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From Reverend Claire Rose-Casemore:
It is a constant complaint of mine that as I grow older so time goes faster!- and this year the major festivals are particularly close together. In order to fully appreciate the joy of the next major festival it is good to have some preparation time. To make do with a little less – in order to make preparation for Easter – like making oneself hungry for a big feast. Lent can be a time to ‘give up something’ (fasting) but it can also be a time to grow in one’s understanding and faith of God, through prayer, and study.
For our Lent Study Course this year I am proposing we read William.P. Young’s book that has sold millions; ‘The Shack’. It's a gripping novel, not for the faint hearted, which looks at a contemporary tragedy. But what makes this book a little different is that later in the book the fiction mixes with theology.
It deals with issues like: Suffering , Forgiveness, Hope and what God is like…
The sessions will run in the Parish Room in All Saints’ Church, Braunston on every Wednesday in Lent . So the four sessions are on 24th February, 3rd, 17th, & 24th March at 7.30pm until 9pm, with (of course!) a cup of coffee or tea.
It would be great to see you for the Lent Course or if you would like to come and join us for the start of Lent , please pencil the Ash Wednesday Service in your diaries at Staverton Church. In whatever way you choose to mark it, I wish you a very meaningful Lent.
Revd Claire
From the Parochial Church Council:
Jobs done!
Have you noticed the new Church noticeboard? Our thanks to Claire Worrall who has made this possible. The gates have also been beautifully restored, and the door into Church now opens with far less of a struggle. Thankyou to all concerned who have helped us to get these jobs done. If you would like to donate towards the improvement of the gates any donation, large or small, would be gratefully received!
January 2010 - dates for your diary
Sunday 7 Feb:
Holy Communion – 9.15am
Sunday 14 Feb:
Holy Communion – 9.15am
Wednesday 17 Feb:
Ash Wednesday Service at Staverton Church at 7.30pm.
Sunday 21 Feb:
Holy Communion – 9.15am
Sunday 28 Feb:
*Family Service at 4pm
Every Wednesday:
prayers at 4.30pm
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