Main Street, Swithland, Leicestershire, LE12 8TJ
Swithland St Leonard’s CE Primary School have organised a Scarecrow Trail for Harvest. You can join in by printing off the trail leaflet and looking to see if you can find all of the scarecrows hidden around the village. The scarecrows will be on display from Monday 12th October to Sunday 25th October. The theme of the scarecrow trail is ‘People who help us’ reflecting on those key workers that have kept us going throughout the Coronavirus lockdown.
St Leonard’s Church will be holding the deferred annual meeting on Tuesday 13th October at 7pm. Because of the current Covid-19 restrictions, this will be a virtual meeting held over zoom. At this meeting, parishioners will appoint two Churchwardens, elect two members of the Church to sit on the Deanery Synod and three members to serve on the St Leonard’s Parochial Church Council (PCC). We will also receive the annual report and answer any questions you may have about the life of our Church here in Swithland.
Nomination forms for Churchwarden and PCC membership will be available in the Church porch and completed forms should be returned to Revd Colin Resch before the start of the meeting. If you would like an informal chat about the role of Churchwarden or PCC member, please contact Revd Colin Resch on 0116 429 9946.
To join the meeting, you will need to visit https://zoom.us and enter Meeting ID: 881-8680-5812 and Passcode: 906124 when prompted. You can also join by phone by dialling 0203 481 5240 and entering the same ID and passcode when prompted.
Copies of the agenda, previous minutes and the annual report are available by clicking here.
This morning’s Sunday Worship for our Church at Home congregation. The service is led by our Priest in charge, Revd Colin Resch. The preacher is Mr Edmund Stacey.
As always, we have omitted the songs sung during the service to avoid copyright issues.
Bishop Martyn and Bishop Guli have called the Diocese of Leicester to prayer as part of the Shaped By God Together process. But how do we listen to God and hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church?
On 5 November, 10am to 4pm, join David Newman and Chris Webb for a day of teaching and experience at Launde Abbey as we explore together how to listen to God. There will be biblical reflections and teaching about prayer and about how we can hear God’s voice today. There will also be time and space to experience silence and listening, and an opportunity to share our experiences with one another. And all this in the surroundings of Launde: the beautiful buildings; the glorious countryside; and the warm hospitality of the Abbey.
Find out more here: https://laundeabbey.org.uk/event/listening-to-god-together/
Our October edition of The Link has now been published. You can pick your free copy at St Leonard’s Church or read online by clicking on the following link: The Link
This is a recording of our Sunday Worship for our Church at Home congregation in Swithland & Mountsorrel recorded Sunday 27 September 2020.
This week we celebrate Harvest Festival and give thanks to God for his generous blessings to us. The service is led by our Acting Rector, Revd Colin Resch. The preacher is Mrs Liz Resch. As always, we have omitted the hymns and worship songs from our recording to avoid any copyright issues.
By now you’ve hopefully heard of the “Shaped by God Together” process the diocese has embarked on, and are probably aware of the Call to Prayer from Bishops Martyn and Guli. Here’s a video that uses an everyday metaphor to explain the process. You can send in your story, observation or anecdote by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/y3ujkw5r
From this coming Sunday – 27 September – you will be able to check in to our Church using the NHS COVID-19 APP. When you arrive at St Leonard’s Church, use the scan facility on the app to scan the QR code at the entrance. There will be no need to complete a paper test & trace form. If you don’t have access to a smartphone or the app, you will still be required to complete the test and trace form.
For more information on the NHS COVID-19 app, visit covid19.nhs.uk.
Here is the recording of this morning’s Sunday Worship for our Church at Home congregation in Swithland & Mountsorrel. The service is led by Mrs Liz Resch and our speakers today are the Bishop of Leicester (The Rt Revd Martyn Snow) & the Bishop of Loughborough (The Rt Revd Guli Francis-Dehqani). As always, the hymns have been omitted to ensure we don’t have any copyright issues. Enjoy.
Here is today’s recording of our service of Sunday Worship for our Church at Home congregation. The service is led by Mr Peter Hodson and the preacher is Mrs Helen Hodson. As always, the hymns have been omitted to avoid any potential copyright issues.
