Pewsheet - 5 October 2014 (Oakham) by Oakham Team Ministry

Weekly Pewsheet Service Details and Notices

Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday 5 October 2014

All Saints Oakham

Oakham

Harvest Festival 8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30am Parish Communion 6:00pm Evensong

Whissendine

11:00am Holy Communion

Ashwell

4:00pm Harvest Festival

Teigh

9:00am Matins

Market Overton Langham Braunston Brooke Hambleton Egleton

9:00am Holy Communion

6:00pm Word, Worship & Response 11:00am Holy Communion 6:00pm Harvest Festival No service 9:15am Holy Communion (CW Trad)

If you are new to this church or visiting, please make yourself known to the clergy or churchwardens. If you wish to receive Holy Communion in your pew, or would like a large print version of this Pewsheet, please ask a sidesperson.

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Oakham Team Clergy Revd Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani Team Rector (Oakham) 01572 722108 lee@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Audrey Atkinson Team Vicar (Langham, Braunston, Brooke, Hambleton, Egleton) 01572 723154 audrey@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Janet Tebby Team Vicar (Whissendine, Teigh, Ashwell, Market Overton) 01664 474096 janet@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Hildred Crowther Assistant Priest 01572 767779 hildred@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Dr Dominic Coad Curate 01572 770024 dominic@oakhamteam.org.uk

Lay Ministers Mr Vyv Wainwright Reader – 01572 759157 vyv@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Alan Rudge Reader – 01572 755570 alan@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr David Pattinson Reader – 01572 723884 david@oakhamteam.org.uk Ms Robin Robson Reader – 01572 757404 robin@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Gail Rudge Parish Evangelist – 01572 755570 gail@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Jenni Duffy Parish Evangelist – 01572 720064 jenni@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Madeleine Morris Pastoral Assistant – 01572 868418 madeleine@oakhamteam.org.uk

Director of Music Mr Kevin Slingsby – 01572 898242 kevin@oakhamteam.org.uk

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8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Parish Communion* The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book.

Opening Hymn* 1. We plough the fields, and scatter the good seed on the land, but it is fed and watered by God’s almighty hand: he sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain, the breezes, and the sunshine, and soft, refreshing rain. All good gifts around us are sent from heaven above; then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord, for all his love.

2. He only is the maker of all things near and far; he paints the wayside flower, he lights the evening star; the winds and waves obey him, by him the birds are fed; much more to us, his children, he gives our daily bread. 3. We thank thee then, O Father, for all things bright and good, the seed-time and the harvest, our life, our health, our food. Accept the gifts we offer for all thy love imparts, and, what thou most deirest, our humble. thankful hearts.

Words: Wir plügen und wir streuen, Matthias Claudius (1740-1815), tr Jane Montgomery Campbell (1817-1878) Music: Wir Pflügen, melody by Johann Abraham Peter Schülz (1747-1800), harmonised by John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) (Ancient & Modern – 290)

Collect Eternal God, you crown the year with your goodness and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season: grant that we may use them to your glory, for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

First Reading – Deuteronomy 8.7-18 The LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper. You shall eat your fill and bless the LORD your God for the good land that he has given you. Take care that you do not forget the LORD your God, by failing to keep his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I am commanding you today. When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them, and when your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied, then do not exalt yourself, forgetting the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid waste-land with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock, and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good. Do not say to yourself, ‘My power and the might of my own hand have gained me this wealth.’ But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.

Second Reading – 2 Corinthians 9.6-15 The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written, ‘He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever.’ He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us; for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others, while they long for you and pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God that he has given you. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

Gradual Hymn* 1. For the fruits of all creation, thanks be to God; for the gifts to every nation, thanks be to God; for the ploughing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping, future needs in earth’s safe keeping, thanks be to God.

2. In the just reward of labour, God’s will is done; in the help we give our neighbour, God’s will is done; in our world-wide task of caring for the hungry and despairing, in the harvests we are sharing, God’s will is done.

3. For the harvests of his Spirit, thanks be to God; for the good we all inherit, thanks be to God; for the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still confound us, most of all, that love has found us, thanks be to God. Words: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Music: East Acklam, Francis Jackson (b 1917) © 1970 Stainer & Bell Ltd (Ancient & Modern – 284)

Gospel – Luke 12.16-30 Jesus told the people a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?” Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?” So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’ He said to his disciples, ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? If then you are not able to do so small a thing as that, why do you worry about the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith! And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. For it is the nations of the world that strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.’’

Offertory Hymn* 1. In the sacrament of offering, gift and portion, token and kind, all we have is laid before the Lord: heart and soul and body and mind, now the Bread ol Life is gi~ven, now the wood has made the wine; and we gather to ado-re.

