a New Team Rector is Appointed!

THE BENEFICE HAS NEW TEAM RECTOR!
New Insight
Reflecting life and events in the Market Bosworth Benefice
No.22
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April & May 2013
The Search Is Over – a
New Team Rector is
Appointed!
We are delighted to report that a new Team
Rector [Priest in Charge], for the United
Benefice has been appointed.
He was
introduced to worshippers at St. Peter’s on Palm
Sunday, receiving a very warm welcome.
Revd. Dominic McClean will join us in June.
Currently Assistant Priest in the Parish of St.
Catherine, Burbage, and St. Peter with Aston
Flamville, Father Dominic, as he is known, is no
stranger to St. Peter’s having led several
Wednesday morning Communion services during
the interregnum.
Revd. Dominic McClean B.Ed MSc was born and
grew up in St Albans in Hertfordshire, the youngest
of six children. His mother is from Northern France
and his father from Northern Ireland.
He studied for the priesthood in London and was
ordained as a Deacon in 1989 at Westminster
Cathedral, then taking up ministry in Holloway
[London], New York and Glasgow.
After 1996 Dominic worked in the voluntary and
community sector in West Yorkshire, with
organizations like the Victim Support Scheme and
the Domestic Violence Forum.
Dominic joined Northampton Volunteering Centre in
2008 as Chief Executive Officer. This is the support
and development organisation for the Voluntary and
Community Sector in Northampton.
Revd. Dominic McClean at St. Peter’s on Palm Sunday.
Contracts Agreed and Signed for
Parish Hall Development
On March 25 contracts were signed and work
commenced on the alterations to the Parish Hall on
Park Street, Market Bosworth. Some clearance and
demolition work has now taken place.
In 2009 he became a member of the Church of
England and in September 2010 he was licensed as
a Deacon at St Aidans, New Parks, Leicester. He
joined St. Catherine’s at Burbage to complete his
training curacy and to serve as a non stipendiary
minister,
while
continuing
to
work
in
Northamptonshire. Dominic was ordained Priest at
Leicester Cathedral at Petertide 2011 – the nearest
Sunday to St. Peter’s Day.
Dominic is greatly looking forward to starting
work in the Bosworth Benefice.
In our next issue, we will have full details of services and
events to welcome Dominic to our Benefice.
Picture shows [left to right] Richard Bradford and Peter
Smith [on behalf of the DCC], Nigel Axon [the architect],
Nick Smart [the contractor] and Dick Bates [Premises
Officer] at the ceremony.
Benefice Directory
Associate Rector – Revd. Julia Hargreaves
01827 881389
The Rectory, Church Lane, Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire CV9 3QS
[email protected]
Associate Priest – Revd. Alison Thorp
01530 270350
Mobile 07770 808477
Culloden Farm, Norton-Juxta-Twycross CV9 3QJ
[email protected]
Director of Music and Choirmaster
Robert Foreman 01162 861216
[email protected]
Benefice Administrator - Sheila Stinson
07949 232123 [also for Baptism & Marriage service bookings]
[email protected]
Pastoral Assistants - Marion Thomas 01827 713074
and Colleen Annan
01455 292463
[email protected]
Readers - Pat Lockwood 01455 292542
and Diana Morgan
01455 291279
Parish Wardens – Sylvia Holt [email protected]
and Paul Lockley 01455 292068
John Hobson 01827 880967 [email protected]
and Richard Jones 01827 713766
St. Peter’s Handbell Group - John Owen
01455 290757
Regular meetings on Friday evenings.
St. Peter’s Flower Organiser – Alwyn Whitney
01455 290698 Please contact if you wish to contribute to altar
flowers to celebrate a particular occasion.
FareShare - John Willetts 01455 290889
Market Bosworth Parish Hall
Available for family events, parties and other events.
Book with Dick Bates on 01455 290426
Sheepy Memorial Hall
Available to book for single or regular events.
Telephone 01827 880672.
Homegroup – Monday Open Door Prayer Group. Contact
Campbell Strefford 01455 292625
Pew Leaflet Notices including Prayer List
A Prayer for This Time
Loving Lord, give us, we pray, the vision to see
your Holy Spirit working in our lives, the grace to
accept our need of his power and the courage to
act as our faith directs.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen
Diary Dates:
Easter Sunday March 31. Reminders….
06.00am Sunrise Service. Sheepy Magna.
10.00am Easter Communion, led by Archdeacon David
Newman. Market Bosworth.
10.00am Sheepy Group Easter Communion. Sheepy
Magna.
10.30am Easter Sunday Service. Sutton Cheney.
11.30am Easter Family Service. Cadeby.
6.30pm Easter Communion. Nailstone.
Sunday April 7. St. Peter’s AGM. 11.15 at the church.
Wednesday April 10. DCC Annual Church Meeting.
All Saints, Sheepy. 7.30.
Saturday April 13. Coffee Morning and Showcase
Day. Groups and Societies invite you to come and see
the displays of their activities. Free Church. 10.00 –
3.00pm. All Welcome. Details on Page 13.
Tuesday April 16. PCC Annual Church meeting for
Sheepy Group. Orton Church. 7.30.
Thursday April 18. Houses of the Dixie Grammar
School. Talk for Bosworth Society by Walter Baynes.
Free Church 7.30.
Saturday May 11. Coffee Morning and Plant Sale.
Orton on the Hill. [venue to be announced]
Contact the Benefice Administrator, Sheila Stinson on 07949 232123
or [email protected]
To receive the weekly Parish News Pew Leaflet by email contact
[email protected]
Thursday May 16. The Dirty Thirty. Talk on
Leicestershire miners by David Bell for Bosworth
Society, 7.30. Free Church.
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Tuesday May 28. St. Peter’s DCC. 7.30. Parish Hall.
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Thursday June 13. The Villain and the Man of Prayer.
Illustrated talk by Richard Gill and Miriam Stevenson for
Bosworth Society. 7.30. Free Church.
Saturday July 27. Annual Church Fete. Sheepy
Magna.
The annual ‘Walk of Witness’
starts at the Heath Road
playground on Good Friday
[March 29] at 10.00am, walking to
the Market Place for a short
service at 11.00.
Hot Cross Buns, tea or coffee are
then available at the Free Church
from 11.30. Please join us.
This magazine is printed by Paul Negus of the Graphic
Press, Atherstone.
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A Sense of Place
Pat Lockwood, a Reader in the Benefice, writes this month’s article from
the Clergy team.
Knowing something of the history of my family has always interested
me. My Mother’s family came from the Isle of Axholme and North
Lincolnshire and my Mum often talked about her family, so I felt I knew
where they belonged, but I never felt that I knew much about my Dad’s
family. He had been born in India in 1913 whilst my Grandad was
working for the Indian railways as a boiler maker. The family returned
to England in 1920, when my Dad was 7yrs old and the family settled
in Cleethorpes; a few years later they moved to Scunthorpe, where my
parents met and married. Eventually my grandparents retired to
Cleethorpes, where they lived until their deaths. I was very young when
they died and so my recollections of them are vague and I had no time
to ask them about their lives in India, why they went there and when.
