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9th October 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 15 October 2022

Hello everyone,

I hope you enjoyed our Harvest celebrations last Sunday. The children and young people did a great job in the service and all those who contributed provided a wonderful lunch, so grateful thanks to all involved. Below you will find news of tomorrow’s service and other events coming up in the next couple of weeks, and in one case next month, so do have a good read.

SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER
We are looking forward to a service of HOLY COMMUNION at St Columba’s on Sunday at 10.30am. This will include ENERGIZE groups for children and young people. For those who are unable to be in church the livestream link, available from 10.30am on Sunday and afterwards is:
https://youtu.be/YL9ehs7Hp_Y
Also tomorrow St Leonard’s, Rockingham will be celebrating their Harvest with a FAMILY SERVICE at 3pm and we will have our usual PRAYER MEETING at 6pm in St Columba’s.

FELLOWSHIP GROUPS
Don’t forget we have our Fellowship Groups meeting on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm and Wednesday morning at 10.30am. This week we are looking at Kindness, the fifth fruit of the Spirit. Do come along even if you have not been before – you would be most welcome.

AFTERNOON TEA
On Friday 14th October we have our next Ladies Afternoon Tea (men – see below) in the Church Hall at 3pm. Last month we had a wonderful time together, eating sandwiches and cake, drinking tea, chatting and hearing Sheila’s testimony. Do come along and think if there is someone you could invite to this very relaxed but most enjoyable time to meet together.

SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER
We look forward to a service of MORNING WORSHIP at 10.30am at St Columba’s, with Rosie leading and Linda preaching.

MEN’S GROUP
Our next men’s group (ROCK) is on Friday 21st October in the evening at the church hall. It will have a pub theme…a pub quiz and pub food: pie, gravy, mash and peas. Because we are serving food we need to have numbers so please let us know if you are coming…via list at the back, email or text, but no later than Tuesday 18th October, that would be good. You are welcome to bring your own choice of beverage seeing that it’s a pub theme!

On the subject of Men’s Group we had an email today from one of the founder members, John Melvin, who moved to Ireland last year with his wife Pamela. They especially asked us to pray for the family and friends of the deceased and injured from the Creeslough Petrol Station tragedy, which is about 40 miles north of where they now live. They also asked if we could pray for an outreach meeting on Saturday nights from their church which meets at Anne’s hut, 10 doors up the lane from them (about a mile away) and also for a Friday afternoon charity shop singalong, asking that folks will be reached.

SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER
In addition to our morning services of Holy Communion (9am at Rockingham and 10.30am at St Columba’s) we have a MEMORIAL SERVICE for all those we love but see no longer at 5pm. This service is open to all and while those who have been bereaved in the last year will receive a special invitation everyone is welcome to attend and light a candle in memory of loved ones who have died.

CHRISTMAS FAYRE
Our Christmas Fayre will be on Saturday 26th November from 10.00am – 12.30pm
For this to be a success, we would really appreciate if you can get involved by volunteering:
Beforehand on the Friday evening setting up tables, Christmas Tree, etc;
Helping on one of the stalls on Saturday;
Clearing up afterwards.
If you are unable to volunteer you can still be involved in any of the following ways:

• Donate prizes for the Raffle
• Make cakes for the Cake Stall
• Donate bottles for the Bottle Tombola
• Donate soft toys for the Teddy Tombola
• INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME
• COME YOURSELF AND SUPPORT THIS EVENT!

Thank you very much, any questions please speak to Miriam.

AND FINALLY
Please find here a new mini SCANS from Steve. It includes a reflection on Jo and my visit to the lying in state of Queen Elizabeth as well as other interesting articles and challenging puzzles. Please note this is a completely different edition from the printed edition that is available to pick up in church.

