Weekly Pewsheet
#140
Service Details and Notices
The Blessed Virgin Mary Dedication Festival Sunday 11 September 2016
All Saints Oakham
Services in the Team today: Oakham
8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30am Parish Communion (Dedication)* 6:00pm Evensong
Whissendine
8:00am Holy Communion (BCP) 11:00am Family Service
Teigh / Egleton Ashwell
9:00am Holy Communion (BCP)
Market Overton Langham Braunston Brooke Hambleton
No service 6:00pm Harvest Festival 11:00am Holy Communion* 11:00am Sunday Worship 8:00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9:15am Holy Communion (CW Trad) *Common Worship (Contemporary)
If you are new to this church or visiting, please make yourself known to the clergy or churchwardens If you wish to receive Holy Communion in your pew, or would like a large print version of this Pewsheet, please ask a sidesman
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Oakham Team Clergy Revd Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani Team Rector (Oakham) 01572 722108 lee@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Janet Tebby Team Vicar (Whissendine, Teigh, Ashwell, Market Overton) 01664 474096 janet@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Canon Julie Hutchinson Team Vicar (Langham, Braunston, Brooke, Hambleton & Egleton) 01572 868816 julie@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Dr Dominic Coad Curate 01572 770024 dominic@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Owen Williams Curate 01572 495070 owen@oakhamteam.org.uk
Lay Ministers Mr Michael Hinman Reader – 01572 722061 michael@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Phillip Hutchinson Reader – 01572 868816 phillip@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr David Pattinson Reader – 01572 723884 david@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Robin Robson Reader – 01572 757404 robin@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Alan Rudge Reader – 01572 755570 alan@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Vyv Wainwright Reader – 01572 759157 vyv@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Jenni Duffy Parish Evangelist – 01572 720064 jenni@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Gail Rudge Parish Evangelist – 01572 755570 gail@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Madeleine Morris Pastoral Assistant – 01572 868418 madeleine@oakhamteam.org.uk
Director of Music Mr Kevin Slingsby – 01572 898242 kevin@oakhamteam.org.uk
Oakham Team Office Mrs Janine Weaver Team Administrator – 01572 724007 office@oakhamteam.org.uk The Team Office is staffed on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 9am- 1pm, Thursdays 11am-3pm and Fridays by email. Notices or reports for inclusion in the pew sheet and website should be sent to notices@oakhamteam.org.uk or delivered to the office by Wednesday at 11 am.
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8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Parish Communion*
The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book.
Processional Hymn*
1. We have a gospel to proclaim, good news for all throughout the earth; the gospel of a Saviour’s name: we sing his glory, tell his worth.
4. Tell of that glorious Easter morn: empty the tomb, for he was free. He broke the power of death and hell that we might share his victory.
2. Tell of his birth at Bethlehem, not in a royal house or hall but in a stable dark and dim, the Word made flesh, a light for all.
5. Tell of his reign at God’s right hand, by all creation glorified. He sends his Spirit on his Church to live for him, the Lamb who died.
3. Tell of his death at Calvary, hated by those he came to save, in lonely suffering on the cross; for all he loved his life he gave.
6. Now we rejoice to name him King: Jesus is Lord of all the earth. This gospel-message we proclaim: we sing his glory, tell his worth.
Words: Edward Joseph Burns (b 1938) Music: Fulda, from Sacred Melodies 1815, William Gardiner (1770-1853) (Ancient & Modern – 507)
Collect Almighty God, who looked upon the lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and chose her to be the mother of your only Son: grant that we who are redeemed by his blood may share with her in the glory of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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First Reading – Isaiah 61.10,11* I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
Second Reading – Galatians 4.4-7 When the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
Gradual Hymn*
1. Ye who own the faith of Jesus sing the wonders that were done, when the love of God the Father o'er our sin the victory won, when he made the Virgin Mary Mother of his only Son. Hail Mary, full of grace.
3. Wherefore let all faithful people tell the honour of her name, let the church in her foreshadowed part in her thanksgiving claim; what Christ's Mother sang in gladness let Christ's people sing the same. Hail Mary, full of grace.
2. Blessèd were the chosen people out of whom the Lord did come, blessèd was the land of promise fashioned for his earthly home; but more blessèd far the Mother she who bare him in her womb. Hail Mary, full of grace.
