Author: Justin Dyche

12th June 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 18 June 2022

Hello again everyone,

First of all can I thank everyone who supported our Jubilee Celebration last Sunday in any way. It was a wonderful occasion in spite of the weather! While the church has mostly been returned to normal the Art Exhibition of pictures by students at Lodge Park Academy is still on display at the back of church so do have a look tomorrow. In fact it will be possible to look at the artwork while enjoying a cup of tea or coffee after the service! Thank you to the people who have volunteered to help with refreshments, but we could still do with a few more so, if you enjoy a drink tomorrow, have a think if you can help.

We look forward to welcoming Tim and Carol Derbyshire to our service tomorrow where they will be sharing about the work they are doing with Hope From Above in Australia. This is a once in three year opportunity to hear from them at first hand, so do come along and find out more about what they do and how you can support their work.

Also in the service tomorrow will be an Act of Remembrance for the end of the Falklands War 40 years ago, in which we will be hearing from Susan Fleming about her brother Alex, and how God has been with Susan, especially in recent years.

The service will include Holy Communion and the children and young people will be preparing for next Sunday’s Fathers Day Service. If you can’t be in church tomorrow you will be able to watch a live stream of the service, either from 10.30 tomorrow or later in the day, by going to the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBGB8BmhLY

Also tomorrow there is a Family Service at Rockingham church at 3pm, also with Tim & Carol and our regular Hope Into Action Prayer Meeting will be happening again at 6pm at St Columba’s.

UPCOMING FUNERALS
Sadly several members of our church family have been bereaved recently and details of the funerals are as follows:
Tracy Ward’s funeral will be at Kettering Crematorium on Monday 20th June at 3.30pm. Everyone is welcome but Chris asks people not to wear black.
Sheila O’Shea’s funeral will be at St Columba’s on Tuesday 21st June at 12 noon, followed by Committal at Shire Lodge. Again everyone is welcome and people are asked to wear bright colours.
Rosemary McSherry’s sister Bridget (Bridie – Bernadette’s mum) has her funeral at Our Lady’s on Tuesday 5th July at 10am and again everyone is welcome.
Please do pray for God to comfort Chris, Michael and Rosemary and for all the families and friends of Tracy, Sheila and Bridie.

MEN’S GROUP
Get your walking shoes on and join us for our upcoming Men’s meeting this Thursday evening at 7:30pm. James Ireland has kindly agreed to arrange a walking route for us. We’re meeting at James’ house, 7 Church Bank, Great Easton, LE16 8SN for a walk of about an hour before having a well-earned drink afterwards!
For those unable to do the walk you can still come and join us – either at 7:30pm and then enjoy some time together with others who may not be walking or pop along at about 8:30 to have a drink with us. The weather looks good at the moment so should be a great time for all. Any questions or if you need a lift then contact Riaan or Kevin Montgomery (07512 822422).

GOOD NEWS
Some of you will have heard that Pam Williams was admitted to Northampton Hospital last week after two mini strokes. I am pleased to say that her son phoned this morning to say that Pam is home safe and sound and to thank those people who had been praying. Please keep Pam in your prayers.

NEXT SUNDAY
As mentioned above it is Fathers Day on 19th June and we have a special ALL AGE SERVICE that morning at 10.30am. So children bring your Dad to church and enjoy some time with him and your heavenly Father.

STEVE’S PUZZLES AND OTHER STUFF
Please see the latest edition, which includes an interesting article about Kevin (but not our Kevin).

I hope you all have a good week.

Ian

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01536 400225

5th June 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 10 June 2022

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all having a good weekend, celebrating both the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the Pole Fair. For me the best bit of the Fair were the people we bumped into while walking round, and the best bit of the Jubilee, so far, was the Archbishop of York’s sermon in the Thanksgiving Service on Friday. If you only saw that reported on the News I would recommend watching the full sermon on iPlayer, because while he did mention horses it was only as an illustration and most of the time he was talking about faith and Jesus!

I say the best bit of the Jubilee so far because our JUBILEE CELEBRATION is still to come tomorrow. It is a great shame that the weather forecast has changed from fine to heavy rain, but at least we know where we stand and will move everything INSIDE. However we do still want to put up a gazebo and some decorations outside to let people know there is something happening, so if you are on the set up team please do still come at 9am. We won’t need to close the whole car park, but if you are able to park further away and leave space for our guests that would be wonderful. Everyone needs to register for lunch, ideally before the service. If you are receiving this email direct you won’t need to complete a registration form as we already have your details, but you do need to register.

