Notices for Sunday 11 May
4th SUNDAY OF EASTER
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Readings
Revelation 7.9-end; Acts 9.36-end; John 10.22–30
MORNING PRAYER
Morning Prayer and is live-streamed at 9am each morning (Mon-Thu) from www.stpetersleck.org or www.facebook.com/southcheltenham
You can also join in person as follows:
- Mon – Pip & Jim’s,
- Tue – St. Christopher’s
- Wed – Emmanuel
- Thu – St. Peter’s Cottages
Daily Prayer App
If you have a mobile, then you may wish to download the Daily Prayer app (available from Daily Prayer), which will have the services and readings for the day.
Live Streams
www.stpetersleck.org or www.facebook.com/stpetersleckhampton
CALENDAR of events
Click here to see upcoming events
OFFERTORY
We do not take a collection at St. Peter’s during the service, but you can make a donation using the card machine, which is facing you as you come in, or by using the basket if cash.
REST IN PEACE
Please let Revd Gary know if there is anyone who has died recently so that prayers can be said for them and their families.
PRAYERS
Please let Revd Gary know of anyone who has died recently or who needs prayer at this time. See church website also:
https://stpetersleck.org/for-our-prayers/
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 11–17th May
Give, Act and Pray
This Sunday is the start of Christian Aid Week. This year’s focus is on Guatemala.There will be a daily devotional prayer pamphlet in church for you to take home. Envelopes will also be available in pews. For further information, go to: www.caweek.org. Melissa Webb
VE DAY ANNIVERSARY DISPLAY
Leckhampton Local History Society has put together a display of memorabilia surrounding WW2 and VE day. Please do take a look at it in the Lady Chapel area.
CRAFT GROUP
Every Wednesday, 10-12 in the Cottages
All are welcome to join, even if just for a ‘cuppa’ and a chat.
CCP & LENT FOOD COLLECTIONS
A big thank you to everyone you contributed to this year’s CCP Lent Appeal, a total of 100.3kgs of donations was delivered to CCP.
Donations can be left in the church porch or contact Gilly (email below) if you would like to arrange a home collection. If you prefer, you can also donate directly here.
Many thanks, Gilly gilly_whittingham@btinternet.com
THANK YOU FROM CCP
Please could you pass on our heartfelt thanks to all those who so generously donate to our Community Pantry. We really appreciate your regular donations and they make a huge difference to us – good quality food to put on the shelves and enabling us to keep serving our local community.
Sarah Taylor, Community Pantry Lead
SAFEGUARDING TRAINING BASIC AWARENESS COURSE
Wed 14th May at Pip & Jim’s
Andrew Mallin-Jones (Parish Safeguarding Officer at Pip & Jim’s) is running a Basic Awareness Course if you would prefer to do your safeguarding training face to face.
For further details, contact Andrew via: safeguarding@pipandjims.org.uk
LITTLE PEBBLES
There is NO Little Pebbles this week (13th May). The next session will be on Tuesday 20th May at 10am in the Cottages.
JUNIOR CHURCH
Children – pre-schoolers and juniors – There are things to do in the children’s area each week in church.
The next First Sunday Special is Bread Sunday on 1 June at 10am.
Please see the Junior Church webpages for information and online activities: https://stpetersleck.org/mesmerize/groups-at-st-peters/junior-church/
SOUTH CHELTENHAM YOUTH
Please contact Abbie, our Youth Worker, at abbie@southcheltyouth.org.uk for more info or go to www.southcheltyouth.org.uk. See also posters in church and on the website.
YOUTHSCAPE ESSENTIALS ONLINE COURSE
See posters in church/on website for full details
Introductory evening on Wed 14th May, 7-9pm
What does it look like to really love a community of young people?
Thereafter, the course will run on:
Second Wednesdays of each month, 7-9pm
10 evenings covering 30 topics all about supporting young people.
ECO CHURCH NOTICES
Click here for further eco tips and green news
‘No Mow May’ – will you try it out?
Letting your lawn grow long, just for the month of May has many benefits. It means smaller plants like clover, daisies, dandelions, selfheal and clover will get a chance to flower and give pollinating insects a head-start.
This is important as, since the 1930s, we have lost nearly 7.5 million acres of flower-rich meadows and pastures. Just 1% of our countryside now provides this floral feast for pollinators. With 15 million gardens in Britain, our lawns have the potential to become major sources of nectar.
Bat News!
Click here to read the latest issue of Bat News from the Bat Conservation Trust.
Churchyard Maintenance
Please contact Brad via the Parish Office if you can spare an hour or two every so often, to help with grass cutting and other jobs.
Plants & Seeds
Thank you to all who helped and supported with the plant bring & share last Sunday… and don’t forget to plant your courgettes!
FRIDAY LUNCH WITH FRIENDS
Fri 23rd May, 12.30-2pm, at 1 Vineries Close
Come and join us for a light lunch. All are welcome! Sally and Peter Marlow.
TEAM NEWS
ASCENSION DAY
There will be a Team ‘Ascension Day’ Service on Thu 29th May, 7.30pm in the Cottages Garden (or in the church if the weather is bad) followed by refreshments.
CONFIRMATION
There will be a service of Confirmation at St. Peter’s at 3pm on Sun 22nd June 2025 with Bishop Rachel.
(Please note the change of start time to 3pm, rehearsal for all those being confirmed at 2pm).
If you would like to explore/ chat about this, then please speak to Rev Gary or come along to one of the following courses:
Adults
This will take place on a Wednesday evening at 7.30pm in the church cottages on the following dates (with refreshments):
21-May, 4-Jun, 11-Jun
Don’t worry if you have missed the first week, there is plenty of time to catch up!
EMMANUEL NETWORK CHURCH
I am pleased to announce that ENC have invited Revd Adrian Beere to be their Interim Minister for a period of up to 1 year. During this time they can start the process to advertise and fill the vacancy left by Revd Sarah.
Adrian, who lives in Cheltenham, is the husband of Rachel Beere, who covered for Sarah whilst she was on adoption leave.
Subject to the usual HR procedures, Adrian will be licensed at Emmanuel Church at 2.30pm on Sun 1st June by Archdeacon Katrina. Do come along, all are welcome!
I am extremely grateful to Bishop Rachel for making this possible, and look forward to welcoming Adrian to the team in the coming weeks. Please keep him and his family in your prayers as he prepares for his ministry here with us. Revd Gary.