who will be preparing for next week’s All Age Worship (see below for more details about that) so it would be great to have a good number of children on Sunday. This service will also include the third in our series of sermons about evangelism. For those who are not able to join us in church you will be able to watch the service on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/7SzyrQeqlQw?feature=share
5pm (please note the time) – Holy Communion at St Columba’s – everyone welcome to this quieter service which still includes sung worship and a sermon.
There will not be a Prayer Meeting this week.
New Wednesday Course: DISCIPLESHIP EXPLORED
Last year we enjoyed a number of courses on Wednesday evenings at church, including the Bible Course and more recently Romans Course. This new course, Discipleship Explored, is in a similar format with a video and time for discussion and will start on Wednesday 4th February, with meetings in the morning at 10.30am or the evening at 7.30pm. The course will run until Wednesday 25th March, which includes Ash Wednesday (18th February) when, instead of the usual course format, we will have a Communion service (morning and evening) using the material from that week of the course as the subject for the sermon. We are starting before Lent so as to complete the 8 sessions before Easter, but do see this as a Lent Course and part of your spiritual discipline for that important season of the year. There is a Course Handbook that can be bought for £2 on Wednesday.
Sunday 8th February
10.30am – All Age Worship at St Columba’s – this service will include a visit by some of the cast of “Sister Act” which is being performed at the Cube in April (see details below) – they will be singing three songs from the musical in the service, and joining with us as we think more about the theme of love! This would be a great opportunity to invite people along to church, so why not ask someone to join you for what promises to be a very special service.
3pm – Family Service in Rockingham Village Hall
6pm – Prayer Meeting at St Columba’s – everyone welcome.
THEATRE NEWS!
Although the GELT Pantomime “Jack and the Beanstalk” will not be performed in St Columba’s Hall this year tickets for the performances in Hallaton on Saturday 7th or Sunday 8th February both at 3pm are available. These cost £10 for adults, £5 for children and £25 for a family of four (two adults and two children) and are available from gelttickets@gmail.com or 07771 967322.
As mentioned above “Sister Act – The Musical” is being performed at the Core at Corby Cube by Rutland Musical Theatre (after a preview in our All Age service on 8th February) from Wednesday 8th to Saturday 11th April (7.30 performances daily and also 2.30 on Saturday) with tickets available from the Core at Corby Cube Box Office, either in person or at Sister Act | The Core at Corby Cube
CHARITY OF THE WEEK – Tim & Carol Derbyshire (Hope from Above)
Here is a new Prayer Letter Snippets from the Shires. Do have a read to find out what has been happening with Tim and Carol and the wider work of Hope from Above and don’t forget to pray for the things that you read.
God bless you,
Ian
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