June 2017

JUNE 2017 ISSUE 131 


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Magazine of the parishes of Market Rasen, Legsby, Linwood and Lissington 

To 

PARISH NEWS 

The Parishes and Chaplaincies of the Church of England 

The General Election, June 8 th 2017 

Embargoed until 00:01, Saturday May 6th 2017 

The season of Easter invites us to celebrate and to renew our love of God and our 

our trust and hope in God and in each other. In the midst of a frantic and sometim 

campaign, our first obligation as Christians is to pray for those standing for offi 

to pray for those who are elected. We recognise the enormous responsibil 

complexity of the issues that our political leaders face. We are constantly remind 

costs and burdens carried by those in political life and by their families. 

Our second obligation as Christians at these times is to set aside apathy and 

participate, and encourage others to do the same. At a practical level that could 

hustings event for candidates, volunteering for a candidate, or simply makin 

Thursday 8th June. The Christian virtues of love, trust and hope should guide and 

as well as the actions and policies of all those who are seeking election to the H 

and to lead our country. 

This election is being contested against the backdrop of deep and profound qu 

Opportunities to renew and reimagine our shared values as a country and a U 

Great Britain and Northern Ireland only come around every few generations. We 

Our Christian heritage, our current choices and our obligations to future genera 

world will all play a shaping role. If our shared British values are to carry the w 

now stand and the challenges ahead of us, they must have at their core, cohe 

stability. 

Cohesion is what holds us together. The United Kingdom, when at its best, has b 

a sense not only of living for ourselves, but by a deeper concern for the 

marginalised, and for the common good. At home that includes education for all, 

and serious solutions to our housing challenges, the importance of creating comm 

buildings, and a confident and flourishing health service that gives support to all - 

The Venerable Mark Steadman, Archdeacon of Stow & Lindsey leads the 

service held on 30th April to institute The Reverend Stephen Johnson as 

Rector of the Parishes of Market Rasen, Linwood, Legsby and Lissington 

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REV. STEVE JOHNSON 

email: vicar@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

The Rectory 

3B Caistor Road 

Market Rasen 

LN8 3HY 

CHURCH WARDENS 

Telephone: 

01673 844 770 

Mobile: 

07766 411 090 

Tony Parkinson - 07889 754 347 

Sue Truelove - 07484 619 678 

Deputy Wardens 

Jenny Goulsbra - Marcus Hyde 

Regular Features 

4 A Letter from the Vicar 

5 A Letter from the Archbishops 

8 Parish News 

10 Services & Events 

12 Parish News 

14 Prayers 

14 Parish Registers 

17 Fun Pages 

CHOIRMASTER & ORGANIST 

Simon Cole - 07896 772 058 

Dear Lord, this Magazine is published in your honour: 

Grant that all through whose hands it passes may be blessed 

with a sense of your presence, and strengthened in their faith. 

TREASURER 

David Hill - 01673 844 577 

email: treasurer@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

SAFEGUARDING OFFICER 

Sheila Lamming - 01673 842 275 

MAGAZINE EDITOR 

Marcus Hyde 

email: editor@stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

Online 

Website 

www.stthomasmarketrasen.org.uk 

Facebook 

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@MarketRasenMessyChurch 

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A Letter from the Vicar 

Dear Friends, 

Who would have thought that I would get a letter from the Queen! 

And not just one letter but four! And for those who are thinking I have had 

a significant birthday you are quite wrong! This is what I was given on 

Sunday 30th April when Venerable Mark Steadman, Archdeacon of Stow 

and Lyndsey came to institute me as Rector of the Parishes of Market 

Rasen, Linwood, Legsby and Lissington. Certainly a moment I 

will not forget. This is also an honour for the people of our 

parishes as each letter of induction represents the congregations 

which I serve. Our Queen has been made aware of all four 

parishes! What an honour for you all. I would like to thank 

everyone for the good wishes on this special service and the appreciation shown of my ministry 

here so far. It was wonderful to share Evensong with so many people from across the Parishes, 

Deanery and Diocese as a whole. The contribution made by The Diocesan Ladies Choir and choir 

members from across the Deanery that supported them was also very much appreciated. 