With best wishes to all,

Ian

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2nd October 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 8 October 2022

Hello everyone,

I hope you are looking forward to our Harvest Festival Celebration service at St Columba’s, tomorrow, Sunday 2nd October at 10.30am. This is followed by a Bring & Share HARVEST LUNCH in the Church Hall. Please note the following additional details:

Children and Young people – it would be really helpful if all children and young people could arrive by 10.15am at the latest so we can quickly go through the parts of the service you will be joining in with. Please come at this time even if you were not in church last Sunday or at Get Closer on Thursday as there is lots to do!

Food Bank Collection – if you can please bring a donation for the Corby Food Bank. The items most in need at the present time are:
SOUP, SPAGHETTI IN SAUCE, TINNED FISH, TINNED FRUIT, LONG LIFE JUICE, FEMININE PRODUCTS, SHAMPOO, and SHOWER GEL.

Live stream – the service will be livestreamed (apologies for the technical issues last Sunday) and can be watched by going to the following link from 10.30am on Sunday or afterwards: https://youtu.be/w6LDHcOaR5I

Bring & Share Lunch – if you are able to bring some food to share (think dinner not sandwiches) that would be great but please stay for lunch even if you don’t bring anything. The Hall will be open before the service so you can drop off contributions.

PRAYER MEETING
We will be meeting for Prayer at 6pm on Sunday evening so do please join us then if you are able.

ALPHA
I am really sorry to say that we have decided to postpone the start of the ALPHA course until next month. We are really sorry for the confusion over the start of this course but promise it will be worth the wait. It will now start before Christmas and finish afterwards. Any questions please do speak with me. While you wait for ALPHA to start you would be most welcome to join one of our Fellowship Groups – see below.

FELLOWSHIP GROUPS
Out Fellowship Groups continue on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm and Wednesday morning at 10.30am. This week we will be looking at the fourth fruit of the Spirit, patience. You don’t need to have been to one of the earlier sessions so why not come along on Tuesday or Wednesday.

PCC
Our PCC will be meeting on Wednesday evening and among the items being discussed will be St Columba’s charitable giving. As a church we aim to give away 10% of our income to other charities at home and overseas. This includes support for our mission partners M&H and Tim & Carol Derbyshire. If you have any suggestions for charities we may support please do let me know BEFORE Wednesday.

NEXT SUNDAY
On 9th October we look forward to a HOLY COMMUNION service at St Columba’s at 10.30am with ENERGIZE groups for children and young people, as well as a HARVEST FAMILY SERVICE at St Leonard’s, Rockingham at 3pm.

SCANS
There is no Puzzles etc attached this week but there will be a new print edition of SCANS available tomorrow so do look out for that.

AND FINALLY
Sheila has added up all the money that she had from Lunch Club, which has now closed and been replaced by the Afternoon Teas. The money came to over £1200 which has been donated to the Church HEATING FUND. So a big THANK YOU to all those people who used to belong to the Lunch Club, as well as to Sheila who organised it for so many years. We also owe Sheila our thanks as she steps down from being a Lay Pastoral Minister, although this does not mean she will stop being a caring member of our church, only that she is now devoting more time to her family, including JOHN, who is home from hospital, having been told he is healthy, and just in time to celebrate his 80th birthday. Many Happy Returns John!

With best wishes and a Happy Harvest to all,

Ian

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25th September 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 1 October 2022

Good morning everyone,

We began this week with the Queen’s funeral and, apart from the spectacle, what a wonderful sermon by the archbishop. Something to talk with people about perhaps…
Do continue reading for news of what is happening over the next week.

PRAYER REQUEST
Please do pray for John Pender who is in hospital awaiting further tests after suffering from angina.

SUNDAY’S SERVICES
Tomorrow, Sunday 25th September, we have three services as follows:
9am at St Leonard’s, Rockingham – Holy Communion
10.30am at St Columba’s, Corby – Holy Communion with ENERGIZE groups for children and young people who will be preparing for next week’s Harvest Service (see below).
5pm at St Columba’s, Corby – Songs of Praise do come along and join in singing some of our favourite songs and hymns (you may even learn a new one) as well as hearing why these songs are favourites as people from our church family introduce them.

