Dear Friends,Welcome to your Saturday bulletin from All Saints....Sunday WorshipI do hope you will be able to connect with us for worship tomorrow. It's been lovely seeing the Little Saints again as we have been experimenting with zoom Family Worship over the last couple of weeks. Do join in tomorrow at 10.30am, whatever your age, by using the zoom details below. Our theme tomorrow is Baby Jesus, the Refugee as we think about the story from Matthew 2.13-18. You are also welcome to just join the call at 11.00am for a social time.Morning Prayer<span style="font-size: 1rem;"> will be led by Emily at 9.00am on Facebook </span>https://www.facebook.com/allsaintsloughboroughSupport for SchoolsA big thank you to everyone who responded to the appeal for laptops and ipads/tablets to support Loughborough Church of England Primary School (LCEPS) after the note in last week's email bulletin. It really is a challenging time for teachers, parents and children and lack of access to technology and broadband is impacting many families in our community. We shall be reaching out to our other local primary schools this week along with continuing our support for LCEPS so do please get in touch if you have anything you think you can donate. New Curate I am really pleased to finally be able to announce that Liz Piki, who is currently on placement with us as an ordinand (trainee vicar) will be staying on with us following her ordination to serve her curacy. Curacy is the first post you take after ordination training and usually lasts around three years so we really look forward to supporting Liz grow in her calling as an ordained minister. Liz and her family moved to Loughborough over the Christmas break in readiness for her curacy beginning later on this year. In the meantime Liz continues to be part of the All Saints team whilst writing her essays and studying at St Mellitus college. There is a picture of Liz and some of her family attached about whom Liz writes:'I am pleased to be introducing my family to you all. It is, indeed, a great privilege to be based at All Saints and Holy Trinity, thank you all for welcoming me to the parish with warmth. I am married to France and we have four children, one son and 3 three daughters. France is an Armed Forces veteran, who served with the Royal Logistics Corps in Aldershot, Hampshire. He now works as a Mental Health Nurse. Bradley our eldest son is 25 years old, he lives in Scotland and has a 15 month-old daughter Camilla, our delightful granddaughter! Belinda is 20 years old, Gabriella 14 years and Danielle 9. I am also pleased to be supported by my five siblings, four sisters, a brother, nephews and nieces, most of whom live in Leicestershire.'Called Together ServiceOn the 23rd January at 11.00am seven new Readers and one new Pastoral Assistant will be licensed by Bishop Martyn in the annual service that celebrates the incredible variety and contribution of lay ministers to the Diocese of Leicester. One of those new Readers will be on own Penny Pullan and alongside her Bob Smith will be relicensed to All Saints as his new parish. The following day we shall be marking this special occasion at our own Sunday service as we affirm the Reader ministry of Penny, Bob and Martyn Davison amongst us. The Called Together service will be on Zoom and everyone is invited to follow the service via a link that will be available on the diocesan website nearer the time.Next Sunday 24th JanuaryOur morning service will be broadcast on our YouTube Channel in the morning with visiting preacher Revd. Liz Rawlins and in the evening, a change to the published plan of Conversation & Compline, we shall support the annual united service organised by Loughborough Churches Partnership which will be available to view from 6.30pm on both Facebook and YouTube. The theme this year is Finding Hope, Being Hope and the preacher is Pastor Joseph Nipah. I shall send links in next week's bulletin.Ministers MuseI am once again doing my weekly deep dive into the Sunday bible readings on Tuesday lunchtimes on Youtube. Each week I invite three other preachers to join me for a conversation about the texts coming up. Tune in live at 12.15 or catch up in the week. You can find all previous episodes along with previous week's services on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNymtzHV8G_EfZprXch9RIgFacebook Social GroupDon't forget if you use Facebook we have an All Saints social group which is a great way to stay connected and encourage one another. Search for All Saints social and ask to join.And lastly here is a prayer for the Epiphany season which I hope you might find helpful over the coming weeks....Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AmenRevd Wendy
