WELCOME TO MELTON TEAM PARISH WEBSITE
Our Churches serve the Communities of Melton Mowbray, Thorpe Arnold, Burton Lazars, Welby, Sysonby and Freeby.
Our Mission is to be
“Open to God by placing God at the centre of our lives and sharing Gods love with all“
We welcome you to come and join in!
Click on the YouTube video link for an overview of St Marys Melton.
https://youtu.be/9_49sx2-KgA
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.
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Team Rector Writes
“Your church needs you…”
Dear Friends,
Last month’s theme for ‘the Rector Writes’ was the future of the parish system in the Church of England and the challenges faced by our churches. I wrote that, at a time when both the young and elderly report record levels of loneliness and alienation, the parish church can integrate ‘soul, soil and society’ (Bishop Andrew Rumsey), creating a bond between people and place, as well as between the members of local communities.
To flourish in serving our local communities and as places of worship and witness, each local church needs the involvement and support of parishioners. Even those who do not choose to be part of the worshipping congregation can support the work of caring for buildings or help to facilitate the welcome offered to local groups and events hosted in our buildings.
It’s easy to forget that parish churches don’t just ‘happen to be there’. Down through the centuries, they have been supported by people of good will who have given their presence and prayers, their time and money, to care for church buildings and to enable them to be used for Christian worship, witness and welcome. The baton of responsibility is passed on from generation to generation. That is why your local church now needs your support.
Over the next few weeks, we are approaching the season of our District Church Annual Meetings, leading up to our Team Parish Annual Parochial Church Meeting (22nd May in St Mary’s Melton Mowbray at 7pm). One important way to indicate your support is to sign up on your church electoral roll. This year (as every 6th year) we have to prepare a new roll – so everyone has to enrol afresh. If you are age 16 or over, have been baptised (christened), live in the Melton Team Parish (or live elsewhere but come to worship in one of our churches), and regard yourself as a member of the Church of England, then you can join this roll. It doesn’t cost anything and is a simple form to complete. Being on our Electoral Roll signifies that you wish to support and identify with us. And for those who wish to serve the church in some more ‘official’ way – for example, as a church officer, or on the Parochial Church Council – then it is essential to be on the Electoral Roll.
If you don’t know who to contact to sign up on the new Electoral Roll at one of the Melton Team Parish churches, please get in touch with a Churchwarden of that church.
Yours in Christ’s service,
Upcoming Events
THE SACRAMENTS : Responding to God’s loving invitation
Our Melton Team Parish Lent Course this year will use York Courses material by Dr Jane Williams. Each of the 5 sessions will include a short video, Bible study, discussion and prayer – and refreshments.
Acknowledging that the sacraments can seem confusing, divisive or (frankly!) incomprehensible, Jane Williams reveals them to be a glorious expression of God’s love for the world in all its beauty and brokenness. The sacraments invite us to enter into the mystery that the world has meaning and purpose and that all things come together in Jesus. If we are willing, in loving response, to become part of the action ourselves, we will surely find ourselves refreshed and our discipleship reinvigorated.
Jane Williams is the McDonald Professor in Christian Theology at St Mellitus College, London, and a visiting Lecturer at King’s College London. On each video she is joined by Dr Sharon Prentis, Deputy Director of the Racial Justice Unit, and Professor James Walters, Founding Director of LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) Faith Centre, as they discuss the themes of the course in an engaging and accessible way.
All are welcome to join us in St Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray at 7.30pm on the following Monday evenings:
Session 1 – 17th March ~ What is a sacrament?
Session 2 – 24th March ~ God loves creation
Session 3 – 31st March ~ Jesus-shaped sacraments
Session 4 – 7th April ~ Sacraments of presence in a broken world
Session 5 – 14th April ~ Sacraments as a pledge of the Holy Spirit
This Course would also provide preparation for anyone considering Confirmation. At a Confirmation Service, those being confirmed publicly express their commitment to follow Jesus Christ, and through prayers and the laying on of hands by the Bishop, the Church asks God to give them the power of the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life.
For more information please contact the Revd Dr Mary Barr Team Rector
THE SACRAMENTS : Responding to God’s loving invitation
Our Melton Team Parish Lent Course this year will use York Courses material by Dr Jane Williams. Each of the 5 sessions will include a short video, Bible study, discussion and prayer – and refreshments.
Acknowledging that the sacraments can seem confusing, divisive or (frankly!) incomprehensible, Jane Williams reveals them to be a glorious expression of God’s love for the world in all its beauty and brokenness. The sacraments invite us to enter into the mystery that the world has meaning and purpose and that all things come together in Jesus. If we are willing, in loving response, to become part of the action ourselves, we will surely find ourselves refreshed and our discipleship reinvigorated.
Jane Williams is the McDonald Professor in Christian Theology at St Mellitus College, London, and a visiting Lecturer at King’s College London. On each video she is joined by Dr Sharon Prentis, Deputy Director of the Racial Justice Unit, and Professor James Walters, Founding Director of LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) Faith Centre, as they discuss the themes of the course in an engaging and accessible way.
All are welcome to join us in St Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray at 7.30pm on the following Monday evenings:
Session 1 – 17th March ~ What is a sacrament?
Session 2 – 24th March ~ God loves creation
Session 3 – 31st March ~ Jesus-shaped sacraments
Session 4 – 7th April ~ Sacraments of presence in a broken world
Session 5 – 14th April ~ Sacraments as a pledge of the Holy Spirit
This Course would also provide preparation for anyone considering Confirmation. At a Confirmation Service, those being confirmed publicly express their commitment to follow Jesus Christ, and through prayers and the laying on of hands by the Bishop, the Church asks God to give them the power of the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life.
For more information please contact the Revd Dr Mary Barr Team Rector
St Marys Church, Melton Mowbray
Opening Times
Thursdays and Fridays 10.00am to 12.00pm
Interested How to Become a St Mary’s Melton Mowbray Church Welcomer.
Could you join the team to help now and again, two hours a month two hours a week? Please speak to Brenda or Tony Rous in church or call 077749144149, for more information.
How to Find Us
St. Mary’s Church – Melton Mowbray
St. Mary’s Church – Melton Mowbray
8 Burton Street, Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire, LE13 1AE
United Kingdom
St. Mary’s Church – Melton Mowbray
St. Mary's Church
Church Street Melton Mowbray LE13 0PW
St Mary the Virgin, Thorpe Arnold
ST MARY THE VIRGIN, THORPE ARNOLD
LE14 4RU
St James' Church, Burton Lazars
ST JAMES’ CHURCH,
BURTON LAZARS, LE14 2UH
St Bartholomew’s Church, Welby
St Bartholomew’s Church
LE14 3JL
St Leonard's Church, Sysonby
St Mary’s Church Freeby
LE14 2RY
