The Rector's Notepad March 2010
Last year the Bishop of Leicester handed out £10 notes to members of the Desford Church congregation. This was for them to take part in the Talents Scheme to raise funds for our Access for All-Phase 2 . This is to put a kitchen and toilets into the church.
Thank-you to Florence and Tennyson Dangare , who raised £120 over the new year, selling chewing gum. Thank-you to Ewan and Liz . Lindsay and Jean Tolley , who offered Cream Teas in the Church Centre on Sunday February 7th, 2010 and raised £150 . They tell me they will do more, later in the year.
If any reader of the Parish News would like to take part in the scheme, please telephone Margaret Stokes on 822939.
On Sunday March 28th , 2010 at 12 noon , there will be a public meeting in Desford Church with our architect Mr. Keith Hamilton, to learn about possible ideas (nothing decided at this stage). Please come along.
Thank-you to members of the Desford congregation, who have made up two working parties to clear the Church Centre of unwanted items. At the time of writing, we are looking to install a public address system . Last year we spent over £13,000 on a new kitchen and new heating.
Desford Church hosted a visit from neighbouring bell ringing bands on Saturday February 13 th , 2010 , which included a service and tea.
The Lent Course is on Tuesday evenings from 7pm in the Desford Free Church. We begin with a bring-and-share Supper and end at 9pm. There is a booklet, priced £2 on sale at the back of the church. The cross of Jesus is well-known, but what does it mean for us in 2010 and how did such an instrument of human torture and suffering become the key to Christian Service, Mission and the Holy Communion? As they say on the T.V. quiz shows Let's find out…
This year's Women's World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday March 5th 2010. It has been prepared by Christians in the Cameroon (map left), with the title Let everything that has breath praise God . The local service will be in Desford Church from 7.30pm . All are welcome.
There will be a Barn Dance up at the Caterpillar Social Club on Friday March 12th, 2010, from 7.30pm in aid of Desford Church Access for All-Phase 2.
Tickets may be bought in church or ordered from 822939. The evening includes refreshments.
During this month, Desford Church will be running two Lent Appeals. The first is for Water-Aid . We take fresh drinking water for granted. Many parts of the world do not. The idea is that we bring all our pennies and put them in a bucket in the church. The title of the campaign is Buckets of Pennies for Buckets of Water.
If you would like to take part in the campaign, please bring your pennies in a jar to the Rectory LE9 9GD.
The second campaign is about Chocolate Crème Eggs . It may surprise you to learn that there are children in Leicester who will go without Easter Eggs. There is a box at the back of Desford Church to collect them. You can buy a box in a supermarket for the price of a pint of beer.
Any reader who would like to take part is invited to bring your eggs to the Rectory LE9 9GD.
I was sad to learn of the death on February 11th, 2010 of Mrs. Pam Drinkall. She has written articles for this magazine and was a pillar of the Desford & District Local History Society , which meets bi-monthly in our Church Centre. Readers may remember the Local History Exhibition she organised there last October. May I offer our sympathy to her family.
Good Friday April 2nd, 2010 will be the day when Christians around the world remember this core fact about Jesus. There will be a Walk , beginning at the Desford Free Church at 6pm and ending at St. Martin's in time for a hot cross bun, tea/coffee and the service to follow. All are welcome to join us.