25th May 2025
By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 31 May 2025
Dear Friends of St Columba’s,
I hope you are well, although I am aware of several people who are unwell, which means our Healing Service in a week’s time is timely. That is just one of many events happening in the next couple of weeks and so I have listed all of them at the start of this message and then you can scroll down to find the details of any that interest you. The list is in date order:
SUNDAY 25th MAY
10.30am MORNING WORSHIP at St Columba’s, Corby – with children’s ENERGIZE groups during the service.
3pm HOLY COMMUNION at St Leonard’s, Rockingham.
6pm PRAYER MEETING in St Columba’s.
ASCENSION DAY SERVICE – Thursday 29th May at 7pm in St Peter & St Andrew, Corby
HALF TERM CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY MORNING – Friday 30th May from 10am to 12noon in the Church Hall.
SUNDAY 1st June
10.30am ALL AGE WORSHIP in St Columba’s, Corby
6pm HEALING SERVICE in St Columba’s.
WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE – BIBLE course begins, 10.30am and 7.30pm in St Columba’s
FRIDAY 6th JUNE to SATURDAY 7th JUNE – Deanery 24 hours of Prayer in St Columba’s
SUNDAY 8th JUNE
10.30am HOLY COMMUNION with Roger Morgan followed by LUNCH
3pm FAMILY SERVICE at St Leonard’s, Rockingham
6pm PRAYER MEETING at St Columba’s
SPRING HARVEST 2026 – Sunday 8th June is the deadline for asking Miriam about booking for next year’s Spring Harvest.
And now a few more details about each of the above:
SUNDAY 25th MAY
We have two services on Sunday as follows:
10.30am MORNING WORSHIP at St Columba’s, Corby – with children’s ENERGIZE groups during the service and the service will be available to watch on Youtube via this link: https://youtube.com/live/t3Utvm_xJiE?feature=share
3pm HOLY COMMUNION at St Leonard’s, Rockingham – just tell the person in the kiosk as you enter the Castle grounds that you are going to church.
And at 6pm we will have our PRAYER MEETING in St Columba’s.
ASCENSION DAY SERVICE
Thursday 29th May is Ascension Day and there will be a Deanery Service in St Peter & St Andrew, Corby at 7pm. This is a good opportunity to gather with people from other Churches in Corby and the surrounding villages and to meet the new minister at St Peter & St Andrew, Revd Shakeel Nurmani.
HALF TERM CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY MORNING
We have a special children’s activity morning on FRIDAY 30th MAY from 10am to 12noon in St Columba’s Church Hall. This is a SHOWSTOPPERS REUNION for all those children who came at Easter, but it is open to all Primary School age children, you don’t have to have been to Showstoppers to come along and join in the fun and games! No need to book in advance but parents dropping off children will need to complete a form before they leave.
NEXT SUNDAY 1st JUNE
We have two services next Sunday, both at St Columba’s:
10.30am ALL AGE WORSHIP – led by the children and with contributions from people who went to Spring Harvest this year to gather interest before we have to book for next year’s event (see below).
6pm HEALING SERVICE at St Columba’s – this quieter service is open to everyone but especially anyone who is seeking healing of body, mind or spirit, either personally or for someone else.
BIBLE COURSE
I am pleased to say that the new Bible Course has now been published by the Bible Society and will begin at St Columba’s on WEDNESDAY 4th JUNE. Like the Lent Course there will be two meetings covering the same material, one at 10.30am and the other at 7.30pm. Both begin with refreshments. It doesn’t matter whether you come in the morning or evening, or if you switch depending on your availability. Do come along if you are new to the Bible, or if you have been reading it for years, there is sure to be something for everyone, and the discussion will be better with a range of experience.
I now have copies of the guidebook that goes with the Course, so if you ordered a copy you can pick it up in church. The price of these is £9.99 and if you can pay this I will be able to make spare copies available to people who can’t afford this much. However because we ordered in bulk we received a discount and actually paid £8.50 so feel free to pay this.
FRIDAY 6th JUNE to SATURDAY 7th JUNE – Deanery 24 hours of Prayer in St Columba’s
Corby Deanery have organised this 24 hour prayer event. It is happening in St Columba’s and starts on Friday 6th June at 7pm and lasts until Saturday 7th June at 7pm. Prayer requests for our Deanery can be sent to me, but if you would like to participate for an hour you can book via this link:
https://signup.24-7prayer.com/signup/e384ff/
You can either register on the 24/7 Prayer website or book as a Guest, either way allows you to book an hour long slot.
SUNDAY 8th JUNE
This is when we are looking forward to welcoming our former vicar, ROGER MORGAN back to St Columba’s. Roger will be preaching and praying at our 10.30 service and then there will be lunch in the Church Hall to which all are welcome but especially those who knew Roger. Janet asks that if you are coming to the lunch please bring some food to share, prepared on a plate covered with cling film or foil, so that it can simply be uncovered and shared. Then after lunch simply take your dirty (and probably empty) plate away to wash!
Also on that day there will be a FAMILY SERVICE in St Leonard’s, Rockingham at 3pm and a PRAYER MEETING in St Columba’s at 6pm.
SPRING HARVEST 2026
I know most people reading this will be familiar with Spring Harvest, but for those who are not it is a Christian Conference for all ages held at Butlin’s every Easter. We have been as a group from St Columba’s for several years and are planning to do so again in 2026 but there are some changes, and as a result there are three options people wanting to go might consider. All the details are on this document, printed copies of which will be available from Miriam or myself in church. Please ask either of us if you have questions and be ready to give your name to us if you would like to go in a group to Minehead or if you need information about how to book yourself in at Skegness (remember you can only book a room or apartment NOT as an individual).
CHARITY OF THE WEEK
And finally, our Charity of the Week is Tearfund who we have supported for many years. Tearfund have found that working with and through local churches to transform communities out of situations of poverty has proven over and over again to be an effective and sustainable way to change people’s lives for the better. This week, we’d love you to pray with Tearfund for their vision of equipping 250,000 churches to become centres of transformation in their communities around the world. Here is the latest weekly prayer update from Tearfund.
Best wishes to all,
Ian
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