St Mary's Notices

Please click on the link above where it says, 'St Mary's Notices - 2nd April 2023'. This link will take you to this week's newsletter, where there is a full list of all of the Easter services taking place at St Mary in Charnwood. We really hope you can join us.

The two previous groups called Ladies who Lunch and Table Talk, have amalgamated to make one group. The new lunch group has kept the name “Table Talk.” Previously for ladies and gents who lived alone, the group now 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. We look forward to seeing you all
there.

Please spread the word about the new Starting Rite course! It is a five session (across 4 weeks) multi-sensory course for mums and babies 0 - 12 months at St Mary in Charnwood. It offers a chance to meet other new mums and spend time with your baby, splashing, peekabooing, blowing bubbles, singing and reading stories, all in a small group. The course is free but booking is essential. Our next course begins on Wednesday 26th April 10.00am - 11.30am. Please ask those you know if they would like to join! Contact wendy@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk

Please join us this Sunday for Morning Worship at 10am and Holy Communion at 6pm. David Newman will be preaching at both services this week and we will also be hearing an update from The Bridge.

This week we will be learning about forgiveness through planting wildflower seeds and drawing faces
on trees. At the end we will enjoy hot chocolate and marshmallows. We hope to see you there!

The next meeting will be at the Forest Gate (i.e., the Toby Carvery on Forest Road) on Friday 24th March. We start between 8pm and 8:15pm. All men of working age are welcome to join us over a drink and friendly discussions about work, St. Mary’s, local issues, and people’s interests. Please contact the Parish Admin office for further details: admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk.

Please see this week's notices for details of our Mothering Sunday services. We hope to see you there. Please invite friends too!

Please join us at 10am for an All-Age celebration of Mothering in its many forms. We’ll be talking about how a mother’s love is soft and nurturing but sometimes it must be tough too when there are difficult decisions to be made! Please invite friends and family to come along. It will be a shortish service, followed by refreshments, and with a gift to take home. In the evening, the 6pm service will be more reflective with opportunity to acknowledge the loss and sadness some people experience on this day. This is a Worship with a Classical Flavour service at which there is the usual break for refreshments followed by a short half hour concert of music for Lent.

Holy Communion at 10am and Holy Communion at 6pm. Please note, we have made a change to our usual pattern of services in order to accommodate Mothering Sunday on March 19th, so this week Communion will be offered at both services. At the 10am service there will be a children’s group. Weather permitting, they are hoping to go in the woodland for part of the session, so please bring warm clothes and suitable footwear!

This week we are looking at God performing miracles, and us being generous. We will also being doing some seed planting and chocolate egg-based generosity! Obviously followed by hot chocolate and
marshmallows!

As we agreed at our last meeting, the next meeting of St Mary’s Ladies Group will take place on Tuesday, 7th March at Bawdon Lodge Farm Coffee shop. We will meet there at 10:30am. The current list of most needed items for the Food Bank includes Washing Up Liquid, Spray Deodorant, Jams/Spreads, Tomato Tins, Crisps/Snacks/Chocolate Bars, and Cordial-500ml bottles but anything is welcome and gratefully received.

Please join us for All-Age Holy Communion at 10am and Book of Common Prayer at 6pm. All are welcome as we continue our journey through Lent, thinking this week about the stories of Abraham and Nicodemus and ‘Starting Over’.