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Welcome to the Melton Mowbray Team Parish!

There’s so much useful and interesting information about our Team Parish on this, our new website – do take time to explore it.

And, if possible, we look forward to meeting you in person soon.

Every Blessing,
Mary (Barr)
Team Rector 

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, do contact Julia, the Website Administrator by email julia@meltonparish.org.uk.

Team Rector Writes

“VE Day 80 – Let Us Remember” 

Dear Friends,

Thursday 8th May marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day – the Second World War allied victory in Europe. On that day, and the days just before and after it, events will take place across the town and borough of Melton Mowbray to remember this historic milestone. There will be street parties and community celebrations –  with details being advertised locally.

In the town, with St Mary’s Church at its centre, the church bells will ring from 6.30 – 7pm.  Then at 8 o’clock in St Mary’s Church we shall be holding a special VE 80 anniversary service to which all are most welcome. At about 9.30pm beacons will be lit in numerous places, including locally, representing the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the dreadful darkness of war. Many other events are scheduled for the 10 – 11 May, including the annual 1940s anniversary event.

Surely it is right to take these opportunities to remember those who gave their lives at home and abroad, whose sacrifice enables us to all enjoy the peace we have today. Right to remember too those who came home, wounded, physically and mentally, and the friends and family who cared for them. Right to remember also the families that lost husbands, wives, sons, daughters and sweethearts, and the servicemen and women of other nationalities and faiths from Commonwealth and allied countries who fought, suffered and died during six years of war. And included in our remembrance should be those in reserved occupations and the brave people who kept us safe on the home front: doctors and nurses who cared for the wounded, the men and women who toiled in the fields and veterinary teams, the fisherman who fished the seas, those who worked in the factories and the air-raid wardens, the police officers, firemen, ambulance drivers and the young people of the Scouts and Guides who also played such a vital role in the war effort at home.

So many people were in some way affected by – and involved in – the events of the Second World War. VE Day (and soon after VJ Day) came as a result of great sacrifice. As we remember those sacrifices, anyone unable to join the outdoor beacon-lighting on 8^th May is encouraged to light a candle of peace at home at 9.30pm, joining with others in praying for peace in current situations of conflict in our world.

In this Easter season, Christians continue to celebrate the hope of true and enduring peace that God has given us through Jesus Christ. He is the One whose death and resurrection has overcome the power of evil, sin and death. His light shines in the darkness of our world, and the darkness has not overcome it. And it is in His light that we can see – and share in – the life of God’s Kingdom, where love reigns.

May the peace of the Risen Christ be with you,

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