4. Praise, O Mary, praise the Father, praise thy Saviour and thy Son, praise the everlasting Spirit, who hath made thee ark and throne; o'er all creatures high exalted, lowly praise the Three in One. Hail Mary, full of grace. Words: Vincent Stuckey Stration Coles (I845-I929) Music: Daily Daily, melody from a French Paroissien (Ancient & Modern – 318)
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Gospel – Luke 1.46-55 ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty. He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.’
Offertory Hymn*
1. Sing we of the blessèd Mother who received the angel’s word, and obedient to his summons bore in love the infant Lord; sing we of the joys of Mary at whose breast that child was fed who is Son of God eternal and the everlasting Bread.
3. Sing again the joys of Mary when she saw the risen Lord, and in prayer with Christ’s apostles, waited on his promised word: from on high the blazing glory of the Spirit's presence came, heavenly breath of God’s own being, manifest through wind and flame.
2. Sing we, too, of Mary’s sorrows, of the sword that pierced her through, when beneath the cross ofJesus she his weight of suffering knew, looked upon her Son and Saviour reigning high on Calvary’s tree, saw the price of man's redemption paid to set the sinner free.
4. Sing the chiefest joy of Mary when on earth her work was done, and the Lord of all creation brought her to his heavenly home: Virgin Mother, Mary blessed, raised on high and crowned with grace, may your Son, the world's redeemer, grant us all to see his face. Words: George B Timms (1910-1997) Music: Abbot’s Leigh, Cyril Taylor (1907-1991) © from English Praise 1975, Oxford University Press (Ancient & Modern – 315)
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Communion Hymns*
1. Her Virgin eyes saw God incarnate born, when she to Bethlem came that happy morn: how high her raptures then began to swell, none but her own omniscient Son can tell. 2. As Eve, when she her fontal sin reviewed, wept for herself and all she should include, blest Mary, with man's Saviour in embrace, joyed for herself and for all human race. 3. All saints are by her Son's dear influence blest; she kept the very fountain at her breast: the Son adored and nursed by the sweet Maid a thousandfold oflove for love repaid. 4. Heaven with transcendent joys her entrance graced, near to his throne her Son his Mother placed; and here below, now she's of heaven possest, all generations are to call her blest. Words: Thomas Ken (1637-1711) Music: Farley Castle, from Sandys’s A Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David 1638 (Ancient & Modern – 314)
1. Virgin-born, we bow before thee: blessèd was the womb that bore thee; Mary, mother meek and mild, blessèd was she in her child.
3. Blessèd she by all creation, who brought forth the world’s Salvation blessèd they, for ever blest, who love thee most and serve thee best.
2. Blessèd was the breast that fed thee; blessèd was the hand that led thee; blessèd was the parent’s eye that watched thy slumbering infancy.
4. Virgin-born, we bow before thee: blessèd was the womb that bore thee; Mary, mother meek and mild, blessèd was she in her child.
Words: Reginald Heber (1783-1826) Music: Quem Pastores, German 15th century melody, adapted by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) (Ancient & Modern – 317)
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Post Communion Prayer God most high, whose handmaid bore the Word made flesh: we thank you that in this sacrament of our redemption you visit us with your Holy Spirit and overshadow us by your power; strengthen us to walk with Mary the joyful path of obedience and so to bring forth the fruits of holiness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Final Hymn*
1. Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace; here the love of Christ shall end divisions: All are welcome, all are welcome all are welcome in this place 2. Let us build a house where prophets speak and words are strong and true, where all God’s children dare to seek to dream God’s reign anew. Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of God’s grace; here as one we claim the faith of Jesus.
3. Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine and wheat: a banquet hall on holy ground where peace and justice meet. Here the love of God, through Jesus, is revealed in time and space; as we share in Christ the feast that frees us 4. Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone to heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they’ve known. Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God’s face; let us bring an end to fear and danger:
5. Let us build a house where all are named their songs and visions heard and loved and treasured, taught and claimed, as words within the Word. Build of tears and cries and laughter, prayers of faith and songs of grace, let this house proclaim from floor to rafter Words & Music: Marty Haugen (b 1950) © 1994 GIA Publications Inc (Ancient & Modern – 365)
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6:00pm Evensong
The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book, and the hymns are taken from New English Hymnal.
