Christmas services: this website's listing was updated throughout December with edits and last-minute changes to events and service times - including Quadring carols changed to the church hall, 6pm Sunday 16th (advised 13/12) Tuesday 13 November, 7:30pm: CTSD Meeting, Maples Room (St Mary & St Nicolas church hall); agenda included: CTSD AGM 10 January 2013, CTSD united service for Pentecost 19 May 2013, Finance, St Barnabas Hospice, CTSD Officer Vacancies, (Publicity Officer, Lay Chairperson), GSUS Live or Life exhibition, 2014(?) – Year of Mission, Christian Aid. Christmas services details invited to Christmas@CTSpad... Thursday 5 July, 7:30pm: CTSD Meeting, St Paul's, PE11 2HY: Finance, Space4U, Publicity Officer (possibly to be a shared role), Congregation feedback from previous CTSD meeting discussion, Christian Aid initiatives, Preacher Exchange (9 September), Lent Lectures (Mondays 25/2/13 - 25/3/13) at Spalding Baptist, SADOS 'The Vigil' over Easter 2013, Pentecost 2013 options, HOPE 2014. Next 2012 CTSD meetings (17/9 & 13/11)
July 2012: Lincolnshire FEAST launched a website supporting Fresh Expressions initiatives across the county, along with a Facebook page and Twitter feed
Flower Festivals: dates of local church flower festivals are available on this website
Wednesday 9 May, 7:30pm: CTSD Council Meeting, Spalding Baptist: CFCEP (PR), Facilities & Services for the Homeless, Christian Aid initiatives, Finance (some subs awaited), South Holland Community Furniture Recycling Project, discussion on future developments for CTSD and confirmation of speaker Ian Coffey for Palm Sunday 2013.
Easter church services; a
growing list of services from Palm Sunday through to Easter Day are available, including downloadable posters for CTSD services on Palm Sunday and Good Friday
Christian Research (a business unit of Bible Society Enterprise) survey on 'Your experience of Church' available until midnight on Wednesday 4 April
The Connect congregation of St Mary & St Nicolas is
looking for a guitarist and/or keyboard player for lively, modern music worship
[Hillsong, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin...] with or without additional leadership responsibility.
If this grabs you contact Miles Green (see pic, left)
Agenda includes Finance, Christian Aid with Nick Thorley, Lent lectures, Palm Sunday and Easter arrangements (inc 2013/2014), Chappell Centre, The Big Lunch in June and 'More than Gold'. 2012 CTSD meetings (9/5, 5/7, 17/9 & 13/11) Open hours: 10-4, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Part of the ministry of Lighthouse Pentecostal church, PE11 2XP Clergy moves: Rev Mike Chesher to be inducted at St Paul's on 27 February and Rev David Sweeting to be installed at St Mary's, Pinchbeck on 26 March; Rev Dr Lynda Pugh to be priest in charge of the benefice of Ringstone in Aveland.
Mondays in March, 7:30pm: CTSD Lent Lectures 'Seven Words from the Cross' with Rev Steve Weatherly-Barton at Spalding Baptist church, PE11 1BT. Followed by refreshments, all most welcome; the talks also available to download, courtesy Spalding Baptist church AV team. Poster available along with details of the theme 'Reflections for the Way' inspiring the South Holland Methodist Circuit this Lent.
Monday 23 Janaury, 7:30pm: WPCU service at St Norbert's RC, PE11 2XX, followed by refreshments in their church hall
Sunday 22 January, Preacher Exchanges and special services, part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
9:30am St John’s, Cool Communion: informal discussion followed by communion with Rev Margaret Mwailu and Rev Peter Garland 9:30am St Mary and St Nicolas, Communion, preacher: Kevin Taylor 10:30am South Holland Community Church with Lesley Pemberton 10:30am St Thomas’ Road with Peter Gorton 10:30am URC with Paul Whiteley ... Moulton All Saints with Rev David Curran 11:00am Connect with Rev Robert Sheard
3:00pm St Hugh & St Gilbert, Gosberton Clough* (organised by churches in the Glen and Gosberton groups) with Rev Tony Kinnersley, Rev Maurice Perry, Rev Ian Walters and Rev Steve Weatherly-Barton
* Risegate railway level crossing repairs/detour: From Gosberton take the Westhorpe Road (past the parish church) until you get over the railway bridge then take either the first or second left turns to re-join the Clough Road which leads to the church.
18-25 January: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: 'We will all be changed'
Gracious God, we gather, united in praise, longing for heavenly greatness in our earthly lives: serving one another in the way of Jesus, finding the overflowing joy of unity, so to scatter, united in service
Agenda includes Appointment of Officers, Finance (Accounts), Christingle service, Chappell Centre, Christian Aid, Preacher Exchange, WPCU, Lent lectures (initially cancelled for 2012), Palm Sunday and Easter arrangements, AgapeCare and The Big Lunch in June. The AGM also includes an update of the CTSD Contacts list. 2012 CTSD meetings (13/3, 9/5, 5/7, 17/9 & 13/11) January Anglican Diocesan rag Crosslinks available on line Radio microphone frequency changes deadline has been extended to 31 December 2012. More info JFMG
St Mary & St Nicolas church website has a new address: www.stmaryandstnicolas.org.uk
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