Thank you to everyone who came out to Carol sing and collect on Monday evening, Dec 13th. There were 20 of us in all. Despite warnings of rain, it was a still, dry and warmish evening - perfect for voices to be carried along the streets. 20 carollers sang their way along the Crescents and Closes off Grace Road and were very warmly received. Many people stood in doorways to listen and join in. It was a lovely sound with excellent 4 part harmony and brilliant co-ordination between collectors. We raised £281.01 for Cancer Research UK. Merry Christmas!! Thank you again. Dave and Di Harrold.
Even though both churches are now open Sapcote villagers can also deposit donations at 18 Mill Close who are willing to accept them, and from there they will be collected and taken to the Hinckley Area Food Bank warehouse.Also, donations of food can be made at the Hinckley Superstores of ASDA/Morrisons/Sainsburys/Tesco or financially through: www.hinckleyarea.foodbank.org.uk (click on ‘red Donate banner’ which will take you through to the giving page of HCCA, the charity that oversees Hinckley Area Foodbank).For further information/ queries contact Jim Matthews on 079 059 329 88 or email to 1956jmatt@gmail.com
The LE8 FIVE Brass Quintet and FOURPLAY a cappella quartet concert held on Friday 1st October in church was a huge success. The playing and singing was exceptional and the quality of the performance was commented on by many. The quintet played a wide selection of pieces ranging from sleepy pieces such as "Black Sam" written for the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, arrangements of jazz classics, e.g. Satin Doll, and even classical, such as "Trepak" from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite. The quartet sang a range of popular pieces cleverly arranged for close harmony by themselves. The concert finished with, as an encore, a rousing arrangement of "Bring Me Sunshine" for brass and voices, arranged by Garry Sleath. 84 people attended (the audience was limited to 85 to allow some social distancing) and we raised £346.52 for the organ fund. It was great to see many people who wouldn't usually come to our church. I'd like to thank a lot of people who helped: Christine Dixon on ticket sales and collecting at the door; Di, Jill, Jim, Richard and Christine for helping with refreshments and at the door, and Ralph for helping to sort out sound checks and solve problems; plus the performers themselves.
Sunday 11th July marked Mick's 60th birthday and retiring celebration service after 24years as Rector. Mick's love of singing (and also that of his wife Denise) meant that under the Covid restrictions at that time the only option to enable singing was to have an outdoor service and this is what took place.God blessed us with good dry weather over the weekend so setting up early on Sunday morning went like clockwork. The church fellowship, invited village guests and family friends assembled for an 11am service. It was a joy to praise God through song as a congregation and see the delight on many faces who were doing this. Mick preached on his favourite passage, Matthew 13:1-9, The parable of the sower, encouraging us to continue to be a church sowing and leaving the people's response to it to God.The end of the service was marked with a few words from Churchwardens Christine Dixon and Jill Matthews sharing the gratitude of the church for Mick's time as rector and the presentation of gifts to both Mick and Denise from monies given by the church fellowship. Mick's main gift was a new acoustic guitar and in accepting this gift he shared that one of the things he was looking forward to in retirement will be the opportunity to songwrite. Mick was then encouraged to 'break-in' his new instrument and he duly obliged us with the song, 'O Lord, have mercy on me.'After the cutting of their 'farewell' cake, groups of 6 enjoyed the opportunity to eat the provided picnic, chat and then say a personal farewell to Mick and Denise.