PLEASE NOTE
Because of the 5pm service we will not have a HIA Prayer Meeting tomorrow evening.

ALPHA COURSE
For various reasons, not least to give more people opportunity to sign up (COULD THAT BE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW) we have decided to postpone the start of the ALPHA course until Monday 3rd October. Please don’t miss out on this opportunity to discover more about the Christian faith in a small, relaxed group meeting at the back of church.

FELLOWSHIP GROUPS
Our new Fellowship Groups continue on Tuesday at 7.30pm or Wednesday at 10.30am. The groups are like a home group but are being held in church, they have identical content but with different people the discussion goes in different directions. Both groups last about an hour and a half and include a time of prayer. This week we will be look at the third fruit of the Spirit – peace, something we could all do with. Do come along if you are able, it doesn’t matter that you have missed the first two sessions.

NEXT SUNDAY – HARVEST
On Sunday 2nd October we will be celebrating Harvest at St Columba’s at 10.30am (and at St Leonard’s on 9th October at 3pm). This means that we will be looking for a bumper collection of donations for the FOOD BANK. The latest list of most needed items includes: SOUP, SPAGHETTI IN SAUCE, TINNED FISH, TINNED FRUIT, LONG LIFE JUICE, FEMININE PRODUCTS, SHAMPOO and SHOWER GEL but all donations of IN DATE canned food are welcome, as they are every week, but it is especially good to remember those in need at Harvest time.
We are also having a HARVEST LUNCH after the service that morning, so if you are able to stay and enjoy fellowship please bring along some food to share, hot or cold, but think dinner rather than sandwiches…and don’t forget the dessert! BUT PLEASE COME EVEN IF YOU CAN’T BRING ANY FOOD.

HOPE FROM ABOVE PRAYER UPDATE
Here is the latest Prayer Update from Hope From Above in Australia. Do make use of this in your prayers during the week.

With best wishes to all,

Ian

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Addendum:

Hello again,

Please find here the latest edition of Puzzles and Other Stuff. Steve recommends the piece about Elvis Presley’s Christian faith on pages 3 & 4, and the amazing bravery of Shavarsh Karapetyan who saved so many lives – twice!

Also an update on John Pender. He has not had his angiogram and is hoping this will happen on Monday as he has another procedure booked for Tuesday so please pray for this.

Best wishes,

Ian

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18th September 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 24 September 2022

Dear Friends of St Columba,

Jo and I went to London on Friday for the Lying in State of Her Majesty. We had to wait 13.5 hours, from 1am to 2.30pm, but made friends in the queue and were rewarded with an historic moment by the side of the Queen’s coffin. As Christians we believe that the body inside that coffin is an empty shell and that the soul of her majesty has been given a new body as she has gone to be with the Lord she served so faithfully. See below for one final commemorative service to be held at St Columba’s tomorrow (Sunday) evening, a special commemorative edition of “Puzzles & Other Stuff”, as well as news of other upcoming events.

SUNDAY SERVICES
We have our scheduled service of Morning Worship at 10.30am in St Columba’s on Sunday morning. This will include my latest sermon on the book of Ezra (looking at chapter 7) as well as our ENERGIZE children and young people’s groups – they will be remembering our late Queen in a special session. The service will be available to watch online from 10.30am on Sunday, or later, via the following livestream link: https://youtu.be/2JI4BGLIJfc

In the evening, at 6pm, we will have a special service to mark the eve of the Queen’s funeral. This will be in place of our usual Prayer Meeting at that time but will include space for people to pray for the needs of our world, our nation, our neighbours, and ourselves. We will finish at 7pm with a minute’s silence (I know this is an hour earlier than the national minute’s silence but you can observe that at home at 8pm). If anyone would like a lift to this service please let me know so we can organise this. Do also think if there are other people you know who may like to spend an hour in church at this significant moment in our nation’s life and invite them along.

