St Mary's Notices

The building team have been pleased to receive three suggested options for developing the chapter house from our architect. There will be the opportunity for church members to view and discuss these options on Saturday November 19th in the chapter house. Drop in anytime between 10am and 12pm and enjoy a cup of coffee too!

At our Morning Worship this Sunday we mark the end of the church year with a celebration of the festival of ‘Christ the King’. There will be a children’s group during the service. All are welcome!

Our next meeting is at Emmanuel on the 14th of November when we have a talk entitled - ‘Loughborough Carillion’ -the story of how the town chose to build this unique war memorial. The meeting will be held in the lounge where we start with coffee at 10:30am. All men are welcome.

Come and join us for Forest Church this Saturday! Mossy Church will run from 3pm to 4:30pm, and this week we will be making Christmas tree decorations. As always followed by marshmallows and hot chocolate! Campfire Compline has now finished for the winter months – we hope to bring this back in the Springtime!

Please join us for an All-Age service for Remembrance Sunday at 10am. The service will end around 10.45am, allowing a short break before we assemble around the war memorial for the Act of Remembrance at 11am. A service of Holy Communion reflecting on the theme of Remembrance Sunday and a longing for peace in our world will take place at 6pm.

This year our Christmas theme is sheep, and we would be very grateful for everybody to make sheep for us to decorate the church and to give as gifts to people. You can access links to various different sheep making crafts by clicking the link in the notices. Please let us know if you have a pattern we could add!

Please join us for All Age Communion at 10am. We will be celebrating the life of our church here at St Mary’s past, present and future. Please bring a shoebox or similar sized box to the service – all will be revealed!
Our Evensong service will be at 6pm. This will be a traditional service of Evensong, with recorded music by Stanford.

The next date for Ladies Who Lunch is Wednesday November 5th at 12 noon at the Toby Carvery, Forest Road. This is an opportunity for ladies who live on their own to meet up for a meal and a chat. If you would like to come along for the first time, please contact the Parish Admin Office admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk. We look forward to welcoming you!

St Mary’s Ladies Group will meeting on Tuesday, 1st November at 10.30am in the Chapter House. We will be holding a Games morning. We agreed to continue making donations to the Food Bank and any donations will be gratefully received. Please see the newsletter for more details. If you would like to
come along for the first time, please contact admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk We would love to see you!

Please join us for our annual bereavement service at 3pm on Sunday 30th October if you would like to remember and give thanks to God for a loved one who has died. There will be an opportunity to light a candle in the service and to write the name of your loved one on a card for prayer. The service will be followed by light refreshments.

Please join us this Sunday at 10am for Morning Worship with Communion. This week we will be celebrating the festival of All Saints, giving thanks for those who have inspired our journey of faith. David Newman will be preaching and there is a separate activity for children. At 3pm there is a Bereavement Service. Everyone is welcome to remember and give thanks to God for loved ones who have died. At 6pm there will be a reflective service of Evening Prayer.

The next meeting will be held at the Forest Gate (the Toby Carvery on Forest Road) on Friday 21st October. We start between 8pm and 8:15 pm. 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 admin@stmaryincharnwood.org.uk if you would like further details.