Being called to serve here in Market Rasen was something that I felt strongly about when I first 

spoke to Archdeacon Jane Sinclair just 3 years ago. I felt God had a purpose for me here. God 

calls us in our lives to serve in different places and in different times. I am often touched when I 

receive a letter from Rev Victor Searle Barnes a previous Priest of the parish which encourages 

and supports my ministry. It is also good to remember his ministry and the ministry of other clergy 

and Lay Readers who have served you over the years. 

Each one of us is called by God whether we are ordained or not. He calls each of us by name to 

serve him in our everyday lives. Sometimes this can be a difficult path but one which we know 

God has called us to share with fellow Christians. Soon I will be joined by the Rev Claire Walker 

who will be our Curate in July. As we prepare for the arrival of Claire, her husband Darren and 

children Rory and Erin please hold them in your prayers. It’s a big step entering into ministry in a 

strange place and I am sure that you will welcome them into our church life here. 

Ministry is something which you do not take on lightly. Being a presence in the world to represent 

God and His people is a huge privilege and responsibility. One which I have tried my very best to 

do wherever I have felt God calling me to be. It can have great time and demands not just on 

yourself but that of your family. Remembering to rest and reflect in God’s presence is of vital 

importance. Can I ask that as Claire arrives in Market Rasen we warmly welcome her but we also 

give her and the family time and space to adjust to new surroundings, schools and churches. Her 

Ordination is in Lincoln Cathedral on Sunday 3rd July. We hope to organise a bus so that everyone 

has an opportunity to share in this joyous moment with all being ordained Deacon at this time. 

Every Blessing 

Rev Steve 

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To 


A Letter from the Archbishops 

The Parishes and Chaplaincies of the Church of England 


The season of Easter invites us to celebrate and to renew 

our love of God and our love of neighbour, our trust and 

hope in God and in each other. In the midst of a frantic and sometimes To fraught election 

campaign, our first obligation as Christians is to pray for those standing for office, and to 

continue to pray for those who are elected. We recognise the enormous responsibilities 

To 

and the vast complexity of the issues that our political leaders face. We are constantly 

reminded of the personal costs The Parishes and and burdens Chaplaincies carried of the Church by of England those in political life and by their 

families. 


Embargoed until 00:01, Saturday May 6th 2017 

The Parishes and Chaplaincies of the Chur 


Embargoed until 00:01, Saturday May 6th 

The season of Easter invites us to celebrate 

our trust and hope in God and in each othe 

campaign, our first obligation as Christian 

to pray for those who are elected. We 

complexity of the issues that our political 

costs and burdens carried by those in politi 

Our second obligation as Christians at these times is to set aside apathy and cynicism and 

to participate, and encourage others to do the same. At a practical level that could mean 

The season of Easter invites us to celebrate and to renew our love of God and our love of neighbour, 

putting on a hustings event our for trust candidates, hope in God and volunteering each other. In the for midst a of candidate, a frantic sometimes or simply fraught election making 

campaign, our first obligation as Christians is to pray for those standing for office, and to continue 

sure to vote on Thursday 

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seeking election to the House of Commons and to lead our country. 

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participate, and encourage others to do th 

Our second obligation as Christians at these times is to set aside hustings apathy event and cynicism for candidates, to volunteeri 

participate, and encourage others to do the same. At a practical level that could mean putting on a 

Thursday 8th June. The Christian virtues o 

as well as the actions and policies of all th 

This election is being contested against the backdrop of deep and profound questions of 

hustings event for candidates, volunteering for a candidate, or simply making sure to vote on 

identity. Opportunities to Thursday renew 8th and June. The reimagine Christian virtues our of love, shared trust and hope values should guide as a and country judge our actions, and a 

as well as the actions and policies of all those who are seeking election and to to lead the our House country. of Commons 

United Kingdom of Great and Britain to lead our country. and Northern Ireland only come around every few 

generations. We are in such This a time. election is being contested against the backdrop of deep and profound questions of identity. 

This election is being contested against th 

Opportunities to renew and reimagine ou 

Opportunities to renew and reimagine our shared values as a country Great Britain and a United and Northern Kingdom Ireland of only co 

Our Christian heritage, our Great current Britain and choices Northern Ireland only our come obligations around every few to generations. future We generations are in such a time. and 

to God’s world will all play Our Christian a shaping heritage, role. our current If our choices shared and our obligations British to values future generations are to and carry to God’s the 

world will all play a shaping role. If our shared British values are to carry the weight of where we 

weight of where we now stand and the challenges ahead of us, they must have at their 

now stand and the challenges ahead of us, they must have at their core, cohesion, courage and 

core, cohesion, courage and stability. 

stability. 

