St Mary's Church Melton Mowbray

St Mary the Virgin Thorpe Arnold

St James' Church Burton Lazars

St Bartholomew's Church Welby

St Leonard's Sysonby

St Mary's Freeby

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!

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

    

“Christmas Angels”

 

Dear Friends,

Do you believe in angels? If you do, then you are not alone. According to a poll commissioned by the Bible Society a few years ago, one in three people in the UK believe in angels and the same proportion feel they have a guardian angel watching over them.

Of course, for some folk angels are in the same category as fairies or chubby cherubs. But that’s far from the Bible’s descriptions of angelic beings. From the Old Testament to the New, the visitation of an angel is always alarming. That’s why when angels appear to deliver a message from God, they begin by saying ‘Fear not’.

This was certainly the case with the angels who feature in Gospel accounts of Christ’s nativity. Think, for instance, of the visit of the Angel Gabriel to Mary in Nazareth to tell her that she would conceive and give birth to a son, who was to be called Jesus. “Do not be afraid, Mary…”, says Gabriel (Luke 1:30). Or again, St Luke tells us that the shepherds out in the fields near Bethlehem were terrified at the sight of the Lord’s angel who came to bring them the news of God’s promised Saviour. “Do not be afraid,” says the angel, “I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people…”.

Most of the Christmas carols we enjoy singing at this time of year also mention angels. For example, Hark the herald angels sing, glory to the new-born King; The angel Gabriel from heaven came; Angels from the realms of glory; The first Nowell the angel did say…, to name but four. In spite of initial fear at the awesome presence of an angel, the message of the angels is one of joy and gladness – a message of good news sung to those in need of the light of hope. In the carol It came upon the midnight clear, the ‘glorious song of old’ the angels bring is one of ‘Peace on the earth, goodwill to all, from heaven’s all-gracious King’. The message of the angels continues to come to our war-torn and weary world; but we need to ‘hush the noise of mortal strife’, in order to hear ‘the love-song which they bring’.

Singing – doing it or listening to it –  is a very good way to drown out the cacophony of negativity that so often surrounds us. There are many Carol Services and other opportunities to hear and sing the song of the angels across the Melton Mowbray Team Parish in the coming weeks. Do invite friends and neighbours to come and sing the Christmas story with us:

“We hear the Christmas angels

the great glad tidings tell;

O come to us, abide with us,

our Lord Emmanuel!”

May I wish you Christmas joy and peace, as we celebrate again the love-song which the angels bring.

 

Upcoming Events

St Marys Church, Melton Mowbray

Opening Times

Entries for this years Christmas Tree Festival is now closed
Thank you to everyone who has entered this years Festival for 2024

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays 10.00am – 2pm

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.

St Marys Melton Mowbray Set Up Festival Closure Dates

St Marys Church Melton Mowbray
will be CLOSED all day on the following dates
for the set up of the Christmas Tree Festival

Friday 29/11
Monday 2/12
Tuesday 3/12
Wednesday 4/12
Thursday 5/12

The Christmas Tree Festival will then run from Friday 6/12 to Tuesday 10/12 (see the Homepage Up & Coming Events for the Festival Opening Times).

The Church will then be CLOSED again on Wednesday 11/12 for the return of the furniture and general clearing up.

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

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 Leonard's Church, Sysonby

St Mary’s Church Freeby