Notices for Sunday 8 February
2ND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT
10am Order of service – https://stpetersleck.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Sundays-before-Lent-2026.pdf
Readings
Genesis 1.26-31; Romans 8.18-25; Matthew 6.25-end
Collect
Almighty God, give us reverence for all creation and respect for every person, that we may mirror your likeness in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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
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. You can also make a donation online.
REST IN PEACE
Please let Revd Gary or Revd Jade 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/
PRAYER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY
Merciful God, you are righteous and love justice: stir the hearts of your people that, rejoicing in our diversity, we may repent of the wrongs of the past, and, by your grace, seek the peaceable kingdom of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
PRAYERS FOR PEACE
Please pray for peace and an end to war in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and Iran.
DAILY BIBLE STUDY APP
Everyday Faith is a series of reflections, prayers and stories. It will provide you with daily reflections, which you can read and/or listen to, including selected Bible readings, a simple prayer to prepare you for the day ahead, and thoughts based on that week’s theme.
Download the free app from the App Store or from Google Play.
DAILY PRAYER APP
The Daily Prayer has the services and readings for the day.
If you have a mobile, then you may wish to download the Daily Prayer app (available from ), which will have the services and readings for the day.
Download the app from Church House Publishing – there is a subscription charge.
JUNIOR CHURCH
Children – pre-schoolers and juniors – There are things to do in the children’s area each Sunday.
Please see the Junior Church webpages for information and online activities: https://stpetersleck.org/mesmerize/groups-at-st-peters/junior-church/
LITTLEPEBBLES
Little Pebbles, for babies, pre-schoolers and their carers, meets every Tues from 10-11.30am during term-time in the Cottages.
LENT ACTIVITIES/RESOURCES
The Lent icon is now available on the Home page of the website www.stpetersleck.org
CCP LENT APPEAL
For the Lent appeal for CCP, the idea is that during the run up to Easter instead of giving something up for Lent an item of food is donated to CCP for each day. The response to this in previous years has been very positive, so if you are able, please join in again this year. I am more than happy to collect from your home, just drop me an email to gilly_whittingham@btinternet.com
Many thanks, Gilly Whittingham.
CRAFT GROUP
Every Wednesday, 10-12 in the Cottages
All are welcome to join, even if just for a ‘cuppa’ and a chat.
CHURCH CLEANING
* * SAVE THE DATE * *
Sat 21st March, 9.30-11am
Please make a note of the date and come along to help Spring Clean the church in time for Easter. To be followed by coffee and cake in the cottages! Sally Marlow
ECO CHURCH NOTICES
Click here for further eco tips and green news
Leckhampton Litter Pick
Sat 7th March, 10am at Burrows Field
To take part, text or call Councillor Chan Mistry on 07881 551713.
Gloucestershire Garden Bird Survey
28th Dec – 28th Feb
The Garden Bird Survey has been running since 1993 and is an important long-term study on how bird populations and habits have changed over time in Gloucestershire.
For details on how to take part, go to
www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk and search for “bird survey”.
Lent Carbon Fast
See climatestewards.org/resources/carbon-fast-for-lent for details of how to take part.
GREEN Calendar
See the Green Calendar of events at www.stpetersleck.org/green-calendar
If you have any items to add to the calendar, please send details to the Parish Office.
COME AND SING! Fauré’s Requiem
Sat 7th Feb, 10.30–16.30, Christchurch GL50 2JH
Contact Chris, 4chriscrs@gmail.com or 07948 804480 for more info/to book a place. See also flyer in church/on website noticeboard.
CHURCH ROAD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Leckhampton Primary School and other local groups are supporting a project to create a pedestrian crossing on Church Road. To contribute towards the local community funding and to read more information, go to: www.gofundme.com/f/churchroadcrossing
TEAM
ASH WEDNESDAY
Weds 18th Feb, 7.30pm @ P&J
There will be a team service with ashing at P&J at the above date time, do come along to mark the start of the season of Lent.
There will also be a service with ashing at St Peter’s at 10.30am on Ash Wednesday
LENT TALK 2026
Thursday 26th February, 7.30pm at St. Peter’s Church
This year’s Team Lent Talk will be given by Revd Catherine Lomas on the ‘Icons of Lent’. Catherine is an ordained Anglican priest who now works as an iconographer. She will be speaking about icons as a source of light in the darkness and how they invite us into the presence of Christ, made real in our midst.
https://www.catherinemaryicons.uk/
Do come along! Rev Gary
SOUTH CHELTENHAM YOUTH
See stpetersleck.org/noticeboard/#SCY-midweek
Contact Abbie, our Youth Worker, at abbie@southcheltyouth.org.uk for more info.
YOUTH WEEKEND AWAY
13th– 14th Feb 2026 for School Years 6-13
A chance for all who attend our youth activities and Churches (e.g. Tuesday youth, ENC Youth, Youth in a Pod, Boy’s Group, School CU groups, St Peter’s Choir) to gather for a fun weekend of building on friendships, making memories, and opportunities for worship & exploring faith together. Young people are also welcome to bring friends. To find out full details, click here or contact Abbie at abbie@southcheltyouth.org.uk.
‘TEAM’ UPDATE
We have begun the New Year with a genuine sense of hope, celebrating a team that feels more settled with a renewed commitment to working together in new ways, and a shared desire to enable our people and resources to reach out more creatively. Thank you to everyone who is making this possible through your presence, generosity and prayers.
At present, we have Fr Fadi Diab, from St. Andrew’s Ramallah, with us at P&J for a short visit, and very soon we will be saying goodbye to Rev Ruth as she begins her maternity leave, wishing her every blessing in the weeks and months ahead. Rev Catherine Milsom will be covering during this time, holding the space until Ruth’s return, and we look forward to welcoming and working with her.
Rev Adrian has now been appointed as the Leader of Emmanuel Network Church (ENC) on a full-time stipendiary basis, with a licensing service planned in the near future to formalise this. (Thank you, Adrian, for saying yes to ENC, to the team, and to God in taking up this appointment). It has also been encouraging to see the re-launch of the Babies and Toddlers network and the start of a new Boys’ Group at Emmanuel.
Our youth provision continues to go from strength to strength under Abbie’s leadership. We are deepening our engagement with the local secondary schools, including the establishment of a new Christian Union at High School Leckhampton. Numbers at the Tuesday evening youth gatherings are growing, and there is much anticipation for the Youth Residential at Viney Hill this coming half term.
At St Christopher’s, work is progressing on a new kitchenette as part of a wider mission space for the community, led by Rev Lauren.
At St Peter’s, the installation of solar panels and a heat pump, for the church cottages, is being finalised; there are also plans to extend the current Garden of Remembrance for ashes burials, as space is running low.
At St Stephen’s, a steering committee has been formed to take forward plans to develop the church space so it can be used in new and creative ways, supporting both the worship and the wider community.
Please keep all of these developments in your prayers as we continue to move forward together as a team this year. Rev Gary.