3. Jesus Christ the Son of Ma-ry: bread of heaven, living and true: bringing all into community; by his Spirit, living anew. Faithful shepherd of his pe~ople, gave his life to save us all from the shadows at the do-or.

2. On a hillside of the Galilee, hungry people gathered to hear words of hope from the Messi-ah: love and trust; and never you fear. Fish and bread and wine a ple~nty, peace and fellowship divine, in the presence of the Lo-rd.

4. Now, two thousand years have come and gone, countless millions honour his name; bread is still the food of fellowship, oil and wine together proclaim: joy and healing to the na~tions, darkness yields to life again, at his table evermo-re.

Words: Stephen Southgate Music: Divinum Mysterium, Melody from Piae Cantiones, 1582 AM80 © Stephen Southgate, TSSF, August 2012

Communion Anthem* Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it: And crownest the year with thy goodness. Words: Psalms 65.9,12 Music: Maurice Greene (1696-1755)

Communion Hymn* 1. Praise and thanksgiving, Father, we offer, for all things living thou madest good; harvest of sown fields, fruits of the orchard, hay from the mown fields, blossom and wood.

3. Father, providing food for thy children, thy wisdom guiding teaches us share one with another, so that rejoicing, with us, our brother may know thy care.

2. Bless thou the labour we bring to serve thee, that with our neighbour we may be fed. Sowing or tilling, we would work with thee; harvesting, milling for daily bread.

4. Then will your blessing reach every people; freely confessing thy gracious hand. Where thy will reigneth no one will hunger: thy love sustaineth; fruitful the land.

Post Communion Prayer Lord of the harvest, with joy we have offered thanksgiving for your love in creation and have shared in the bread and wine of the kingdom: by your grace plant within us a reverence for all that you give us and make us generous and wise stewards of the good things we enjoy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Final Hymn* 1. Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, sing and praise your God and mine! Great the Lord in love and wisdom, might and majesty divine! He who framed the starry heavens knows and names them as they shine. 2. Praise the Lord, his people, praise him! Wounded souls his comfort know; those who fear him find his mercies, peace for pain and joy for woe; humble hearts are high exalted, human pride and power laid low. 3. Praise the Lord for times and seasons, cloud and sunshine, wind and rain; spring to melt the snows of winter till the waters flow again; grass upon the mountain pastures, golden valleys thick with grain. 4. Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, peace and plenty crown your days; love his laws, declare his judgements, walk in all his words and ways; he the Lord and we his children: praise the Lord, all people, praise! Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b 1926), based on Psalm 147 Music: Regent Square, Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879) ÂŠ Timothy Dudley-Smith (Ancient & Modern â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 283)

6:00pm Evensong The Order of Service begins on page 58 of the Prayer Book, and the hymns are taken from New English Hymnal.

Opening Hymn 259 – Come ye thankful people, come

Psalm 65 te decet hymnus G M Garrett

1 2 3 4

6 7 8

9 10

11 12 13 14

Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little | valleys ∙ there- | of : thou makest it soft with the drops of | rain and | blessest ∙ the | increase of it. Thou crownest the | year with ∙ thy | good- || ness : | and thy | clouds drop | fatness. They shall drop upon the | dwellings ∙ of the | wilderness : and the little hills shall re- | joice on | eve-ry | side. The folds shall be | full of | sheep : the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that | they shall | laugh and | sing. Glory | be ∙ to the | Father, and to the | Son and ∙ to the | Ho-ly | Ghost; As it was in the beginning is | now and ∙ ever | shall be : world | with-out | end, A- | men.

First Lesson – Deuteronomy 28.1-14 Office Hymn 397 – Let us with a gladsome mind

Magnificat – Luke 1.46-55 J Turle

1 2 †3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Second Lesson – Luke 12.16-30 Nunc Dimittis – Luke 2.29-32 R Baker

Hymn after the Prayers 261 – To thee O Lord our hearts we raise

Hymn after the Sermon 262 – We plough the fields, and scatter

Today HARVEST FESTIVAL All Saints Oakham Services at 8:00am, 10:30am and 6:00pm. 4:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Mary Ashwell

6:00pm – HARVEST CHORAL EVENSONG St Peter Brooke Led by Revd Audrey Atkinson, and with the Team Choir, Laudamus. All are welcome to stay for refreshments afterwards.

