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JOURNAL ARCHIVE - 2008
December
Our Church in the pub at The Lincolnshire Poacher on Wragby Road is getting popular. It is family centred and usually includes a DVD clip, puppet show, children's activities, songs, and Nicks famous talk. Here are some pictures of the meeting before Christmas, that Tony sent in so that you can get a flavour of what goes on. There were about 60 people there. |
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The Lincoln Christmas market is over and there is a late night shopping event arranged for uphill Lincoln. There is mulled wine laid an and a parade of camels and kings - yes real camels (not sure if the kings were real but they looked the part!) However no one to sing and play carols. Edward to the rescue. He swiftly arranged for the band and carol singers AND more importantly took the opportunity to tell of the good news with the help of a crib scene. It was a keen frosty evening so the scene was set in Castle Square..... |
 The Kings and camels arrive in Castle Sq. (photos; Tony Link) |
November
Ladies of the Tuesday Club have this term raised £100 for the local cancer charity "Candles".
We also sent our annual donation of £100 to the Bishop Mubarek Fund "Together for Sudan". This fund specifically supports the education of women to empower them to independence. The school which we support is at Fulla Falls. It HAD a building but the government forces destroyed it so they now have a school under the trees!
(Article - Gillian Roe)
October
Eleven members of St Peter’s met together for a time of reflection and creativity on the names of God/Jesus led by Iris Hyde and Jane Lund.
Iris led the initial reflection based around the names Jahweh, Eloahim and Adonai. Images such as the Door, the Rock and the Light of the World and appropriate texts were displayed around the room for our contemplation. After a time of quiet we shared lunch while discussing possible ideas.
Iris and Jane led the creative session having provided a wide range of resources. It was interesting to see the different interpretations and the results of our time were shared as we gathered at the close.
We all appreciated the preparation which had gone to make this a time of reflection and the opportunity for fellowship in our creativity. (Article Gillian Roe)
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Three days of fun, learning, and journeying into space about sums up this years Starship Discovery Holiday Club. Based on Matthews Gospel it told the story from Peter's viewpoint of him meeting Jesus, walking on the water, and denying Jesus. So day one was called 'turning' day two 'trusting, and day three 'tripping' - get the drift? Now how do you think we linked all that to a journey through space! Not easy, but the fifty children who attended quickly latched on.......and here are the pictures to prove it. The holiday club finished with a starlight alternative halloween party, and somehow the fifty became seventy five!
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Look at the spread for our harvest supper this year. Particularly tasty was Alistair's chicken balti and Shilas vindaloo. Seriously though - a big thank you to all the cooks and bottle washers who worked hard to make the evening at the cathedral centre a success. A special mention for Margaret Ford and Mike Jacob for their illustrated talk on their work with our mission partners in Tirunaveli South India. |
September
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Thank you to Lord Carey for coming along to St Peter's to give a talk on Jesus' invitation to a party (Matthew 22. 1-10). He was visiting Lincoln to visit a member of our church who was celebrating the 30th anniversary of his ordination.
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We've just started a new sermon series that will run throughout September. Its all about Jesus' invitations like...Jesus invites the weary, the young, the wealthy, and Jesus invites you to a party. The first in the series invited you to get out of the boat.
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August
Margaret Ford spent some time visiting our mission partners in Tirunelvelli South India this month. It was a little warm she says - 37 deg! Yep that's warm. To read her letter click here
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This month we had the pleasure of seeing two of our regular church members being married, in the presence of God, by Edward. They mailed this message in shortly after the wedding..... 'Hello Everyone, |
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July
On the 18th July, Andrew Lund went out to Romania, as part of a team of 20, to run a Christian holiday for some Romanian children. A normal day would consist of a morning Bible study, morning and afternoon activities, a siesta after lunch, patches of free time and an evening meeting. The morning and afternoon activities would be canoeing, kayaking, windsurfing, sailing, cycling, crafts, land games and occasionally climbing and archery. He felt privileged to have met so many amazing children on the camp, and through having fun, teaching and worship, brought them closer to Christ. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS HIS FULL ARTICLE
Alive @ Alexanders is an informal service held at Alexanders Cafe. This month Nick based his talk on
Ecclesiastes 2. 17-26 which is all about the emphasis some of us place on our work. Do you want to watch
the video that opened the service? Right click the dancer and 'save target as'... to download the video...
What a great idea to have a 'picnic in the park' to celebrate our patronal festival. With lots of fun, games, butties and cakes and a bouncy castle to mix it all up. Thanks Julia for all the work you do to make this annual event a consistent success. |
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A sad cheerio to Ryan and Ann Matthews, who have set off home to Capetown. We really appreciate all you have done, especially leading our young people, and running a very special house group. We will miss you....Here's a clip from their final e mail in the UK..... ,.....'We have just had a farewell lunch down the road with a group of very special friends, who we will miss terribly. My emotions have been all over the place, with saying goodbyes, but Ryan is keeping it together well. The bone crunching hugs given by little old ladies with watery, sincere eyes, at church this morning just set me off immediately. And so, to all the very special people we have met here, as well as all our friends who have shared experiences with us, supported and helped us, we bid goodbye and say thank you.' |
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June
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The football season may be drawing to a close but for those who enjoy a bit of a ‘kick-about,’ there’s nothing like playing a friendly game on a warm summer’s evening. So on two evenings during the summer months we hired the Carlton Boulevard Sports Ground and organized some light hearted games of soccer for parents and children to join in. The evenings ran from 7-8pm and included ‘Half-time’ drinks break and chocolate and a quick ‘inspirational’ team talk about sport and faith. |
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On a bright sunny and windy afternoon in June the St Peter's Rocks played St George Dragon Slayers in the annual 20 overs cricket match at Reepham. How is it that we always loose on the last ball of the game...that's what I want to know? In all sporting sincerity though...well done St George Dragon Slayers. Till next year that is!.........There was also a juniors ''kwik cricket'' match running at the same time for 5-14 year olds. |
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May
Where next for St. Peter's?
