The United Benefice of Mountsorrel Christ Church & Mountsorrel St Peter
The final day of our Summer 23 Activity Week got off to a great start with our service of All Age Sunday Worship. The service included contributions from across the staff team and celebrated all that had been good about the week of activities. The message reflected on the purpose of Church and how we share together all that we have to build each other up.
Yes, our fabulous week of activities has finally arrived. We’ve been planning, plotting and scheming for months and now, all our hard work is done and the fun can begin.
Check out our Summer 23 webpage for all the details of our free activities.
There are over 2000 free tickets available across eighteen different events during the week. Many are suitable for children, some are designed specifically for youth and there are a couple aimed at adults only. Whatever you like to do, we think there is something for you. So take a look and grab a free ticket before they all go.
I’m glad you’ve found our website. I hope you enjoy looking around and find out all about us. If you want to know more, do send a message via the contact us page.
This coming weekend the whole village will be welcoming visitors for the annual Mountsorrel Revival taking place on Sunday 13th August. Because of our involvement in the day, we have just one service in our Churches that day and you will be most welcome to join us at St Peter’s Church at 9.30am for a service of Holy Communion. The service will be followed by free tea/coffee so do stay for a chat if you are able to do so.
St Peter’s will then re-open at 11am serving refreshments for the community until 4pm as part of Mountsorrel Revival.
I do hope we get the chance to meet you at the weekend. Every blessing, Colin Resch.
At the heart of who we are, is our worship of God, and we’d love to invite you to join us for one or more of our worship services. This coming Sunday 6th August both Churches will be open for worship and you would be most welcome to come along.
At St Peter’s Church, beginning at 9.30am, there will be a service of Morning Prayer (Matins) using the words of the Book of Common Prayer. This service will be led by Mr Gary Lee.
At Christ Church, beginning at 11am, there will be a service of Holy Communion led by Revd Colin Resch, the preacher being Mr Edmund Stacey.
Both services will be followed by free tea/coffee so do stay for a chat afterwards if you want to.
One of our Churchwardens, David, and his wife Karen recently visited the Church of St Michael’s and All Angels in Mbape – just on the outskirts of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. The service included some English included especially for their benefit. Musical accompaniement was by drum and maracas. Julius is the Rector and the service was taken by Rev Nyano the assistant priest. Attached to the Church is a large church-run school with 1200 pupils. Here are some of the congregation. Karen is pictured second from the left.
I’m glad that you’ve found your way to our website. It would be great to meet with you in person and this Sunday, 30th July, presents the perfect opportunity.
At Christ Church, I will be leading our Sunday Worship service which begins at 11am.
At St Peter’s Church, I will be leading a service of Evensong, beginning at 6pm.
You would be more than welcome to join us at either or both of these services – even if you’ve not been to Church for a while, even if you’ve never been. Both services will be followed by free refreshments, so there will be plenty of opportunity to chat to one another afterwards. I hope to see you there.
With every blessing, Colin Resch.
It’s god that you have found our website, but we’d love to meet you in person. Why not join one of our Church services this weekend (23rd July).
At St Peter’s Church, starting at 9.30am, there will be a service of Holy Communion especially adapted for the whole family. We’d love to welcome you to the service and then share tea/coffee with you after the service.
At Christ Church, starting at 11am, there will be a service of Sunday Worship led by Helen Hodson. The preacher will be Mel Rowley.
It was a real joy and privilege to formally welcome Logan into our Church family at his baptism on Sunday 9th July.
Together with his parents and godparents, he made his profession of faith during our All Age Worship service. The weather was great, so we stepped outside of the Church where our baptism pool was ready and waiting. After the water had been blessed, Logan took a deep breath and said goodbye to his old life and stepped into a life-long walk with Jesus.
Congratulations.
As we begin the Leicestershire school holidays, we would love to invite you to join us at either Christ Church or St Peter’s Church for our services of Sunday Worship this weekend on Sunday 16th July.
At Christ Church, there is a service of Holy Communion which begins at 11am. The service will be led by Revd Steve Delaforce, who will also be sharing from God’s Word.
At St Peter’s Church, there will be a service of Evening Prayer (Evensong) which will begin at 6pm. This service will be led by Mr Edmund Stacey and the preacher will be our Youth Worker, Kat Jenkins.
We do hope you might be able to join us for either or both of these services.
I am happy to extend to you an invitation to join us this weekend at one of our Church services.
This weekend, you can join us on Sunday 25th June for the following services:
St Peter’s Church, 9.30am – we gather for a service of Holy Communion designed to be accessible by all ages. Using the traditional language of the Book of Common Prayer, our service will be led by me, Colin Resch, with the assistance of Alison White.
Christ Church, 11am – we meet for Sunday Worship with the inclusion of baptisms. The service will be led by Mel Rowley, our preacher will be Linda Vesty and the baptisms will be conducted by me.
Do join us if you can. You will be guaranteed a warm welcome. If it’s your first time with us, please let our welcome team know when you arrive and we will ensure that you have everything you need to join in with the worship.
With every blessing to you, Colin Resch.