Just to remind you the programme is as follows:
10.45 Registration opens

11am Celebration Service

12 noon (approx) Lunch, with opportunity to register those people who arrived after the service started. This will be served in the Hall and includes a cold drink. Immediately after lunch the tea tent will be open serving hot drinks and cakes. We will start the games as soon as we have space to do so, and from about 1pm the displays will begin.

Please don’t forget to stay on at the end of the day, about 3pm, to pack away – this should be easier as we won’t have to move chairs inside.

FUNERALS

There is no date for Tracy Ward’s funeral as yet but please do keep Chris in your prayers. Shelia O’Shea’s funeral will be on Tuesday 21st June in church. It would be good if as many people as possible could come and support Mickey on that difficult occasion. And please do pray for Mickey as he adjusts to life without Sheila and as decisions are made about his ongoing care needs.

NEXT SUNDAY

We look forward to welcoming Tim & Carol Derbyshire from Hope From Above (HFA) in Australia to our HOLY COMMUNION service next Sunday morning, at 10.30am. They will be telling us more about their work and giving us lots to think and pray about. Our children and young people in Energize will be preparing for the Fathers Day Service the following week.

HOPE INTO ACTION (HIA)

There won’t be a Prayer Meeting tomorrow evening, but we will be meeting again next Sunday (12th June) at 6pm.

I look forward to seeing you at our Jubilee Celebration tomorrow.

Ian

29th May 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 2 June 2022

Hello everyone,

Lots of news in this week’s email again, beginning with the sad news that Tracy Ward passed away last Sunday evening. Tracy had not been well for some time and had declined since Christmas but her passing was still sudden, although as Chris said: “she’s in a much better place now and I take some comfort that I was there for her in our safe place (home) and she didn’t suffer.” Please pray for Chris and their children and wider family and friends. There is no news as yet about when Tracy’s funeral will be.

A good time was had by all at the Jubilee Afternoon Tea at Lodge Park on Wednesday. Here is a photo of the day to get you in the mood for our

JUBILEE CELEBRATION next Sunday, 5th June. Thank you to all those who volunteered to help next Sunday, you will be contacted in the next couple of days with details of exactly what you will be asked to do, and when. If anyone else would like to help please do contact me.

Do remember that although our service, held outside weather permitting, won’t start until 11am you will need to register for lunch before that (although registration will open again after the service until we reach the 200 limit). Parking may be more difficult as the church car park will be closed, but there is space on a Sunday behind the vicarage in the Nursery Car Park. Don’t forget to come dressed up ready to have your photo taken with the Queen!

After the service Lunch will be served in the Hall. We encourage people to sit outside, but there will be a few tables and chairs in the Hall for those who will find that helpful. The Tea Tent will be open after lunch serving tea and cakes. We will begin our programme of entertainment from about 1pm until about 3.30pm.

THIS SUNDAY’S SERVICES

There will be Communion services at St Columba’s tomorrow, 29th May, at 10.30am and 5pm. There will be different sermons in the two services, so no reason not to come to both, and stay on for the HOPE INTO ACTION Prayer Meeting at 6pm. For those who are not able to be in church there will once again be a live stream of the 10.30 service available to watch at that time, or later in the day, via this link: https://youtu.be/EurDR7gTK6A

SPRING HARVEST 2023

I know we have only just come home from this year’s Spring Harvest but it is nearly time to book for next year. There is a short film about Spring Harvest for anyone who has not been before which we will show in church tomorrow or you can watch here: https://youtu.be/0zLPgMFkjlY

Next year we are planning to go to Skegness from Easter Monday 10th to Friday 14th April which is in most school holidays. We hope to be able to book apartment accommodation that costs £219 per person, where you will be sharing with others from the church family, but if you prefer just a room with bathroom then it will be £185 per person. If you want to be catered for in the church group it will cost about £10 per person extra, if you choose Butlin’s catering the costs per adult are £91 for Food Court or £119.80 for Premium. The bookings open on Wednesday 8th June so we need to know who would like to come by next Sunday 5th June and then to receive a deposit from everyone of £35 per adult and £20 per child aged between 2 – 14.

For any further details please speak to Miriam.

