| Welcome to our website  The parish of St Guthlac's Market Deeping is in the Diocese of Lincoln, within the Deanery of Elloe West.
St Guthlac's is a member of Deepings Churches Together.
It is also a member of the St Guthlac Fellowship ~ a group of Churches which are dedicated to St Guthlac.
More information on these organisations can be found below
SERVICES & ACTIVITIES SUNDAYS
8.00am The Eucharist (Common Worship Traditional - Said)
9.50am Voyagers & creche (start in Green School, into Church later in the service)
10.00am Parish Eucharist (Common Worship Modern - Sung) not 4th Sunday
10.00am All Age Eucharist - 4th Sunday only (see Calendar if with Baptism)
3.00pm Holy Baptism (Third Sunday, see Calendar)
6.30pm Evensong (Common Worship Traditional), or
Special Evening Service (as announced - see Calendar)
WEEKDAYS
Tuesday
6.15pm Church Lads' & Girls' Brigade (term time at the Green School)
Wednesday
10.30am Holy Communion (Common Worship Traditional - Said)
Thursday
7.30pm Bell Ringing Practice
Friday
6.45pm Choir Practice
MONTHLY
1st Tuesday 7.00pm Prayer Meeting in church
3rd Wednesday 2.00pm Pram 'n' Buggy Service
3rd Thursday 8.00pm Mothers' Union in Green School
4th Tuesday 8.00pm Ladies' Guild in Green School
Youth Group & House Group meetings plus regular Coffee Mornings in the Green School are published in the Calendar and on the Weekly Newsletter available in Church.
Philip Brent, Rector
01778 342237
Deepings Churches Together  After a number of years of joining together for occasional events, our churches formed Deepings Churches Together. Our aims are:
~ to work together as far as possible in encouraging member churches in the expression of their faith;
~ to worship together on a regular basis; and
~ to find ways of expressing the life of Christ in our local community
The group comprises:
~ Deepings Methodist Church - Church Street, Deeping St James;
~ Open Door Church (Baptist) - Spalding Road, Deeping St James;
~ Our Lady and St Guthlac's Church (R C) - Hereward Way, Deeping St James;
~ The Priory Church (C of E) - Church Street, Deeping St James;
~ St Guthlac's Church (C of E) - Church Street, Market Deeping.
The St Guthlacˇ¦s Fellowship  The Fellowship is a group of churches, which are dedicated to St Guthlac. The churches comprise:
~ Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire - the abbey was founded near the site of Guthlac's hermitage,
~ Astwick in Bedfordshire,
~ Branston in Lincolnshire,
~ Deeping St James - Our Lady and St Guthlac (Roman Catholic) in Lincolnshire,
~ Little Cowarne in Herefordshire,
~ Market Deeping in Lincolnshire,
~ Fishtoft in Lincolnshire,
~ Knighton (district of Leicester), Leicestershire,
~ Little Ponton in Lincolnshire,
~ Passenham in Northamptonshire
~ Stathern in Nottinghamshire
A number of other churches are also associated with the group ~ Repton (the monastery where Guthlac trained) in Derbyshire, and St Pega's Hermitage (Guthlac's sister's religious house) at Peakirk (Pega's church) in Peterborough.
The Group was formed in 1987, and meets twice a year:
~ in the spring, on a Saturday afternoon as close as possible to St Guthlac's day (11th April) at one of the member churches; and
~ in the summer, on the Friday evening after St Bartholomew's day (24th August), at Crowland Abbey to coincide with its annual Festival.
These events include a special service, a meal and opportunities to renew old friendships and make new ones.
On 11th April each year there is also a service in the Saxon crypt of St Wystan, Repton, followed by a picnic lunch.
PRAYER FOR THE MONTH Lord God, the springing source of everlasting light,
pour into the hearts of your faithful people the brilliance of your eternal splendour,
that we may have the darkness of our souls dispelled,
and so be counted worthy to stand before you
in that eternal temple where you live and reign,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
(Adapted from The Promise of His Glory).
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