Everyone is welcome to this fun session in the Community Centre where we will explore friendship. There will be a craft activity, puppet sketch, singing, teaching and of course breakfast.
Hope to see you there, Patrick (Churchwarden)
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Everyone is welcome to this fun session in the Community Centre. There will be a craft activity, puppet sketch, singing, teaching and of course breakfast.
Hope to see you there, Patrick and Janet (Churchwardens).
For many years every house in the village has received a monthly copy of the Parish
Magazine thanks to a small army of volunteer distributors who deliver to a set 25 or so
properties.
Individual circumstances have led to a number of the distributors having to step down from this monthly commitment and there are now 4 or 5 gaps that urgently need filling.
If you can set aside half an hour a month to deliver approx. 25 magazines, please get in touch with the new distribution co-ordinator Nic Merrett on 07801 983530. He would be very pleased to hear from you.
Thank you!
Again this year, the Parish Church are continuing their Community Christmas Card Scheme for the residents of North Luffenham. Instead of sending your friends & neighbours separate cards, just deliver one card (with a donation for our new church heating) to either Churchwarden:
Janet Whittaker (Dove Cottage, 4 Church Street) or
Patrick Woods (7 Swann Close)
All the cards will be displayed in the church porch on the wonderful large wooden Christmas Tree donated by Men & Women in Sheds, Rutland and will be brightly lit with colourful lights.
Thank you for joining in our village ‘tradition’; making lives simpler whilst raising much-needed funds for our beautiful church🎄
Christmas Day Reminder: All Age Worship @ 9.30am
for any information, please contact Janet Whittaker on tel 01780 721216 or email rutlandwhittakers@outlook.com
Plus, don’t forget to post your festive card to friends in the village via the Church tree; Janet’s collecting your cards and donations at Dove Cottage, 4 Church Street until morning of 22nd December.
Last year the Parish Church was given a wonderful large wooden Christmas Tree made by Men & Women in Sheds, Rutland. This year we would like to start a Community Christmas Card Scheme for the residents of North Luffenham whilst raising funds for the Church & making our parishioners’ lives simpler.
To share festive greetings with your friends & neighbours in the village, please drop your Christmas card, along with your donation for the Church to Dove Cottage, 4 Church Street, North Luffenham before 22nd December (date of our Carol Service).
Your cards will be displayed on our unique wooden Christmas tree in the porch of the Church which will be specially lit for the occasion.
Thank you for joining in our new village ‘tradition’ 🎄
for any information, please contact Janet Whittaker on tel 01780 721216 or email rutlandwhittakers@outlook.com
Due to relocation out of the area, our current Magazine correspondent for North Luffenham – Liz Ritchie – is stepping down and we therefore need someone to take on the role.
This involves collating the information sent in regarding events & club activities being held within the village as well as any other relevant information. This is not an onerous task and is also a great way to get to know more people within the village! It requires about one half day per month and the odd phone call to event organisers.
Our thanks to Liz for all her hard work over the past year and we wish her & Jim all the best in their new adventure ‘up north’!
The deadline for the January issue of the magazine falls mid-month, on 15th December so it would be great to have someone in place by then.
Meanwhile, if anyone would like to know more about the role please contact Liz Ritchie before December 5th on 01780 720210 or email liz.ritchie23@me.com
There will be a Remembrance service at St John the Baptist church on Sunday 13th November, at 10:45 am in the churchyard. Graham Madgwick will lead the service, and a bugler from the Army will be in attendance
Don’t forget to dress warmly, bring chairs, torches and cash donations for a collection (funds will be split between those in need, and Church expenses)
Carol Sheet for the evening can be downloaded here:
Do join us for services in church this Sunday and on Easter Day at 9.30am.
All are welcome at both services + when the church is open on Wednesday and Sunday.
Also come and see the figures decorated at school and around the village have been transformed to tell the story of Palm Sunday and Easter.
(Please remember that to comply with the law, masks must be worn in church and households cannot mix indoors)
For February and March the Rutland Water Benefice Parish Magazine will not be printed and delivered. It will be available online only
The link to the February edition of the magazine is below
For those who could not attend in person, a video of the Rutland Water Benefice Remembrance Services has been produced. Please click on the link below to view
Is there anyone who could spare time to deliver the Benefice (ie, Church) Magazine to fifteen houses in lower Ancaster Way? The Magazine comes at the end of the month, and is distributed by volunteers in the ten villages in the Benefice, of which we, North Luffenham, are one.
We are very grateful to Valerie who has done this for years now, and wish her well.
If interested, please contact Mima Bolton, Acre End, The Jetties, mmkb@mac.com, 01780-720906
Sadly we are no longer permitted to keep the church building open, but Church is not buildings, Church is the Christian community. Rev. Pippa will be conducting a Service this coming Sunday for the whole of the Benefice at 0930hrs. It will be accessible on the Rutland Water Benefice Facebook page as a Watch Party. It has the options of being listened to, or joined interactively. It is very easy to access, but to do so you must be on Facebook and then join the Rutland Water Benefice group. And if you are not a Facebook person, joining both Facebook and the Group is easy!
To join Facebook, search for Facebook, answer a few questions, provide a password and there you are.
Then, search for The Rutland Water Benefice
To request to join the The Rutland Water Benefice Facebook group, “Press Join”..
You will then become a member of the group – it may take half a day to add to you or far far less !
You will then have access to the Watch Party ready for Sunday 0930hrs
Please spread the News of the Rutland Water Benefice Facebook page as it is updated daily and a valuable source of Christian fellowship locally.
The Village Christmas Day Church Service (Communion) will be held at 9.30am conducted by Rev Jo Saunders. All are welcome and Children and their toys are encouraged.
Everyone is invited to the Village Carol Service this evening, Sunday 16th December at 6pm in the Church. Through Drama, beautiful well known Music, Poetry and Song experience the wonderful Christmas Story coming to life. This is a family service for everyone and will include Drinks and Mince pies after the Service.
An arch of knitted and crocheted poppies has been created by village residents to produce a cascade of flowers around the entrance to the church to commemorate the centenary of the ending of the Great War on Remembrance Day.
If you are unable to join us on Sunday do please visit the Village Church to see the beautiful Poppy installation and maybe pause for a minute at our Commonwealth War Graves Commission Plot.
This wonderfully detailed Remembrance Kneeler, crafted by Liliane Coogan and Fay Cummings, will be presented in Church tomorrow during the Remembrance Day service.
