Weekly Pew Sheet

Sunday, 5 February 2012

For service times, please look below.

The Glen Group of Parishes in the Diocese of Lincoln St Mary Pinchbeck, St Bartholomew West Pinchbeck, St Laurence Surfleet The Weekly Pew Sheet 5^th February 2012 Third Sunday before Lent
Welcome! We warmly welcome you to the three churches of The Glen Group and pray that your visit with us will be richly blessed. A children’s corner has been set-aside in each of our churches for children to sit and play. At Communion Services, please bring the children forward for a blessing and a sticker. We invite all who are confirmed or full members of any Christian church to share in Communion. Alternatively, if you wish to receive a blessing please bring your service sheet with you when you come to the altar.

Services Today
8.00 am S St Mary Pinchbeck Eucharist Revd Dr Lynda Pugh
9.15 am St Laurence Surfleet Sung Eucharist Revd Dr Lynda Pugh
10.00 am St Bartholomew Eucharist West Pinchbeck Revd David Hill Refreshments will be served in Church following the service
10.30 pm St Mary Pinchbeck Morning Worship Michael and Lesley Pemberton

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The Week Ahead Tues 7^th – 7.00pm Intercessions Group – contact Josie Bray Wed 8^th - 10.00 am Morning Worship (St Mary)

Notices Coffee Morning in support of Mary Evans trip to the Embu district, Kenya at Easter. Saturday 11^th February at Spalding Baptist Church, Swan Street, Spalding – between 10am and 12 noon. Cakes, crafts, bric-a-brac, books for sale. Mary would appreciate your support. Snowdrop Garden Weekend – Saturday 18^th and Sunday 19^th February, 11am – 4pm at Hectare House, Pode Hole, the home of Alice and Paul Cook. Admission £2, children free. Plant and refreshment stalls. Proceeds to St Bartholomew’s Church. All welcome to enjoy the early signs of Spring. Shrove Tuesday- 21^st February – enjoy home-made pancakes at West Pinchbeck Village Hall from 3.30pm – 7pm. Proceeds to the Village Hall. Antiques Roadshow – on Sunday 26^th February from 2.30 in the church hall. Come and bring your treasures and curiosities and have them valued. The cost – to include afternoon tea - £5. Further details from Chris Lovell – 722873 Coming up soon – Quiz Night. Another chance to exercise those little grey cells and enjoy a good supper with family and friends. The next quiz night is planned for Saturday 17^th March at 7.15. So start putting together your teams. Teams of 4 – 6, children welcome. £8 per person. Bring your own drinks, glasses and nibbles. For further details and to book in contact:- David Bratley: 01775 767441 or Aileen Workman: 01775 768944. Always popular, so book early! Lynda’s Licensing Service – is to be held at St John the Baptist Church, Morton on Thursday, 1^st March at 7.30 pm. Everyone is most warmly invited to attend this special service as Lynda commits herself to her new ministry. Car sharing can be arranged, so please sign the lists in our Churches if you would like to attend. Lynda would greatly value your support. David Sweeting’s Licensing Service – is to be held at St Mary’s, Pinchbeck on Monday 26^thMarch at 7.30 pm. Everyone is most warmly invited to attend this special service as we welcome David and his family among us. Pew Sheet Notices – please note that Stephanie Bratley has taken over the publishing of The Weekly Pew Sheet. So please could you send all future items for the Notices, or dates for Housegroups, etc., to me at: s.bratley@talktalk.net, or call me on 767441. Our Glen Group Weekly Pew sheet is available on the Glen Group web-site – usually from Friday( barring technical hitches and gremlins! ).
Regular Events and Ministries
Mothers Union	Pinchbeck MU 2^nd Thursdays 7.30 pm Surfleet MU 3^rd Wednesdays 7.30 pm				Janet Bettinson 766 170 Ruth Scrivener 680 636
Bellringers	Pinchbeck: First Wednesday 7.30 pm Surfleet: First Tuesday 7.45 pm				Roy Withyman 724556 Annette Rhodes 680235
St Mary’s Choir & Music Group	Wednesday 6.30 pm in Church				John Bland 719123
Mini Market	Every Friday morning in the Fraiser Room, Surfleet 10.00 am -12 noon. An opportunity to enjoy companionship. Refreshments. Cake stall and Bric-a-brac.
Thirsty on a Thursday	At St Bartholomew’s Church, West Pinchbeck. Tea, coffee, friendship, conversation, reflection. 9.30 am – 11.00 am - every Thursday in church.				Wendy 640296
All-Age Community Pop-in	Soup/ Simple Lunch on the first Saturday of each month, serving from 12 noon - 1.15 pm. Cost will be £3.50 for lunch, plus coffee or tea. Bring & buy stall - garden produce, cakes etc. St Mary’s Church Hall.
Surfleet Crafters	4^th Wednesday 7.30 pm				Enid Wayman 680267
Craft Group	2^nd Wednesday or as advertised				Aileen Workman 768944
Youth Group	For young people aged 11 years and over. Games, puzzles, food and more! As advertised				Chloe Hayter-Jose 07584 375554
Monthly Coffee Morning	4^th Saturday at St Bartholomew’s Church. Refreshments, cakes and book sales.				Wendy 640296
Intercessions Group	Intercessions: 1^st Tuesday 7 pm				Josie Bray 723148
Church Ladies	West Pinchbeck Village Hall 3^rd Monday 7.30 pm				Janet Iszatt 640340
1^st Pinchbeck Brownies	Pinchbeck Church Hall on Thursday evenings from 5.45 - 7.00 pm. Girls 7-10 years welcome				Val Sandall 712875
Rainbows	Pinchbeck Church Hall on Wednesday evenings from 5.00 - 6.15 pm				Joanne Newton 767992
Beavers	Pinchbeck Scout Hut on Tuesday evenings from 5.30 - 6.45 pm				Karen Sapsford 640411
Cubs	Pinchbeck Church Hall on Tuesday evenings from 6.00 - 7.30 pm				Andy Cowper-Johnson 07974 010921
2^nd Pinchbeck Scouts	Pinchbeck Scout Hut on Tuesday evenings from 7.00 - 8.30 pm				Sally Sneath 640368
1^st Pinchbeck Guides	Pinchbeck Church Hall on Wednesday evenings from 7.00 – 9.00 pm				Jane Amess 769729

