CALENDAR
Sunday 30th March
Lent 4
Mothering Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion
9.30am All Age Eucharist
6.00pm Evensong
Monday 31st March
9.00am Morning Prayer on Zoom
Tuesday 1st April
9.00am Morning Prayer on Zoom
9.45 for 10.00am Lent Course - 'Finding the Gospel in Narnia'
2.00-4.00pm Games Afternoon
Wednesday 2nd April
9.00am Morning Prayer on Zoom
10.30am Holy Communion
12.15pm Frugal Lent Lunch
7.00pm Lent Course - 'Finding the Gospel in Narnia'
Thursday 3rd April
8.00am Holy Communion
8.00am Morning Prayer on Zoom
10.00am Preschool visit
11.00am-12.00 noon Coffee & Chat on Zoom
2.15pm Mothers' Union
5.00pm Singing Group
Friday 4th April
9.00am Morning Prayer on Zoom
10.30am Buggy Buddies
Saturday 5th April
9.00am Morning Prayer on Zoom
10.00am-12.00 noon Coffee in the Cloister
Sunday 6th April
Lent 5
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.30am Eucharist
11.00am APM and APCM followed by PCC
6.00pm Holy Communion
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Lent Frugal
Lunches for 2025
During Lent there will be a Frugal Lunch of soup, bread and fruit each Wednesday at 12.15pm. Everyone is welcome. Please add your name to the list in the cloister.
Lantern Prayer Group
Dates for 2025
Wednesday 12th February
Wednesday 9th April
Wednesday 11th June
Wednesday 13th August
Wednesday 8th October
Wednesday 10th December
All meetings will start at 2.30pm
The Food Bank is seriously short of supplies, especially:
1 ltr bottles of squash, instant mash, jam, long life fruit juice, tinned soup, packets of biscuits, puddings/desserts, rice 500gm packets, small jars coffee, tea bags boxes of 40 or 80, tinned meat (sausages in beans, chilli con carne), toiletries.
They have plenty of: pasta and Bolognese sauces, rice pudding, tinned fish, tinned fruit, tinned vegetables, toilet rolls.
Please do not leave perishable items.
Bank the Food is a charity set up to make sure foodbanks get exactly what they need – and not just baked beans. You can download their App which will enable you to see what the local foodbank needs at any time.
Home
The Parish Church of St. Botolph is situated at Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough PE3 6LU. We welcome adults and children of all ages to join us for worship and other activities.
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
The Annual Parochial Meeting - the meeting for the election of churchwardens - will be held at St Botolph's church on Sunday 6th April 2025 at 11.00am.
This will be followed by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting at which reports for the year ended 31st December 2024 will be presented and the election of 3 parochial representatives of the laity to the Parochial Church Council.
Apologies for non-attendance may be made by email to
Lent Course 2025
'Finding the Gospel in Narnia'
This year's course will start on Tuesday 11th March. Tuesday sessions will be from 10.00am to 11.30am each week for five weeks leading up to Easter and the session will be repeated on Wednesday evenings from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. All are welcome to come along for as many or as few weeks as you are able. There is no cost involved.
The course is called ‘Finding the Gospel in Narnia’ and is based on ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by CS Lewis. We will be using extracts from the film ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’, exploring the meaning of the scenes, discussing our thoughts and listening to other people's ideas. As always, you are free to participate by joining in the discussions or listening to others air their views. Another bonus is that this course really is for people of all ages and stages in their faith journey.
In preparation for the course you may wish to read (or re- read) the book or watch the film, or perhaps the BBC series which is freely available on You Tube: BBC's "The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe" 1988 HD.
Vicar
Rev. Jackie Bullen
Vicar and Rural Dean
of Peterborough
The Vicarage, 315 Thorpe Road, Longthorpe, Peterborough PE3
Tel: 01733 263016.
Email: jacqbullen@aol.com
Safeguarding Officers
St. Botolph’s is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all young people and vulnerable adults.
Claire Drake
Parish Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 01780 783303
Victoria Kellett
Diocesan Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 01733 887040
Email: safeguarding@peterborough-diocese.org.uk
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