FELLOWSHIP GROUPS
It was, perhaps understandably, a quiet start for our Fellowship Groups this week. But everyone is very welcome to join us this coming week, either on Tuesday at 7.30pm or Wednesday at 10.30am. Both groups will last about an hour and a half and include a time of prayer. This week we will be look at the second fruit of the Spirit – joy!

NEXT SUNDAY
On 25th September we have three services for you to choose from, or you can come along to two or even all three if you wish.
There are COMMUNION service at 9am in St Leonard’s, Rockingham and at 10.30am in St Columba’s. The St Columba’s service includes ENERGIZE groups for children and young people where they will be preparing for the following week’s Harvest Festival.
Then in the evening at 5pm we have our SONGS OF PRAISE service at St Columba’s. This includes songs and hymns chosen by members of the congregation who will introduce them to us. If anyone has a last minute choice please do let me know.
This service will be followed by the PRAYER MEETING at 6pm.

ALPHA
Many of you will have been on an ALPHA course at some time and will know what a good introduction to the Christian faith it is. I thoroughly recommend that everyone should join one of these courses at some time in their life, and what better time than…now! We have a new ALPHA course starting in St Columba’s on Monday 26th September at 7.30pm so please do come along if you are at all interested, or why not invite someone you know to come along. Kevin is going to be leading the course, so you can contact him with any questions (07512 822422) or ask me on Sunday (Kevin is away taking his second daughter, Rebecca, to Queen’s University in Belfast and visiting his father).

HARVEST
On Sunday 2nd October we will be celebrating Harvest at St Columba’s (and at St Leonard’s on 9th October). This means that we will be looking for a bumper collection of donations for the FOOD BANK. The latest list of most needed items includes: SOUP, SPAGHETTI IN SAUCE, TINNED FISH,
TINNED FRUIT, LONG LIFE JUICE, FEMININE PRODUCTS, SHAMPOO and SHOWER GEL but all donations of IN DATE canned food are welcome, as they are every week, but it is especially good to remember those in need at Harvest time.
We also plan to have a HARVEST LUNCH after the service that morning, so if you are able to stay and enjoy fellowship please bring along some food to share, hot or cold, but think dinner rather than sandwiches…and don’t forget the dessert (says the Vicar with a sweet tooth!)

ATTACHMENTS
Thanks to Steve for producing a special commemorative Puzzles and Other Stuff celebrating the Queen’s life. It also includes the usual selection of puzzles and an invitation to an event from CARE FOR THE FAMILY for parents, carers and anyone concerned with raising children to be held in Kettering on 13th October – see the attached for more details, pick up a postcard from the back of church or visit:
https://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/events/tourevents/a-mind-of-their-own/
Also here is the latest Snippets from the Shires, the Prayer Letter of Tim & Carol Derbyshire working in Australia with Hope From Above.

And finally a BIG thank you to everyone who sponsored Colin, James or myself to do the cycle ride last weekend. If you have not paid your sponsor money please bring it to church on Sunday – thank you.

May God bless you all at this time,

Ian

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07903 644609

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11th September 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 17 September 2022

Hello Everyone,

Just a short email tonight with brief details of upcoming events and the livestream link for tomorrow.

SUNDAY SERVICES
Both of these services will be to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and will include material specially prepared for that purpose. The service at St Columba’s at 10.30am includes HOLY COMMUNION and ENERGIZE groups for children and young people. The service at St Leonard’s, Rockingham at 3pm will be similar in content but without Communion or children’s groups.
The Book Sale at St Columba will close after tomorrow so do have a final browse and please bring money for any books bought but not yet paid for.
The service from St Columba can be watched on youtube via the following link: https://youtu.be/6YGA6rWFa6M

PRAYER MEETING
The usual 6pm Prayer Meeting at St Columba will be happening tomorrow, with lots to pray about for our nation and beyond.

FELLOWSHIP GROUPS
Our new Fellowship Groups begin on Tuesday evening at 7.30pm in church and is then repeated on Wednesday morning at 10.30 also in church. I do hope you can join us as we embark on a journey looking at the fruit of the Spirit in a course called 9-A-DAY.
A little later in the month we will also be starting an ALPHA course for those who are new to faith or church, or just want to find out more about what we believe. Sometimes it is really helpful to invite a friend to an ALPHA course, so do think and pray if there is someone who might like to go along if you went with them. More details from Kevin (07512 822422).