Hi Friends,Revd Wendy is on annual leave this week, so I get to write the bulletin. I hope you are all safe at home and finding new ways of keeping busy and positive. The building is closed but the church continues...<strong>Can you help?</strong><strong>Do you have a working lap top or tablet that you no longer need?</strong> If so, Loughborough Church of England School would like to give it a new home. There are children who don't have access to the technology they need to learn from home and your old devices could be the answer.<strong> If you have a laptop or tablet to donate please get in touch with the church office or one of our church wardens. Thank you.</strong><strong>January Sunday Morning Worship and Fellowship</strong>For the next few weeks we shall offer worship<strong> on Zoom at 10.30am on Sunday mornings. </strong>This will be a half hour service led in the style of Diddy Disciples. It will not be live streamed so the only way to participate will be to be on the call, either on your computer/smartphone/tablet or you can listen by dialling the phone number from your normal phone. I do hope that everyone will feel able to attend regardless of age, often when we allow ourselves to see through the eyes of children we find a richness of the kingdom of God that we might otherwise miss. At the end of the service the call will stay open for another half hour for a general social catch up for those who wish to stay.<strong>The Zoom details which will be the same all month are</strong>:https://leccofe.zoom.us/j/92241891261?pwd=NHRIdW1LUVF4L0RCWm1nMUExTHN6QT09Meeting ID: 922 4189 1261 Passcode: 167625Or dial: 020 8080 6592Meeting ID: 922 4189 1261Alternatively, you might like to watch the Sunday service from the Church of England, details here https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/join-us-church-online/weekly-online-services/worship-home-epiphany-embrace-middle, available from 9.00am or listen to Sunday Worship on Radio 4 at 8.10am and then join the Zoom call at 11.00am to catch up with others.<strong>January Sunday Evening Worship</strong>There will be three Sunday evening services live streamed on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNymtzHV8G_EfZprXch9RIg at 6pm:This Sunday evening Evensong is led by Martyn Davison with members of the adult choir.<strong>Eco Church</strong>Even while we are away from the church building we can work towards our silver award by becoming more environmentally aware at home.This month we are preparing for the <strong>RSPB Great Garden Bird Watch</strong> 29th -31st January. If you would like to be involved, and would like some support, you may want to join <strong>Leicestershire Green Christian. </strong>We meet on a Monday evening 7pm on zoom, we are a group from across Leicestershire but there are a number of people from All Saints (<strong>The Wombles</strong>). This week is a social and a chat about how to to prepare, and a further session on garden bird identification is planned for the end of the month. Please email <strong>curateemily@allsaintsloughborough.org.uk </strong>if you would like the zoom link.There is also a new scheme to help Christian Households become more eco friendly, <strong>www.creationcare.org.uk </strong>and you can link with All Saints Loughborough on the website (It will email me when you get an award). It is based on the eco church model and is a questionnaire you complete with awards bronze, silver and gold available. It would be great to see more people using this at home.<strong>And finally...</strong>The rhythm of daily prayer continues and you can join in via watching on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/allsaintsloughboroughand if there is anything you would like the ministry team to be remembering in prayer please email <strong>prayer@allsaintsloughborough.org.uk.</strong><strong>When I count my blessings, I count you twice.</strong><strong>Revd Emily</strong>
Dear Friends,The church building may be temporarily closed but we shall use this time to keep trying new things and ensuring prayer, worship and fellowship are still at the heart of all we do as a church community. Read on for details of worship tomorrow and throughout January...January Sunday Morning Worship and FellowshipFor the next few weeks we shall offer worship on Zoom at 10.30am on Sunday mornings. This will be a half hour service led in the style of Diddy Disciples, (apart from 24th see below) allowing young children to access worship in a form that is helpful for them. It will not be live streamed so the only way to participate will be to be on the call, either on your computer/smartphone/tablet or you can listen by dialling the phone number from your normal phone. I do