Our Christian heritage, our current choice 

world will all play a shaping role. If our s 

now stand and the challenges ahead of u 

Cohesion is what holds us together. The United Kingdom, when at its best, has been represented by 

Cohesion is what holds us together. The United at its best, has been 

a sense not only of living for ourselves, but by a deeper concern for the weak, poor and 

represented by a sense not marginalised, only of and living for the common for ourselves, good. At home that but includes by education a deeper for all, concern the need for urgent for the 

and serious solutions to our housing challenges, the importance of creating communities as well as 

weak, poor and marginalised, buildings, and and for a confident the common and flourishing good. health service At that home gives support that includes to all - especially education 

the 

for all, the need for urgent and serious solutions to our housing challenges, the importance 

of creating communities as well as buildings, and a confident and flourishing health 

service that gives support to all - especially the vulnerable - not least at the beginning and 

end of life. Abroad it is seen in many ways, including the 0.7% aid commitment, properly 

applied in imaginative ways, standing up for those suffering persecution on grounds of 

faith, and our current leading on campaigns against slavery, trafficking, and sexual 

violence in conflicts. 

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Cohesion is what holds us together. The U 

a sense not only of living for ourselve 

marginalised, and for the common good. A 

and serious solutions to our housing chall 

buildings, and a confident and flourishing


Archbishops letter continued… 

Courage, which includes aspiration, competition and ambition, should guide us into trading 

agreements that, if they are effective and just, will also reduce the drivers for mass 

movements of peoples. We must affirm our capacity to be an outward looking and generous 

country, with distinctive contributions to peacebuilding, development, the environment and 

welcoming the stranger in need. Our economic and financial systems at home and abroad 

should aim to be engines of innovation, not simply traders for their own account. The need 

for a just economy is clear, but there is also the relatively new and influential area of ‘just 

finance’, and there are dangers of an economy over-reliant on debt, which risks crushing 

those who take on too much. Courage also demands a radical approach to education, so that 

the historic failures of technical training and the over-emphasis on purely academic 

subjects are rebalanced, growing productivity and tackling with vigour the exclusion of the 

poorest groups from future economic life. 

Stability, an ancient and Benedictine virtue, is about living well with change. Stable 

communities will be skilled in reconciliation, resilient in setbacks and diligent in 

sustainability, particularly in relation to the environment. They will be ones in which we 

can be collectively a nation of ‘glad and generous hearts’. To our concern for housing, 

health and education as foundations for a good society, we add marriage, the family and the 

household as foundational communities, which should be nurtured and supported as such, 

not just for the benefit of their members, but as a blessing for the whole of society. 

Contemporary politics needs to re-evaluate the importance of religious belief. The 

assumptions of secularism are not a reliable guide to the way the world works, nor will 

they enable us to understand the place of faith in other people’s lives. Parishes and 

Chaplaincies of the Church of England serve people of all faiths and none. Their 

contribution and that of other denominations and faiths to the well-being of the nation is 

immense – schools, food banks, social support, childcare among many others - and is freely 

offered. But the role of faith in society is not just measured in terms of service- delivery. 

The new Parliament, if it is to take religious freedom seriously, must treat as an essential 

task the improvement of religious literacy. More immediately, if we aspire to a politics of 

maturity and generosity, then the religious faith of any election candidate should not be 

treated by opponents as a vulnerability to be exploited. We look forward to a media and 

political climate where all candidates can feel confident that they can be open about the 

impact of their faith on their vocation to public service. 

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Archbishops letter continued… 

Religious belief is the well-spring for the virtues and practices that make for good 

individuals, strong relationships and flourishing communities. In Britain, these 

embedded virtues are not unique to Christians, but they have their roots in the Christian 

history of our four nations. If treated as partners in the project of serving the country, the 

churches – and other faiths – have much to contribute to a deep understanding and 

outworking of the common good. 

Political responses to the problems of religiously-motivated violence and extremism, at 

home and overseas, must also recognise that solutions will not be found simply in further 

secularisation of the public realm. Mainstream religious communities have a central role 

to play; whilst extremist narratives require compelling counter-narratives that have a 

strong theological and ideological foundation. 

