Events

Understandably the world’s attention has been fixed upon Pakistan following the monsoon flooding… but Niger is in a  desperate state. This is the poorest country in the world.. there has been hunger on a massive scale due to sustained drought and then, just as green shoots appeared for this year’s crop, there is massive flooding.   As part of our awareness raising and to get some funds, I am hosting at my Vicarage, 76 Letchworth Rd, LE3 6FH a hunger lunch.. on Monday 13th Sept, from 12 noon to 1.30 pm. 
 
People will get a bowl of soup, a glass of water and if they are lucky, a piece of bread and will be invited to put in  a basket what they would have spent on a good lunch or whatever they can afford.   It’s not much, but it’s a start!
 
For more details…
The Rev’d Canon Christopher R. Oxley,
0116 285 8452

Event Date: Tuesday 7th September

7pm. God and evil: a talk and discussion led by Canon Dr Alan Race, Dean of Post Graduate Studies, St Philip’s Centre. Concluding with a light supper for those who can stay. Cost £4 including supper, £2 for just teh talk and discussion (Concs £3 and £1). All welcome – just turn up at BBC Leicester (beside the Guildhall).

Event Date: Thursday 9th September

St Andrew’s Church, Old Church Street, Aylestone.
Please be seated at 7.15pm to record at 7.30pm.
Entrance free. Refreshments £2. Raffle

Further details 0116 2837050

Event Date: Thursday 30th September

Venue: Pickwell All Saints Church 7pm
FINEST YEARS – Churchill as Warlord 1940-45. Talk and Book Signing.

Come and meet the eminent Journalist, war correspondent, editor, author and historian who presents Winston Churchill as he has never been seen before.

Tickets £10 from Somerby Shop, Melton Book Shop, Oakham Buy the Book, and 01664 454231.

With the Diocesan Assembly fast approaching we are now inviting you to register your attendance and also giving you the opportunity to select which workshops you wish to attend. Click the link below and download the workshop booklet and return it to the address listed.

workshop booklet 

A weekend of celebration of the role of the Arts based around the Church of St Hugh, Sturdee Road, Eyres Monsell.  There will be displays of art works by local children, and adults as well as the wider role of the visual arts in religion… including  flower displays, vestments etc.

For more details please download the information HERE
ArtsFest Arts and Crafts
Arts Festival – Sumary of Events
Organ Concert with Simon Lumby

Event Date: Tuesday 6th July

The speaker at the next meeting of Heretics Anonymous will be Canon Paul Hackwood, Canon Residentiary at Leicester Cathedral, considering:
‘Why do Christians love the poor?’
7.00pm at  BBC Leicester. Talk followed by 7.40-8.10pm Discussion and Questions. Concluding with a light buffet and drinks for those who need some supper. Cost £4 including supper £2 just the talk and discussion (Concs £3 and £1). All welcome – just turn up, no booking needed.

Rejoice week at Leicester Cathedral 26th July to 30th July 
 
All week Free refreshments, childrens craft and activities, interactive prayer trails, from 10:00 until 16:00. 
Monday Evening Transcendence service with Guest preacher John Saxbee the Bishop of Lincoln, from 18:00.  A traditional style Eucharist service with a modern twist.  
Tuesday Experience Breathe in the Cathedral from 10:00. 
Wednesday Evensong from scratch, come and join the choir to sing evensong rehearsal starts around 14:00 
Thursday Godly Play stories from the bible afresh, from 10:00. 
Friday Evening Taize style service, introduced by BBC Radio Leicester John Florance from 18:00
 
For more information email us at rejoiceweek@gmail.com

Places are still available  for the Diocesan Youth Trip to Taizé with Bishop  Tim. Booking forms are available online at http://www.leicester.anglican.org/your-church/subsite/taiz%C3%A9-2010.aspx

The trip is attracting attention from King’s College London who have asked if they can send a researcher with us. Obviously participation in the research is purely voluntary, and would not involve under 18s without parental consent..

If you would like us to visit your youth group / church to talk about the trip please contact :

Revd Jonnie Parkin MA
Team Vicar of Great Bowden
Youth and Children’s Missioner, Harborough Anglican Team

jonnie.parkin@tiscali.co.uk

There’s just a month to go until the special diocesan day conference on rural mission. With over half the tickets already gone, you need to get in quick to avoid disappointment! Designed for anyone in a rural or semi-rural situation click here to read more and book your place: http://sbg.dioceseofleicester.com/?p=279

Saturday 19th June

The day workshop exploring Genetics and Faith at the University, organised in partnership with the cathedral has been cancelled.
An alternative programme will be advertsied in due course.