OTHER NEWS
We completed our Sponsored Cycle Ride earlier today so if people could bring sponsor money to church that would be helpful – THANK YOU
Please could you let us have your suggestions for the SONGS OF PRAISE service on Sunday 25th September at 5pm.
Next Sunday we have a service at St Columba at 10.30am. This will probably include the sermon held over from this week and we may hold a further act of commemoration on the eve of the Queen’s funeral later in the day, but these plans are not yet finalised.

God be with you all at this time of change for our country.

Ian

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28th August 2022

By Kevin Montgomery in Sunday Service on 28 August 2022

Hello everyone,

I hope you are enjoying the beginning of a sunny Bank Holiday weekend. It was certainly good to be out in the sun at the end of our service last Sunday morning, singing God’s praise in the open air again. In addition to news of tomorrow’s services there is lots more news below so do have a good read.

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
There are Communion services tomorrow at both St Leonard’s, Rockingham at 9am and St Columba’s, Corby at 10.30am. The St Columba’s service will include an activity for children led by David Bavin. For those who are unable to be in church there will be a livestream of the St Columba’s service by going to the following link from just before 10.30 on Sunday or any time after that: https://youtu.be/dvTF_aWzf_o

HEATING FUND
Thank you for the people who have contributed to the St Columba’s Heating Fund already. There is still opportunity to do so by placing an envelope marked “Heating Fund” in the offering basket. Tomorrow we will have a BOOK SALE with all contributions going to the HEATING FUND so please do bring some money along and have a browse at the books while having coffee after church. Thanks to Michael Cain’s daughter for donating these books to us.

PRAYER MEETING
Because it is Bank Holiday weekend we won’t be having a Prayer Meeting on 28th August but will meet again as usual at 6pm on Sunday 4th September.

PRAYER NEWS
I am pleased to report that Steve Scholes was looking somewhat brighter after being very poorly earlier in the week – thank you to those who prayed for Steve, and also Sue who was very tired after a week of worry and looking after Steve, and please do continue praying for a full recovery. Understandably there are no Puzzles etc this week.
Also please continue to pray for Sheila’s daughter Maria who is not recovering from her operation as well as hoped. She is still in pain and after a difficult week the only answer seems to be physio which has only just started and is a slow solution.
Do pray for children who have either just gone back to school or will be doing so in the next week or so, especially those starting in new schools.

AFTERNOON TEA
Following the success of the Ladies Afternoon Tea during Bishop John’s Weekend we are planning for these to be a regular event and look forward to the first of these on Friday 9th September at 3pm in the Church Hall. There is no need to book but if you know you will be there or would like a lift please let either Sheila Pender or me know (you can simply reply to this email)

RIDE AND STRIDE
If you would like to take part in this year’s RIDE & STRIDE on Saturday 10th September to raise money for the Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust and your local church, either St Columba’s or St Leonard’s in our case, then please let me know. We will be cycling on a route still to be decided, but if you would like to join us let me know and I can give you a Sponsor Form. Alternatively you may like to sit in St Columba’s to welcome any cyclists who may turn up during the day and there is a sign up sheet in church for people who would like to do this, as well as a SPONSOR FORM for people to sponsor me – THANK YOU.

SONGS OF PRAISE
On Sunday 25th September we are going to have a SONGS OF PRAISE service in St Columba’s at 5pm. This will follow the format we have used before where we ask people to choose a favourite song or hymn and then to introduce it in the service by saying why that song is special to you. I am mentioning this now so you have plenty of time to think of your song and what you want to say, but also so that we can make sure that we have the music organised. Thank you to those of you who have already let me know your choices but we still need more so please let me know your song choices by replying to this email and no later than 11th September.

