St Denys Church Evington Leicester

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Vicar’s letter for March

Dear Friends

Let me start with a line from a hymn:

‘Through all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ’.

As I write this letter, Marion and I are awaiting a phone call to say that we have become grandparents so, by the time you read this, we should (please God) be grandparents to twins, boys or girls we don’t know which. So we will be going through a change, from parents to grandparents; I know many of you have successfully negotiated that transition but it will be a change for us, but not so half a big a change as it will be for our son and daughter in law.

But at the moment at St. Denys we are in the process of a lot of changes. Anyone who has been inside our church over the last few weeks will have noted a significant change, gone are the pews from the back and nice comfy chairs have been put in their place; the font has been moved so that all can see and take part in the baptisms and we have a lovely warm carpet and wonderful custom built cupboards – quite a change for us. Most people have embraced the changes with delight, pleasure and pride in the transformed nave of St. Denys. The next stage of our re-ordering is to build an extension to furnish us with a proper kitchen and toilets along with a parish room and vestry – plans are still being discussed but watch this space!

But that is only a structural change, other changes are happening; in January, in our Informal Communion, the youngsters took a significant part in the liturgy we used; gone was the solo voice of the parish priest; they did very well and their contribution enriched our service and this change, albeit for a trial period at the moment, was universally acclaimed.

And another change to take place this month is a spiritual one, in that two teenagers and about 8 adults (not too sure of the numbers as yet) from our church will be Confirmed by Bishop Christopher when he comes to St. Denys on Tuesday the 9^th. It should be hugely exciting and encouraging for us all that these people want to state publicly, before the bishop and before God that they wish to take their Christian journey a step further.

But not all changes are so welcomed; sadly already this year quite a few people have to face the change from being married to being widowed and these people need our help and prayers as they grapple with the changes that death has forced upon them.

Now perhaps you can see why I started this letter with a verse from the hymn for all life involves change, some of it is welcomed, some it is grudgingly accepted and some is forced upon us and so we can echo the words of the hymn; ‘through all the changing scenes of life, in trouble and in joy’ for that is as a member of our church says ‘is life’.

But although life, our world and even the church sees change,one thing that we can rely upon is that God doesn’t change, he is not fickle or feckless; his love for us is unchanging and because of that we can perhaps echo the last two lines of that first verse, ‘the praises of my God shall still my heart and tongue employ’.

And as a postscript can I ask your prayers for all those going through bereavement at this time, for those to be confirmed and for those involved in the planning of our church building.

Steve Heygate

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