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THE HERALD • MID-APRIL 2019 • Tel: 01530 244069 • Email: info@markfieldherald.co.uk
News from Cross Hills Baptist Church Serving the villages of Thornton & Bagworth plus the surrounding area Palm Sunday We are pleased that our Holy Week and Easter services will begin this year with a puppet performance during our 10.30am service on 14th April.
Lent – “The Geography of Jesus” Our Tuesday evening Lent Group, held at various people’s homes and led by Revd David Butcher, has been very well supported and we’ve looked at the places where Jesus worked amongst and spoke to the people during his ministry. Many of these places had similarities to how our own small villages were made up at around the same time, even though they were many miles away. We’ll now follow this up with the Holy Week prayer breakfasts, starting on Monday 16th April, when we’ll be meeting together at the church at 9am each day for a short time of reflection and prayer to lead us up to Good Friday. This will be followed by a light breakfast each day with the addition of Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday. Anyone can join us to find out more about the true story of Easter, so please ring us on any of the numbers below if you need any more information.
Easter Sunday, 21st April We are pleased to be welcoming to our service Helen and Wit, pioneer church planters who are working with BMS World Mission among the largely unreached indigenous Thai Buddhist people group in Thailand, and we are looking forward to hearing about their work. During our service, the large rugged cross will again be decorated with the colourful fresh flowers that we bring along, then placed outside the church for a short while to celebrate the joy of the Resurrection of Jesus on that special day over 2,000 years ago. Our Sunday Club leader, Ruth will also be doing an Easter themed children’s talk during the service with the help of one of our puppets. Our Easter Sunday service is always an especially enjoyable one for us as it is so important to our Christian faith and we look forward to meeting anyone who would like to come along to see how we celebrate this special time of year. The Church Service Information section towards the back of this magazine gives details of our weekly services each month. We are a friendly and welcoming church and we would love you
to join us this year for our Easter services or on any Sunday. Tea, coffee and biscuits are served in our hall afterwards giving everyone the chance to spend a little time together before going home or on to enjoy the rest of the day.
Contact Numbers Pastor - Garry Kelly: 01455 457802 / 07816 616189 Secretary - Lynda Kelly: 01455 457802 / 07910 440243 Treasurer - Glynis Straw: 01530 230272
Glynis Straw Treasurer - on behalf of the Cross Hills Church family
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CHRISTIAN AID WEEK: 12-18 MAY
The charity works for and with people of all faiths and none, as well as with churches and other organisations, to promote sustainable development, strive for social justice and pursue their vision of a world without poverty. In 37 countries, they support poor and marginalised people, whatever their beliefs, sexuality, gender and ethnicity, to lift themselves out of poverty. COFFEE MORNING Markfield Congregational Church Hall (Next To Ma’s Chinese) Saturday 18th May 10am-12. Please come along and join us . Toasted tea cakes for breakfast, tea, coffee, squash or just come along and browse the stalls, just pop in any time between 10-12! JOINT CHURCH SERVICE Markfield Methodist Church (Main St. opposite The Green) Sunday 19th May 1030am. All 4 Churches in Markfield work very closely together for the benefit of our community. This service is held in the Methodist Church but led by members of the Catholic Church. Everyone of all ages will be made very welcome. Markfield Churches – working together for our community Methodist: www. markfieldmethodistchurch.org or FB Parish Church – j22churches.org.uk Congregational Church – FB Catholic Church - www. stwilfscoalville.blogspot.co.uk
MARKFIELD METHODIST CHURCH EVENTS 2019 Sat 11th May: Seated Exercise Friday 17th May: Saxophone Recital Sat 22nd May: Songs of Praise & Cream Tea Sat 13th June: Wimbledon Tea & men’s cake competition 24th-26th August: Flower Festival weekend Sat 28th Sept: Ploughman’s lunch Thurs 3rd Oct: Boat Trip Fri 1st Nov: Piano Recital Sat 9th Nov: WI Coffee morning Sat 7th Dec: Sitwell singers Sat 14th Dec: Sing carols plus turkey cobs!
All are very welcome at any of our services, events and activities. Further details plus much more can be found on our website www. markfieldmethodistchurch, on the notice board outside our church and also of course in the Herald! Please “like” our Facebook page to follow us!
The Next Step UK tour is coming to De Montfort Hall in October FEATURING nine of the cast, The Next Step – Absolute Dance Live On Stage will be a brand-new show that offers fans a chance to get up close and personal with cast members from the global hit TV series. The 90-minute stage show features solos, duets, trios, and group numbers choreographed to popular hit songs along with original music from the show. Cast members starring in the expanded live stage show in October 2019 include: Isaiah Peck (“Henry”), Shelby Bain (“Amy”), Alexandra Chaves (“Piper”), Berkley Ratzlaff (“Davis”), Sage Linder (“Summer”), Dylan Ratzlaff (“Jacquie”), Liam Mackie (“Finn”) and Noah Zulfikar (“Kingston”). The show will also star Briar Nolet (“Richelle”) who recently wowed judges and executive producer Jennifer Lopez with her latest performance during the Redemption round on America’s favourite dance show, World of Dance. (View it on YouTube) Show date: 21 October 2019 at De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester LE1 7RU For ticket information visit www.demontforthall.co.uk or call the box office on 0116 233 3111 or email: dmh-tickets@leicester.gov.uk
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