When my dad died, the only reminders of his early life were his
Baptism Certificate, stating that my grandparents lived in Bhusawal,
which was in the Diocese of Bombay [now Mumbai] and that my
Grandad was a Boiler- Maker Foreman. There were also a few photos
of him as a young child taken whilst the family were living in India. So
when we decided to take a holiday to India we decided to travel on the
Deccan Odyssey from Delhi to Mumbai and I started trying to find out
exactly when my Grandfather had gone to India and about the place
where he had worked.
From the 1901 census I discovered that my Grandparents Joshua and
Rebecca were living in Lincolnshire. My Grandad was 25 years old and
a boiler maker. When I looked at the 1911 census there is no mention
of my Grandparents so I assume that by then the family had moved to
Bhusawal in central India.
The Great Indian Peninsular Railway (now the Central Railway) was
constructed in the second half of the 19th Century and the Bhusawal
Steam Loco Shed was one of the biggest in Asia, homing nearly 250
steam locomotives and employing nearly 2000 people who worked
round the clock. There was a hot water washout plant to wash the
locomotive boilers every 10 days to prevent scale forming on the
internal surfaces, and once a month the boilers were examined for
cracks, wear and tear. Steam locos remained in operation on the
Central Railway until 1990.
Our own train journey began in Delhi and we knew that there was a
possibility that we would travel through Jalgon, which is near
Bhusawal. In the event our train was re-routed so that we not only
passed through Bhusawal, we actually stopped at the station to
disembark for one of our sightseeing trips.
You can imagine my delight, when we left the station and found a loco
called the “Pride of Bhusaval” [picture left] sitting on the forecourt!
A loco from 1917, the time
when my grandad was in
Bhusawal and so a boiler that
he would most probably have
worked on!
Our train journey ended at the
Victoria Station in Mumbai,
(now the Chattrapati Shivaji
Terminus
and
the
administrative Head Quarters of the Bhusawal Division), named in
celebration of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 and a place that
my Dad and his family would certainly have passed through on their
return to England.
And so 100 years after my Dad’s birth I have been to the place where
he was born.
Our holiday has given me the
sense of place that was missing
from my Dad’s history.
When we were in Mumbai the
guide was asked what she
thought of the British legacy in
India. She replied that the
British had left three things for
which the Indians were grateful
and one of them was the
railways. It is good to know that
my Grandad played a small
part in creating part of that
railway.
Pat Lockwood
Christianity In India
One does not always think of
Christianity when thinking about
India. Pauline and I have just
returned from India and one of the
cities visited was Palayamkottai, in
the south east, where some very
active churches were visited.
Pictured above is the Holy Trinity
Cathedral, where the custom is to
remove footwear before entering.
On the church wall was a plaque
recording presentations of bells.
These bells were made at Taylor’s
of Loughborough.
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Richard III Updated
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It was on Monday February 4 that at Leicester
University, in front of 150 journalists and 50 TV cameras
from around the world, the results of the tests on human
remains found ’over the road’ from the Cathedral were
revealed to be those of King Richard lll. A wealth of
scientific investigation has taken place since August
2012 included radiocarbon dating, radiological evidence,
bone and archaeological analysis, and DNA testing has
confirmed the bones to be of the last Plantagenet king.
There was an immediate request for the mortal remains
to be re-interred in Leicester Cathedral, as per the
license issued by the
Ministry of Justice
which allowed for the
exhumation to take
place.
There is already a
memorial ledger stone
in place in the chancel
at the Cathedral [see
left]
Canon David Monteith
from the Cathedral has
said: “On behalf of the
Bishop and Acting
Dean of Leicester I
want to say how very
thrilled we are to
be part of this amazing
day. We are delighted
with today’s news. We
at the Cathedral and
Diocese share in the
pride of serving such a
great city as ours
which still has the capacity to reveal such incredible
stories. We applaud the skill, expertise and excellence of
Leicester University which have led to this
announcement.
King Richard’s remains found sanctuary at Greyfriars
Friary situated within the parish of St Martin Leicester.
And so that same parish church which has become
Leicester Cathedral will now begin to make preparation
to provide him lasting and dignified sanctuary. and we
will now plan for his final resting place.”
The Loveliest Leicestershire White Rose
To mark the discovery of the burial place of Richard III,
Leicester Cathedral has launched a competition in
association with Coles Nurseries to find the Loveliest
Leicestershire White Rose. Richard III died at the Battle
of Bosworth on August 22, 1485, the final battle of what
was called the War of the Roses. The emblem of his
family, the House of York, was a white rose. Every year
on the anniversary of his death white roses are placed
on his memorial stone in Leicester Cathedral. The
competition is open to rose growers living in
Leicestershire and to gardeners amateur or professional
in the city and county. Entries do not have to be new
strains of white roses, as the judges will be looking for
the most perfect specimen.
The deadline for entries and judging date will be 6 July
2013 which is also the anniversary of the coronation of
Richard III in 1483. The prize will be £100 in vouchers
and the winner will also be a guest of honour at the
simple anniversary service which will be held on the
morning of 22 August 2013. This year, the winning
bloom will be displayed at the memorial stone to King
Richard.
For an application form please contact
[email protected] or 0116 2615368.
Progress with Interment Plans
Leicester Cathedral has started preparations for the
interment of King Richard III. The architects brief was
agreed by the Cathedral Chapter and published on
March 13th. The decision about a final memorial legally
lies with them. This brief will then be made public.
King Richard III will be interred inside the cathedral in a
place of honour. There is an agreed process to make
this decision and it will ensure all views are heard and
considered. This process will give us a design that will
be appropriate for a working, public, worshipping
cathedral and for all those who come in future
generations to visit King Richard’s final resting place.
Following the Cathedral Chapter meeting, the architects
will be commissioned and they, with the designers, will
have approximately three months to respond.
We will then consult with partners including the
University of Leicester, Leicester City Council and the
Richard III Society. The design will need to be agreed by
the Cathedral Chapter and the Cathedral Fabric
Advisory Committee before a formal application is made
to the Cathedral Fabric Commission for England
probably in the autumn of 2013.
White Rose Café Opening
A café has been opened at St Martins House to coincide
with the opening of the Richard III exhibition at the
Guildhall Visitors Centre. The opening weeks of the
exhibition itself have been a great success with an
estimated 3000 visitors within the first three days. Those
same visitors have also been streaming into the
Cathedral to visit the memorial stone and the Richard III
displays. The exhibition and the cafe are open for the
next six months
Opposition to Leicester Burial
There have been other claims made for the location of
the interment, for example York Minster and
Westminster Abbey, not to mention Sutton Cheney [the
Battlefield Church]. However, you might not have been
aware of the following claim featured in The Birmingham
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Mail, on February 14 , under the headline,
‘Bury Richard III in Brum’.
The report mentioned that a more fitting grave could be
at Aston Parish Church where many of Richard’s
staunchest supporters were buried. The church’s Arden
memorial contains Elizabeth Clodshale, born in Saltley
and married to Robert Arden who was executed in 1452
for organising troops for the Yorkist cause against King
Henry VI at the beginning of the last phase of the Wars
of the Roses. The Harcourt memorial features a very
rare statue of a Yorkist knight in full English armour,
which was completed in 1465. It was stored for 17 years
before being installed in Aston Parish Church, when
William Harcourt died in 1482. Sir William is depicted as
wearing a collar of roses that was given to supporters of
the Yorkist King Edward IV. A copy of the Harcourt
Memorial can be seen locally at the Battlefield Visitor
Centre.
