Contact details

Rector: Revd. Mark Lucas: Tel: 01536 628501 Mob: 07788100757

E-mail: rector@stbots.church

Youth: Revd. Andy Clark Tel: 01536 660363 E-mail: andy@stbots.church

Children: Revd. Andy Clark Mob: 07590617738 E-mail: andy@stbots.church

Wardens: Peter Jackson: Tel: 01536 514284 E-mail: peter2@curlycoats.me.uk

Ken Ansdell: Tel: 01536 392553 E-mail: ken.ansdell@ntlworld.com

Office: Tel: 01536 414052 E-mail: admin@stbots.church (Opening Hours Mon - Thursday

10:00am - 2:00pm.)

What’s happening next week?

• Monday 17th December

10:30am St Anne’s Care

Home Carol Service

1:00pm Staff meeting

2:30pm Orchard House

Carol Service

7:00pm Wardens meet

7:30pm Bell ringers

7:30pm 18-30s

• Tuesday 18th December

9:30am Make & Play

Christmas Party

10:00am St Edmund’s Coffee

morning

7:30pm Knit & Natter

• Wednesday 19th December

9:30am Ladies Bible Study

8:00pm LINK

• Thursday 20th December

7:30pm 1eighty

Friday 21st December

1:00pm Latimer Carol

Services

7:30pm Music Practice

Services at St Botolph’s

Sunday 23rd December

10:00am All Age Service

5:00pm Carols by Candlelight

7:00pm Carols by Candlelight

Christmas Diary

16th Dec Carols on the Green - 4pm

18th Dec Make & Play Christmas Party

22nd Dec St Bots Carol Singing around

Barton

23rd Dec All Age Service at 10am

Carols by Candlelight at 5pm

& 7pm

24th Dec Christingle at St Bots at 4pm

Midnight Communion at

11.30pm

25th Dec St Edmund’s Christmas

Morning Service at 9am

Christmas Morning

Celebration at St Bots at 10am

followed by short service of Holy

Communion

30th Dec All Age Service at 10am

Christmas Greeting Board

Wish a Happy Christmas to St Bots

family the Greetings Board in church. You can

make a donation in the collection tin below

the board. Bring your card and pin it to the

board. This year the nominated charity is

Kettering Night Shelter - Safe Until Daylight

St Botolph’s Church Family News

16th December 2018 Third Sunday of Advent

” And while they were there, the time

came for her to give birth. And she

gave birth to her firstborn son

and wrapped him in swaddling cloths

and laid him in a manger, because

there was no place for them in the inn ”

Luke 2:6-7

www.stbots.church

Youth and Children’s Band

We are aiming to have our youth and children’s

band again on Christmas Eve at the Christingle

Service and we still need some volunteers.

Please let me know if you have an instrument

and would be able to play (piano sorted!) If you

think you may only manage one or two of the

songs then that is totally fine! Just come and

have a go!

Once I know who we have I‘ll give out music

ASAP so that you can practise at home. There

will be a band practise before the Christingle

service starting at 2.30pm and it’s essential

that you come to that!

All tinsel and Christmas jumpers/hats

compulsory on the day! Let me know if you are

interested. Kirsty Clark

Children’s and Youth Choir

Thank you to all those who have joined the

Christmas Children & Youth choir this year.

A reminder that the next practices are after

the 9.15am service in the youth office

upstairs in Church House today (16th Dec )

and at 3.15pm on Christmas Eve (this

practise is essential to be at!)

Kirsty Clark

Evangelism Training for Healthcare

Workers

2nd February, Church House 9.30 to 4.30

Every Christian health professional has a

unique opportunity to improve their

patients' physical and spiritual health, but

many feel frustrated by the challenge of

integrating faith and practice within time

constraints and legal obligations.

In our contact with patients we are called to

be 'the salt of the earth' - flavouring life with

grace and truth. Saline Solution is designed

to help Christian healthcare professionals

bring Christ and his good news into their

work.

Speak to Sheila Matthews for more

information.01536726759

Further information and booking form can

be found here.

https://www.cmf.org.uk/juniors/events/

saline-solution-kettering/

Services

16th December

9:15am Family Carols

11:00am Morning Service

4:00pm Carols on the Green

ST BOTOLPH’S “900plus FESTIVAL”

planned for 2020

The PCC has decided it would be good to

celebrate the fact that there has been a

Christian witness in Barton Seagrave,

through what we now call St Botolph’s

Church, for at least 900 years. This witness

will, of course, continue into the future.

