Starting the New Year!

It's a new year, a new dawn and the children are back in school this week. Coming up at St Mary's are the following:

Thursday 10th Jan, 1.30pm - the first Games Afternoon of the year in the church.
Tuesday 8th Jan, 7.30pm - the Community Choir starts again in St Mary's Hall.

Do you enjoy acting?  Then we would like to meet YOU!
Saturday, 26th Jan at 4.00pm - Church Party and our own home-grown Pantomime at St Mary's Church.  Would you like to take part - no matter how big or small the part?  We are looking for adults AND especially children to join in the fun. PLEASE let Revd Glynis know as soon as possible!

Messy Church starts again this Sunday!

Sunday, 6th is the first Messy Church of 2013 combined with Christingle!
All families are welcome to St Mary's at 4.00pm. Come along and make your Christingle and join in the celebration.

 



Wishing you a Joyful and Peaceful New Year.

All at St Mary's wish you all the blessings that God can bring you in the New Year.

 

Happy Christmas to you all!

Everyone at St Mary's Church, East Leake wishes you all A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS, celebrating the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Please come along to any of our Christmas Services, starting with the Blessing of the Crib at 3.00pm tomorrow, Christmas Eve.  This service is especially for the little ones when the figures are placed in the Crib in church.

4.30pm Family Carol Service.

7.00pm Traditional Carol Service

11.30pm Holy Communion Midnight Service.

Christmas Day
10.00am Family Communion Service when our Children's Choir will be singing.

Everyone is welcome.

Come along to sing your favourite carols!

Carol Singing outside 'The Shoes'.
Come along on Thursday, 20th Dec. at 7.00pm and join us singing your favourite carols with our Music Group outside the Three Horseshoes Pub on Main Street, East Leake.

St Mary's Nativity Play and Christmas Concert.

Nativity Play.

The children provided us all with a wonderful Nativity Play, told from the aspect of the animals.  All the mothers must have worked very hard with the costumes and those who narrated the story spoke clearly just like professionals! 

Well done to everyone who took part, and to the Mums and to Barbara Wright who organised it all.  It was a truly special morning service.

 

Christmas Concert. The day was finished off with a wonderful Christmas concert led by our Director of Music, Chris Ebbern. 

There was an eclectic mix of carols, classical music and popular music both sung and played. The audience thoroughly enjoyed all the music and even had to join in.  It was the first time we had heard the Community Choir too. 


If you would like to join them, please contact Chris or come along to St Mary's Hall on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm.

Fun on Sundays

Everyone had great fun last Sunday, the first of Advent - a great way to celebrate the coming of our Lord. 
It started with several of our young people being admitted to Holy Communion at the 9.30am Service accompanied by their sponsors and families.

In the afternoon it was a happy, noisy, messy craft fun time for adults and children.  There were approximately 50-60 children and their families coming to join in with the crafts and games before Messy Church.








Next Sunday, 9th Dec. it's even busier. 
8.00am Holy Communion Service
9.30am Worship Together with a Nativity. 
We're hoping that lots of children will come and join in the Nativity as angels or shepherds.
3.00pm there is a Carol Concert with solos and duets, led by our Music Director, Chris Ebbern.
6.00pm Holy Communion Service.



The week following there is:
Monday 10th, 2.15pm - Mothers' Union
Wednesday 12th, 2.00pm - W.I. Carol Service.
Thursday 13th, 1.30pm - Games Afternoon at St Mary's Church.
Friday, 14th, 10.00-12.00noon - Weekly Coffee Morning.

Everyone is welcome to any or all of these events.  We look forward to meeting and getting to know you.