NEXT SUNDAY 4th September
We are looking forward to worshiping together next Sunday with a special ALL AGE service at 10.30am in St Columba’s. This will include a puppet presentation by the children who were at the Activity Morning last Monday – parents please remember we need children in church at 9.30 if possible to practice.

I hope you all enjoy the Bank Holiday whatever you are doing.

God bless you,

Ian

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21st August 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 28 August 2022

Hello again everyone,

I hope you have all had a good week and are looking forward to gathering in church tomorrow to worship our Lord together.

SERVICES TOMORROW
We have two services at St Columba’s tomorrow, an ALL AGE WORSHIP service at 10.30am continuing our look at the book of Jonah, and a HOLY COMMUNION service at 5pm. As these are quite different services why not come along to both and enjoy fellowship with a wider number of our church family, including those unable to attend the 10.30am service.
For those who are unable to be in church the morning service will be available as a livestream from shortly before 10.30am on Sunday, or afterwards, by going to the following link: https://youtu.be/RulaXBmiwLA

We will also have our regular PRAYER MEETING after the 5pm service. Again can I encourage people to come to the service and stay on for the Prayer Meeting.

CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY MORNING
We are looking forward to a fun filled Activity Morning for Primary School age children on Monday 22nd August from 10am to 12noon in CHURCH. Children are welcome to bring friends along and Parents are welcome to either stay or to drop off their children, but please make sure you bring your children into church and complete a Permission Form.

LOOKING AHEAD
On Sunday 25th September we are going to have a SONGS OF PRAISE service in church at 5pm. This will follow the format we have used before where we ask people to choose a favourite song or hymn and then to introduce it in the service by saying why that song is special to you. I am mentioning this now so you have plenty of time to think of your song and what you want to say, but also so that we can make sure that we have the music organised. Please let me know your song choices by replying to this email and no later than 11th September.

RIDE AND STRIDE
If you would like to take part in this year’s RIDE & STRIDE on Saturday 10th September to raise money for the Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust and your local church, either St Columba’s or St Leonard’s in our case, then please let me know. We will be cycling on a route still to be decided, but if you would like to join us let me know and I can give you a Sponsor Form. Alternatively you may like to sit in St Columba’s to welcome any cyclists who may turn up during the day and there is a sign up sheet in church for people who would like to do this, as well as a SPONSOR FORM for people to sponsor me – THANK YOU.

ATTACHMENTS
We are grateful to Steve for producing another mind stretching mini SCANS, I thought I was good at Capital Cities but I didn’t do very well with the quiz on page one! Also here is the latest Prayer Update from Hope from Above in Australia and a notice about the need for Hospital Governors at KGH – do have a read and see if you feel called to this important community role.

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
We have two services again next Sunday, both celebrations of Holy Communion, 9am at Rockingham and 10.30am at St Columba’s, with a very special Summer Holiday Children’s Activity.

May God bless you all in this coming week,

Ian

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14th August 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 20 August 2022

Hello again everyone,

Another hot weekend so I hope you are all managing to stay cool and refreshed. If anyone needs any shopping or any other errands please do ask rather than doing too much yourself.

HEATER FUND
As I said last week it seems wrong to mention heating with temperatures in the 30s but the time will come when we need our heating and at the moment we need to replace two of the four heaters in the church. Any contributions towards the cost of these heaters, in addition to your regular giving, would be most welcome. Just place them in an envelope marked HEATING and put the envelope in the basket in church. Thank you.

TOMORROW’S SERVICES
I am pleased to say that when it is really warm churches tend to be cooler than most places (unless they have air conditioning of course), so why not come along tomorrow to enjoy worship, teaching, fellowship and an hour at a slightly cooler temperature!
We have a COMMUNION SERVICE at St Columba’s at 10.30am with a sermon from William looking at the next part of the story of Jonah, and a CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY in church also looking at Jonah. For those unable to join us in person this service will be live streamed, just go to the following link just before 10.30am or later in the day and you will be able to watch the whole service: https://youtu.be/wf3Yz5SG3k4
We also have a FAMILY SERVICE with Baptism at St Leonard’s, Rockingham at 3pm tomorrow afternoon and everyone is welcome to join us for that as well.