100 NOT OUT

Over the months since Covid started Steve has produced a magnificent 100 online publications (77 “Puzzles & Stuff” and 23 “mini SCANS”) for our instruction, entertainment, and, occasionally, frustration when we can’t solve the puzzles. This week’s offering includes background information on Philippi where our Bible readings last week and this are set, as well as puzzles and notices about upcoming events. Why not get in touch with Steve to congratulate him on his faithful service: scansmag@aol.com

SMALL ADS

We don’t usually have a small ads column in these emails, but my neighbour asked if I could advertise the following and, as I am hoping he will come to the Jubilee Celebration and to hear Bishop John, I said “Yes, of course”:

Washing Machine for Sale – BRAND NEW

Indesit 7kg white £140 o.n.o.

call 07496 037515

PCC
Following our APCM last Sunday the PCC will be meeting on Tuesday 31st May at 7.30pm. Here is a copy of the APCM minutes. There are printed copies of the accounts available in church.

With best wishes

Ian

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07903 644609

22nd May 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 28 May 2022

Hello again,

I start this week with an apology and a correction. Apologies for confusion caused over the day of the Men’s Group meeting – a good time was had by all on Thursday (very sorry to anyone who came on Wednesday) and the next date is Thursday 16th June for a country walk – to a pub! Full details from Kevin or Riaan.

And the correction concerns the UNITED PRAYER FOR CORBY event which is happening tomorrow (Sunday 22nd) at the knife angel but starts at 6pm (not 6.30 as given in last week’s email). The Corbychurches are joining together to pray for our town during the visit of the knife angel and asking God to bless and protect the people of Corby.

SUNDAY’S SERVICES

There is a Communion service at 9am in St Leonard’s Rockingham and Morning Worship at 10.30am in St Columba’s, Corby, together with Energize groups for children and young people. This service will be available as a live stream at 10.30am tomorrow or later:

Because of the United Prayer event in Town there is no HIA Prayer Meeting in church tomorrow.

LIZ & NOEL’S FUNDRAISING

Liz and Noel are raising money for two charities, SPECTRUM GAMING and YOUTH WORKS NORTHAMPTONSHIRE that have really helped them as a family over the last year. They would be really grateful for any donations which can be made by going to this link:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lizandnoelharding?utm_term=8krNBJ3ee

TRAIDCRAFT

If anyone who took a Traidcraft catalogue last Sunday would like to place an order through Miriam (saving on P&P) please let her know, she will be placing an order next week. Please give Miriam details tomorrow or reply to this email. Thank you.

MINI SCANS

This week we have a mini SCANS from Steve with another tear jerking story for you.

LODGE PARK SCHOOL INVITES YOU TO THEIR JUBILEE TEA – Wednesday 25th May

There is still space if anyone would like to go to Lodge Park Academy for an AFTERNOON TEA in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on Wednesday 25th May at 2pm. Please let me know if you would like to come along and I will book you in. .

ASCENSION DAY

This Thursday is Ascension Day and there will be a service of Holy Communion at St Michael’s Great Oakley at 7.30pm to which everyone is very welcome. Please let me know if you would like a lift.

NEXT SUNDAY

We have Communion services at 10.30am and 5pm next Sunday, with different sermons, so no reason not to come to both. The HIA Prayer Meeting will be happening again as well.

JUBILEE CELEBRATION

It is two weeks to our PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATION on Sunday 5th June. We start with a service outside on the grass (weather permitting) at 11am, a slightly later start to give time to set up and to move neatly to the BIG LUNCH at 12 noon. We are providing a FREE lunch to the first 200 people who register from 10.45 onwards, so if you are coming or inviting people make sure to come to the service and register for lunch. Then in the afternoon there is Entertainment & Family Fun with various Community Groups. A big thank you to the people who have volunteered to help. Please do plan to come along and invite friends and family to join us for this very special occasion.

AND FINALLY

Those people who are in church tomorrow will be given a booklet of daily Bible studies by the Archbishop of Canterbury to be used in the days between Ascension Day (Thursday) and Pentecost (Sunday 5th June). This is also to encourage you to pray for five people during these days, people you might be inviting to the Jubilee Celebration or to Bishop John’s Weekend in July. If you are not in church and would like a copy please do get in touch and we can deliver one to you.

With best wishes,

Ian

01536 400225

07903 944609