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A Challenge to Cadeby to
Raise Funds for Church Roof
English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund
have announced a grant of nearly £100,000 to help
repair the roof of All Saints, Cadeby.
The roof of the church, which dates from the 13th
century, is in such a bad condition that holes have
been letting in water and causing plaster to fall
inside.
A church support group, formed last year, has been
working with a conservation architect to draw up a
project to re-tile the roof, replace its wooden
battens and re-plaster the ceiling inside.
The total cost of the project, which has now been
approved by English Heritage, is estimated at
about £189,000.
Cadeby Church Support
Group leader and
project co-ordinator
Diana Morgan, who is a
licensed lay Reader and
member of the Market
Bosworth benefice
ministry team, said: “We
are delighted that English Heritage and the
Heritage Lottery Fund have agreed to help us by
putting £95,000 towards this project. Their grant is
very generous but it still means we have a lot of
money to raise. We are asking everyone who
cares about Cadeby Church to do what they can to
help us meet our target.”
The grant leaves the church with a shortfall of
£94,000 and the support group has been given until
December to prove that it can raise that much, if
the full amount of money offered by English
Heritage and the HLF is to be released.
A bequest of £30,000 has already been given
towards the work and the church’s own fabric fund
of £14,000 will also be used. That leaves £50,000
more to find before Christmas!
The support group is applying to grant giving
organisations and charities, including Hinckley and
Bosworth Borough Council, for help, but is hoping
that parishioners, local businesses and people who
have connections with Cadeby will be willing to
make donations towards the cause.
A website is to be set up, to allow people to make
donations online, and a sponsor-a-tile scheme is
planned to be launched later in the year.
Anyone willing to make a donation is asked to
contact Diana Morgan by email at
[email protected]
Rachel Parrish
If this magazine reaches you before Easter you may like
to know that there is a Cadeby Easter Family Service 11.30am Easter Sunday.
All Saints, Cadeby
News from Market Bosworth
Work Has Begun on Parish Hall
During the coming months you should be seeing
building work progressing on the annexe of the
Parish Hall, in Park Street. Work commenced on
Monday, March 25th [see Page 1] and it is hoped to
have completed the work by October. The Hall will
be functioning almost normally during the time the
alterations are taking place. Business as usual!
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Footpath Work May Start Soon
There has been much discussion recently about a
renewal of the footpaths leading to St. Peter’s from
both Church Street and the Rectory Gate.
It can be reported that plans have been made for
the repair and installation of the pathways and
although it is hoped to start the work very soon this
has to await a Faculty.
Church Cleaner Appointed at St. Peter’s
A church cleaner has been appointed to clean the
church on Mondays and Thursdays each week, for
approximately four hours per week.
Christingle Raises £226
Sandra Hurst has reported that £226 was raised for
the Childrens Society at the 2012 Christingle
Service on Christmas Eve at St. Peter’s..
To keep up with what is happening in our Benefice
have a look at:
www.marketbosworthbenefice.co.uk
and see your parish magazine in colour too!
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View from a pew:
SPARKENHOE ARTS SOCIETY
Looking at Jesus
Our Lent groups this year – across the Benefice
and with a number of our friends from St Gregory’s
Roman Catholic Church – have been looking at
what Jesus carried with him to the Cross.
Firstly there was the Cross itself. To the carpenter
of Nazareth the irony of being nailed to a piece of
heavy wood, that he would have been used to
fashioning in his youth, will have added to the pain.
Then we looked at the Crown of thorns, the
seamless robe for which his executioners cast lots,
the disappointment of his followers, and God’s
hopes. Sharing Christ’s suffering and our own
journeys in faith has been more uplifting than the
agenda might appear.
During one of our gatherings we reflected on the
figure of Jesus carrying his Cross through the dusty
streets and out to Calvary and we asked ourselves
what we thought it must have been like to follow
Jesus and to know him as a man. Our familiarity
with his life and his ministry sometimes has the
capacity to shelter us from the physical reality of
Jesus the man. We realized that we know next to
nothing about what Jesus looked like, his figure, his
face. We are left with artists’ impressions over the
centuries. So we have to take the words of the
Gospels. Not once do we hear the disciples
describe Jesus or even themselves. We asked
ourselves why this might be and we tried to
imagine the images Jesus must have seen on that
journey with the cross and what he might have
heard.
Seeing and reflecting on the physicality of Jesus’
suffering we began to understand better his
humanity, the loss felt by his disciples, and the
need to share that burden with him.
Everything changed with the Cross. The sacrifice
made by God through Jesus and the shedding of
his blood means that we no longer had to make our
own sacrifices and burnt offerings. The love that
was shown means that as we are loved, so we can
love again and again. But that wasn’t all. God broke
through the barrier of death when Jesus rose from
the dead and changed forever the lives of his
followers, so defeated after the events of Good
Friday. Something happened that changed them
and the world for ever. “God so loved the world that
he gave his only son that whosoever believes in
him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
May the passion of the Gospels and the prayers of
the people of God rise in all of us this Easter.
David Surtees
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Monday, 8 April 2013:
Contemporary Stained Glass – Worldwide
Recent developments in stained glass have incorporated
new types of glass made in the past 30 years with
imaginative new uses of traditional techniques.
Kate Baden Fuller works as a glass artist and her
commissioned works can be found in churches and
many secular buildings.
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Monday, 29 April 2013:
French Jewel Houses from 1900
This lecture follows the stylistic developments and
trends of the major French jewel houses from the Belle
Epoque to the 1920s and 1930s.
Patricia Law is a Fellow of the Gemmological
Association and for 20 years valued and catalogued for
auctions for Phillips in London, Geneva and New York.
Monday, 13th May 2013:
The Mythologising of a Pharaoh: Akhenaten,
deformed or divine?
Akhenaten (c1352–c1336BC) is probably the most
controversial of all Egyptian pharaohs: this talk explores
the extraordinary changes he made in religion and art. It
considers the mythologizing of a most unusual pharaoh.
Lucia Gahlin has extensive experience in Egyptological
research, excavation and museum work. She teaches
Egyptology for Exeter and Bristol University, leading
guided tours in Egypt and in Egyptian collections around
the world.
All talks are held in the Dixie Grammar School Hall,
Market Bosworth, and will start at 7.30pm - please
arrive by 7.15pm.
To find out more and/or to join the Society, please
contact Sally Wollaston on 01455 212209 or Bridget
Flavell on 01455 290300.
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Church Electoral Rolls
Church Electoral Rolls for both the Bosworth and
Sheepy Groups of Churches are due for renewal. If
you wish to remain on the Roll or, as a regular
member of the church, you would like to join, then
please collect a form from the church where you
worship as soon as possible.
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Writings at Random
The weeks between the Resurrection and Pentecost (between Passover
and Shavuot in their old routine) must have been a very bewildering
phase for Jesus’ disciples. Being closest to him, the apostles began with
disappointment, shock, fear, confusion. They had believed him to be “the
one who should save Israel”; save, that is, from Roman oppression and
set them up again as Jehovah’s chosen people and a great independent
nation.
So it couldn’t be right that he was executed as a felon, could it? It
seemed all wrong.
Even after some of the resurrection appearances they were still asking,
“Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”(Acts 1
v.6 NIV)
Their understanding that the kingdom of which Jesus spoke was of a
different order, took a long time to register.