Please accept our apologies.

The Royal British Legion Quorn Branch “Music for a Summer Evening” presents “All Angels” supported by “The Heart of England Orchestra” Musical Director Paul Hilliam and the Leicestershire & Rutland RBL Pipe Band. Fabulous firework display and if weather permits a Dakota Flypast!
 
Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire, Saturday 10th July at 7.00pm.
 
Gather your friends together, enjoy a picnic in a beautiful setting and then enjoy the evening.
 
Tickets £20 available from Jackie Towers Tel. 01509 416070.

Cheap Travel available for St Alban’s Festival Pilgrimage on 19th June 2010.
 
A full day of worship, events and spectacle in the beautiful surroundings of St Alban’s Cathedral. Including concelebrated Eucharist with preacher, Canon Lucy Winkett.
 
Watermead Mission Partnership will have some seats available for the bargain price of £7, on a coach leaving Rushey Mead or Beaumont Leys at 8 am.
 
More details of the pilgrimage at http://www.stalbanscathedral.org/visit/pilgrimage/pilgrimage-at-st-albans
 
More details of tickets and pick up arrangements from Rev’d Mandy Ford, mandyford@btinternet.com or phone 0116 235 2667

Available for Voluntary Organizations, Community Groups and Registered Charities
Old Grammer School Hall – Kibworth
Tuesday 15th June 2010, 7- 9pm
This training has been specially developed for the Funds and Figures Project and includes:
How to Fundraise for a New or Existing Project, Sustainable Approaches to Fundraising and Managing Your Money, What Funders are Looking For, The Role and Importance of your Treasurer, Controlling Your Funds, Planning Your Money, Budgets
Cost: £10 per delegate payable at the time of booking or £20 if your group operates outside the Funds and Figures area.
Please email Christine Barrett on cbarrett@vasl.org.uk
or call (01858) 439264 for a booking form or with any other questions.
Funds and Figures is a 5 year project is supported by the Big Lottery based at Voluntary Action South Leicestershire (VASL) and working across the Melton and Harborough districts of Leicestershire. We provide training, advice and information on Fundraising and Financial Management for Charities, Voluntary Organisations and Community groups, to help them achieve their aims over the longer term.

MISSION & MINISTRY DROP-IN DAY
Friday 25th June, Christ Church Hall, Coalville – 10am – 3.30pm
 
Planning an away day?   Building a new team?   Grappling with change?
 
This is not a teaching session!  This is an open space to allow you to engage with some of the tools available for team dynamics, vision building, and understanding change.  Drop in when you like and work on your own “stuff” with others and members of the M & M team.  Coffee and sweets available, drop in when you like.  Mike, Nicky and Stuart will be there all day to assist you.
 
It is not necessary to book, if you would like a conversation first please contact the Mission & Ministry Department
 
 
CHURCHWARDENS AND PCC OFFICERS TRAINING
Saturday 26th June, Christ the King, Beaumont Way, Beaumont Leys, LE4 1DS – 9.30am – 12.30pm
 
This training morning is being offered as an introduction to the work for new churchwardens, treasurers and PCC secretaries and as a refresher for experienced PCC officers as well as providing time and space to reflect with others on the challenges and opportunities of these vital ministries.
 
A number of workshops will be provided which consider different dimensions and duties and roles of churchwardens, highlighting resources available.  There will also be workshops run specifically for PCC secretaries and PCC treasurers.  It is anticipated that there will be information packs available from each of the workshops to all participants attending the day.
 
Further information and booking slips have been included in the Archdeacon’s visitation paperwork.  Alternatively please contact Claire Stapleton on 0116 248 7417 or email: claire.stapleton@leccofe.org to book your place ASAP.
 
 
‘A CHOICE OPPORTUNITY’ Tools for the Task of Ministry
Tuesday 6th July, St Philip’s Church, Evington Road, Leicester, LE2 1QN – 9.30am – 4pm
 
A series of workshops looking at particular tools we need for the work of developing a Christian community that learns, grows and shines out!
 
In the morning there are two workshops on offer.  Nicky McGinty will consider how we engage with individuals whose behaviour can, in one way or another, be challenging and threaten to derail relationships and or groups, while Mike Harrison will look at the how and why of mentoring others in the faith.
 