PRAYER MEETING
We will also be gathering in church at 6pm tomorrow evening for our regular Prayer Meeting, when, as well as praying for our HIA house, our Mission Partners and the needs of our church family, we will be praying for much needed rain.

RIDE AND STRIDE
A couple of people have already agreed to take part in this year’s RIDE & STRIDE to raise money for the Northamptonshire Historic Churches Trust and their local church, either St Columba’s or St Leonard’s in our case. We will be cycling on a route still to be decided, but if you would like to join us on Saturday 10th September please do let me know. Alternatively you may like to sit in St Columba’s to welcome any cyclists who may turn up during the day. There will be a sign up sheet in church for people who would like to do this.

NEXT SUNDAY
We have two services at St Columba’s next Sunday. In the morning an ALL AGE SERVICE at 10.30am and in the afternoon a service of HOLY COMMUNION at 5pm. Can I encourage you to come to the 5pm service, perhaps in addition to the 10.30, because there are some people who are only able to attend in the afternoon and it is encouraging for them to see more people in church.

With very best wishes to you all,

Ian

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07903 644609

7th August 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 13 August 2022

Hello again everyone,

What a wonderful time we had last weekend with our CMS mission partners M&H (I will continue to refer to them in that way in emails even though we have now met them and know their names and faces). Learning about their work was fascinating, hearing M preach a sermon for us rather than about him, and then so many of us sharing in fellowship together with them and their children over lunch. And on the subject of lunch a big thank you to everyone who helped in any way to make that time such a success.

PRAYER NEWS
I am pleased to report that both Jess Tosh and Sheila & John Pender’s daughter Maria are both progressing after their times in hospital but both continue to need prayer for a full recovery. Please also pray for Kate Montgomery as she has her next course of treatment, as well as for all the Montgomery family as they enjoy some well deserved time away.

THIS WEEK’S SERVICE
We have an All Age Worship service at 10.30am in St Columba’s tomorrow and look forward to seeing many of you there. If you are not able to be there, for whatever reason, there will be a livestream of the service available to watch from 10.30 tomorrow or later in the day. I should say that because Kevin is away I am responsible for the livestream so am hoping there won’t be any technical issues!
The link is: https://youtu.be/aAkZNpllOP0

PLEASE NOTE
There will NOT be a Prayer Meeting tomorrow evening in church, but we will gather again next week on Sunday 14th August.

CHURCH HEATING
It may seem strange to be mentioning heating as we continue to enjoy such a warm summer, but we all know that colder times will come and we all like to have a warm church in the winter months as well as in summer. Unfortunately two of the heaters in church need to be replaced, and although we have not yet had a quote for this we expect it to be in the region of £5000 so we thought it worth asking if anyone would like to give to a special HEATING APPEAL to pay for these. This appeal is for funds in addition to your regular giving to the church, which are still needed for our day to day expenses and for which we are so very grateful. We hope to have a social event in September to contribute to the HEATING APPEAL but in the mean time any contribution, in an envelope clearly marked HEATING, will be gratefully received. Thank you.

SCANS
There is no edition of SCANS or Puzzles etc from Steve this week but he is working on the next edition of SCANS which will include reports on Bishop John’s weekend. Steve would be most grateful if people could write reports on the different events that took place, including:
BBQ at the Vicarage
Men’s Breakfast
Prayer on the Street
Murder Mystery Evening
If you can help with this please do so in the next couple of weeks and send either to me or direct to Steve at scansmag@aol.com

HOPE FROM ABOVE
Please find the latest Prayer Update from Hope From Above where Tim & Carol Derbyshire work.

NEXT SUNDAY 14th August
We have a HOLY COMMUNION service with activity for children at St Columba’s at 10.30am and a FAMILY SERVICE at Rockingham at 3pm. As mentioned above we will also have our Sunday Prayer Meeting again next week.