This Week MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 5:30pm –CHORAL FESTIVAL REHEARSAL Peterborough Cathedral 7:30pm – BRAUNSTON HOME GROUP 52 Church Street, Braunston

TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER 10:00am – BIBLE STUDY GROUP 25 Willow Crescent, Oakham Submitting 1 Timothy to our continuing study and seeing its relevance to our life today. Do come and join us.

WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER 10:30am-12:00pm – COFFEE MORNING & CAKE STALL St Joseph’s RC Church, Station Road Organised by Women’s World Day of Prayer. Coffee and cake £1.50. Discovery Day information prepared by Christian women from The Bahamas will be available. 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Matthew Curtis tenor Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima Leoncavallo Mattinata Tosti Ideale; A vuchella 6:00pm – COME AND MEDITATE Chapel of St John & St Anne, Westgate, Oakham Come and join us and explore Christian meditation. Come and be still and know God. See a short presentation DVD, discuss and have a go! Light

Refreshments available. Further details from Vyv Wainwright (Reader) 07973 204191 or Chris & Barbara Bamber 01664 474360. 7:30pm – HOME GROUP 19 Ashwell Road, Oakham

THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER 12:15-12:45pm – CELTIC MIDDAY PRAYER – St Edmund Egleton Come and weave a little silence to your lips, weave a little silence into your life and come and join us if you can. All Welcome. For further details please contact Vyv Wainwright 01572 755752. 7:00pm –CHORAL FESTIVAL REHEARSAL All Saints Oakham 7:30pm – RUTLAND THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Oakham Methodist Church, Northgate Issues of Peace and Reconciliation – Revd Sam McBratney. £5 per attendance or £20 for six meetings. Sam McBratney is Tutor for International Students at the Centre for Graduate Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education in Birmingham. He will speak on issues of peace and reconciliation with particular reference to Ireland and Sri Lanka. The Graduate Research Centre, works through a collaborative partnership with the University of Gloucestershire and Newman University and offers a range of higher degrees aiming to nurture the vocation to rigorous

theological study, as a key expression of the Church's witness to the world. Cost £5 per attendance or £20 for six meetings. For further information visit www.rutlandtheologicalsociety.co.uk.

FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 7:30pm – RUTLAND THREE ARTS SOCIETY MUSIC GROUP Methodist Church Hall, Northgate Duets from Conflicting Countries – Paul Butler & Linda Hall Non-members welcome (£3 charge).

SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 5:30pm – PETERBOROUGH DIOCESAN CHORAL FESTIVAL Peterborough Cathedral Choirs from all over the Diocese will be singing, including our own – please do come and join us for the service if you can. 7:30pm – SUPPER AND RACE NIGHT Braunston Village Hall In support of Braunston Church. Tickets from 01572 774388 or 755570.

SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 11:00am – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Andrew Whissendine 5:00pm – HARVEST FESTIVAL St Andrew Hambleton 6:30pm – ‘COME AND SING’ FAURE REQUIEM St John’s Church Peterborough Rehearsal at 4:30pm. Please contact Kevin Slingsby if you are interested. Please note change of date from 9 November.

Looking Ahead MONDAY 13 OCTOBER 7:30pm – ‘THE JOURNEY’ PLANNING MEETING All Saints Church Hall, Oakham Looking ahead to Christmas 2015, we hope to organise a Living Nativity through the streets of Oakham during the late night Christmas shopping. If you would be interested in helping, either taking part or organising, please join us for this preliminary meeting.

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 10:00am –MOTHERS’ UNION QUIET MORNING Uppingham Please contact Meg Dyer or Pamela Woods for further details.

WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Isobel Thompson violin Music to include: Vivaldi ‘Spring’ (Allegro pastorale)

THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 10:00am -12:00pm – OPEN HOUSE Home of Rita & Paul Butler, 20 Uppingham Road, Oakham All are welcome.

SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER 4:00pm – LEAVING SERVICE FOR REVD AUDREY ATKINSON St Peter & St Paul Langham Please note there will be no service at Oakham or Brooke that evening.

TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER 7:30pm – GOOD NEWS VAN Common Room, St John & St Ann, South Street, Oakham This is a Christian lending library with books, CDs and DVDs. All invited and welcome.

THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER 10:30am – TEAM WALKING GROUP Launde Abbey Parking at or around the Abbey with lunch there afterwards. New walkers always welcome, just turn up suitably attired. Group contact Dennis Corton 722272

SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 2:00pm – BRAUNSTON BLOKES CLUB (BBC) All Saints Braunston Meet at the churchyard at 2:00pm to do a tidy up of the churchyard paths, hedges and headstones. A great way to work off those summer pounds!!! Followed by a late afternoon recuperative pint (and planning session for future meetings) in the Blue Ball once the work is done! Come armed with work boots, spade and gloves. We hope to have someone to instruct us in the ancient art of hedge weaving so it should be a great afternoon. The BBC will normally meet one Sunday evening per month from October through to May at the Blue Ball, the group agenda is loosely linked to Braunston Church and the Blue Ball, its a great opportunity to get to know more people and help out around the village.

