CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BELGRAVE & RUSHEY MEAD 

PROVISIONAL LIST OF EVENTS FOR 2012/2013

 Please check back for details of each event nearer the time.

 Saturday, 3rd March - Father John Daly to lead another Quiet Day at Rearsby Convent -

see poster above.

Good Friday - 6th April – Coffee Morning & period of reflection at Claremont Street. Event during

the evening at St. Theodore’s.

11^th May - Coffee Morning in support of Christian Aid be held at Claremont Street Methodist

Church.

January 2013 - Fish and chip supper and service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

2^nd December – Advent Carol Service

Details of other events will be added later.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012

Terry Knight, Chair of CTBRM, lights the Peace Candle at the Church of Our Lady of Good

Counsel on 22nd January.

Nearly 90 people enjoyed a fish & chip Supper at Our Lady's Social Club on 20th January.

This was followed by a not too taxing quiz which everone enjoyed!

 ADVENT 2011

Part of the congregation at our Advent Carol Service at St. Theodore's Church.

Good Friday 2011

For those people who were unable to get into Leicester for Christ in the Centre we

held a Coffee Morning at Claremont Street Methodist Church which included a short

period of quiet reflection.

 New Chair of CTBRM, Terry Knight, makes a presentation to Julie

 Walker in recognition of her work as Chairman, Deputy Chairman and

Secretary of CTBRM

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 2011

CTBRM have held two very successful events to mark this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU).

On Sunday, 16th January there was a service to mark the WPCU at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel on the theme 'All things in common "That they may be one". Over 40 people attended and representatives from all denominations took part.

On Friday, 21st January nearly 90 people attended a fish and chip supper and ganes evening at Our Lady's Social

Club. Judge for your self if they enjoyed them selves!

Carey Hall - Celebration and Future

On 18th September friends at Carey Hall Baptist Church celebrated the 113 anniversary of the founding of the Church. 

Old friends meet up .................

To look at the old phographs ...........................

And to celebrate the past & the future ...........................................

The Future ........................

Four or five years ago, the leaders of the church, which had not had a Minister since 2001 and no prospect of calling one, began to consider the consequences of an ageing and diminishing congregation. Several options were considered and discounted including merger with other Baptist churches, but it was clear that the Church members were determined, having already experienced the closure and sale of the previous church buildings in Catherine Street, now used as a Hindu Temple, that the premises in Harrison Road should continue to be used as a place of Christian worship.

Since 2002 a Tamil speaking, baptizing congregation, Zion Word Church, who share our Christian beliefs, has been using our premises for a Sunday afternoon service, and with increasing regularity during the week, and it seemed to us after prayerful consideration, that God had provided the answer to the future of Carey Hall. The leaders of Zion Word were approached, and declared themselves to be very interested in becoming a Baptist church and advice was sought from our holding trustees. It was decided that the best way forward would be for a number of the leaders of Zion Word to be invited into membership of Carey Hall, learn the principles of the democracy and the practical management of a Baptist church, and subsequently offer themselves for election to leadership positions, become the new managing trustees and the new expression of the Baptist church in Belgrave. 

The name of Carey Hall Baptist Church would be retained, as well as Carey’s constitution, and affiliation to the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the East Midlands Baptist Association. The recent Service of Celebration marked the beginning of the detailed process leading up to the handover which, at present, is planned for the middle of 2011.Those of the original Carey Hall membership /congregation still in the church at the time of handover will relocate to churches of their own choice. 

Farewell to Edward

Julie Walker, Chair of CTBRM, makes a presentation to Rev'd. Edward Sakwe, Minister at Claremont Street, Edgehill Road andHarrison Road Methodist Churches, in grateful thanks for his work with CTBRM. Edward is moving to the Cannock Chase Methodist Circuit in September 2010.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 2010

On the 7th, 8th and 9th May CTBRM held a number of fund raising events in support of Christian Aid week 2010. The amount received so far is in excess of £400.

Ladies on the look out for a bargain at the Table Top sale at Belgrave Union Church on 8th May.

More bargains to be had on the book stall!

Of course no sale is complete without a cuppa!

On Sunday, 9th May there was a soup and bread lunch at the Church Of Our Lady of Good Counsel Social Club on Gleneagles Avenue. This was followed by a Christian Aid film and a service in Our Lady's Church when the preacher was Father Tony Coslett from the Parish of the Resurrection. Father Tony was supported by Rev'd. Edward Sakwe from the Methodist Church, Father Marcel Fangoo from Our Lady's and Father Stephen Burnham also from the Parish of the Resurrection.

Noel, Brian and Maureen slaving away in the kitchen!

Help yourself to seconds!

A group of satisfied customers.

More satisfied customers.

 GOOD FRIDAY

2nd April 2010

Act of Witness outside St. Gabriel's Church, Gleneagles Avenue.