So they were told to wait. They needed time to sort out their emotions, realign their beliefs and hopes, gather strength for whatever was to be
revealed as God’s will for their future.
They had been promised the Holy Spirit, not because God had newly
invented this empowering force, but because the disciples had to
discover it for themselves. As the late Dr. William Barclay pointed out,
atomic power was not invented by people, it had always been there
waiting for us to discover and put it to use. In the same way the Spirit of
God has been present in the world from the creation but each one of us
has to find it personally. The disciples needed to “wait on God” until the
realisation and the power broke through into their lives.
So they continued to meet together, “constantly in prayer” (Acts 1 v.16
NIV) and no doubt with much discussion and heart-searching. They
waited.
Maybe one of the most significant deprivations for busy folk in 21st.
century lifestyle is an apparent inability to wait. Everything from
broadband to trains to food preparation has to be faster, more immediate.
“When do we want it? Now!”….if not sooner!
One of the advantages of being old is that I can’t hurry any more and
seldom have need to, so when folk apologise for keeping me waiting, for
whatever reason, it is very nice to be able to say, “That’s all right, thank
you. No hurry.”
But for even the busiest of us it is a mental and emotional necessity to
take a few minutes away from the rush each day, collect our thoughts,
assemble our priorities and even offer a prayer for our friends or one of
thanksgiving for all our own blessings.
Jesus used to go apart from the crowds to recharge his batteries, renew
his strength and “touch base” with God, his father.
The disciples continued to meet in what we might call a home group
(Acts 1 v13) until the spirit inspired them to move on, to “turn the world
upside down” as was declared in Thessalonica (Acts 17 v6 AV). Their
prayer, fellowship and hopeful worship became the conduit for the power
of the Holy Spirit.
In the Old Testament, 1Samuel, chapter 3, verse 1, it says “In those days
the word of the Lord was rare, there were not many visions.” (NIV) and I
have often wondered whether that also applies to us in this time and
place. Certainly it is not so in other parts of the world but perhaps we in
Western Europe have grown complacent, insensitive or deaf to the spirit
so that our conduit is blocked.
Samuel was awake in the night and heard God calling in the quietness.
Isaiah, in chapter 13, writes, “In quietness and trust is your strength”
(NIV) and there are many good precedents and recommendations for
taking time in company with others,
or on one’s own, just to “be still and
know that I am God” (Psalm 46
NIV).
This is the season when we think of
the followers of Jesus waiting to see
what God had planned for them. For
us it is a season of waiting not just
for Spring, but chiefly for our new
Rector, and to learn what God has
planned for us as a community and
as individuals. The early church
was born at Pentecost after
prayerful waiting. What might we
also be inspired for in our turn?
Beryl
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From The Archives Special
The story of the restoration of the Chancel
in St. Peter’s Church Market Bosworth 1893
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On the evening of Thursday the 22 October 1891 a
public meeting was held in the School Room to launch a
fund for the restoration of the Chancel. The meeting was
reported as follows:‘It is with deep feelings of thankfulness to Almighty God
that we have to record a very handsome gift to our
Church; Mrs Bowers, of Warren Hall, Flintshire, having
offered to adorn and beautify the Chancel, at a cost of
£1,000.” (today that would equate to £50k)
This gift was announced by the Rector at a public
meeting of the Parishioners of Market Bosworth, held in
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the School Room on Thursday evening, October 22 ,
when the following resolution was proposed by the
Squire, the Rector’s Churchwarden, seconded by Mr T.
Drackley, the Parishioner’s Churchwarden, and carried
unanimously with cheers by the meeting:“That this meeting of Parishioners of Market Bosworth
beg to tended their hearty and sincere thanks to Mrs
Bowers for her generous and munificent gift of £1000”
It was then further decided by the meeting, that in view
of the improvements to be carried out in the Chancel, it
was necessary to replace the present organ with a new
instrument more worthy of the beautiful old Church, and
if practical, to raise a sufficient sum to make the existing
seats more comfortable for the worshippers, and to carry
out such repairs as were needful to put the fabric of the
Church in good order. Towards this it was roughly
estimated that a sum of about £700 would be required.
The following sums had already been promised:The Squire
The Rector
Mr A Lloyd
Mr Cope
Mr W H Dixon
Mr H Kershaw
Mr G Kershaw
Lord Howe
Mr S Perry
Rev H L Pearson
Mrs Cowe
Mr Loseby
Mr Drackley
Mr Shepherd
Mr B Scott
Mr Smith
Mr H Beck
Rev H Homer
Rev E J Wild
Rev H E Lowe
Mr T Jackson
Mrs Power
Mrs Fletcher
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Subscriptions already amounted to £374-9s, over half of
the amount that had been estimated. [about £20,000
today].
To give the fund raising a final boost it was planned that
a Grand Bazaar and American Fair would be held in
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the Rectory grounds on Thursday and Friday July 21
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and 22 1892.
The promotion of the event took the following form:We give the foregoing advertisement in our Church
Monthly to call the attention of our readers to the fact
that a Bazaar (D.V.)is to be held, and to ask their aid to
make it a success.
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The stall-holders have
got together quite a
collection of fancy and
useful articles, which
should not only please
and delight the eye of
the visitors, but also
lighten their pockets.
Not that they need go
empty away! No; for
they may have good
value for their money.
We desire mutual
satisfaction, and hope
we may give and also
obtain it.
A list of stall-holders
was published last month, so we need not repeat it here,
but briefly state that there are five stalls for the sale of
goods of all descriptions, and one stall where purchases
may be wrapped up and left for the convenience of the
purchasers, at a moderate charge.
In addition to the Bazaar, it must be noted that there is
an American Fair; this will be in a separate tent and will
be presided over by Mrs Hardwicke. (Mrs Hardwicke and
her husband had the general store situated where
Elizabeth Anne hair salon now stands) Here will be
collected articles of all kind. Those who love cheap
bargains should make the best use of this opportunity.
Hunger and thirst may be appeased at the refreshment
tent, where an excellent cold luncheon and light
refreshments will be served and tea, coffee etc., etc.
provided.
As to amusements, there will be a selection of music
played by the Leicestershire Yeomanry Band, concerts
by first class amateurs, and we are pleased to say Mr
Pridmore has promised his help, and most of us know of
his unrivalled abilities as a conjuror. Then, further, we
have secured the services of an amateur possessing
very great dramatic powers. We would strongly advise
those who love a good sketch and a good laugh to hear
Mr. Atkinson, of the Manchester Amateur Dramatic
Society. The Midget Minstrels (members of the Church
choir) will also give performances in the grounds. For
those who are fond of tennis there two excellent double
courts.
The Bazaar will close each evening at 8 o’clock and the
grounds cleared. At 8:30 the latter will be re-opened for
promenade, music and dancing, illuminated by hundreds
of fairy lights and Chinese lanterns.
Readers, for the sake of the object of the Bazaar, attend,
and invite others to attend; help those who have and are
labouring to make it a success. The object is a good one
and in hope that it may be attained we heartily commend
it, and invite your co-operation.
The event, probably being the most ambitious in the
town’s history, was blessed with excellent weather which
obviously drew the crowds. The opening ceremony was
conducted by Mr Cope and not as advertised by the
Bishop of Leicester. The report of the success was as
follows:It is with feelings of deep thankfulness that we record the
great success of the effort put forth by our good earnest
Church-people to raise funds for the new organ and
restoration of the Church.