Cohesion, courage and stability are all needed in our response to the continuing national 

conversation about migration and refugees. Offering a generous and hospitable welcome 

to refugees and migrants is a vital expression of our common humanity, but it is not 

without cost and we should not be deaf to the legitimate concerns that have been 

expressed about the scale of population flows and the differential impact it has on 

different parts of society. The pressures of integration must be shared more equitably. 

These deep virtues and practices – love, trust and hope, cohesion, courage and stability - 

are not the preserve of any one political party or worldview, but go to the heart of who 

we are as a country in all of its diversity. An election campaign, a Parliament and a 

Government that hold to these virtues give us a firm foundation on which to live well 

together, for the common good. 

We keep in our prayers all those who are standing in this election and are deeply grateful 

for their commitment to public service. All of us as Christians, in holding fast to the 

vision of abundant life, should be open to the call to renounce cynicism, to engage 

prayerfully with the candidates and issues in this election and by doing so to participate 

together fully in the life of our communities. 

In the Name of our Risen Lord, 

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At Mini Messy Church we have been very busy during the month of May. We have spent 

time looking at the story of Moses crossing the Red Sea, learning about a beautiful Queen 

called Esther who saved the Jewish people and how we can say our prayers to God using 

the Lord’s Prayer. 

Mini Messy Church families have begun to look 

at prayer for the "Thy Kingdom Come" 

Archbishop's initiative taking place between the 

25th May and the 4th June. We heard how God 

will listen when we talk to him. Fun was had 

making cup telephones and our older children 

wrote their own prayers which we used during 

worship. We will be taking our photographs to 

the Event being held in Lincoln Cathedral at the 

beginning of June to show the work we are doing 

within our community. 

We became royalty for the day earlier in the 

month as we shared the story of a rather 

beautiful Queen Esther! Dressing up and 

making wooden spoon puppets helped us tell 

the story to our young families. Even our 

Puppet Mini joined in the fun. 

When we shared the story of Moses leading 

the Jewish people to safety across the Red 

Sea we made cupcakes decorated with blue 

icing and jelly baby Moses'. Needless to say 

these lovely tasting treats didn’t really last till 

our story was told later in the morning! The 

children also enjoyed making waves which we used to tell the story during our worship. 

Thank you all for the prayers and support our families and team of helpers receive each 

week. For this we are very grateful. As the 

summer approaches we are getting ready for our 

annual picnic and farewell party to all the 

children who will be leaving us this year and 

heading off to school for the first time. 

Liz Johnson 

Mini Messy Church News 

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United Service for Christian Aid 

On Sunday 14th May St Thomas’ Church Market Rasen 

hosted a United Christian Aid Service to mark the 

start of Christian Aid Week here in Market 

Rasen. We had the privilege to be joined by 

Judy Perry who is the Regional Coordinator for 

Christian Aid covering Lincolnshire. She gave an 

excellent talk on the work of Christian Aid which 

was both inspiring and thought provoking. It was 

good to see so many people from the churches in 

the town join us for the first service of its kind here in Market Rasen. Next year we 

hope to repeat the same event and hold it at the Methodist Church. Thank you to 

everyone who came and has donated to Christian Aid during this important week. 

For the most dedicated professional help, knowledge and understanding 

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Following the 'Thy Kingdom Come' event we would like to explore a variety of ways to 

pray. As well as Morning Prayer at 9am each week day, the Church will be open on the 

first Monday of the month at 2pm - 3pm, the first being held on June 5 th . We will be 

trying new ideas and praying for the requested prayers on the notice board. Everyone is 

welcome to join us for all or part of the time together. 

For more information, contact Rev Steve Johnson or Grace Tompkins. 

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JUNE SERVICES 

Sunday in 

4th June 2017 

(1st Sunday) 

Pentecost 

11th June 2017 18th June 2017 

(2nd Sunday) 

(3rd Sunday) 

