The Leicester
Diocese is encouraging the parishes of St Cuthbert’s Great Glen, St Andrews,
Burton Overy, and St Mary the virgin, Carlton Curlieu, to join with the
churches of St Peters and of St Pauls, Oadby, in a Team Ministry.
Last Sunday
morning, the congregations of all the churches were invited to meet together at
St Peter’s for a joint service of Holy Communion. Clergy and laity from the
different churches joined together in taking part in the service. The choir
also represented people from different churches. Perhaps appropriately, the
first hymn was “All are welcome.”
Kim Ford, the Vicar of Great Glen, preached
the sermon, in which she picked up some of the thoughts from the story of
Solomon consecrating the Jewish Temple and his awareness that God cannot be
limited by buildings – rather, he demands the faith of people everywhere.
We look forward to working with Kim and her
colleagues and other members of her parishes.
