Mid-week Joy
Welcome again to our mid-week celebration of all the great things happening in Leesfield Parish and beyond.
Our Sunday service details will be here at the weekend, but there's so much more we would love to share with you in the meantime.
In this Thursday's Worship for all Generations we celebrate the Nativity of St John the Baptist. Everyone is warmly invited to join us at 6.30 pm on our facebook page - Leesfield Parish
Last weekend Edith managed to take a well-earned day off, and visited Etherow Country Park, where she took this great photo of some geese and their goslings. Along with our Sunday schools we've been looking at matching up wildlife photos with bible verses, but so far we haven't been able to find any reference to geese in the bible. However, the wild goose is an ancient Celtic symbol of the Holy Spirit, originating on the island of Iona, and that's where this week's musical item comes from. To listen to this lovely song of hope please click on the following link - Iona.org.uk/2020/06/15/we-will-meet-a-new-song-by-john-l-bell
The hope to meet again in our churches is gradually being fulfilled as the lockdown restrictions begin to ease. St Thomas' Church is now open for private prayer from 2 - 4 pm every Sunday, but with physical distancing and hygiene precautions in place. Unfortunately St Agnes' Church cannot be opened at present because the building is just too small to allow for safe distancing. Some small church services are expected to follow, as soon as we are have guidance from the Government, Church of England and the Diocese.
The PCC will meet next Monday via "Zoom" - please pray for us as we try to "get all our ducks in a row".
Covid19 and the lockdown have done nothing to stop our brilliant Sunday school families and friends joining in the Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. Karen, Amy and Annie, Louise and Evie, Sarah, Eva, Sean and Joseph, and Chrissie have raised a fantastic £555 so far, and it's not too late for you to sponsor them. To find out more and make a donation just click here - https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/st-thomas-leesfield-sunday-school
And finally, this week's nature feature also comes from Edith's day out - a lovely video of moorhens feeding their chicks - https://www.facebook.com/edith.disley.7/videos/163916771923340/