In the afternoon Stuart Burns will address the subject of Helping Adults Learn in ways which are transformative, while Liz Hudson-Oliff will look at ‘Communicating as Church’ – what is it we communicate and how our communication can convey the Christian message better.
 
Moring Workshops
Dealing with difficult people
Mentoring others
 
Afternoon Workshops
Helping adults learn
Communicating as church
 
Attend for the full day or half day – to book contact Claire Stapleton with your choices of workshops.  Refreshments provided, please bring your own lunch.
 
Claire.stapleton@leccofe.org   Tel: 0116 248 7417

ECO Faith, for World Environment Day, 5th June we are having a marquee at the community Riverside festival on Bede park, Leicester

In the marquee will have various activities/workshops for people to get involved in:

1. Today/Tomorrow…..What our Earth could be….Tour and workshop with lots of little tips/ideas on the small steps that can contribute to a cleaner/healthier planet.
2. Shoot your Co2, Carbon footprint and water pistols game
3. Quotes from religious texts books on how faith can be an inspiration to care for the environment
4. Recycled fashion workshop….volunteers will help recycle and revamp a tired looking outfit with buttons/ribbons/badges
5. Badge Making….Eco warrior
6. Pledge/declaration for people to sign to say they will take small steps and make their contribution
7. Grow your own FREE grub….take away plants: tomato, onion, cress, peppers, chilli, courgette and many more.
The Leicester Interfaith Youth HUB  is an initiative of the St. Philip’s Centre

We were set up in January 2010 and our Moto is think global….act local. We look at global issues across the world and take local action through community service initiatives. We have been supporting a charity called Malaria No More, who is helping combat malaria in Ghana, Africa. In total we have managed to raise £10,000 thanks to the young people putting on various community events on for the public.

Contact Raheema Caratella 0116 2733459/07742040929
Facebook – ‘Leicester Interfaith Youth Hub’

MOPA Theatre Company presentMacbeth.  Experience the moral minefield of Shakespeare’s Classic Tragedy in a stunning new setting which unlocks imagery and metaphors in the play that are simply not possible in a secular context… 
 
With its roots in Medieval morality plays, Macbeth is the perfect vehicle for a production which brings classic theatre back to the birthplace of modern drama – The Cathedral.  It is guaranteed to entertain, provoke thought and inspire new understanding of Shakespeare’s great text.  And it’s coming to Leicester Cathedral on Saturday 22nd May.
 
All seats unreserved. Ticket prices £12 standard/£8 concessions. Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm performance.  Running time 2 hours and 15 minutes.  Call the box office on 07918 761252

On Tuesday 15th June as part of the National Pray for Schools events, we are holding a Leicester Pray for Schools event at the Samworth Academy from 7pm. This event is open to all people who want to pray for their local schools – staff, parents, Governors, schools workers, church people with a heart for schools…

John Fryer will be speaking and also we will have displays and resources from many local and national groups linked with schools.

Karen Hodges fromn Scripture Union is hosting the event and there will be worship and creative ways to pray for your local schools and for all those involved in schools across Leicester and Leicestershire. Janet Ingram (Diocesan R.E Advisor) will also be there.

Refreshments are provided and the evening is free.

For further details please contact Karen Hodges on 01455 842144 or email her at: KarenH@scriptureunion.org.uk

13th JUNE 2010.
Churches throughout the world are being invited to mark MUSIC SUNDAY; a celebration of music in worship, by organising an event or incorporating appropriate readings, music and prayers into their regular or a special service. The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) has designated Sunday 13th June as Music Sunday, which also provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the work and commitment of church musicians, combined with a fund-raising initiative on a 50:50 basis split between the participating church and the RSCM.
Information, ideas, and downloadable resources, and templates can be found on the website at www.rscm.com/musicsunday, along with suggestions for music, special readings, and prayers.

 Tuesday June 1st 7pm at BBC Leicester

The next meeting of Heretics Anonymous will be Canon Dr Stephen Foster,
Canon Precentor at Leicester cosnidering ‘Hippolytus and the origins of our Eucharistic services’ – ever wondered why our services of Holy Communion use the particular shape or texts that we now use? Come along and discover Hippolytus from the third century who has had a big hand in shaping what we now do Sunday by Sunday!

7.00pm Talk followed by 7.40pm-8.10pm Discussion and Questions. Concluding with a light buffet and drinks for those who need some supper. Cost £4 including supper £2 just the talk and discussion (Concs £3 and £1)