"As many of you will be aware there are more and more occasions at our 10.30am service where we are to all intents and purposes 'full'. A particular factor we need to address is the increasing number of children and young people. We now have regular contact with over 100 children on Sundays. This is a congregation in itself which needs leading and resourcing. We do have plans to increase the seating capacity of the church and improve our church rooms but we also want to take this opportunity to review our Sunday services. You will also be aware that we have for a couple of years now been considering how we could extend the ministry of St. Peter's to include the Carlton estate. There are a number of possibilities for our church committee to consider. These have been set out in a questionnaire. Why not pick up your copy from church, It only takes a couple of minutes to fill out and you will be helping to make decisions about ways in which we can spread the Good News"........Article - Edward
South India Night.
A group of us from the congregation of St. Peter in Eastgate gathered to look at the DVD we had received from Dr. Premkumar, our mission partner in Tirunelveli, South India. It gave us a most interesting over-view of the Diocese of Tirunelveli's work amongst, the mentally handicapped, the blind, the deaf and Dr. Premkumar's own work in the village clinics and the new centre that he has established for families where one of the family members has leprosy.
Joe Bartrop taught us a new song that encouraged us as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ to walk where He walked - amongst the poor and the marginalised.
This suddenly became an exciting possibility when Mike Jacob, (a member of the congregation) and deputy head of the Minister School concluded the first part of the evening with an up-date on a exciting project he has been working on for the last three years to enable groups of young people to visit the Diocese of Tirunelveli to do a job of work. The first group of young people from the Minister School will be travelling out to Tirunelveli in July to do some building work for the Deaf Community under the supervision of the Rev. Raja Christopher. They will be staying with the students at St. John's College. He hoped it would be possible in the future for other groups of young adults and even older people who had missed out on a 'gap year' experience to do some work - to stay in the Diocese of Tirunelveli not as passive observers but as active participants in the mission of the Church in South India - to actually walk where Jesus walked.
There were activities for the children and the evening concluded with a shared supper, mostly Indian cuisine kindly prepared by Shyla. The Rev. Bernard Stonehouse a retired minister with the United Reformed Church was our special guest. He was one of the founder members of the ecumenical link between the Anglican, Methodist and United Reformed Churches in all Lincolnshire with the Tirunelveli Diocese, South India.
A big thank you to all who helped to make this evening such an enjoyable one. Article - Margaret Ford
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April
About 60 people stayed back after the service last Sunday to take part in our annual general meeting. Its exciting to hear what God is doing in our church. (Have a look at the monthly newsletter to read more). Thanks to everyone for your prayer and thanks to God for what He is doing, what talents He sends to us, and how He is directing our organising committee.
(Thanks to Amelia for sending in her article about the cake sale which raised lots of money for our mission partner South Sudan Voices of Hope.)
March
The London Men's Convention: |
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Amazing.....Easter Sunday saw 10 cm (that's 2 inches for people like me) of snow on the ground. It was great fun for the children (some aged well into their 40's!) in the church grounds making snowmen and snowballing. |
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St Peter's Easter Mission this year was to spread the good news of Jesus, and what He did for us on the cross. Six fantastic individuals came up to Lincoln from Oakhill College in London to help us. There was a series of activities throughout Easter week including talks, seminars, house visits, a sports day, a quiz or two, a community litter pick, and the great hot cross bun giveaway. |
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The Easter craft and meditation afternoon was a thoughtful and imaginative introduction to Holy Week, led by Jane Lund and Iris Hyde. We considered the famous passage in Isaiah foretelling the sacrifice of God's Son and then were 'let loose' on a wonderful selection of craft materials - fabrics, paints, beads, stones, bark, twigs, ironmongery (nails, wire), pastels - just about everything you could possibly imagine. Each one of us produced a unique, thought-provoking image of Holy Week, including collage pictures of Palm Sunday and the crucifixion, beautiful calligraphy and a piece of writing exploring the shadows detailed in the Easter story. |
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I've just looked in the diary and Mothering Sunday was on the 18th March last year...This year Mothering Sunday fell on March 2nd! (Only two weeks to go before Easter week arrives. WOW!) Anyway the fact that the Easter season is earlier did not deter lots of folks turning out for the Mothering Sunday service. We ran out of service sheets! The children had a great time making lots of 'Mum type gifts' and linking their craftwork to the weeks bible passages. They did a good job handing all the ladies in the congregation a primrose as a mothering Sunday gift from St Peter's. |
February
There is so much happening at St Peter's at the moment. What with a group of trainee vicars coming to see us again over the Easter period, the re-ordering of the church building, the planting of another church on the Carlton estate, and our involvement in the national Hope 08 initiative. One might say 'well where do you start'. The answer? In prayer. |
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The Tuesday ladies club has been going for a while now. It meets at 2pm every Tuesday at St Peter's. New members are always welcome. Gillian Roe, who runs it, says that the activities are really varied and interesting, so why not have a look and see what it's like. The February activities include: Safety in the home, and an opportunity to discuss women in the priesthood with Rev. Allyson Buxton from Lincoln Cathedral.
January
Following the 2006 Christmas grand effort in raising £2,500 for our mission partner Kenneth Elisapana and his charity South Sudan Voices of Hope. During Christmas 2007 we have added another £2,432 to the fund. Well done to everyone.