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Harvest Thanksgiving

There will be no service in Nocton next Sunday morning 22 September as we will be having our Harvest Thanksgiving in the afternoon.  The service is at 4 pm followed by the Harvest Supper in the Village Hall.  A few tickets are still available at £10 for adults or £5 for under 12s, available from Ann on 322739.

Lincolnshire Churches Trust Ride & Stride

 

Help the Lincolnshire Churches Trust maintain Lincolnshire’s fabulous churches 

Get sponsored for the Bike, Ride and Stride

Saturday September 14^th 2013

You can cycle, walk, run or even ride your horse between churches raising money for your local church and the Lincolnshire Churches Trust.

Join your friends or family or have a peaceful day on your own, visiting Lincolnshire’s beautiful churches, and be sponsored for every church you visit.

For more information and to get forms contact your local organiser or see the website for the County Organiser, www.lincolnshirechurchestrust.org.uk.

Your local organiser is Liz Murray 01526 323357

Prayer workshop

For the parishes of Branston, Potterhanworth, Nocton, Metheringham, Dunston & Blankney

A Prayer Workshop Day

led by Sr Liz CSF

Saturday 5^th October

to be held at San Damiano, the home of the Community of St Francis,

38 Drury Street, Metheringham, LN4 3EZ.

9.30am – 4.00pm

An introduction to prayer and different ways of praying.

There will be a Celtic Eucharist at 12.30 followed by a bring and share lunch.

Suggested donation for the day £5 per person.

Please book a place as there is limited space for the day.

Tel: 01526 321115 or e.mail: metheringhamcsf@franciscans.org.uk

Church opening times

The church is now open on Fridays 2 - 4 pm.  Please drop in and see us!

Help us raise funds!

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Please register today and help us raise funds!

Prayer on the birth of Prince George

God our Creator, 
who knows each of us by name and loves us from all eternity:
 we give you thanks for new life and human love. 
Bless William and Catherine
as they welcome their son into the world. 
Give them patience and wisdom
to cherish and love him as he grows. 
Surround the family with the light of hope
and the warmth of your love 
today and always; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen.

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Coronation Diamond Jubilee Concert

A Coronation Diamond Jubilee Concert was held in Nocton Church on Saturday 1 June 2013.  Everyone was welcomed into the Church through the North Porch which had been decked with Union Jacks, and the flower displays throughout were in red, white and blue.  The quarter sized Coronation Coach and horses with the footmen in their fine livery were on display.

The Banovallum Band had travelled from Horncastle with 25 players including three lively young percussionists.  The first piece that they played was the Coronation March by Giacomo Meyerbeer, quickly followed by the Saddleworth Festival Overture which had been chosen because of Nocton’s Australian connections.  The Band continued to play pieces from their repertoire concluding with some Last Night at the Proms favourites and the audience joined in singing Jerusalem and the chorus of Land of Hope and Glory waving their Union Jack flags and having a good time.  Refreshments were served after the concert which allowed the players to enjoy the food and have a chat.

Thanks go to the many people that donated raffle prizes and to those who bought the raffle tickets.

‘Many hands make light work’ was the motto for the team that helped serve the drinks, which included tea, made the cakes and sandwiches, and helped with the washing up at the end of the evening.

A large thank you to Peter Tether for organizing the donation that was given to the Band for their performance, which was a great help in raising a total of £557 from this concert. 

 

Concert 6 July

A Feast of Music in Nocton Church on Saturday 6 July at 7.30 pm

Sixteen-Eighty-Five plays easy listening classical music for a summer's evening in the beautiful setting and perfect acoustic of Nocton Church.

Baroque delights by Bach, Handel and others, played on all kinds of recorders, Baroque flute, harpsichord and organ

The cost of the beautifully restored chancel and nave roofs of All Saints, Nocton has left the church coffers empty.  Please come and see some of the restoration work, hear a lovely concert, indulge in strawberries and wine, and help to keep the finest Gothic Revival Church in Lincoln Diocese open.

Sixteen-Eighty-Five is a group of musicians based in Lincoln and London.  The name comes from the year 1685, in which Bach, Handel and Domenico Scarlatti were born.  They play music of this period.

Tickets are only £5, and are on sale in Nocton Post Office, or phone Ann on 01526 322739.

Don't forget - concert 1 June!

Fun at Pentecost

On Sunday 19 May, fifteen children from the group of six parishes to which Nocton belongs gathered in Potterhanworth Church to celebrate Pentecost. After hearing a brief introduction from Revd Jonnie Parkin about the story of the Holy Spirit descending on the disciples with a rush of wind and flames of fire, Judy Dickin (Branston parish) explained, using figures on a stage of red cloth, that after Easter and the Ascension, the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples, guiding them to go out and spread the Good News about Jesus Christ. This was the beginning of the Church, which is more than a building – it is the people who all work together, and stand on each other’s shoulders, who make the Church. What better way to celebrate than with a birthday cake, beautifully made and presented by Rachael Eades of Potterhanworth parish. Afterwards, the children guided each other in games of pin the tail on the donkey. Then they did three different activities on the themes of wind, water and fire. Everyone enjoyed forming two teams to blow cotton wool balls with straws across a table. The water activity was at the font, where each child tried out baptising and naming a doll. Fire was an activity where the theme was lighting a candle in the dark, and lighting the way in the darkness, so that eventually all the countries in the world heard about the Good News. The children wrote prayers on paper doves and attached them to a tree during an act of worship. They marked each other’s palms in the shape of a Cross with a scented oil blessed by Bishop Christopher called chrism. Two children read beautifully from the Bible, and the afternoon ended with the singing of ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine.’

 

The next event is a Saints and Heroes party at Nocton Church on Halloween, Thursday 31 October. It’s a reminder that Halloween means the eve of All Hallows, that is, the eve of All Saints Day, and it isn’t all about ghosts and goblins. If anyone who has a Key Stage 1 or 2 child who is interested in coming along, please let Carol Bennett know (01526 322930).

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Annual Parochial Church Meeting

All Saints held its Annual Vestry Meeting (to elect the churchwardens) and Annual Parochial Church Meeting (the church's AGM) on 24 April 2013.  Ten people attended the meeting at which Nicholas Bennett stood down as churchwarden.   The PCC wishes to record its thanks to Nicholas for all his work.  Liz Murray was elected unopposed but we are now a churchwarden short as we should have two.

The qualifications for being a churchwarden are that the person must:

be baptised

be named on the church electoral roll of the parish

be an actual communicant

be at least 21 years old

not be disqualified from being a charity trustee under section 72(1) of the Charities Act 1993

not have been convicted of any offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933

not be disqualified under section 10(6) of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefices) Measure 1977 (No. 1)

If anyone fulfils these criteria and would like to discuss what being a churchwarden might involve, please contact Liz Murray for more details on 01526 323357.

The Parochial Church Council (a parish church's governing body) is re-elected each year.  Elsie Horton stood down and again the PCC wishes to thank Elsie for all her work over many years.  The following were elected as members of the PCC:

Carol Bennett

Nicholas Bennett

Ruth Eagle

Doreen Green

Chris Howard

Ann Kennedy

Ruth Eagle announced her intention to stand down as Deanery Synod representative in the near future.  Our thanks go to Ruth for fulfilling this role for a good number of years!

Concert - 1 June