St Peter and St Paul’s Church News

Farewell

A special service was held on Sunday 23rd June, not only to celebrate St Peter & St Paul’s Day (whose usual festive day is 29th June) but also the final service conducted by Reverend Biddy Saunders who has been working in Syston Parish for nine years.

At the end of the service the Associate Minister Sue Essex presented Biddy with a Syston White Plum tree and an envelope of donations from the church PCC and members of the congregation.

Biddy’s delight at the tree was obvious!

Following the service the congregation and other guests met in the church hall for a special celebratory lunch. More gifts were donated and speeches made. It was a wonderful occasion of fellowship.

Cream Teas

We have decided to add cheese scones, butter and chutney onto the available fare on the Saturday12th August, so why not join us, 2.00pm till 4.30pm, in St Peter & St Paul’s church. On Saturday 9th September the third of our Cream Teas will take place but this is a special weekend as part of Heritage Week. There will be an exhibition on Weddings on Saturday 9th, 10am to 4.30pm and Sunday afternoon 1.00pm to 4.30pm. The Cream Tea will be on Saturday 1pm.to 4.30pm. Refreshments will be available during Sunday afternoon.

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Well, our summer of afternoon teas kicked off on Saturday 8th July and despite the conflict of Wimbledon and stormy weather it was reasonably well attended.

Scones from the local bakery were enjoyed along with lashings of clotted cream and strawberry conserve. Two people even had a pew picnic. There is plenty of space in the church to look around at the architecture and installations going back centuries and there's always a knowledgeable person on hand to answer questions.

New Barkby Wi

President of New Barkby WI, Shirley Franklin, welcomed members and one visitor to the institute’s July meeting.

‘Jerusalem’ was sung followed by business matters.

The speaker, Rosemary Pike from Nottinghamshire gave her talk on ‘The Magic of Stained Glass’.

From Egyptian and Greek times, glass was discovered in volcanoes and photographs of museum items were passed around for members to see, and to hold small pieces of glass and nuggets, which could then be melted to be reformed. Clear glass was able to be coloured, using oxides and elements (e.g. cobalt, copper). Nowadays, Rosemary

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Why not book our Large Function Room

The Malt House Suite for Wedding Receptions and Parties

We Have Two Full Sized Snooker Tables in the Club

Quiz Nights: Sunday 13th August Sunday 10th September

Bingo is played every Thursday 9pm and Saturday 8.30pm - Wednesday afternoon bingo starts 2pm doors open 1pm

We are also now the headquarters of the Syston and District Royal British Legion. Meetings will be held on the third Sunday of each month at 1pm

Slimming World

Helen 9.30am and 11.30am

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Clive 3.30pm, 5.15pm and 7pm Mob: 0790 983 7215

A good selection of Beers, Wines and Spirits. Friendly Bar Staff

Members Children allowed in the Lounge until 9pm (Under parental control)

New Membership is Available

Tel: 0116 260 5775 uses glass that has already been coloured. In Venice, there were many glass makers around the local area so eventually they all relocated into one centralised area.

A lot of glass was lost after the dissolution of monasteries in Henry VIII’s reign but fortunately religious references and other scenic attributes are displayed in huge windows in Cathedrals, churches and stately houses.

Tiffany lampshades became popular by the US artist and glass maker of that name but he also produced stained glass windows, using iridescent Favrile (craftsman) glass. Rosemary undertakes commissions to create pictures in stained glass soldered into a lead frame depicting a variety of flowers, birds and animals and scenic interest, to adorn rooms and

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New Priest for Syston Parish Church

We were delighted to receive this notification from the Bishop of Leicester.

The Revd Rosalind (Ros) Harper

We are pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Rosalind (Ros) Harper, Curate in the Benefice of Burbage cum Aston Flamville, as Team Vicar for the Parishes of Syston and areas to a customer’s own requirements. Pictures of these were displayed around the room.

Small items Rosemary has created were on display for members to view or buy after her talk. All very informative and entertaining.

The vote of thanks was given by Dawn Haynes, who also won the competition, with a piece of fused glass she had transformed into a small dish.

The raffle was won by Julie Malam and the refreshments were served by Sue Gamble.

The next meeting will be on Wednesday 2nd August at Syston Community Centre at 7.30pm when the speaker will be John Parnell on the subject of ‘hula hooping’. Visitors are always welcome to attend.

East Goscote within the Fosse Team Ministry.

The date of Ros’ licensing will be announced in due course.

The parish church of St Peter and St Paul holds its regular services on Wednesday mornings at 9.30am and Sundays at 10am. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Wednesday services in August will be led by the Associate Minister Sue Essex. Check out for more information about us achurchnearyou.com/church/5257/

Leicester’s Leo ‘Hamilton’ in the Making!

Leo Ryan, age 11, from Thurmaston Leicester, started his go-karting career just last year, at local track Teamsport Leicester.From the first time he jumped in and started whizzing round the corners he was hooked. Making progress each week, Leo grew in confidence through the karting academy sessions, where he was coached to race safely but to win!

This year Leo competed in his first local league (Group B), where he was awarded driver of the day five times out of the seven races. Leo was awarded podium after podium and pulled a clear lead before being pipped to the post and finishing in second place overall.

Leo has since been moved to the Group A league and is holding down first place against his talented rivals.