For more information contact Rob Anderson 774388, Jon Butler 345035 or Alan Rudge 755570.

SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER 3:00pm – SONGS OF PRAISE FOR BIBLE SUNDAY Oakham Baptist Church More information to follow.

THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER FRIENDS OF ALL SAINTS OAKHAM TIDE LUNCH The Harbour Café Bar & Restaurant, Whitwell Mark Powell from Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance will be the speaker, and the money collected from the Coffee Morning will be presented to him. Good venue. Good menu. Good Charity. All welcome. See table near South Door for more information or Beryl Kirtland 01572 724103.

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER 7:30pm – REMEMBRANCE CONCERT WITH RUTLAND CONCERT BAND All Saints Oakham Free admission, proceeds in aid of Royal British Legion.

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER 7:30pm – CONCERT BY MOSAIC St Peter & St Paul Market Overton ‘At the Going Down of the Sun’ Songs of Remembrance and Farewell The 8 Voices of MOSAIC perform music by Hubert Parry, Sergei Rachmaninov, Maurice Duruflé, Josef Rheinberger,

Johannes Brahms, Jack Griffin, James Foulds (première), Ralph Vaughan Williams, Irving Berlin, Lennon & McCartney, Hoagy Carmichael and others. Tickets: £8/£15 for two (refreshments during interval included) from the Village Shop or Lin Ryder (01572 767666). In aid of Church funds.

The Festival will be open for public viewing on Friday (3:30 to 6pm), Saturday (10am to 6pm) and Sunday (10am to 4pm). On Saturday there will be refreshments in the village hall and also craft stalls. On Sunday there will be light refreshments available in the Church.

SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER

2:30pm – ANNUAL FAMILY PANTOMIME Key Theatre, Peterborough This year it’s Jack and the Beanstalk. The tickets are booked – the best seats in the house! Posters out soon but let me know if you definitely want seats. Beryl Kirtland.

ALL SAINTS AUTUMN SALE All Saints Oakham Please keep the date free, as helpers and buyers will be needed. The Craft Group are busy making items to sell and would willingly receive any materials you have to spare. Please contact Pamela Woods on 01572 755371 or Sally Corton on 01572 722272. Jackie and Pat are collecting bottles for the Bottle Tombola at the Autumn Fair. Please leave any contributions with them or Janine in the office. Thank you.

FRIDAY 28 – SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER CHRISTMAS TREE & CRIB FESTIVAL St Peter & St Paul Langham Entry forms available from the church porch, just one form for both tree and crib entry. Forms can also be downloaded from www.langhamvillage.com/churchevents. htm. Please return this ASAP. Live Music will again feature during Saturday and Sunday. If anyone reading this is a musician and would like to play please contact us.

SATURDAY 3 JANUARY

Please pray for  The family and friends of those who have died recently – Bill Steele, Hazel Redman, Stuart Hoyles and Edith Fox, whose funerals have taken place this week;  Dot Dickinson, who died last week, and whose funeral is tomorrow at 12 noon at Whissendine;  Daniel Lacey and Kerry Marshall, married yesterday at Oakham;  The hostages held by religious extremists and their families and friends  The victims of the Ebola outbreak and those working to stop it  The girls kidnapped in Nigeria and other victims of religious extremism;  The families of those who died in the air disaster in the Ukraine  Simon Tyler and the MSF team in Burma;

 The people whose lives are torn apart by war and violence, especially in Syria, & Iraq;  The Rutland Food Bank;  The Drop-in Centre for more people to join the cooking team;  Justin and John our Archbishops and Donald and John, our Bishops;  All who are persecuted for their faith, especially in Sudan, CAR, Kenya, Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, North Korea, China, Indonesia, Northern Nigeria, Iran, Egypt and Pakistan;  Madeleine McCann and her family and all missing children.

Dot Dickinson It is with great sadness we learned of the death of Dot Dickinson last week. Dot was a much loved and valued member of St Andrew's Whissendine, and of Laudamus choir. Please hold her husband Mike and the family in your prayers. Dot's funeral will take place tomorrow, Monday 6 October at 12 noon at St Andrew's.

