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Welcome to our Parish website
Thank you for visiting our Parish website. We hope you find everything you want to know about the Team Parish of Melton Mowbray, which consists of 6 churches across the Melton Mowbray area. For more information on any of our churches, simply click on the picture of your choice of church below.
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The parish team
 Revd Kevin Ashby
Team Rector
57 Burton Road, MM, LE13 1DL
(01664) 503535 (07921 919917)
rector@meltonparish.org.uk
 Revd Dr Mary Barr
Team Vicar
The Vicarage, 23 Melton Road,
Waltham on the Wolds, MM, LE14 4AJ (01664 464293)
vicarmary@meltonparish.org.uk
Active retired clergy:
Revd Graham Spencer,
07904 229284 grahamandtrish@talktalk.net
The Revd Canon Peter Moseling, 48 Wymondham Way, Melton Mowbray LE13 1HX 01664 669289 frp.moseling@tiscali.co.uk
Church wardens:
St Mary’s, Melton Mowbray
Roger Kirby 01664 560080
John Spence 01664 813944
St Mary the Virgin, Thorpe Arnold
Tricia Lynott 01664 562959
Catherine Shenton 01664 850422
St James’ Church, Burton Lazars
Janet King 01664 372373
Jenny Pengelly 01664 668095
St Bartholomew's Church, Welby
Peter Franklin 01664 569602
Colin Beavis 01664 851386
St Leonard's Church, Sysonby
Colin Moulds 01664 852391
David Wilford 01664 560968
Freeby Church
Jane Meakin 01664 564827
Mel Greaves
GENERAL ENQUIRIES
The Parish Office
8 Burton Street
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire LE13 1AE
Telephone: 01664 562267
EMAIL
admin@meltonparish.org.uk
PARISH WEBSITE
www.melton.leicester.anglican.org
 WEB EDITOR -
Phil Balding
Telephone:
07555
366597.
philloveskaren@yahoo.co.uk
The Samworth Centre
at St Mary’s
8 Burton Street
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire LE13 1AE
 CENTRE BOOKINGS
Linda Abbott -
Centre Manager
Telephone: 01664 503521
Fax: 01664 503539
manager@samworth-stmarys.org.uk
 CAFÉ AT THE CENTRE
Carol Sloan -
Cafe Manager
Telephone: 01664 503525
THE SAMWORTH CENTRE:
To book rooms or equipment,
please ring Linda on 503521
CAFÉ @ THE CENTRE:
To arrange catering or buffets, please ring Carol on 503525
ST MARY’S CHURCH
For Church bookings, ring Alison on 503530
To book concerts in church, please ring Roger Kirby on 560080
PARISH MAGAZINE
Please forward ALL articles to:
Keith Wilson
email: kgw87mm@aol.com
If you do not have access to email, hard copy (typed please) can be left at the Samworth Centre front desk.
To advertise in the parish magazine contact Advertising Manager Derek Larder on 01664 569245
To subscribe to the magazine and to receive it regularly each month contact Ken Mason on 01664 851930.
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Mollie Wheatley got the surprise of her life when she attended her first Midnight Mass in St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, on Christmas Eve last year. To find out more click here.
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Melton Mowbray Team Parish Rector, the Revd Kevin Ashby, is leading a 9 day tour of Sicily in Italy from August 26th until September 3rd, 2019. This includes a trip by coach to the top of Mt Etna, the towns of Taormina and Cefalu, the gorges of Alcantara, the medieval city of Randazzo and the “Villa del Casale”, the Valley of the Temples (showing the paganism St Paul was confronted by when he visited the island), Palermo with its Duomo, Cathedral, Palatine Chapel and Catacombs of the Capuchin monks, mummified and preserved, and the north-west coast, visiting Trapani and the ancient Phoenician towns of Erice and Marsala.
*To download a brochure and booking form click here.
*To download a letter from the Revd Ashby, which outlines what the tour entails, click here.