Opening Hymn 471 – We love the place, O God
Responses – Ferial Psalm 132.10-19 memento domine W Alcock
10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19
For thy servant | Da-vid’s | sake : turn not away the | presence ∙ of | thine An-| ointed. The Lord hath made a faithful | oath ∙ unto | Da- || vid : | and he | shall not | shrink from it. Of the | fruit of ∙ thy | body : shall I | set up-| on thy | seat. If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimonies that | I shall | learn them : their children also shall sit upon thy | seat for | ev-er-| more. For the Lord hath | chos-en | Sion to be an habitation for him-| self —, * | he hath | long’d for her. This shall be my | rest for | ever : here will I | dwell ∙ for I | have a ∙ de-| light therein. I will bless her | victuals ∙ with | increase : and will | satisfy ∙ her | poor with | bread. I will deck her | priests with | health : and her | saints ∙ shall re-| joice and | sing. There shall I make the horn of | David ∙ to | flourish : I have ordain’d a | lantern ∙ for | mine An-| ointed. As for his enemies, * I shall | clothe them ∙ with | shame : but upon him-| self ∙ shall his | crown — | flourish. Glory | be ∙ to the | Father, and to the | Son and ∙ to the | Ho-ly | Ghost; As it was in the beginning is | now and ∙ ever | shall be : world | with-out | end, A- | men.
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First Lesson – Song of Solomon 2.1-7 Office Hymn 181 – The Lord whom earth and sea and sky (second tune)
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis – Set 9 Second Lesson – Acts 1.6-14 Hymn after the Prayers 184 – Shall we not love thee, Mother dear
Hymn after the Sermon 336 – Angel-voices ever singing
Today
This Week
10:30am – OAKHAM DEDICATION FESTIVAL – All Saints Oakham On the Sunday nearest to 8 September (the Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Oakham traditionally celebrates its Dedication Festival, in honour of its original dedication to Mary.
TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
6:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL EVENSONG St Peter & St Paul Market Overton The service will be followed by a ‘bring & share’ supper. Please bring a donation for the Rutland Foodbank (see separate notice for what is required).
2:00pm – RUTLAND REMINDERS Aberdeen House, 20 Stockerston Road, Uppingham LE15 9UD Singing sessions for people with dementia – Uppingham hub. 07779 413889 or rutlandreminders.org.uk for details.
WEDNESDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Oliver Smith recorder Frescobaldi Canzona detta La Bernadinia Telemann Fantasia No. 8 J S Bach Sonata in B minor, op. 03 no. 6
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7:00pm-9:00pm – KAIROS ENVISIONING MEETING – Melton Mowbray URC Hall, Chapel St, LE13 1LZ Find out how you can serve Jesus ‘behind bars’ with the Kairos Prison Mission to HMP Stocken in March 2017. See separate poster or the website for details.
THURSDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 10:00am -12:00pm – OPEN HOUSE Home of Sue & Patrick Reilly, 1 Banff Close, Oakham All are welcome to call in for tea or coffee and a friendly chat.
FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 10am -1pm – LATER LIVES RUTLAND The Falcon Hotel, Uppingham Demonstrations, stands and expert speakers talking about what's available for older people in Rutland. Includes local activities, financial planning, legal considerations, support in your own home, technology advice and more. And some twiddly cushions for those living with dementia. Home Instead Senior Care, a local at home care provider, Healthwatch Rutland, Macmillan, Alzheimer’s Organisation, Age UK, an assistive technology team, Vista, Rutland Active, Uppingham First, Oddfellows, and other local support organisations will be attending amongst about others. To reserve a place, or if you‘d like some invitations or a leaflet to display, please contact Emma (01572 898147 or rutland@laterlivesmatter.co.uk. More details at www.laterlivesmatter.co.uk.
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SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER From 8:00am – MSF BRING & BUY CAKE STALL – Oakham Buttercross Contributions and donations of cakes, jams, chutneys, pickles are needed, as is help on the day. Donations for the Raffle are also needed, such as spirits, wine, chocolates etc. MSF, Doctors without Borders, aims to bring lifesaving medicines to hospitals and refugee camps in Jordan on the Syrian & Iraq borders, and is also involved with Yemen, Ethiopia, Afghanistan. We are also collecting on the stall, and Water Aid and MSF cheques can be handed to thr stall or dropped off at 16 Nene Crescent, Oakham, LE15 6SG. For more details please phone 01572 723616 or 01572 722869; or text 07929 852064.
SUNDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 6:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL CHORAL EVENSONG Holy Trinity Teigh The Team Choir Laudamus will be singing. There will be no evensong at Oakham, and the congregation are invited to join us at Teigh. 6:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Peter Brooke A service of well loved harvest hymns and readings. All welcome for refreshments afterwards.
Looking Ahead TUESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 10:00am-3:00pm – GODLY PLAY INTRODUCTORY COURSE St John the Baptist Church, Bisbrooke Experience key elements of the Godly Play approach, with Wendy Coleman. Bring a packed lunch; drinks available. Apply bookings@peterboroughdiocese.org.uk cost £10. Limited places. See www.godlyplay.uk for more information. 3:30pm – RUTLAND REMINDERS Brambles, Rutland Care Village Singing sessions for people with dementia. 07779 413889 or rutlandreminders.org.uk for details. 7:30pm – GOOD NEWS VAN Common Room, St John & St Anne, South Street This is a Christian Lending Library, with books, CDs & DVDs. All are welcome.
WEDNESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Natasha Erdmann piano & violin Prokofiev Music for Children, op. 65 (selections) Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, op. 3 no. 6
THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 10:30am – TEAM WALKING GROUP The Green, Main Street, Lyddington The last of the summer style walks is approx 6 miles and will go through Uppingham, Bisbrooke and Seaton. A picnic lunch will be required. New walkers always welcome, simply turn up suitably attired. Group contact Dennis Corton, 01572 722272.
FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 10:30am – HANDICRAFT GROUP All Saints Oakham The handicraft group will be meeting again in Church to make things for the Autumn Sale. We would be pleased to see anyone who is interested, no particular skills are required. If anyone has any scraps of fabric or wool that would be useful, we would be pleased to receive them. Contact Sally Corton on 01572 722272. 7:30pm – RUTLAND THREE ARTS All Saints Oakham Church Hall David Dykes: ‘The Life of John Clare.’ £3 admission charge for non-members.
SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 9:30am-3:30pm – KAIROS TRAINING MEETING – Elim City Church, 131 Midland Road, Peterborough, PE3 6DP In preparation for the Kairos Prison Mission to HMP Stocken in March 2017. See separate poster or the website for details.
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SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
10:00am-6:00pm – LET US PRAY All Saints Oakham A day of prayer the community organised by Churches Together in Oakham. Prayer Stations will be available all day for quiet prayer. The day opens with Morning Praise at 10am, there will be a Service of the Word at 1pm, and it closes at 5pm with a Taizé Service, when prayer requests that have been received will be offered. Prayer requests can be made on the day, or beforehand to prayer@oakhamteam.org.uk, or via the website.
4:00pm – HARVEST PRAISE All Saints Braunston Join us for a service including traditional Harvest hymns, instead of our usual Sing Sunday.
2:30-5:00pm – SING A NEW SONG! COMPOSERS WORKSHOP St Mary the Virgin Higham Ferrers A combined RSCM and NDOA event, welcoming submissions from local composers. Register as a composer or a singer (rehearsaing from 1pm). See Kevin for details.
SAT/SUN 24/25 SEPTEMBER From 10:00am – HARVEST OF GIFTS All Sainsts Braunston As well as celebrating Harvest in the traditional way, we’re having an exhibition of arts, crafts and flowers in church to celebrate and give thanks for the gifts God has given us. A great opportunity for you to join in and display your talents. We shall finish on Sunday with a Harvest Praise Service at 4:00pm and a Harvest Supper at 6:00pm. Please contact Gail for further details (01572 755570), or gail@oakhamteam.org.uk.
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MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 7:30pm – 21ST BIRTHDAY ORGAN RECITAL – All Saints Oakham James Lancelot, Organist at Durham Cathedral, gives a celebrity recital to celebrate the 21st birthday of our organ. The organ was installed by Kenneth Tickell in 1995, and it was dedicated in November 1995, and the opening recital given by John Scott in May 1996. Tickets £8 in advance from Kevin or Oakham Wines, £10 on the door. J S Bach Chorale Preludes - Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736; Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721; Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 714; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BWV 734; Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638; Robert Schumann Four Sketches for pedal piano; Felix Mendelssohn Sonata in B flat, Opus 65 No 4; César Franck Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Opus 18; Louis Vierne Impromptu, Opus 54 No 2; Derek Bourgeois Serenade, Opus 22; Henri Mulet Carillon-Sortie
TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 10:00am – BIBLE STUDY 25 Willow Crescent, Oakham We continue with our study of Joseph and discover how much is relative to our life today. New folk will be made welcome (details from 01572 770429).
FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 10:00am-2:00pm – MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING Co-operative Funeralcare, 60 High Street, Oakham All are welcome. LE15 6AS
SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER 7:30pm – UPPINGHAM JAZZ & SOUL BAND CONCERT St Peter & St Paul Langham Bar open and refreshments from 7:00pm, Tickets £10 from Debbie (01572 723533) or Hilary (01572 757435) or wegottickets.com.
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER 8:00am/10:30am/6:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL – All Saints Oakham 11:00am – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Andrew Whissendine 3:00pm – PET SERVICE St Peter & St Paul Langham 5:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Edmund Egleton Followed by Auction and Supper. 6:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Mary Ashwell
TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER 7:00pm – PDCF REHEARSAL St Andrew Whissendine Our local rehearsal for this year’s Diocesan Choral Festival. We will also
be looking at the music most Tuesdays between now and then as well!
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER 10:30am – COFFEE MORNING St Peter & St Paul Market Overton All proceeds to the Church Flower Fund. Raffle.
SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER 11:00am – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Peter & St Paul Langham Followed by Village Harvest Lunch in the Village Hall – cost £7.50, Fish Pie lunch. Please contact the Churchwardens to book. 5:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Andrew Hambleton Followed by Harvest Supper in the Village Hall, and an Auction of Produce.
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 5:30pm – PETERBOROUGH DIOCESAN CHORAL FESTIVAL Peterborough Cathedral Please come and support our choir as they take part in this annual event. For those singing, there are rehearsals on Tuesday 4 October at 7pm at Whissendine, and at the Cathedral on the day at 1:45pm.
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 12:00pm – MEMORIAL GARDEN PLANTING – All Saints Oakham Planting of the new scheme takes place today, and The Oakham in Bloom team would welcome help from parishioners who are willing to get involved. Please contact Alison Long if you are able to help.
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TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER
SAT-SUN 3-4 DECEMBER
10:00am –TEMPLE VISIT – Leicester A kind invitation by Mrs Surrinder Singh Sandu, wife of Resham, a past High Sherriff of Leicestershire, has been extended to Oakham Team Churches to visit two Sikh Temples where we will be offered hospitality at one of them. In the afternoon there will be a visit to a Jewish Synagogue on Avenue Road and a Muslim Mosque also on Avenue Road. It is a free lunch but a small donation at each of the places we visit as a token of our thanks would be appreciated. A bus has been arranged and will depart from outside All Saints Church, Oakham at 10:00am. Cost £12 each. Numbers limited to 20 people. Enquiries and to book a place contact Barbara Keene on 01572 787459 or Beryl Kirtland on 01572 724103, email barbara.keene or beryl.kirtland, both @oakhamteam.org.uk. An opportunity not to be missed! Early booking advised.
10:00am-6:00pm(Sat) 4:00pm(Sun) CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL St Peter & St Paul Langham Please consider whether you could support this with a decorated tree - now is the time to get your creative minds wandering with ideas and thoughts of possibilities. It really is tremendous fun – all the more so if you are fully involved! There is no specific theme as we like to leave your imaginations a free rein!
THURSDAY 3 NOVEMBER FRIENDS’ TIDE LUNCH Whitwell Harbour Bar & Restaurant Speaker: An Ambassador from Rainbows Children’s Hospice.
SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 10:00am-12:00pm – ALL SAINTS AUTUMN SALE – All Saints Oakham Stalls as before so please keep the date free and save bottles and items for the tombola, books, jigsaws, good things for the Bring and Buy or Raffle Prizes. Cakes will also be required, but fresh!
