A big party to bring in the summer with an all age gathering (11am) followed by a big family picnic in the sunshine.
There’ll be bouncies and barbecue and pizza (and maybe chips) and bikes and more.
Bring a blanket or chair and join the fun.
All are welcome.
The annual Easter Vestry was held on 2 April 2022 in Belvoir Parish.
You can find out all the info about it below.
THE RECTOR’S REPORT
You can listen to Adrian’s report here.
Or watch it here.
Or read it here.
THE TREASURERS REPORT
The summary of accounts for 2021 can be found here.
THE SELECT VESTRY
The wardens and select vestry were appointed/elected.
Church Wardens
Wendy Boal
Eric Hudson
Glebe Wardens
Richard Rea
Ken Wilson
Select Vestry
Carson Bell
Ken Boal
Alan Brown
Dawn Brown
Tracy Haylett
Helen Livingston
Stephen McKinty
Krystal Mohn
Jude Murphy
Chris Scott
Gordon Smith
Marion Thompson
Thank you to all who have been elected and for those who have given of their time and effort in the past.
Belvoir Parish is also known as The Church of the Transfiguration so we like to do something special on Transfiguration Sunday.
Morning Gathering
We will have a guest speaker at our Morning Gathering at 11am. Elaine Pentland who is deacon at Willowfield Parish will be joining us.
A version of the choir will return with (hopefully) a bit of a bigger band.
We will be “launching” the details of our Lent programme.
Kids Gathering (pre school to Y5) and Hybrid (Y6 to Y9) will be running from 11am.
Lunch
After the Morning Gathering we will be having lunch for all the people who have joined us in the last couple of years. Food will be provided and we will be in the hall, but bring a picnic blanket.
For catering purposes please let us know that you are coming and if you have any dietary requirements.
Evening Gathering
We will be gathering at 7pm for a time of worship and reflecting on the Bible.
11-16s will be gathering in the Family Centre.
Hybrid runs each Sunday as part of our Morning Gathering at 11am.
After around 10 minutes with everyone together the young people between Y6 and Y8 will gather for a time of fun, games, chat and more.
For more info email susie@belvoirparish.co.uk.
Registration to General Vestry
Registration is open from now until Sunday 20 February at 12:30pm for membership of the General Vestry.
This is a key part of the governance of a parish.
Those listed as members are entitled to vote at the Easter Vestry which is effectively the parish’s AGM.
If you are:
over 18 yrs of age;
and a subscriber to parish funds
we would love you to consider playing your part in the life of the parish by becoming a member.
To become a member you need to download, print, fill-in and return a Form of Declaration before Sunday 20 February. Forms are also available from the welcoming team at any of our gatherings.
If you live within the Parish, complete this form.
If you live outside the Parish, complete this form.
If you don’t know if you live inside or outside the Parish or you aren’t sure if you are already registered as a member, just email us.
WAYS TO JOIN THE MORNING GATHERING AT BELVOIR PARISH?
There are different ways to join us on Sunday morning at 11am and you can choose the option that works best for you.
In Church
In the Living Room – Sofas and coffee tables for a more informal setting to join the service on the big screen. This might be preferred option for families with young children but is open to anyone.
On Facebook – live stream on Facebook from anywhere in the world and chat with others who are gathering virtually.
On Catch Up – if you can’t make it in any of these ways on Sunday morning you can catch up through the week. You can watch the service later on Belvoir TV through Facebook, the Website and the App or you listen to the sermon on Belvoir Podcasts in the same places or wherever you get you podcasts from.
It’s for everyone
All are very welcome to join us at our Morning Gathering whatever age you are, whether you are a regular church goer or haven’t ever been there will be a friendly face at the door to welcome you and point you in the right direction.
We all join together for tea, coffee and juice at the end.
Communion
On the second Sunday each month we will celebrate communion at our Morning Gathering in the church and the Living Room.
According to the dictionary a transition is “the process of changing from one condition to another, or the period of time in which this happens”.
Remembering way back to the first lockdown… everything was locked down!
In some ways it was easy to accept and put up with (well, there was no other choice).
But remember the strains and the arguing when we started the transition from lockdown to limited restrictions.
Why are they allowed to open their shop?
What are you all doing on the beach?
Why can you visit that nursing home but not this one?
The transition is the time when comparisons are made, and apparent injustices occur.
Grace was in short supply along with wood and foreign holidays. How would we ever survive?
The Belvoir transition:
“We should not so much be consumers of our future,
as shapers of our future”
(Michael Wardlow).
Belvoir rose from the rubble thirty years ago after a bomb blast that forced this church to re-think its future. The very rooms and access were re-shaped, the furniture and the colours were transformed. The style was renewed, attitudes were re-formed, people found new seats and new ways, and a new era of life and vitality was born. Thank you to all who were part of that transition and the thirty years in between.
Transition is upon us once again.
Overnight our way of being Belvoir was cancelled and 18 months later we are being encouraged to find ways back into life (although we discovered many new ways during lockdown, and these are now part of both our new present and our future).
One of the most obvious transitions is the options for joining in worship and prayer together. None of our services can ever look just like it was two years ago. At every service, in any week, we try to use the same theme, make the same announcements, share the same news etc so that every service is a genuine moment when Belvoir as a church worships together.
The week begins with the phoneline on Monday morning. We continue on Thursday. The church is open from 9am for prayer with our service at 11.30. This includes a fortnightly communion service. Sunday morning is at 11am and is shared around three rooms, main church, family centre and the main hall (Primary School children have their own programme in there). Sunday evenings is at 7pm and alternates fortnightly between live and Desert Island Discs (click on website link). On the live weeks we are in two rooms – 11 to 16s in the family centre and a different style of service in the main church: both at 7pm.
There are plenty of options and all are carefully choreographed for safety.
The Select Vestry, since September, has a new sub-group called “Spaces”. The task is to connect with everyone who uses the buildings and outside spaces with the hope of finding out three things –
The Spaces group will hopefully be reporting to Easter Vestry next year so put that in the diary!
Starting Wednesday 17 November from 8-9pm in the church – all spaced out and safe!
The aim is to get people together who would like to sing; so a great opportunity for anyone who has been part of the choir before, anyone who has ever wanted to be in a choir, or anyone who wants to sing and meet new people.
See you there.
Brownies meet every Monday from 6:30 to 8pm in the Family Centre (use main entrance).
It is open for any and all girls aged between 7 and 10.
We would love to see you there.
Paul Jardine