Trinity Sunday 

Trinity 1 

Market Rasen 

In the villages 

In the Week 

8am Holy Communion 

(BCP) Rev Steve Johnson 

10 am Family Service 

with Holy Communion 

(CW) followed by a bring 

and share lunch. Rev 

Steve Johnson 

Mon 5th June 

8.30am Morning Prayer 

St Thomas, Market Rasen 

7.30pm PCC meeting at 

St Thomas’ Church, 

Market Rasen 

Tue 6th June 



Wed 7th June 


St.Thomas, Market Rasen 

10-11.30am Mini Messy 

Church in Church Rooms 

7.30pm Bell Ringing 

Practice 

7.30pm PCC meeting at 

Lissington 

Thur 8th June 

9.30am Holy Communion 

(BCP) St Thomas Market 

Rasen Rev Steve Johnson 

10.30am Waterloo House 

Holy Communion 

Fri 9th June 



7.15pm Choir Practice 

7.30pm Emmaus Bowling 

Trip to Lincoln 


with Children’s Church 

and Young People’s Group 

(CW) Rev Steve Johnson 

4-6pm Messy Church St 

Thomas, Market Rasen 


St. John the Baptist 

Lissington (BCP) 

Rev Steve Johnson 

11.30am Holy 

Communion at St 

Cornelius, Linwood (BCP) 

Rev Steve Johnson 











Church in the Church 

Rooms 

7.00pm Archdeacons 

Visitation Service. St 

Thomas Market Rasen 





10.30am Holy 

Communion at The 

Poplars 








with Children’s Church 


(CW) Rev Steve Johnson 

4pm Songs of Praise at St 

Thomas’ Church, Legsby 







Wed 21st June 

9.00am Morning Prayer at 




Rooms 


Practice 

Thurs 22nd June 




Fri 23rd June 



7pm Quiz at Festival Hall 

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AND EVENTS 2017 

25th June 2017 2nd July 2017 

(4th Sunday) 

(1st Sunday) 

Trinity 2 

Trinity 3 

Education Sunday Patronal Festival 


and Education Sunday 

Service with the pupils 

and staff of Market Rasen 

Church of England 

Primary School (CW) Rev 

Steve Johnson 

3pm Dementia Service 

Rev Steve & Grace Tompkins 

6.30pm Evensong at St 

John the Baptist 

Lissington led by Roy 

Sutton 



10.30am Ordination of 

Claire Walker in Lincoln 

Cathedral 

SUNDAY 11th June 

4pm -6pm 

St Thomas’ Church 

Market Place 

WEDNESDAYS 

10am -11.30am 

ST. THOMAS’ CHURCH ROOMS 

(TERM TIME ONLY) 












Rooms 


Practice 









Mon 3rd July 



Tues 4th July 



Wed 5th July 




Church in Church Rooms 


Practice 

Thur 6th July 




10.30am Waterloo House 

Holy Communion 

7.30pm Legsby PCC 

meeting 

Fri 8th July 




QUIZ NIGHT 

at 

FRIDAY 23rd June 

7.00pm start 

TICKETS £5.00 per Person 

Including generous 

Ploughman’s supper. 

Teams of 4 to 6 

Bar available throughout 

the evening. 

For Tickets please Contact 

Zeph Lawes ( via Facebook) 

or 

Liz Johnson at 

the Rectory on 01673 844770 

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A letter from the Primary School 

News from Market Rasen Church of England Primary School – May 2017 

Welcome to this term’s news from our Primary School. As ever, we have been very busy 

with various activities as the end of the school year is fast approaching. 

Our Year Two and Six children have successfully completed their National Curriculum 

Assessments. We are very proud of their commitment to achieve and the hard work that 

they displayed. We look forward to celebrating their achievements with them later in the 

year. On Friday 15 th June, our Year Five / Six children will be visiting London for the 

day where they will be visiting the National History Museum and the Science Museum 

to link with their topics this year. 

Our children are thoroughly enjoying their cooking lessons which are running 

successfully each week with the help of our cook, Mrs Barnes. The garden phase of our 

outdoor area has also been completed and the children have been busy planting seeds to 

grow produce to cook in our kitchen to be served with our hot meals. 

We are looking forward to our Religious Education themed week after half term where 

we will be focusing on Christianity as a world religion. Each class will produce a section 

of a large scale cross that will be linked to Christian themes of the Understanding 

Christianity resource that we have been using across the school. We are also in the 

process of planning our Education Sunday Service with Reverend Steve and we are 

looking forward to seeing lots of you at the service. 

Many of you may have seen the knights in the news that are being unveiled as part of the 

Knights’ Trail that will be at key locations around Lincoln from the 20 th of May. Our 

knight is in the process of being completed and we are very excited about it joining the 

rest of the knights on display later in the summer. 

We continue to have lots of exciting things planned before the end of term, including 

Sports Day, Music Evening, Key Stage Two production, visits and visitors to work with 

the children and many more events taking place. We look forward to you joining us for 

many of these in our busy end of term calendar. 