Housegroups
Location		Contact	Day & Time	Dates
Pinchbeck Evening Housegroup		760 437 Lesley	7.30 pm Tuesdays 23 Viceroy Drive
Housegroup at Pat Lake’s home		724 487 Pat	10.00 am Friday 53 Pennytoft Lane	24^th February
Surfleet Housegroup		680 636 Ruth	2.00 pm Thurs 84 Station Road
Service Times for Next Sunday St Mary Pinchbeck: 10.30 am Sung Eucharist St Bartholomew West Pinchbeck: 10.00 am Morning Worship St Laurence Surfleet: 8.00 am Eucharist, 9.15 am Extended Communion

Reflection on today’s readings Do we still have our daily quiet moments with God where we pray without saying a word? We connect with God, we listen to Him and He speaks to us through the silence – His still, small voice of calm. Some of us are so busy that we don’t have these precious one to one moments with God anymore – too busy, too much to do! Yet we create time for our friends, we create time for our hobbies and vices. If we want to know God deeply then it is a must that we regularly spend quiet time with Him in pray. Towards the end of our gospel reading for today we are reminded about the importance Jesus placed on finding a ‘desert place’ – space and time for just himself and God. God and you alone, one to one in silence.

For your prayers this week Today is designated Education Sunday – Learning and Serving. We pray for all those who help children and young people to learn, for the Diocesan Board of Education and for the Diocesan Education Department. We pray for schools in our parishes, staff, children, parents and governors. Today is also designated Poverty Action Day. We pray for churches across the diocese engaged in social action to meet the needs of those in poverty. We remember local groups including Agape Care. Pray for The Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Rev’d Fredrick Hiltz – Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada We pray for the Glen Group as it prepares to welcome a new Vicar to lead the parishes into an ever deepening awareness of God’s love and purposes. We pray for Lynda as she moves to her new parishes. We pray that both Lynda and Peter will have a real sense of God’s presence and over-shadowing and that they will soon feel ‘at home’. · We remember and pray for those in our parishes who are ill and those recently bereaved.

Gift Aid We hope that anyone who pays tax will use one of the Gift Aid envelopes for any donations to the church. Be sure to write your name and address on the envelope. We can claim from the Inland Revenue 25p for every £1 given (that’s £2.50 for every £10) – at no cost to the donor! If you cannot see an envelope please ask for one.
Vicar Vacancy Ass’t Curate Revd Dr Lynda Pugh (Day-off: Friday) 710 904 Assoc Priest Revd Paul Hardingham 840 803 Ordinand Nicki Bland 719 123 Readers Michael Pemberton 760 437 Lesley Pemberton 760 437 Office 725 698
Pew Sheet Notices – please contact Stephanie Bratley on 767441 or email details to: s.bratley@talktalk.net by Tuesday evening for inclusion in the following Sunday’s Pew Sheet Flyers and one-off Service Sheets – please send your items for printing to: glenofficeprinter@gmail.com in pdf format, including printing instructions (number of copies, size, colour or B/W) by Wednesday for publication the following weekend. Documents created in Word or Publisher 2007/10 can be ‘saved as’ pdf files. For older software, you can obtain a free pdf writer from: http://download.cnet.com/PDF-ReDirect/3000-10743_4-10255233.html