Main Street, Swithland, Leicestershire, LE12 8TJ
This morning (13th July) we met together in St Leonard’s Church to say goodbye this year’s Year 6 cohort. During the service memories of their time at school were shared along with their hopes and dreams for the future.
Pictured here are seven of this year’s leavers: Vincent, Isaac, Austin, Archie, Freya, Ariana and Freya. Sadly Emily couldn’t be with us.
Congratulations to all of you for completing your primary education. We know you will do well in the years ahead.
The latest edition of The Link is now available in our churches and also for download here on our website. This Summer edition covers July and August, so there is plenty of information in it about services and events taking place in and around St Leonard’s Church. There’s also a piece from our Acting Rector about holidays.
You can download it here: https://stleonardsswithland.org/thelink/
Just a reminder that the Spring Walk around Swithland Woods will take place on Monday 22nd May. We will meet at the Roecliffe Road car park at 10.30 am. There is a £2 charge for the car park and the machine does not give change. As usual our walk will be led by Jerry and there will be a couple of stops for prayer and meditation. After the walk we make our way to St Leonard’s for soup and a roll. The weather will be wonderful!
The May 2023 edition of The Link is now available for download on our website. Just visit stleonardsswithland.org/thelink.
We hope you find it informative and will come along to some of our events and services.
The April issue of The LINK is now available online.
you will see that our main social event this month is when we welcome the Loughborough Male Voice Choir for a concert on April 22nd. The choir last performed for us when we were raising funds for the Bell Restoration Project and it was a really memorable and enjoyable evening. Tickets are selling well so please do book soon if you would like to come along.
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It’s snowing this morning (10 March), so we’re not really expecting you to come along to Friday Club today; but Chris and Ali are at the Church and the kettle is on for anyone who does manage to make it there. Keep warm and keep safe.
Great news! Our latest edition of the Church magazine The Link is now available on this website. You can view it here: stleonardsswithland.org/thelink/
Our thanks to Mary for all the work of preparing and editing.
On New Year’s Day, Sunday 1st January we shall be celebrating the Festive Season with our service ‘Sing a song of Christmas’.
Led by Mr Gary Lee, we shall be singing and learning all about our favourite carols, listening to Christmas readings and poetry, and then enoying sparkling wine and Christmas cake.
We can promise you a joyful start tot he New Year. Do come along and join us.
It was a delight to welcome the children and staff of St Leonard’s CE primary school into Church this afternoon for their Harvest Celebration along with Church members and parents.
The children led the service which included the challenge to consider the food miles involved in getting food onto our plates. We were also encouraged to give generously to the work of the local food bank which provides food for people facing a time of financial hardship. A collecting box is permanently available in the porch of St Leonard’s Church to receive your donations.
Our Acting Rector, Revd Colin Resch shared the parable of the sower and encouraged us to consider seriously the seed that God has sown in our own hearts and to see it grow and bear fruit in our own lives and in the lives of those around us.
Thank you to everyone who came and joined in the service with us, despite the rainfall that greeted us on our way in and out again.
Following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, I can confirm that our church building will be open for prayer from 9am Friday morning 9th September our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this very difficult time
Long live the king!