St Peter and St Paul’s Church News
St Hilda’s, East Goscote 50th Anniversary Celebrations
On Sunday 2nd February St Hilda’s Church in East Goscote celebrated their 50th Anniversary. Celebrations began the evening before with a fantastic concert given by the Caroline Sharpe singers.
On Sunday morning the Bishop of Leicester, Rt Revd Marytn Snow, pictured above right with members of the congregation and Rev. Ros Harper left, led a joyful service of thanksgiving. The church was full with many friends joining us from other local churches as well as former members of St Hilda’s Church. During the service some of the church members who had been there from the beginning shared their memories of the church being built and of the church’s activities throughout the years. After the service there was a splendid lunch with a celebratory cake. Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate. We give thanks to God for his faithfulness over the past 50 years and pray for the years to come.
Lent
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 5th March. There will be two services of Holy Communion with imposition of Ashes:
9.30am at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Syston
6.30pm at St Hilda’s Church, East Goscote.
On Mothering Sunday, 30th March there will be a united service at St Hilda’s Church, East Goscote at 10.00am.
Lent Course
This year we will be following a course called Sunshine and Showers: Prayer’s beautiful messiness. This course will enable us to consider our own prayer lives thinking about how and when we pray. We will also explore some big questions about prayer – Does God answer prayer? What happens when prayer is hard?
This is a five week course beginning
Wednesday 12th March at 7pm – Syston Methodist Church
Thursday 13th March at 2pm – St Peter and St Paul’s Church Hall
Friday 14th March at 2pm – St Hilda’s East Goscote
Thursday 13th March 12:00 – 14:00 Lent Lunch
St Peter and St Paul’s Church Hall