Changes in the Team We are pleased to announce that Revd Audrey Atkinson has had her appointment as Chaplain at Full Sutton Prison confirmed and she will be leaving the Team. We congratulate her on this appointment and wish her well. Her last Sunday will be 19 October and there will be leaving service at 4pm at Langham Parish Church. We are pleased that the Bishop has licensed Mrs Robin Robson as a

Reader in the Team. Robin has been a Reader for 18 years, the last 12 of which she served in the Lyddington Benefice. It will be good to have Robin’s experience to call upon, especially her considerable gifts in Children's Work

Oakham All Saints PCC The Minutes of the 29 September PCC meeting are now displayed in Oakham Church on the noticeboard by the north door.

Fairtrade September’s sales amounted to a healthy £196.10. Many thanks to all who support - the stall is here at Oakham after today’s 10:30 service as today is our Harvest festival with donations to the food bank you may wish to consider a Fairtrade purchase as your offering. Thank you. Denise.

Medecins Sans Frontieres The Medecins Sans Frontieres Oakham Branch would like to say thank you to all those who donated in kind and money and cakes etc. The total was £233, including personal donations of £91, Cake Stall, Jams, Pickles, Chutneys etc £113, and the Raffle £27. Thank you also to those who helped in person, it was much appreciated, and what we have collected will be gratefully received. Thank you to the ladies from the Langham, Braunston and Uppingham branches for their continuing help. Yvette N-A.

Langham Posada Sets

Oakham Stewardship

The list is being prepared in early October this year, ready for the Posadas to start their journeys on Advent Sunday, November 30th. As usual, if you’ve had a Posada before, you will be on the 2014 list. Please contact Susan Holford on 01572 723532 or susan.j.holford@gmail.com if you wish to have the Posada for the first time. Many families see having the Nativity Crib set overnight as part of their Christmas routine. There will be envelopes for donations to the Toybox charity, which helps homeless and vulnerable children in South America, in the bags that contain the cribs, and these envelopes can be brought to church on Christmas Eve.

If you missed the Stewardship Presentation you can still watch it on the website (oakhamteam.org.uk – follow the link to Oakham Stewardship 2014). Please return your pledge slip by 19 October.

Give as You Live

Sheep knitters needed

Do you shop online? If so, consider signing up to Give as You Live, and a small percentage of your purchases will be donated to the church. We have one account in the name of All Saints Oakham, but donations from your spending will be directed to your own church. See page 19 or contact Beryl Kirtland or Kevin Slingsby for details.

Rutland Foodbank for Harvest Offerings of produce at next week’s Harvest Festival at Oakham will be donated to the Rutland Foodbank, and we would ask that you consider donating something from this list of items: long-life fruit juice, UHT milk, small packets of granulated sugar, tinned veg, tinned meat pies, toiletries (toilet paper, shampoo, toothpaste, soap etc). Every year the Oakham travelling nativity sets leave a sheep behind in each house, and we urgently need more knitters to replenish the supply ready for Advent this year – please contact Viv Ufton for a pattern if you can help on 01572 720237. paper, shampoo, toothpaste, soap etc).

Services During The Week Monday 6 Oct

08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 09:00 Morning Prayer Langham 02:00 Pram & Toddler Oakham

Tuesday 7 Oct

08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 04:00 Evening Prayer Oakham 10:00 Holy Communion Oakham

Wednesday 08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 8 Oct 09:00 Morning Prayer Langham 10:00 Holy Communion J&A 10:30 Holy Communion Ashwell

04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 05:00 Evening Prayer Langham 07:30 Light Circle Langham

04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 05:00 Evening Prayer Langham 05:30 Meditation J&A

Thursday 9 Oct

09:00 Team Communion Oakham 12:00 Ecumenical Prayer Oakham 09:45 Tiny Tots Oakham 12:15 Celtic Prayer Egleton 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham

Friday 10 Oct

08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 12:30 Village Prayers Braunston 09:00 Morning Prayer Langham 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 10:00 BCP Communion Oakham 05:00 Evening Prayer Langham

Services Next Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 12 October (Trinity 17) Oakham Whissendine

08:00 Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30 Parish Communion 08:00 Holy Communion 11:00 Harvest Festival 09:00 Holy Communion (BCP)

Teigh Market Overton Ashwell Langham 11:00 Holy Communion Braunston 11:00 Matins Brooke 08:00 Holy Communion (BCP) Hambleton Egleton

06:00 Evensong

05:00 Harvest Festival

Next Weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Readings at Holy Communion Trinity 17 readings: Isaiah 25.1-9; Philippians 4.1-9; Matthew 22.1-14 Harvest readings: Deuteronomy 8.7-18; 2 Corinthians 9.6-15; Luke 12.16-30