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Please pray for Sophie Elizabeth Daffum, who was baptised at Hambleton on Saturday and her parents James & Sarah; John Emerton & Sally Butt, who were married at Hambleton on Thursday; Levi Jackson & Sarah Foreman, who were married at Whissendine on Saturday; The family and friends of Constance Marjorie Gale, whose funeral took place at Oakham on Monday; For the victims of the Italian earthquake For an end to racist violence; Those affected by environmental disasters especially the people of China; A lasting ceasefire in Syria, and for all those whose lives are torn apart by war and violence, especially in Iraq; Those trapped under extremist regimes and the hostages held by religious extremists and their families and friends;
Victims of religious extremism and persecution especially in Sudan, CAR, Kenya, Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, North Korea, China, India, Northern Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, and Pakistan; The Rutland Food Bank; The Drop-in Centre; Justin and John our Archbishops and Donald and John, our Bishops; Lee, Janet, Julie, Dominic & Owen, our Team Clergy, and all lay members of the Ministry Team, and particularly Dominic & Frances as they prepare to move to Newcastle; Madeleine McCann and her family and all missing children.
Clergy Appointment
It was announced last week in all our Team Parishes that our curate Revd Dr Dominic Coad has been appointed as Team Vicar in the Benwell and Scotswood Team, in the Diocese of Newcastle. Dominic’s last Sunday will be Sunday 30th October when we will have a joint Team Service at Oakham Parish Church at 10:30am. This service will be followed by pre-cooked light lunch, and we need about 20 volunteers to cook a dish for about 10 people each. If you can help please phone Marilyn (01572 723184), Araminta (01572 757827) or Jackie (01572 756613). There will be no sign-up for the meal; all will be welcome. The Churchwardens at Oakham are coordinating a collection for a leaving gift – please send any
contribution to them directly or through your village Churchwarden. Dominic will be licensed by the Bishop of Newcastle on Monday 28th November. It is hoped that some people from Oakham will be able to travel to support Dominic, and more details will follow. We send the warmest of good wishes to Dominic on this appointment and to him and Frances as they prepare to move.
Oakham Faculty Applications
Applications for two faculties have been granted permission subject to public display for 28 days. These are for the upgrade to the church clock, with electric winding and automatic time regulation, and for the installation of the standard of the late Sir Jock Kennedy. Details of both can be viewed in the Parish Office or on the website.
Oakham PCC Meeting
Please note that the date of the next PCC Meeting is now Monday 3rd October at the usual place and time (the original date of Wednesday 28th September is cancelled).
Friends Coffee Morning
Thank you to everyone who helped and attended the Coffee Morning on Friday 2nd September. A magnificent sum of £252 was raised which will be presented to Rainbows Children’s Hospice at The Tide Lunch on Thursday 3rd November.
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All Saints Memorial Garden
Plans are well in advance for the new memorial garden and the existing shrubbery is due to be removed sometime during September. Planting of the new scheme is planned to take place on Saturday 22nd October at 12 noon, and the Oakham in Bloom team would welcome help from parishioners who are willing to get involved on the day. Please contact Alison Long if you are able to help. Many thanks to all involved in the upkeep of the current garden and especially to Graham Scothern for all his tireless work in this area.
Knitters Needed More sheep are required for the Oakham Travelling Nativity sets. If you can help please contact Margaret Tyler on 01572 724799 or margaret.tyler@oakhamteam.org.uk.
Thank You Thank you to all who helped with the MSF market stall on Saturday 13th August. We raised £189.90 and a last minute donation raised the whole amount to £192.90 for the hospitals and children in these hospitals and camps in Jordan on the Syrian and Iraq borders. Thank you to all those who donated cakes, jams etc and raffle prizes from the Leicester Diocesan Office and the Church of the Resurrection Leicester, and all those who supported the stall on the day.
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Harvest Festival
Harvest will be celebrated in all our Team Churches over the next few weeks, with a variety of services, and everyone is very welcome at all of them. Some are followed by refreshments or a meal, and at Braunston there is a special exhibition. Please see the diary entries or the website for full details, but in summary, the dates are as follows: 11 Sep – Market Overton (6:00pm) 18 Sep – Teigh & Brooke (6:00pm) 25 Sep – Braunston (4:00pm) 2 Oct – Oakham (8:00/10:30/6:00); Whissendine (11:00am); Egleton (5:00pm); Ashwell (6:00pm) 9 Oct – Langham (11:00am); Hambleton (5:00pm)
Braunston Roof Alarm
It’s great to be able to have our church roof protected through your generous donations for the roof alarm. Have you wondered what it sounds like? Here’s you chance to find out – we shall be demonstrating it on Saturday 24 September at the end of the first day of our exhibition.