The intention is that 2020 will be a festival

year, with events to help us and the people of

Barton Seagrave to celebrate these 900+ years

of witness.

Derek Wade has been asked to oversee the

planning and delivery of any events we may

decide upon. If you would like to be

involved in this on-going planning and

delivery process, please let Derek know,

preferably by e-mail, before Christmas.

If you don’t wish to be involved but have a

suggestion to make, again, please let Derek

know by e-mail before Christmas.

Ideas already “on the table” include music

festival, arts/flower festival, floodlighting

the church, special peal of bells/handbells,

history tours and lots of others.

There will be an initial brain-storming meeting

soon after Christmas, and then regular planning

meetings throughout 2019 and into 2020.

Individuals may be invited to take on particular

roles, as necessary.

Safe Until Daylight

S afe Until Daylight CIC, the winter shelter for those who have no home through out the

winter of 2018/2019.

This winter, the shelter will open from Nov 2018 – March 2019. The shelter will have

beds for up to 15 people who have no home. Each person will be referred through

KBC Housing Options Team.

We are always grateful for support in running the shelter and the donations we receive from

the community.

We especially need help with the following products:

Towels (hand and bath) Flannels, Soap, Tooth Paste, Tooth Brushes, Shampoo, Deodorant

Washing powder, Men’s Socks.

Donations can be dropped to KCU Main office at 51 Gold Street, Kettering, please ask for

Sylvia.

A DATE FOR YOUR DIARIES

Our Mission Partners from Beijing, Andrew

and Sarah Perrett, will be spending the day

at St Bot’s on SUNDAY 20th JANUARY.

Andrew will be preaching at the services,

and there will be a BRING AND SHARE

LUNCH, when Andrew and Sarah will tell us

about the challenging changes that are

happening in China.

So, put the date in your diaries!

Mental Health Service (from Kettering

Borough Council)

We are very pleased to let all partners know

that from Monday 3rd December 2018 there

will be an additional service available within

the customer service centre at Kettering

Borough Council, Bowling Green Road.

The NHFT are funding a Mind mental health

navigator to help residents needing mental

health support across the borough of

Kettering, this will be available Monday to

Friday 9:00 am until 5:00 p.m.

This service is available to all, there will be

opportunities for drop ins and appointments.

Please share this information to make people

aware this service is now available, this is a

three month pilot to identify if there is a

need for this service so we need to ensure

we publicise this service to give it the best

opportunity to continue after the trial period.

St. Botolph’s Visiting Team

Please let one of our visiting team know if

there is anyone you think would

appreciate a visit.

Alice Spence - 726291

Kate Curnock - 484555

Nancy Williams - 516133

Gloria Smith - 723193

Help us to enfold our church family with

prayer. Please pray for these people this

week:

• June Eastwood & family

• Heather & Don Cash

• Graham Bell

• Sandy & Steve Frost

• Carol Allen

• Michaela Santoro

• Paul and Rachel Samways

• Pat Thomas

• Ron & Christine Eyre

• Bob Hart

Praying For the Persecuted Church

https://www.opendoorsuk.org

https://releaseinternational.org

http://www.csw.org.uk

Saturday Hour of Prayer

Will continue on the first Saturday of the

month from 9:00am to 10:00am in the Panelled Room of Church House. • 5th January • 2nd February

Asia Bibi (Pakistan)

Asia was falsely accused of blasphemy in

2009 & sentenced to death in 2010. She was

acquitted recently but continues to be at risk

of harm from extremists. Please keep her in

your prayers and that of the wider

Christian community of Pakistan.

C arol Singing around Barton

Seagrave

St Botolph’s will be singing carols

around Barton Seagrave on

Saturday December 22nd from 6:00pm to

7:30pm.

Sign up if you would like to join the happy

throng!

Services Today, Sunday 16th December

Please note that the 11am service will take

place as normal, following Family Carols.

There won’t be a 6:30pm service due to

Carols on the Green being at 4:00pm.

Refreshments

Please join us for refreshments which

will be served today after the 9:15am

service in Church House.

Scoutpost 2018 (Last Chance)

This years Scoutpost Box is now in Church

House for local area Christmas post

deliveries covering Kettering and

surrounding villages until Sunday morning

16th December.

Office Closure

Church office will be closed on

Thursday 20th December.

Compassion UK

James Waddell who spoke at the morning

services last Sunday has been in touch to

say thank you for your response to the

appeal for sponsoring children in poverty.

9 families have signed to sponsor at

present with the potential for a total of 14.

He describes this as awesome.