Principal Services — January - March

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the start of 2020.

As we enter a new year and a new decade we are going to begin with a spiritual health check. They reckon that gym attendance is really high at the beginning of a new year as people go on a health kick after the excesses of Christmas and try to start with positive resolutions. But then the reality kicks in and after a few weeks the numbers drop off and return to normal as people give up and return to old habits. No matter how long we have been on our journey of faith it can be easy to fall into habits. Much like a car has an annual MOT so it is important for us to take stock of where we are in our Every Day faith. It might be good to try something new or to tweak some of our current practises. Both the New Year and the season of Lent can be helpful in this regard. So can I encourage you to join me in a spiritual health check to develop our holy habits as every day disciples of Jesus Christ.

Every blessing,

Steve.
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Principal Services – April to June

Dear Friends,

Happy Easter! As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, his conquering of death and hell, we join with Christians the world over proclaiming Alleluia, Christ is Risen, He is Risen indeed, Alleluia!
 

The theme of Discipleship continues each month as we move into the summer months and share a sermon series across the parish based on St Paul’s letter to the Christians living at Philippi, ‘A life worth living.’

Every Blessing,
 

Steve.

 

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Principal Services — January - March

Happy New Year! Welcome to the start of 2019.

2019 is going to be a year for us to focus on the whole area of Discipleship. As we meet week by week my hope is that we will grow in our discipleship and be equipped to live our lives as Every Day Disciples of Jesus.
The meeting place is the training place for the market place. In other words what we learn together in church on Sunday should equip us to live our lives for Jesus in our Monday to Saturday.
Each month we will focus on a different topic to give us opportunity to explore it in detail and also cover some practical application.
My prayer for each one of us is that we might grow in our own discipleship in order that we might grow new disciples as we reach out in loving service to our community.
Every blessing,
Steve

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Principal Services – October - December 2018

Dear Friends,

There is a lot going on in these three months! A sermon series on Talking Jesus, Bible Sunday, Remembrance, Youth Work Update, Christ the King, Advent & Christmas!

Join us each week as we worship Jesus and seek to make Jesus known in our community. And invite your family and friends to join us too.

Every blessing,

Steve
Steve Bailey.

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Principal Services — July — September

Dear Friends,

Following on from last year's success, we are holding "Holiday at Home" and look forward to celebrating with them in our service on 8^th July. A month later in August we are again running a summer "Holiday Club" for primary school aged children. Their celebration service on 12^th August is followed, hopefully, by a BBQ.

We continue with our sermon series based on David Watson's book I Believe in the Church through July & August. In September we welcome Sandra for Baptism and family who will be here to celebrate with Richard & Jordan.

Also in September we will be commissioning our Home Group leaders and celebrating with the groups all that they do to help us grow in our discipleship.
Finally at the end of the month we celebrate Harvest which will give us a great opportunity to invite others to join us following on from our Church Open Day on Saturday 29^th September.

Every blessing,

Steve

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Principal Services – a Message from the Rector

Dear Friends,

 

Happy Easter! As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, his conquering of death and hell we join with Christians the world over proclaiming Alleluia, Christ is Risen, He is Risen indeed, Alleluia!

 

We return in our All Age services to looking at what we can learn from Women & Men of Faith in the Bible. We are fortunate to welcome some guest preachers, Rob Hay is the Head of Learning, Rachel Bennetts is the Prior of the New Monastic Community and Lusa Ngoy is the BAME Mission & Ministry Enabler. It will be good to hear from them and learn more about their roles.

 

Later we turn our attention to the Church. Following the success of last year's series I Believe in the Church we return to the second half of David Wastson's book and look at the different things we do as Church. This series will run across both churches again so we can look forward to a variety of preachers on some important topics.

 

Every Blessing,

 

Steve.

 

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Principal Services: April — June

Dear Friends,

Happy Easter! As we celebrate the risen Christ we turn our attention to Has Church and our role and purpose in partnering with God in the work of proclaiming the good news to all people, it promises to be an exciting journey!

Every Blessing,

Steve.

(Steve Bailey, Vicar)

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Early Spring Programme

The Christmas festivities are not yet passed, but is already time to look forward. This link gives access to the new programme of our main services for January and February.
 
Why not join us and see what goes on as we worship God together.

 Happy Christmas!

Principal Services - July - September

Our vicar writes:

Dear Friends,
In these three months we will be working through our latest sermon series based on the 10 Commandments. In these timeless values we find joy and hope for living our lives today.
For our All Together services we continue to focus on Men & Women of faith, different characters from the Bible that inspire us. In August we look forward to hearing about all that took place during our Holiday Club.

In September we welcome the Mayor of Oadby & Wigston, along with his guests, for his civic service. A date for your diaries, on Sunday 30th October Bishop Martyn will be joining us for a special evening service where he will be confirming some of our young people. If you would like to be confirmed please speak to Steve Bailey, Gillian Gamble or Lou McGoldrick about this.

But these three months start with a celebration as we welcoming Gillian's ministry as a priest among us, giving thanks for God's calling upon her life.

May we know God's hand upon each one of us as we follow Him together.

God Bless

Steve
Steve Bailey (vicar)
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Our Post-Easter Programme

Our vicar, Steve Bailey writes:

Happy Easter!

In April at our All Together service we launch a new series looking at Men & Women of Faith. Each month will give us an opportunity to focus on a Bible character and hear their story.

 On the other Sunday’s we will be working our way through Galatians. Then at the end of June we begin a series called "Just 10" looking at the Ten Commandments, counting down from 10-1!

On the 2nd July we look forward to Gillian being ordained Priest and then taking her first service of Holy Communion on Sunday 3rd July.

