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.
This is a space for toddlers and their carers to gather and play and chat and make and more.
It is in the Big Hall (follow the signs to the main entrance) and runs every week from 10am to 11:30am.
For more info email catherine@belvoirparish.co.uk.
There are lots of opportunities for people to get involved at Belvoir Parish.
Watch the video and if you want to give something a go between now and Christmas click the button below.
Get Involved
Everyone is welcome to join us for Belvoir Lights on 31 October at 6pm.
We will have fires, smores, sparklers, hot chocolate, a light trail, music and more.
On a dark night we celebrate light.
Bring your friends and wrap up warm.
Paul Jardine