We start our winter series of meetings at Emmanuel Church on the 9th October. The meeting starts with coffee at 10:30am and ladies are invited to this and to lunch afterwards in the Church Centre. If you have not already booked lunch, please do so as soon as possible w/c 2 October.

Harvest in the Barn – Sunday 8th October, 10am Home Farm – Bring a chair! Please come along and invite family and friends to join us as we celebrate Harvest in the Barn at Home Farm, followed by refreshments at St Mary’s with an optional trail through the walled garden of Nanpantan Hall. We are very grateful to Home
Farm and Nanpantan Hall for welcoming us in this way. If you would like to help with decorating the barn or providing refreshments at the church, please contact admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk

If you feel like enjoying a relaxing and uplifting Autumn evening with music and refreshments in October, the EVE Piano Trio will be presenting a concert on Friday October 6th at St Mary’s, playing classical favourites from Beethoven’s majestic Archduke Trio and Schubert’s beautiful Trio Op 100 alongside a variety of favourite pieces, from Faure and Borodin to Simon and Garfunkle, with a few surprises as well - something for everyone! The concert starts at 7:30pm, and tickets are free, but as space is limited, please book in advance at EveTrio@hotmail.com.

Please come along and invite family and friends to join us this Sunday as we celebrate Harvest in the Barn at Home Farm at 10am, followed by refreshments at St Mary's with an optional trail through the walled garden of Nanpantan Hall.

The next St Mary’s Ladies Meeting will take place on Tuesday, 3rd October. We will meet at a member’s home at 10:30am. We will continue to make donations to the Food Bank with UHT Milk, Deodorant (men and women’s), Microwave Rice, Pot Noodles, Shampoo/Shower Gel and Toothbrushes on the current most needed list, but any donations are always much appreciated. Please contact the parish office for the address of the meeting: admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk.

This group warmly invites anyone who would welcome some company whether they live alone or not. It is a lovely opportunity to meet together to share lunch and chat. The meetings take place on the last Wednesday of each month at the Toby Carvery, Forest Road at 12 noon. Please contact admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk if you would like any more details. I look forward to seeing you all there.

Please join us for Morning Worship at 10am and Evening Communion at 6pm. Everyone is welcome to our services on Sunday as we continue to celebrate the Season of Creation. The readings are Jonah 3:10-4:11 and Matthew 20.1-16 and we will be thinking about when God’s justice seems unfair.

As many of you know, Starting Rite is a ‘course’ of 5 sessions which take place over 4 – 5 weeks. Each session is designed for new mums (or second / third / fourth time-arounders!) to spend one to one time with their babies doing multisensory activities in a calm and friendly setting. It’s a great way to get out of the house, compare experiences with a small group of other mums and enjoy a cup of tea. Our babies are typically 3 – 12 months but newborns are also very welcome. And the course is free! We begin again on 20th September, so if you or anyone you know would like to join us, please do get in touch with wendy@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk or look at our website www.stmaryincharnwood.org.uk

While the cathedral is closed for building work, the team have been ‘on tour’ visiting churches around the diocese. We are delighted to be able to welcome some of them to St Mary’s this Sunday. They will be leading a service of Choral Evensong at 4pm, followed by an interlude for refreshments, and then a short concert of organ music presented by cathedral organist, David Cowen, and his son James. Please note that there will be no 6pm service this Sunday.

Please join us this Sunday for our service of Morning Communion at 10am. Everyone is welcome. We will be considering the theme of ‘Forgiveness’. A group for the children will be running during the service. Readings are Romans 14:1-12 and Matthew 18:21-35. We hope to see you there.