Continued on page 9
Continued from previous page:
Favoured with glorious weather, the spirits of all those
who had so zealously interested themselves in the
venture rose to the occasion and each and all worked
with a right good will.
The Bazaar was graciously opened by T. Cope Esq. We
take the liberty of giving his speech copied from the
Bosworth Herald.
He said “He had been honoured by the request to open
the bazaar or, as might say in other words, to ask them
all to engage in another battle of Bosworth. They would
find those who took part in that interesting conflict cap-apie in the most killing costumes their forts well found and
well victualled and able, he had been given to
understand, to sustain at least a two days siege. (The
Bazaar was held over two days) Then, on the other
hand, he trusted that those who were coming so
valiantly to the attack were well provided with sinews of
war. (Laughter). He trusted that they took to heart the
advice of Napolean and would be lavish of their
treasure. But before he let slip the dogs of war, it might
not be out of place if he were to refer to the reason for
which they were met together that day. In the first place,
it was mainly due to the munificence of their Rector’s
family, who, by their generosity, intended largely to
adorn their beautiful old Chancel and those who
favoured their Church with a visit would at once see that
the present organ was a somewhat antiquated structure
and not in keeping with the present condition of the
Church and altogether out of place when the
contemplated arrangements were completed. Another
reason was that those who attended the Church did not
find the seats particularly comfortable. In the old days it
might have been a wise policy to have the seats thus to
prevent anyone from going to sleep there, but under the
present Rector they did not need to have such aid to
keep them awake. They were only to glad to listen to
him without the slightest inclination to slumber- (“True”)and an improvement in the seating of the Church was
contemplated. During the last few weeks they has had a
sufficiency of words until they were tired of it, and he did
intend only to give them a few more. He trusted that
those who came there to buy would go back home
pleased with their bargains; he hoped that those who
sold would have their coffers filled; and, above all, he
hoped all would bear in mind that old fashioned motto
“The humble work we all do is to the Glory of God ad
marjoram Dei gloriam” (Applause)
Just how successful the event had been became evident
when the accounts were published: a net balance of
£311.4s:6d [about £16,000 today].
INCOME
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Stall 1: Mrs Bowers & Mrs Blucke
74 5 0
Stall 2: Mrs Cope
42 13 6
Stall 3: Mrs Orford & Mrs Loseby
36 0 0
Stall 4: Mrs Drackley, Staines & Morris 60 0 0
Stall 5: Mrs Shepherd & Mrs Fox
40 0 0
American Fair: Mrs Hardwicke
45 0 0
Refreshments: Mrs Beck & Mrs Southby 16 0 0
Gate Money
28 11 0
Entertainments
15 0 0
Parcel Stall, Tennis, Electric Battery
20 0
Mrs Power
0.15 0
Total
£360:4:6
EXPENDITURE
Mr Henry Nicholson (Band)
14 10 0
Billson & Son (Tents)
13 13 0
Baxter’s Printing
13 17 0
Mr Hardwicke (Art Muslin)
7 0 0
Total
49,0. 0
Net Balance £311:4:6
In August 1892 it was announced that the order for the
organ had been placed. The construction of the organ
had been placed in the hands of Mr Porritt of Leicester,
who wrote as follows; “I intend to voice and tune the
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The Porritt organ as it appears today
whole of the pipes in this organ myself, and take very
great pains in the construction of the organ, so as to
produce a model Chancel organ”.
It was not expected that the work would be completed
before Easter.
In the September 1892 issue of the Monthly Newsletter,
the Rector desired to take the opportunity of thanking all
of those who so materially helped to make the Bazaar so
successful. “It would be invidious to mention any names
in particular, as help came from so many and various
sources, but he can not refrain from mentioning “the
Stallholders”, by whose energy, zeal, and devotion such
a beautiful assortment of goods were collected for sale
and with them he would couple the name of Mrs
Hardwicke who worked with such a right goodwill, ably
assisted by her friends at the American Fair; Mr Bradley
for erecting the stalls, supplying all the wood work and
labour necessary, free of cost; Mr Beck, for the “band
stand” and for the loan of planks, poles, etc.; nor can we
omit to mention the members of the Church Choir who
assisted in the entertainment, whether as a “Glee Party”
or as “Midget Minstrels”. Our thanks, too are due to Miss
Bardsley of Manchester, who delighted all with her
excellent singing; to the Rev A. Leigh-Lye; to Mr
Atkinson, for his inimitable recitations; and to the Rev
R.S.K. Blucke for the arrangement of the entertainment.
The Rector would further thank the Committee for their
help, and the members of the County Constabulary who
were on the ground.
In May 1983, the Newsletter reported that:
The contemplated improvements in the Chancel have
been commenced, the walls undergoing a thorough
scraping and cleaning. It must not be expected,
however, that all will be completed by the end of June.
The wood-carver, Mr Hems of Exeter has the work well
in hand, but he writes that it is impossible for him to have
the oak carving ready by so early a date
The above has been transcribed from the Monthly
Newsletters of St Peter’s Church, by Peter Loseby.
These Newsletters are held in the archive of the
Market Bosworth Society.
To be continued.
The Church Unpacked
A series of articles by Revd.
Adrian Holdstock to explain how
the Church of England is
organised.
Gathering of HMS Hermes Association
In April 2011 the HMS Hermes Association met at
Bosworth Hall hotel for a weekend of events, visits,
memories and a church parade and service at St.
Peter’s followed by a wreath laying ceremony.
Liturgical Colours
Have you noticed how some
Sundays there is a different
colour of cloth on the front of the altar? In some
churches a matching colour also appears hanging
down from the lecturn and pulpit, and the clergy
wear a matching coloured stole (the stole is the
long dangling scarf) and chasuble (an overgarment worn by the priest when celebrating
communion). But why these colour changes?
According to Wikipedia, “Liturgical colours are used
for vestments and hangings … violet, white, green,
red, gold, black, rose, and other colours may serve
to underline moods appropriate to a season of the
liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.”
In the Church of England colours “are not
mandatory and traditional or local use may be
followed.” Nevertheless, “the colour for a particular
service should reflect the predominant theme.” The
theme may reflect the church's season, like Advent
or Trinity, or a festival, like a Saint's day or
Ascension Day.
Common Worship lists four colours: White, Red,
Purple and Green.
White is the symbol of light, holiness, innocence,
purity, joy and glory and is used for the festal
periods on and after Christmas Day and Easter
Day, for Trinity Sunday, and for many other
festivals. It is used for Marriages and is suitable for
Baptism and Confirmation. It may be used in
preference to purple or black for Funerals, and
should be used at the Funeral of a child.
Last year the Association met at Portsmouth to
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commemorate the 30 anniversary of the Falklands
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conflict and the 70 anniversary of the sinking of an
earlier HMS Hermes [known as Hermes 9].
This year the gathering is again in Market Bosworth,
taking place over a weekend to include attendance at a
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Family Service at St. Peter’s on April 7 to be led by
Diana Morgan.
HMS Hermes was an aircraft carrier commissioned by
the Royal Navy in 1924. It was to see service in Chinese
waters before becoming a training ship in 1938. It was
brought back into full service with the outbreak of the
Second World War, covering particularly the Atlantic
Western Approaches. Later it was to serve in the Indian
Ocean where it was attacked by Japanese dive bombers
and sunk. 307 men lost their lives, the survivors being
picked up by the hospital ship ‘Vita’.
