Every month we offer “Breakfast at Barneys,” a breakfast, including a full cooked breakfast, at a very reasonable price in the Barnabas centre. Today was the last such breakfast before Christmas. In addition to the usual food, the tables were decorated with crackers and…
At the invitation of Sainsbury’s, Oadby, near Leicester, a group from St Paul’s sang Christmas Carols to the shoppers for an hour this morning (14 December 2019). We sang most of the well-known Christian carols and also added “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”…
As part of the reorganisation into a larger benefice, the parish of Oadby has been divided into ourselves (St Pauls Oadby) and St Peter’s Oadby. This happened on 1 July. But for this last week there has been no Parochial Church Council (PCC) to…
A nearly full church enjoyed the 2018 carols by candlelight service. Although the format is similar year by year, details change. Many thanks to all who had rehearsed, took part or helped set up the event. The service took the form of Bible texts…
At this time of year an enormous amount of hard work is undertaken by many members of the church in getting ready for Christmas – and we would like to thank everyone of them. The pictures below are just examples of some of that…
A sizeable group from St Paul’s met in the entrance hall of Oadby Sainsbury’s on Saturday (15th). We feared that the group might be diminished in size by the horrendous weather (freezing cold, wind and rain) but there are a good group of hardy…
Many of our home groups undertake social activities together, as well as their primary purpose of Bible study and prayer. Nothing builds up friend ships more than eating together. This Friday a number of home groups met together for a Christmas meal at Brown’s…
Members of Coffee Pot, the Thursday morning group met on the 13th for their Carol service. The service was held sitting around the tables, which were afterwards used for mince pies and tea or coffee. The service was led by Steve and we traced…
We have just had our gift service. During the course of the morning service, people brought up gifts and left them at one of two tables. For one table, people wrapped gifts, for which tags with the age and sex of a child in…
A Christmas card from all the Oadby Churches has now been delivered to everyone in Oadby. There was a competition for the cover design, which was won by a Supertrooper (Sunday School) member from St Paul’s. Inside are details of the Christmas activities of…