If you would like any further information or to discuss anything with us, please phone 

t h e S c h o o l O f f i c e o n 0 1 6 7 3 8 4 2 3 9 5 o r v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t 

www.marketrasen.lincs.sch.uk 

You can also follow us on Twitter at @NorthWoldsFed where you will find out more 

about what we have been doing in school. 

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Dementia Friendly Service 

St Thomas’ Church, Market Rasen, Sunday 25th June at 3pm 

Dementia is one of the greatest challenges facing our 

ageing society. There are 850,000 people living with 

dementia in the UK now and the number is expected to 

increase to two million by 2051. For those living with 

dementia and their carers, this disease can be extremely 

demanding physically, emotionally and spiritually – a real test of love and faith. Some 

often give up coming to church, as those who accompany the person with dementia can 

no longer cope with the embarrassment to themselves and their loved one or the 

disruption to other people, so they choose to stay away. 

At St Thomas' we have been considering what it means to be a Dementia Friendly 

Church and how we can come alongside those who live with Dementia, their carers, 

family and friends. Everyone has a unique experience and contribution to bring to the life 

of the church. We are going to have a Dementia Friendly Service on Sunday 25th June at 

3pm. The service will be for half an hour and then followed by refreshments so that we 

can have a further time to relax with each other. All ages are welcome. 

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From the Parish Registers 

Congratulations to Rev. David & Elizabeth Inkpin, as they 

celebrate their Diamond Wedding on the 1st June 

Those who have been baptised 

in the faith of Christ 

13th May 2017 Clare Michelle Bradford 

21st May 2017 Grace Elizabeth Wilkinson 

Those who have been joined together 


St. Cornelius, Linwood 

Saturday 6th May 2017 

Lance Jackson Childs and Margaret Alison Tharby 

Those who have died 


16th May 2017 

Kenneth George Strawson (aged 92 years) 

Prayers 

Please pray for those who are sick or housebound 

Elizabeth and Rev David Inkpin, Betty Greathead, Mollie Sykes, 

Marion Morrison, Rev Victor Searle–Barnes, Alan Salmon, Lesley 

and Marcus Hyde, Rev David Post, Don Robinson, Peter Burton. 

Pray also for 

The terrorist attack in Manchester, those doing exams at this time, world 

peace, the forthcoming General Election, famine in South Sudan, 

Iraq, Syria, refugees, the environment, the homeless, the families 

coming to Mini Messy, Messy Church, our Children’s Church and 

Young People’s Group, The Poplars & Waterloo House. 

Please also pray for Claire Walker who will be joining us as Curate in 

July, her husband Darren and the children Rory and Erin, as Claire 

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Yes! It’s nearly that time of year again! 

Church Garden Party 

Saturday 15th July 2017 

We have raffle tickets to sell for a Grand Raffle to be drawn on the day. They are 

available at the back of the church. If you are able to take any to sell we would be most 

grateful. First prize is £100 followed by lots of excellent prizes that have been donated by 

members of our congregation. 

We are looking for helpers on the day. If you are able to help in anyway, please let 

members of the fundraising Group know. We would be most grateful. Help can be in any 

form – helping to move chairs, tables from church rooms, running a stall or a game, 

advertising the day, displaying a poster, delivering leaflets to local homes, or donating 

many of the things needed for the stalls. 

The stalls will be looking for the following items. 

• Gift Bag Surprises – good quality gift bags and/or prizes to go inside them. – Liz 

• Cakes and biscuits – on the day please! 

• Books – Tony or Chris 

• Good quality children’s toys – Marcus /Lesley 

• Bottles – full please, for the bottle stall! - Jenny/ Janet 

• Children’s prizes - Sheila 

• Plants – on the day please! 

• These can be left at the back of church or given to the stall holders 

If you would like to run another stall which we don’t presently have please let us know. 

LOUTH AND DISTRICT 

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Head Office Louth Telephone 01507 609 535 

There are drivers all around the local area. The 

nearest can be contacted on 01673 828 154 

Cost £4 for up to a 10 mile round trip - thereafter, 

40p per mile. 