The later HMS Hermes was the last of the Centaur-class
of British aircraft carriers. It entered service in 1959 and
served as the flagship of the British forces during the
1982 Falklands War.
Red reminds us of fire and blood, and is used
during HolyWeek, on the Feast of Pentecost, and
for the Feasts of those saints venerated as martyrs.
Purple denotes affliction and melancholy and is the
colour for Advent and from Ash Wednesday until
the day before Palm Sunday. It is recommended for
Funerals and for the Commemoration of the
Faithful Departed, although either black or white
may be preferred.
Green is the hue of plants and trees, the hope of
life eternal. Green is used from the day after the
Presentation of Christ in the Temple until Shrove
Tuesday, and from the day after Pentecost until the
eve of All Saints’ Day.
NB Coloured hangings are traditionally removed for
Good Friday and Easter Eve, but Red is the colour
for the liturgy on Good Friday.
HMS Hermes returns to Portsmouth after the Falklands War.
It was decommissioned in 1984 and is now to be found
sailing for the Indian Navy as the INS Viraat.
The Association has a surviving member from the HMS
Hermes sunk in 1942 but many, of course, from the
more recent HMS Hermes [known as Hermes 10].
The last surviving
member of the
crew from the ship
lost in 1942, Alec
Rusk, with Mrs
Mildred Kemp, a
more recent
member, at the
2011 service at St.
Peter’s.
Revd. Adrian Holdstock
St. Mark’s Church, Peterborough
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The Big Knit
News from the Diocese
of Leicester
New Dean
of Leicester
announced
The Bishop of
Leicester, The
Rt Revd Tim
Stevens has announced that the next Dean of Leicester
will be The Revd Canon David Monteith. David is
currently the Canon Chancellor of Leicester Cathedral.
Bishop Tim said “I am delighted that David Monteith has
accepted my invitation to become the next Dean of
Leicester. David has made a significant contribution to
Leicester Cathedral and the wider diocese since his
arrival in 2009. He has already shown us his great skills
as a leader and pastor, heading up the Cathedral’s
pastoral and educational work and leading the Cathedral
as it moved into St Martins House. David also took a
leading role in the opening of St Martins House, Launde
Abbey and the visit of Her Majesty the Queen last year.
David currently has the lead role for interring the
remains Richard III in the Cathedral.
Many people throughout the Diocese will already have
benefitted from David’s insights as a preacher and
teacher. During this recruitment process I have been
struck by many people who have encouraged me to
consider David as the next Dean, and I am very glad
that David and I have agreed that this is right next step
for his ministry.”
Before his ministry in Leicester, David served in the
dioceses of Birmingham, London and Southwark. As
Associate Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields he was heavily
involved in the multi-million pound refurbishment of the
church and the support of the congregation as they went
through a time of enormous change. In the Diocese of
Southwark, David was a Team Rector of a large team
ministry in Wimbledon where the church grew in number
and impact. As Area Dean of Merton he served the
church in one of London’s most diverse areas. David
hails originally from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland,
where his family still live.
In accepting the post, David Monteith said “I am excited
and humbled by this opportunity to lead the team which
will build a resilient, hospitable and confident Cathedral
at the heart of the diocese. Much has been achieved in
recent years but the opportunities before us now are
immense and need to be grasped quickly.
My prayer is that we would keep true to our patron St
Martin since he taught us to serve our neighbours with
daring tenacity and to recognise the glory of God in the
most unlikely places especially in the stranger, the poor
and the maligned. Our county and city in challenging
times as these need such a cathedral – please join us in
this adventure!”
David will become the Incumbent of St Martin’s Parish
and Dean of the Cathedral at a service of collation and
installation at Leicester Cathedral on May 18th at 4pm,
followed by a party in St Martin’s House.
Are you a knitter or do you know one? We need
your help to raise money for local older people.
Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland is calling for all
knitters to join in The Big Knit this year to raise
much-needed funds to help keep local older people
warm and healthy next winter.
We have pledged to make 28,000 little hats and need
your help to achieve this challenging total which will
assist our winter warmth campaign 2013. So far we have
collected just 2,500. Innocent Drinks will donate 25p for
each little hat which will adorn the smoothie bottles sold
in Sainsbury stores in November.
Knitters can get the simple knitting patterns online
at http://www.ageuk.org.uk/leics or by calling 0116
2237344. Please arrange for your knitted hats to be at
Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland (Ref: BDM),
Lansdowne House, 113 Princess Road East, Leicester,
LE1 7LA by the end of September.
Richard III and Me
A card has been produced by Leicester Cathedral to
build on the mission opportunities presented by the
discovery of Richard III’s bones, and encourage tourists
to think more about the Christian faith.
Stocks of this postcard are being made available free to
churches who would like, especially those with a Richard
III connection who might attract tourists and like to leave
a small pile out. These are now available at St. Peter’s
and other local churches. The card seeks to encourage
those interested in Richard III to explore more about the
living King whom the grave could not hold and nudge
them to think about how they will be remembered after
their death.
If your local church does not have copies please
contact [email protected]
Reduced Prices at Launde Abbey Quiet Days
With immediate effect Launde Abbey Quiet Days will
now be £20.00 per person for Friends of Launde Abbey,
as well as anyone attending from the dioceses of
Leicester and Peterborough.
The dates for Quiet Days in 2013 are: 8th April, 11th
May, 3rd June, 1st July, 5th August, 2nd September, 7th
October, 9th November and 2nd December.
For further information about speakers and content or to
book, please contact the General Office at Launde
Abbey on 01572 717254, e-mail [email protected] or
visit http://www.laundeabbey.org.uk
For information and events in the Diocese,
check out the cathedral website:
www.leicester.anglican.org
Time For A Smile
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old
family Bible to her brother in another part of the country.
"Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal
clerk.
"Only the Ten Commandments." answered the lady.
"Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people
in the world. There are those who wake up in the
morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are
those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord,
it's morning."
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The Most Reverend Justin Welby has
been enthroned as Archbishop of
Canterbury.
The 57-year-old was formally sworn in as head of the
Church of England and spiritual leader of the 85 millionst
strong Anglican global communion on March 21 .
What do we know of our new leader?
He was born on January 6, 1956. His father came from
a German Jewish family, his mother was a former secretary to Winston
Churchill. His parents divorced when he was three.
He was educated at Eton College, going on to Trinity College, Cambridge
to study History and Law. Here he met his future wife, Caroline Eaton, with
whom he has six children.
Between 19778 and 1983 he worked in Paris at the Société Nationale Elf
Aquitaine in Paris, before taking a job with Elf UK and Enterprise Oil in
London from 1983 until 1989. During his work in the oil industry Justin
Welby was involved mainly with West African and North Sea oil projects.
In Paris he was a council member at St Michael's Church and later became
a lay leader at the evangelical Holy Trinity at Brompton in London.
Tragedy then struck the family when seven-month-old daughter Johanna
died in a car crash. "It was a very dark time for my wife, Caroline, and
myself, but in a strange way it actually brought us closer to God," he said in
2011.