May God bless you all in this coming week.

Ian

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31st July 2022

By Justin Dyche in Sunday Service on 6 August 2022

Hello again everyone,

It is good to be back from holiday, refreshed and ready for the next chapter in the story God is writing about his churches at St Columba & the Northern Saints, Corby and St Leonard’s, Rockingham. We have certainly had a good summer so far with the Jubilee celebration and Bishop John’s Weekend, and there is much still to look forward, beginning with the first of three weddings in eight days at Rockingham this afternoon, and continuing with our service and lunch at St Columba’s tomorrow.

SUNDAY SERVICE AND LUNCH
We are welcoming our new CMS mission partners, known to us as M & H because of sensitivities about where they work, for their first visit to St Columba’s tomorrow at 10.30am. It will be great to have a really good number of people in church to meet them and hear about their work. Children and young people are especially welcome tomorrow because we have a special Summer session of Energize, also finding out about M & H’s work.
After the service we will have a BRING & SHARE LUNCH in the CHURCH HALL with M & H, so do please join us for that, even if you don’t have any food to bring – I am sure there will be plenty to share.
Please note that, because of the sensitivities about where M & H work, the service tomorrow will not be live streamed so the only way to be involved is to be in church.

PRAYER NEWS
We will have our regular Prayer Meeting at 6pm tomorrow in St Columba’s when, as well as praying for our HIA house and the needs of people in our church family, we will be praying for M & H, using the knowledge we have gathered in the morning.
On the subject of people in our church family please pray for:

John & Sheila Pender’s daughter Maria had her operation on Wednesday and the surgeon is pleased with the result, although when Sheila saw Maria she was still in pain and not able to move very much. Please pray for a full recovery, freedom from pain and good movement, which may require more therapy.

Jess Tosh has been in hospital this week but is now home again and thanks everyone for their prayers. The good news is that she did not have a stroke as initially suspected but her mobility is reduced, hopefully just in the short term. Please pray that she regains mobility and that her upcoming appointments for physio and follow up go well.

Sue Scholes is having a procedure to prepare her for dialysis on Wednesday. Please pray that this goes well, and I’m sure Sue would also appreciate prayer that, even at this late stage, her kidney function would improve so that she does not need dialysis.

NEW WINE
Miriam and I enjoyed an excellent day at New Wine at the East of England Showground, Peterborough on Monday and I would encourage others to go, although time is running out as Week B finishes before lunch on Wednesday so Monday and Tuesday are the last full days to make the most of this Christian conference happening almost on our doorstep, and New Wine won’t be in Peterborough next year.
Day Tickets allow access to all events, we arrived in time for the main Morning Celebration at 9.15am and left after the Evening Celebration at about 9pm having been to three seminars during the day, and enjoyed time with some old friends! These cost £45 per person and can be bought on the gate or via this link: https://new-wine.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e89eafa09abea41a8dd8bbdd5&id=9c271fdff9&e=9790575aae
Because there is a 24 hour delay with online broadcasts Week B is available from today (Saturday 30th July) to Thursday 4th August but this only gives access to the early morning Bible Teaching and the main Morning & Evening Celebrations each day including the first evening and last morning. PLEASE NOTE the broadcasts are only available for 48 hours. Online tickets cost £40 per household and can be booked via this link:
https://new-wine.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e89eafa09abea41a8dd8bbdd5&id=a00b09c347&e=9790575aae

NEXT SUNDAY
We look forward to a time of ALL AGE WORSHIP next Sunday morning at St Columba’s, starting as usual at 10.30am. We hope to be back online with a live stream, but as Kevin will be away this will be something of a trial. If anyone is interested in learning how to set up the livestream please do let me know.

AND FINALLY
Steve is producing another set of Puzzles & Other Stuff which I will send out in a separate email later today as I want to send this before going to the wedding.
(Later addition: Puzzles & Other Stuff.)

God bless you all,

Ian

01536 400225
07903 644609