Welcome
We’d like to thank you for popping by and take this opportunity to invite you to join us for our public worship services.
They are open to all and everyone is very welcome.
We are a small Anglican Church in the Leicestershire village of Swithland. Men, women and children have gathered at the historic Church of St Leonard’s for hundreds of years to worship the risen Lord Jesus Christ. We seek to serve the Kingdom of God and the people of Swithland & nearby villages. We would love to welcome you to join us. Our services vary in style and content and you can find more information about this under the worship tab on the menu.
For all other church and village news please see our newsletters.
Services
We welcome you to join us on Sunday 8th December at our 9.30am Crib Service which will be led by Alison Prince.
If you would like to prepare your heart and mind for these services the readings will be from:
9.30am – Luke 2:1-7 and Luke 2:8-16 and Matthew 2:1-11
Services in December
Sunday 8th December
9.30am Family Crib service
Sunday 15th December
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30am Holy Communion (CW)
4.00pm Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Sunday 22nd December
9.30am Morning Prayer
Tuesday 24th December
4.00pm Christingle Service
Wednesday 25th December
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30am Family Communion (CW)
Sunday 29th December
9.30am Sing a Song of Christmas
Services in January 2025
Sunday 5th January
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30am Holy Communion (CW)
Sunday 12th January
9.30am Family service
Sunday 19th January
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30am Holy Communion (CW) and authorising of Gary Lee
Sunday 26th January
9.30am Morning Prayer
Upcoming Events
NEW Monday Club!
On Tuesday 3rd December there will be a performance of Christmas music by TLC Voices. This will be at 7.30pm in Swithland Memorial Hall. All meetings, and this service, are open to everyone so please encourage your friends and neighbours to come along and get into the Christmas spirit together!
For more information about the speakers see Monday Club
Bible Study
Our Advent Course started on 26th November with the first session at St Leonard’s at the usual time of 7.15 for 7.30pm. For further details please go to the Bible Study page.
Recent News:
- GIFT SERVICEOn Sunday 1st December Paul Brown and Emma Knight from YMCA Leicester came to St Leonard’s church and spoke passionately about the work they do amongst young people and some of the personal transformations that they have witnessed. From 3rd to 10th December any donations that are made will be matched and so doubled as […]
- HAYLEY FERNHayley came to talk to us about her ‘Pilgrimage in Paint’ during our Family Service on 8th September. It was a very interesting talk which was finished off with a lovely video show-casing nearly all of the 80+ churches she’s sketched so far. With 320 churches to sketch in total in the Leicester diocese she’s […]
- Fond Farewell to ColinOn Sunday 1st September we bid a fond farewell to Rev. Colin Resch as he stepped down from being our acting Priest in Charge as his Mountsorrel Churches will be in a different Minster Community to St Leonard’s.We all wished him well in the traditional way, with a wonderful cake and glasses of Prosecco.He will […]