Foodbank Update The Foodbank is currently short of the following items – small sugar (500g), custard, tinned carrots, peas & potatoes, tinned tomatoes, rice pudding, sponge puddings, long life fruit juice, cordials, coffee, smash, chocolates & sweets, toilet rolls, shower gel, shampoo etc. Items that we have plenty of are porridge, tea, soup and cereal, so please do not donate these at the moment.
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Regular Groups & Activities CHILDREN’S GROUPS Pram & Toddler Service (age 0-4) Mondays 2:00pm during term-time Oakham Church Tiny Tots (age 0-4). Thursdays 9:45am during term-time. Oakham Church Little Angels (age 0-4) Thursdays 10:30 (term-time) Market Overton Church Sunday School (up to age 10) Sundays 10:30am (except 3rd) Oakham Church Hall Fishes Club (up to age 10) Sundays 11:00am (except 2nd) Whissendine Church ASH (All Saints Hub – aged 11-13) Sundays 10:30am (as announced) Oakham Church ASK (All Saints Kids – aged 14-16) Sundays 10:30am (as announced) Oakham Church
HOME GROUPS Leader: Catriona Drye (770429) 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 10:00am 25 Willow Crescent, Oakham Leader: Stan Bruce (756656) 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 7:30pm 19 Ashwell Road, Oakham Leader: Patrick Wilson (723288) 2nd & 4th Thursdays 2:30pm 6 Peterborough Avenue, Oakham Leader: Michael Hinman (722061) & Monica Compton (755734) 2nd & 4th Mondays 7:30pm Oakham Leader: Alan & Gail Rudge (755570) Mondays fortnightly 7:30pm 34 Church Street, Braunston
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St Andrew’s House Group – Leaders: Revd Chris Bamber (01664 474360), Jane (474882) & Jeff Eaves (474454) Tuesdays fortnightly 11:00am Whissendine (phone for venue)
CHOIR Laudamus Joint Choir Practice Tuesdays 7:00-8:30pm Whissendine Church Langham Choir Practice Tuesdays before 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays 12:00-1:00pm Langham Church
BELL RINGING Oakham Bells Tuesdays 7:30-9:00pm Langham/Braunston/Brooke Bells Wed 7:30pm 28/14/21 Sep Whissendine Bells as announced
MOTHERS’ UNION Oakham & Braunston 2nd Thursday 2:15pm Oakham Church Hall; Corporate Communion 3rd Wednesday 10:00am Chapel of St John & St Anne
OTHER GROUPS Drop-In Centre Tea, coffee, chat & lunch Wednesdays 10:00am-4:00pm Oakham Congregational Church Oasis Tea, coffee, biscuits and & chat Fridays 10:30-11:30am Oakham Church Mayhew Room Open House Monthly coffee morning in someone’s home – see Diary for details.. Prayer Chain Prayer requests can be made in strictest confidence to Mary Willows (01572 756264) who will then inform the chain.
Services During The Week Monday 12 Sep
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham
02:00 Pram & Toddler Oakham
Tuesday 13 Sep
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 10:00 Holy Communion Oakham
Wednesday 14 Sep
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 12:00 CTiO Prayer Mtg Cong Ch 10:00 Holy Communion J&A 05:30 Meditation J&A 11:00 Holy Communion Ashwell*
Thursday 15 Sep
09:00 Team Communion Oakham 12:00 Ecumenical Prayer Oakham 09:45 Tiny Tots Oakham 12:15 Celtic Prayer Egleton 10:30 Little Angels Market Overton
Friday 16 Sep
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 10:00 BCP Communion Oakham
*The Croft, Cottesmore Road
Services Next Sunday – 18 September (Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity) Oakham Whissendine Teigh Market Overton Ashwell Langham Braunston Brooke Hambleton Egleton
08:00 Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30 Family Communion 11:00 Holy Communion
12:15 Baptism 06:00 with Teigh 06:00 Harvest Evensong
09:00 Breakfast Praise 11:00 Family Service 04:00 Church@4 11:00 Holy Communion 06:00 Harvest Festival 09:15 Holy Communion (CW Trad)
Next Sunday’s Readings Seventeenth after Trinity: Amos 8.4-7; 1 Timothy 2.1-7; Luke 16.1-13
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