Between 1989 and 1992 he gave up his executive salary to train to be an
Anglican priest, taking a theology degree at St John's College, Durham. He
was subsequently ordained in 1992 as a deacon, spending fifteen years
serving Coventry Diocese. "I was unable to get away from a sense of God
calling. I went kicking and screaming but I couldn't escape it," he said.
Justin Welby probably knew our part of the world very well because from
1992 until 1995 he was Assistant Curate at All Saints, Chilvers Coton and
St Mary the Virgin Astley, just outside Nuneaton. He was known to have
worked hard on connecting young people to the church, after local
authority cuts hit the provision of youth projects. He became a priest in
1993.
From 1995 until 2002 he was Rector of St James, Southam, and St
Michael and All Angels, Ufton, in the Diocese of Coventry. Then he
became Canon Residentiary at Coventry Cathedral. As co-director for
international ministry at the International Centre for Reconciliation, based
at the cathedral, he risked his life during several trips to the Niger Delta
working on a reconciliation between Shell and the Ogoni people. He also
travelled extensively in the Middle East to meet religious and political
leaders.
From 2007 he was Priest-in-charge at Holy Trinity, Coventry, before
becoming Dean of Liverpool, 2007 - 2011. He spent four years in Toxteth,
one of England's most deprived areas, reaching out to asylum seekers and
the community at large.
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On June 2 , 2011 he was elected Bishop of Durham, one of the most
senior posts in the Church of England. Just over a year later, on March
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21 , 2013, he was enthroned as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury.
Toilet Appeal Success
At Market Bosworth
St. Peter’s Lent Appeal has invited
people to “Help Flush Away Poverty”
in a Toilet Twinning Scheme.
Donations were invited each Sunday
during Lent to help buy a toilet in a
village in a developing country.
Every day 2.5 billion people do not
have somewhere safe, private or
hygienic to go to the toilet. That’s 40%
of the world’s population who have to
use fields, streams, rivers, railway
lines, roadsides, plastic bags, or
squalid, disease-breeding buckets.
The congregation were challenged to
raise £240 for a toilet block in
Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia,
Uganda or the Congo [location to be
decided on Easter Sunday]. The
donations would be used to help
provide improved sanitation, clean
water and hygiene education in poor
communities.
Victoria and John Willetts organized
the appeal at St. Peter’s, each
Sunday setting up a toilet display
below the pulpit, [above photograph]
to encourage donations. It was an
occasion for lots of puns to be used in
the explanatory announcements!
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By Sunday March 17 the total stood
at £428! This was well over the initial
target! On Palm Sunday the total rose
to £558! That's enough for at least two
school toilet blocks, with Easter
Sunday donations still to come.
John and Victoria certainly feel
flushed with success. If you were
unable to donate but would like to do
so you could check the toilet twinning
website at
www.toilettwinning.org
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Main Service Lectionary Readings for
April and May
Baptisms
The following baptisms were not previously recorded on
this page:
Alana Neve Smith, born on May 30, 2012 to Gail &
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Michael Smith of Twycross, on March 10 at Twycross.
Henrietta Prynne Bickley, born November 14, 2011 to
Sarah Durnin & Christopher Bickley of Old Basing,
Hampshire, on March 17 at Market Bosworth.
The Season is Easter
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Sunday 7 April
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2 of Easter
Acts 5: 27 - 32
John 20: 19 - end
Aurelie Maesan Geldard, born April 12, 2012, to Jayne
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& Christopher Geldard of Tamworth, on April 7 at
Sheepy Magna.
Acts 9: 1 - 20
John 21: 1 - 19
Amelia and Olivia Davies, born June 15, 2012, to
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Sarah Mele & Ben Davies of Cadeby, on April 28 at
Cadeby.
altar colour = white
Sunday 14th April
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3 of Easter
altar colour = white
Sunday 21st April
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4 of Easter
Acts 9: 36 - end
John 10: 22 - 30
altar colour = white
Sunday 28th April
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5 of Easter
Acts 11: 1 - 18
John 13: 31 - 35
altar colour = white
Sunday 5th May
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6 of Easter
Acts 16: 9 - 15
John 14: 23 - 29
altar colour = white
Sunday 12th May
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7 of Easter
Acts 16: 16 - 34
John 17: 20 – end
Altar colour = white
Sunday 19th May
Pentecost
Acts 2: 1 - 21
John 14: 8 – 17, 25 - 27
altar colour = red
Sunday 26th May
Trinity Sunday
Forthcoming Baptisms
Proverbs 8: 1 – 4, 22 - 31
John 16: 12 - 15
altar colour = gold or white
From the Registers
Forthcoming Weddings
Saturday April 6. Paul David Matthews & Helen Lesley
Eden. 2.00pm. Sheepy Magna.
Friday April 26. William Huddlestone & Valarie Govan.
3.00pm. Shenton.
Saturday May 4. Oliver Spicer & Sarah Wileman.
1.00pm. Orton on the Hill.
Saturday May 11. Richard & Carina Tompkins.
4.00pm. Sheepy Magna.
Saturday May 18. Michael Walters & Juliet Taplin.
Wedding Blessing Service at 1.00pm. Market Bosworth.
Friday May 31. Andrew Kirk & Gemma Thomas.
2.00pm. Sutton Cheney.
Saturday June 22. Graham Stoddart & Harriet Wilson.
2.00pm. Market Bosworth.
Alice Rose Blood, born September 16, 2012, to Charlie
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& Claire Blood of Twycross, on May 19 at Sibson.
Keane James Philip Coape-Arnold, born January 31,
2003 and Zed Fraser Richard Coape-Arnold, born July
23, 2012, to James & Jane Coape-Arnold of Market
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Bosworth, on May 19 at Market Bosworth.
Charles James Goode, born July 11, 2012, to James &
Jo Goode of Shackerstone, on May 26 at Shackerstone.
We extend all good wishes to those being baptised and
welcome them into the family of the church.
Register of Deaths
We are sad to record that the following have died in our
Benefice recently:
Brenda Herbert died January 28, aged 84.
Alfred Towers
Margaret Honey
Christopher Wykes
Maureen Baxter
Harry Massie
Stan Jones
Edna Sanders
We extend our condolences to family and friends.
Sharing Grief Bereavement Group
If you have been affected by the death of someone, you
might value talking with others who have also
experienced loss.
Contact the Benefice Administrator for information.
Contact details on Page 2.
10.00 – 3.00
Saturday April 13
Free Church, Barton Road.
Coffee Morning and Showcase Day
An opportunity for people to see what goes on at the
Free Church, not just on Sundays but during the week.
Groups, societies and clubs which use the church have
been invited to have a stall, to promote themselves.
Some may have items to sell or some other way of
raising funds. Stalls include Aim for Change, Friends
and Neighbours, Jollytots & Compass, The Market
Bosworth Society etc
Home-made cakes and coffee/teas +.Ploughman's lunches
We wish all these couples every happiness in their lives
together
Everyone welcome to call in.
