Noticeboard
Our public worship services take place on
Sundays at 11am in church
The church building is open daily 10am - 4pm
Notices 13th April 2025For more information please click Community Help Sleaford
Parish Communications
Phone Number 07759 776987
Please email
stbquarrington890@gmail.com
St Botolph’s is officially in an interregnum or vacancy.
Rev Philip Johnston, the Rural Dean for this area and the priest for St Denys’ Church in Sleaford will take over the official role of care for St Botolph’s Parish for the time being.
The contact details for his office are: -
Paula Ireland Administrator
St Denys, Sleaford PCC and Lafford Deanery
Tel: 01529 413607
admin@sleafordparishchurch.co.uk
Sleaford Parish church
Market Place
SLEAFORD
NG34 7SH
The Parish Office is open for business Mon, Weds and Fri 9-11am
usual working hours are Mon-Fri 9am-12pm
Sleaford Churches Together
The prayer breakfast will take place at 8:30am at The Source (Riverside Church).
on the first Saturday of every month.
Care Homes
We are looking for volunteers to assist our ALMs in taking communion into care homes. This happens approximately monthly.
If you are interested please speak to Sue Tuck.
A Chance for Learning
The Diocese of Lincoln has launched a new digital learning platform.
It is free to use and we encourage you to sign up!
Designed to help everyone to take their next step in the journey of faith, the platform represents an important new resource for supporting Christian mission, ministry and discipleship.
Explore the resources and see what you could learn.
https://learn.lincoln.anglican.org/
Coffee and Chat
Our next meeting date is Thursday 17th April
We gather on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month
Everyone most welcome and our meeting times are 10.30 -12.00
The Book Club
The next book group meeting is on May 13th at 2.00 pm in the Church Room. We have selected to read this month “Poisonwood Bible” by Barbara Kingsolver. If you'd like to read it and come along to the group to discuss it you would be most welcome. Jennifer
Pastoral Care
During the pandemic we introduced a pastoral care system to help care for each other during a very uncertain time. As we now approach another uncertain time, when we no longer have a full time Rector, we feel that we need to be sure that once again we take care of each other.
We would like everyone to think about their needs and the needs of others in the congregation, and the wider community. Our aim is to provide support through prayer, practical help, friendship, and a central family contact register. We need volunteers for each group. If you're interested, please contact Carol Shepheard .Thank you!
Ladies’ Group
Ladies group meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 2pm.
The next meeting being Wednesday 14th May.
All ladies welcome, please see Rev Heather for details.
Men’s Group
The Men’s Group next meeting will be Thursday 2nd May at The Horseshoes, will be. Please talk to Charles Coulson for more details.
Warm Space
The Salvation Army are running the Warm Space again.
Taking place on Friday’s 11.00am – 1.00pm. All very welcome. Bring your friends along too!!
Prayer Corner
Please have a look at the prayer requests board and pray for people. There are also prayer cards available for you to use or give away to others, please take one if you'd like too. The books on the shelf in the prayer corner can be borrowed or taken if there is one you would like to read.
Electoral Roll
This is the register of people who attend St Botolph’s Church regularly and call St Botolph’s their main church. It is important for our records that this accurately reflects the people who attend.
Just a reminder that this is the year that we have to completely re-do our Electoral Roll. All regular worshippers are welcome to join and so far, 30 forms have received. There are still quite a few still to come in as the roll six years ago was 63 and it would be really great to have some more people join.
There are forms at the back of the Church or talk to Jennifer on Sunday or email stbquarrington890@gmail.com if you have any queries.
Fundraising
Do you have any fundraising ideas? We are planning a quiz night, a concert and a tabletop sale. What else could we do? Are you able to get involved or organise an event?
Morning Prayer invite
'You are warmly invited to join our Morning Prayer. We meet online and the service runs for approximately 20 mins. We follow the Church of England short service of Morning Prayer, and there is also a time of informal intercession where all are invited to contribute.
We currently meet at 9.00am on Mondays and Thursdays, and please contact Angela for more details.
Prayer
After the 11am service, there will be an opportunity to ask for private prayers in the prayer space at the front of the north aisle. During coffee time, just make your way there and there will be someone who can sit and pray with you.
After the 11am service, there will be an opportunity to ask for private prayers in the prayer space at the front of the north aisle. During coffee time, just make your way there and there will be someone who can sit and pray with you.
Welcome and Coffee
Could you help with this important part of Sunday mornings? We need help welcome people to church and others to help make coffee after the service. Coffee is a social time when we can chat after the formal service so it is important to keep this going. If you can help, please speak to Jaki Lowder or email Jaki on lowder2@btinternet.com
Time to Change Together
There is a map on the noticeboard at the back of the church showing the area of our Local Mission Partnership. Each week we will email with the newsletter a photograph of one of the villages in our partnership, please pray for the Christian community in that place. Please pray for all those who minister and worship within this partnership, that we would work generously and collaboratively to serve all the communities represented.
Church Giving
Do you make your giving using the green envelopes or by Standing
Order. Did you know if you use the Parish Giving Scheme, it is
easier to claim the tax back on your giving. This provides a
significant amount which contributes to our annual income. It
doesn't cost you any more. If you're interested, please ask one of
the Welcome Group for a leaflet about it.