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| | Don't delay... you have until Monday, 21st January to get your booking form in for our annual New Year's parish meal at the Sysonby Knoll Hotel on Wednesday, 23rd January, 7pm for 7.30pm. Download a form by reading on... |
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| | Find out which services are on in the parish by reading on... |
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| | Find out what is happening where in the parish this week. |
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| | If you've finished some of the books you had for Christmas, and are wondering what to do with them, why not bring them to St Mary's Church, Melton? We are collecting books in a box at the back of the church to use at our Saturday activities mornings. |
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| | Here's a novel idea... for the next Saturday activities morning in St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, on February 9th we will be celebrating Read in the Bathtub Day. |
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| | A funeral service will take place at Rothley Parish Church (LE7 7PD) at 1.30pm on Thursday, 24th January, followed by committal at Loughborough Crematorium, for Suzanne Hooper who died recently. |
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| | In November it was announced that the £1.9m Heart of St Mary’s Reordering Project at St Mary’s Church, Melton Mowbray, had won a coveted national award. |
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| | It's been a long time coming, but the wait has been well worth it. Yes, St James' Church, Burton Lazars, is now open looking cleaner, brighter and more welcoming. |
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| | The New Year got off to a flying start for visitors to the January activities morning in St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, on Saturday (January 12th) when they were entertained by members of the New St George Morris dancers. |
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| | Don't miss the annual Pancake Supper to be held this year on Tuesday, March 5th, in Thorpe Arnold Village Hall from 7pm onwards. |
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| | Don't miss the next Lunchtime Organ Recital in St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, on Tuesday, 22nd January, when Ian Imlay, from Leicester, will be playing. |
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| | Our Tiny Tots Service for children under school-age, from babes in arms up, and their parents, grandparents, childminders, nappy changers, etc, is back after the Christmas break, starting on Thursday, January 10th in St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray. |
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| | The next Care and Share Lunch will be held on Sunday, 27th January, at 12.15pm in the Samworth Centre. As always, all are welcome to join us for fellowship and food. |
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| | The next meeting of St Mary’s Mothers’ Union will be on Friday, 18th January, at 2pm in the Samworth Centre. There will be the Annual meeting followed by a talk on voluntary work in prisons given by Peter Scott. |
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| | Our thoughts and prayers go out to Team Vicar, the Revd Dr Mary Barr, pictured, who had a nasty fall on a steep slope in her garden just before Christmas and has fractured the bone at the top of her right arm. |
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| | Folk visit our Church for a variety of reasons… and how disappointing it is for them if the door is closed and locked, writes the Revd Kevin Ashby. |
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| | The monthly Prayer Diary for January is now available to download.
To find out more, read on... |
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| | Melton Mowbray Team Parish Rector, the Revd Kevin Ashby, is leading a 9 day tour of Sicily in Italy from August 26th until September 3rd, 2019. |
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| | This year the Samworth Centre@St Mary’s, a designated charity, has its 15th birthday, writes Keith Wilson.
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| | New to the web site? Take a quick tour to get you started... |
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Services in the Team Parish
Sunday 20th January
~ Epiphany 3
St Mary's, Melton Mowbray
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
St Mary the Virgin, Thorpe Arnold
9.45am Family Communion
St James, Burton Lazars
Holy Communion (BCP)
St Bartholomew's, Welby
3.00pm Holy Communion (BCP)
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This beautiful floral display is part of the work of St Mary's Church Flower Guild. To find out more about the Flower Guild and what it does click here.
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An updated booklet detailing the Saturday activities mornings in St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, is now available to view by clicking here.
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Samworth Centre
Are you planning a party, meeting or starting up a group or club?
Are you looking for a room to use?
Do you require a buffet or light refreshments for your function?
If the answer is yes to any of the above then contact Samworth Centre Manager Linda Abbott on 01664 503 521 or email manager@samworth-stmarys.org.uk or click here to download a brochure.
Room Hire Charges are as follows: Rate A: For all charity groups/groups that do not charge for participation. Rate B: All other users. Prices listed below are the hourly rate for hiring rooms.
Room Max capacity A B
1 15-20 £6 £10
2 50 £10 £15
3 50 £10 £15
4 40-50 £10 £15
2 & 3 100 £20 £30
*For a list of groups meeting weekly and monthly in the Samworth Centre, and the days on which they meet, click here.
The Samworth Centre now has a piano available for use by groups or for tuition hire. If anyone is interested please contact manager Linda Abbott on 01664 503521 or email her on: manager@samworth-stmarys.org.uk.
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"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
- W. Somerset Maugham.
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