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Services for April and May 2013
April 7th
9.00am
10.00am
10.00am
11.00am
6.30pm
Communion – Orton on the Hill
Family Service – Market Bosworth [with HMS Hermes Association attending]
Common Worship Communion - Shackerstone
Common Worship Communion and Baptism – Sheepy Magna
Evensong – Nailstone
April 14th
9.00am
9.30am
10.00am
10.00am
11.00am
11.00am
Communion - Carlton
Communion - Sutton Cheney
Common Worship Communion - Market Bosworth
Family Service – Shackerstone [Congregation Led]
Family Service – Sheepy Magna
Communion – Sibson
April 21st
8.00am
10.00am
11.00am
3.00pm
3.30pm
Communion – Nailstone
Common Worship Communion - Market Bosworth
Common Worship Communion – Sheepy Magna
Children's Church Club – Orton on the Hill
Common Worship Communion – Twycross
April 28th
9.00am
9.30am
10.00am
10.00am
10.00am
11.00am
12 Noon
5.00pm
Communion – Carlton [with Hinckley Team clergy]
Morning Prayer - Sutton Cheney
Common Worship Communion - Market Bosworth [with Hinckley Team clergy]
Common Worship Communion – Ratcliffe Culey
Morning Prayer - Shackerstone
Morning Prayer – Sheepy Magna [Congregation Led]
Family Service and Baptism - Cadeby
Common Worship Communion - Congerstone
May 5th
9.00am
10.00am
10.00am
11.00am
6.30pm
Communion – Orton on the Hill
Family Service - Market Bosworth [Congregation Led]
Common Worship Communion - Shackerstone
Common Worship Communion – Sheepy Magna
Evensong – Nailstone
May 12th
9.00am
9.30am
10.00am
10.30am
11.00am
11.00am
Communion - Carlton
Communion - Sutton Cheney
Common Worship Communion - Market Bosworth
Family Service - Congerstone
Family Service – Sheepy Magna [Congregation Led]
Communion – Sibson
May 19th
Pentecost
8.00am
10.00am
10.00am
12.30pm
3.00pm
Communion - Nailstone
Common Worship Communion and Baptism - Market Bosworth
Sheepy Group Common Worship Communion - Twycross
Baptism - Sibson
Children's Church Club – Orton on the Hill
May 26th
Trinity
9.00am
9.30am
10.00am
10.00am
10.00am
11.00am
5.00pm
Communion – Carlton
Morning Prayer - Sutton Cheney [Congregation Led]
Common Worship Communion - Market Bosworth
Common Worship Communion - Ratcliffe
Common Worship Communion and Baptism - Shackerstone
Morning Prayer – Sheepy Magna [Congregation Led]
Common Worship Communion – Congerstone
Weekly at Market Bosworth
Weekly at Sheepy Magna:
Weekly at Cadeby in April:
Wednesdays for the month.
Weekly at Shenton in May:
Wednesdays for the month.
Wednesdays 9.00 am
Communion
Thursdays 9.00am:
Communion
Midday Prayer on
Midday Prayer on
A reminder that a communion service also takes place at
Ambion Court, Market Bosworth, on the first Tuesday of
each month for residents and visitors.The next services
will be on April 3 and May1, but check with friends at
Ambion Court in case of changes.
Service Time Information
You may have noticed that we have printed the
services timetable differently this month?
Instead of using two columns – one for each month
– we are using a whole page spreadsheet similar
to the one used on the Benefice Website. The font
size is a little larger too.
Please let us know which you find is the most
convenient method of displaying the service times.
Perhaps you have another suggestion about the layout
which we might be able to use?
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local parish magazine!
This space only costs £25
for the year’s six issues.
Amazing value!
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20 Market Place, Market Bosworth
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01455 290203
*Buying or selling your property
*Remortgaging
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Market Bosworth Post Office
Hairdressing and Beauty Salon
Cars taxed & insured - Passport services
- Bureau de Change facility
European Health Cards - Mobile phone
top-ups + much more
11 Main Street, Market Bosworth
O1455 291551
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Antique & Modern Clocks
Restored and Repaired
Clocks also bought and sold
New wrist watches
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Telephone 01455 290289
AMBION VETERINARY
23 Heath Road, Market Bosworth
Surgeries by appointment
01455 292928
Flowers for all occasions
Floral
Studio
5 Main Street Market Bosworth
01455 291740
vate Chapels of Rest
David
Wilmot
All types of memorials and vases
supplied
TV and Video
Day and night service
Repairs and Sales
Dressini
+ Dyson repairs + carpet cleaner hire
(£23.50per day)
phone 01455 293155
mobile 077759 22028
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9 Market Place, Market Bosworth
Phone 01455 290234
www.dressini.com
Large selection of outfits
for every occasion
Personal Tutoring
Biology & Chemistry GCSE,
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Fully qualified teacher
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Email: [email protected]
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01455 291303
Ashby Road, Stapleton - on A447
FOR PETROL - OILS - REPAIRS
Agency for Bottled Gas
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Market Bosworth Parish Hall
Are you looking for a venue?
Regular bookings or one off events.
Concerts to conferences, pilates to kids parties.
Competitive Rates.
Fully Licensed Bar on Application.
Contact 01455 290426
or [email protected]
The Barber of Bosworth
7 Wheatsheaf Courtyard, Market Bosworth
Gifts, Furniture & Interiors
4 Main Street, Market Bosworth
EASTWOODS FILLING STATION
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 12.00 – 5.30;
Thursday 2.00 – 7.00;
Saturday 9.00 – 3.00
Closed on Monday and Sunday.
07813643720
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(Established 1928)
Market Bosworth. Phone 01455 290405
HIGH CLASS BUTCHER
Cooked Meats, Poultry, Freezer Meats, Home-made Sausages
No appointments necessary.
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Ratcliffe Culey
Around The Benefice
Market Bosworth
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The Bishop of Leicester made a Benefice Visitation on Sunday, February 24 ,
taking part in a special service at St. Peter’s. The service coincided with a
particular milestone – Tim Walton was celebrating fifty years as Server and
Sacristan at the church!
Bishop Tim was asked to make a presentation to Tim of a framed portrait of
Tim on horseback, a drawing by Paul Lockley. Simon Learoyd, Chair of the
DCC, said a few well chosen words about the value of Tim's quiet and faithful
service to the Church.
Congratulations to Brian & Helen
Anderton on the joyous celebration
of their wedding at All Saints
Ratcliffe Culey on Saturday, March
nd
2 . The service was conducted by
Revd. Julia Hargreaves and was
the second wedding at Ratcliffe in
a month – a record for the church!
Helen is the editor of our sister
publication, The Sheepy Gazette,
which can also be read on the
Benefice website.
Above Benefice Skies
Revd. Alison Thorp, Churchwarden Paul Lockley, Tim Walton, The Bishop of Leicester
and Revd. Julia Hargreaves at the presentation.
In response Tim said that he just enjoyed staying in the background and
offering his quiet service without any fuss.
[Photographs by Geoff Blackburn]
Many congratulations to Tim and we hope to feature a special article about
him in a future issue.
A musical version of Hansel and Gretel was performed at St. Peter’s
Church of England Academy in March, by Years 3 and 4. This bright and lively
production was much enjoyed by parents, grandparents, children and friends.
Pictures from Hansel and Gretel by Nicky YatesSmith courtesy of
The Graphic
Sadly the sight of the Aurora
Borealis, or Northern Lights, was
not seen in our local skies, but was
one of the images photographed
by Geoff Blackburn on a recent
visit to Northern Norway. I could
not resist including this picture as a
thankyou to Geoff for taking the
pictures at St. Peter’s on the
occasion of the Bishop’s Visitation.
St. Peter’s Lent Appeal
Lynwen Davey drops a donation in
the toilet on Palm Sunday – see
page 12 for the explanation!
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