ST HELEN’S CHURCH, BRANT BROUGHTON
Rector of St. Helen’s Church -
Church Wardens: Peter Burnett and Jennifer Harvey
St. Helen’s Sunday Club -
☺☺ = particularly child-
* = service using the traditional Prayer Book
♫ = our group choir leads the worship
All Saints, Beckingham St Helen’s, Brant Broughton
St Swithun’s, Leadenham St Chad’s, Welbourn
St Michael & All Angels, Stragglethorpe
From the Rector
Dear Parishioners,
Belatedly, a happy new year to you all! I do hope
you had a good Christmas, despite the snow and
travel difficulties. It was good to see so many of you
at our Advent and Christmas services -
came to our churches in Advent and Christmas 2009
than did in any year of the 1990s. That is encouraging!
But I hope that our new variety of services will enable you to feel more ‘connected’ with the church. As you will see from the service list, on virtually every Sunday there is not only a Holy Communion or Eucharist; there is also a service which is not a communion. Some are particularly special – like the St Valentine’s Day one. That day falls on a Sunday this year, and we are taking the opportunity to celebrate marriage and family life. Do come along!
Easter is quite early again this year, and a full programme of services and events
will soon be available for the Lent and Easter period – the six weeks when we go
from winter into spring; and from the ‘austerity’ and soul-
With all good wishes,
Alan Megahey
If you can make it on any of the five Wednesdays starting on 17th February (Ash Wednesday) come to our Lent Lunches.
These are frugal but tasty; all we ask is a donation which goes towards helping a hospital in Uganda, and an old people’s home in Zimbabwe.
Everyone is most welcome – even (or especially) if you have never come before
SERVICES IN FEBRUARY 2010
SUN 31 JAN CANDLEMAS
10.00am St Helen’s Family Service ♫ ☺☺
11.15am Beckingham Holy Communion (at the Willows, Hillside)
6.00pm St Chad’s Holy Communion
SUN 7 FEB SEXAGESIMA OR 2ND BEFORE LENT
9.00am St Swithun’s Holy Communion*
10.00am St Chad’s Family Service ☺☺
FRI 12 St Swithun’s “Ash Wednesday” service (for children
and parents) at 3.00pm ☺☺
SUN 14 FEB ST VALENTINE’S DAY; NEXT BEFORE LENT
10.30am St Helen’s St Valentine’s Day Celebration ♫ -
and celebrate marriage & family life
4.45pm Beckingham Pancake Service (at the Willows) ☺☺
6.00pm St Chad’s Holy Communion*
WED 17 ASH WEDNESDAY
10.00am St Swithun’s Holy Communion & Imposition of Ashes
12.30 on Leadenham Lent Lunch at Leadenham House
SUN 21 FEB LENT 1
9.00pm St Helen’s Holy Communion*
10.00am St Chad’s Parish Eucharist for the season of Lent
WED 24 Lent Lunch at Lister Place, Church Walk, Brant Broughton
SUN 28 FEB LENT 2
9.00am St Helen’s Holy Communion*
10.00am St Swithun’s Parish Eucharist
6.00pm St Chad’s Compline (a quiet evening service)
WED 3 MAR Lent Lunch at the Rectory, Leadenham