Hours Monday to Thursday 10.00am - 4.00pm 

Friday 10.00am - 1.00pm 

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The Churches Festival 

Thank you to everyone who took part in this event over the 

weekend of 20th/21st May in both the Parishes of Legsby and 

Market Rasen. Both parishes managed to open their doors to 

allow people from far and wide come and explore the 

beautiful churches we have. St 

Thomas Market Rasen was open 

on both days and St Thomas 

Legsby on the Sunday. Both 

churches received many visitors 

who appreciated all the hard 

work that the congregation 

members had done to clean, decorate, provide needed 

refreshments and welcome on this special weekend. 

The flower decorations in both 

churches had taken a considerable amount of skill and time to 

produce – they were beautiful. Well done to all who helped in 

this, you are certainly a talented 

team of people! 

Visitors came from far and wide 

- County Durham, Uttoxeter, 

Nottingham and Scunthorpe to 

name but a few places on the 

visitor registers. Legsby even 

managed a visit from 

Sir Edward Leigh 

who took time out 

from his election 

schedule. We think 

he may have heard 

about Phil Vickers 

hot beef baps! 

Thank you again to everyone 

Rev Steve 

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Living Generously with our Care Homes 

As part of our Living Generously Campaign we now have a team of four helpers who 

accompany Rev Steve and Sheila Lamming each month as we take Holy Communion to 

members of our congregation and the wider community in Waterloo House and The Poplars 

Care Home here in Market Rasen. The month of May saw our first Communion at The 

Poplars and we were greeted warmly by both residents and staff. Helping with hymn books, 

service sheets and, of course, the singing was much appreciated by all who went. It is a real 

privilege and service to take communion to those who once served faithfully in our 

churches. Afterwards we enjoyed fellowship, over a cup of tea/coffee chatting to the 

residents, some of whom we pray for each week on our prayer lists. 

Thy Kingdom Come 

25th May - 4th June 

‘Thy Kingdom Come’ is a global prayer movement which the Archbishop of Canterbury is 

inviting people around the world to join. The wave of prayer has started in May and will run 

for 10 days between the Christian festivals of Ascension and Pentecost. 

There are Prayer Stations in St Thomas Church for people to come and take some time 

away from the hustle and bustle of daily life, relax and have some prayer time with the 

theme of The Lord's Prayer. The Prayer Stations will have various ideas for prayer and you 

may like to try a new way to talk with God or just spend some time listening for Him to talk 

with you. 

St Thomas' Church is open as notified on the poster - please take the opportunity to come 

and find a welcome at St Thomas’. 

Further information can be found in church or by contacting Grace Tompkins Tel 844427 

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Thy Kingdom Come 

Thursday 25th May - Sunday 4th June 

St Thomas Church, Market Rasen 

Church open 1-4pm daily 

except Saturday 3rd June open 3-5pm 

Prayer stations around the church based on 

The Lord's Prayer 

Other Services during the event 

May 25 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) followed by tea & 

cake 

7.00am 

Deanery Ascension Service at 

Nettleton St John the Baptist 

Church - All Welcome 

May 26 Friday 9.00am Morning Prayer 

May 27 Saturday 

May 28 Sunday 10.00am Holy Communion with Children’s Church 


May 29 Monday 9.00am Morning Prayer 

May 30 Tuesday 9.00am Morning Prayer 

May 31 Wednesday 9.00am Morning Prayer 

June 01 Thursday 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) followed by tea & cake 

June 02 Friday 9.00am Morning Prayer 

June 03 Saturday 9.30am onwards Gardeners’ Fair, 

Church Rooms 

3 -5 pm Church Open for Prayer Stations 

7.30pm 

Beacon Event Lincoln Cathedral 

(Free - but ticket required - see magazine) 

June 04 Sunday 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 

10.00am Family Service followed by 

Bring & Share Lunch 

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Gar JUNE 2017 ISSUE 131 

St.Thomas’ annual 

d en Par 

ty 

Saturday 15th July 

2pm-4pm 

at 

The Rectory 

Caistor Road 

Stalls, Games, Grand Raffle and more… 

The congregations of the Parishes of Market Rasen, 

Legsby, Linwood and Lissington, 

are invited to attend the ordination of 

our new Curate 

Claire Walker 

on 

Sunday 2nd July 

at 

Lincoln Cathedral 

A bus service is being organised 

as parking may be difficult. 

The cost of the bus is £5.00 per person. 

To book seats please speak to 

Rev. Steve, or the Church Wardens, Deputy 

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Wardens or sign the sheet at the back of church.

June 2017

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