hope that everyone will feel able to attend regardless of age, often when we allow ourselves to see through the eyes of children we find a richness of the kingdom of God that we might otherwise miss. At the end of the service the call will stay open for another half hour for a general social catch up for those who wish to stay.The Zoom details which will be the same all month are:https://leccofe.zoom.us/j/92241891261?pwd=NHRIdW1LUVF4L0RCWm1nMUExTHN6QT09Meeting ID: 922 4189 1261 Passcode: 167625Or dial: 020 8080 6592Meeting ID: 922 4189 1261Alternatively, you might like to watch the Sunday service from the Church of England, details here https://www.churchofengland.org/news-and-media/join-us-church-online/weekly-online-services/worship-home-epiphany-embrace-middle, available from 9.00am or listen to Sunday Worship on Radio 4 at 8.10am and then join the Zoom call at 11.00am to catch up with others.January Sunday Evening WorshipThere will be three Sunday evening services live streamed on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNymtzHV8G_EfZprXch9RIg at 6pm:10th Evensong led by Martyn Davison with members of the adult choir 24th Conversation & Compline led by me, topic to be announced31st Choral Evensong for Candlemass featuring recorded music from our choirs and the Dean of Leicester the Very Revd David Monteith will be preaching. Celebrating Reader MinistryOn 24th January, we shall be celebrating Lay Reader ministry as Martyn Davison, Bob Smith and Penny Pullan will have just been (re)licensed and commissioned for their ministry at All Saints. Our preacher that morning will be the Revd Liz Rawlins, Discipleship and Vocations Enabler for the Diocese. Details of what form this service will take will be available nearer the time.And finally...The rhythm of daily prayer continues and you can join in via watching on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/allsaintsloughborough and if there is anything you would like the ministry team to be remembering in prayer please email prayer@allsaintsloughborough.org.uk.Attached to this email is an Epiphany House Blessing that you might like to use at home at some point this coming week. It is a tradition kept by many Christians and is a way of reminding ourselves of Christ's presence with us in the everyday spaces of our lives.As this new year begins with all of its' uncertainties, may the Christ-child guide and sustain us that we may find our journey's end in Jesus Christ our Lord.Revd Wendy
Dear Friends,Temporary Church Building ClosureIt is with a heavy heart that myself and the Churchwardens, with the support of the PCC, have taken the decision to close our church building for private prayer and communal worship from immediate effect. (December 31st 2020)This is in response to the Tier 4 classification for Leicestershire. Although this is not a mandatory requirement from government, and we are confident we have had covid secure practices in place, we feel the right thing to do now is support the wider message to stay at home wherever possible. Given the uncertainties of the new strain of coronavirus and the current pressure on our NHS we feel this is the most sensible course of action at this time. We shall review this decision by the end of January. Worship will continue through January online with daily prayer on Facebook, Sunday mornings will be an invitation to gather on Zoom and twice a month there will be a live streamed service on Sunday evenings. Further details of what this will look like will be sent out in due course. I will continue to send out a regular weekly email bulletin and the pastoral team will be in touch by phone with anyone who would appreciate a regular call or who doesn't have access to email. Do please get in touch if you would appreciate a phone call during this time, either by emailing me or contacting the parish office:office@allsaintsloughborough.org.uk 01509 217029I am so grateful for all the work everyone has put in to allowing us to open safely over the last few months and for the ways in which people have reached out to support one another during this challenging time. Please stay in touch, reach out for support in prayer and fellowship and hold fast to the message of Christmas that God dwells with us and we have seen his glory in the face of Jesus. May you know the presence and peace of Christ in the weeks ahead.Revd Wendy PS I shall be doing my final Santa Run this afternoon at 1pm running whatever distance is the final total on our Christmas Appeal at noon today. Thank you for your generosity in supporting this and if you want to make any final donation and get me running further the link is here:https://givealittle.co/campaigns/37c0759e-edf2-4572-8276-e8e003489758