Every Blessing,

Steve

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Principal Services - October - December

An introduction from the Vicar:

Mark's gospel continues to be our focus for most of these weeks. I am delighted that on the 29th November we welcome Rev James Lawrence from Church Pastoral Aid Society as our guest speaker. We are privileged to have such a passionate and gifted speaker to encourage us in our Evangelism — not to be missed!

As Christmas approaches we come again to the familiar story of Christ's birth and remember that He is Emmanuel — God with us.

Yours In Christ,

Steve Bailey

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Principal Services – July – September

The Vicar writes
Dear Friends,

It is a great delight to welcome Gillian into the parish as she begins her curacy with us. Do make her feel welcome and encourage her as she settles in. Along with our ‘Hello’s’ we also sadly say ‘Goodbye’ to Priyanka on the 19th July as her year as an Intern comes to an end. It is hoped that following the success of Priyanka’s time with us we may have another Intern starting in September.

As we continue our study through Mark’s gospel we take a couple of breaks; on the 9th August following a 3 day Holiday Club where we hope to be able to share with you all that we have been up to. Also on the 6th September we welcome a speaker from Tearfund who will update us on their work we support, particularly through the Connected Church project PAG in Uganda. On the 23rd August we all meet together at St Peter’s where the churches in Great Glen and Burton Overy will also be joining us.

Looking further ahead I am delighted that on 29th November we have James Lawrence of CPAS coming to speak, not to be missed!

God Bless
Steve

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Our New Programme, April - June

Happy Easter! On the first Sunday of each month we are Introducing a new gathering called 'Essential'. Here we are planning to share a meal, life and faith together in what we hope will develop into a fresh expression of church. It will be an ideal place to bring friends to and to build community together. I am looking forward to seeing how Essential evolves over time.
At the end of June we look forward to welcoming Gillian Gamble into the parish as curate after her ordination at the Cathedral.

We also look forward to the visit of Becca Tincello and her mission team for a week in May.

Every Blessing,

Steve.

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What's Going On? Principal Services – July - September

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As the summer term draws to its end and the holidays
begin we bring to an end our sermon series on Spiritual
Gifts.

During the following weeks I am delighted that we have
a variety of speakers at St Paul's. Along with some home
grown talent we are also able to hear from those we
support by praying and giving as we are updated on their
work.

St Paul's hosts the Joint Parish Communion at the end of
August and the following week we are privileged to
welcome Stuart Windsor from Christian Solidarity
Worldwide to speak about the Persecuted Church.

As the Autumn term begins so we start a new sermon
series called 'Life on the Frontline'. Together we will be
exploring the environment where God has placed us
outside of the Church and how we can bring a positive
Christian presence into those places. As a church we
want to support and encourage everyone in their
frontline ministry. There will be opportunity to follow up
on this teaching with Home Group studies – do join a
group if you are not already part of one, speak to myself
or Graham Woodard to join one.

Yours In Christ,
Steve

Revd Steve Bailey.

What are our Services, April - June ?

Happy Easter!

Use this link to see our new programme.

We begin this term by celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, his conquering of sin, his over coming of evil and his victory over death. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

We then remember Christ's Ascension into heaven to be with his Father and then the sending of the Holy Spirit.

On Pentecost Sunday we will be starting a new sermon series focusing on Spiritual Gifts. My hope is that this will build us up and encourage us a the Body of Christ in this place. It is as we all play our part together, working to our strengths and using our God given gifts in the power of the Spirit that we can see our body strengthen and grow.

My prayer is that together we will all discover our gifts and have opportunities to use them to the glory of God.

Yours In Christ,

Steve

Revd. Steve Bailey.

Principal Services – January - March

Happy New Year! Welcome to the start of 2013. At the start of a New Year people often make resolutions or promises to try and better themselves. We are going to start this year by focusing on some promises of God that will never change or fail. In the Old Testament God made a number of Covenants, or promises, with his people. A Covenant is binding upon those involved and cannot be changed.

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Join us as we focus on these 8 Covenant Names of God and hold onto the truth found in them that still applies to our lives today.

Yours In Christ,
Steve

Revd. Steve Bailey.

What's Coming? Principal Services – October - December

As we enter into October we continue our journey through the book of James, pausing on the 14th to celebrate Harvest. Also in October we welcome Oliver Pegg on the 14th and Samuel Naylor-Garford on the 28th, both coming with family and friends for Baptism.

In the evening of the 28th St Paul's is hosting the Churches Together in Oadby service for Bible Sunday with a guest speaker from the Bible Society.

In November we move into the “Kingdom Season” when we remember what life means if Christ really is king. This culminates on Sunday 25th November when we celebrate Christ the King.

As Advent then starts, on 2 December, we welcome Bishop Tim as he visits the parish, with a joint service at St Peter's.

Then comes Christmas!

We hope you will come and join with us in this varied programme.

Steve
Revd Steve Bailey.

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Programme of our Main Services – July - September

As we journey through these next three months we begin by continuing our Sermon Series on The Lord's Prayer. Hopefully, by now, you are beginning to discover the rich treasures contained in this very familiar prayer.

In August we have a couple of 'stand alone' services with their own particular topic and then we begin a new series of teaching. The book of James is famously known to be described by Martin Luther as 'an Epistle of straw'. This may be because James is a very practical book and focuses on the importance of what we do and how we live our life. This can detract from the grace of God which is freely given and cannot be earnt. However, our faith should govern how we live our lives. As James himself says 'faith without deeds is dead' (2.26)

The 30th September is Back to Church Sunday and will present an ideal opportunity for you to invite friends and family to join us.

At St Paul's we welcome people at any time and are especially delighted to be joined by the Mayor of Oadby & Wigston at our service on 8th July.

Yours In Christ,

Steve Bailey (Vicar)

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