Uganda – flood crises appeal.

Many of you will remember Hayley – a teacher at All Saints’ Primary School, coming to church to tell us about her pending visit to a village in Uganda.
Unfortunately there has been some tragic news since she has returned.  There has been  an unprecedented amount of rain in the village which has resulted in  several landslides.  The last severe landslide  killed 3 women and washed a baby away.  The baby is Feredericko’s(All Saints’ sponsored child) baby sister and one of the women was his mum.  Poor Feredericko is now orphaned.
Fund raising is now underway to rebuild the home, sponsor the children who are old enough to go to school so they are safe; and then to rebuild the toilets at the primary school that had just been  finished when Hayley was  there and which were also washed away by a landslide.
If you would like to help you can make  a donation here.
More photos and information can be seen on the School’s website.
Thank you.

Please check next Sunday’s Services – 24th November

Next Sunday –  the Feast of Christ the King

Please join the Benefice Communion and Conformation Service

at 4:00pm in All Saints’ Church

THERE WILL BE NO MORNING SERVICES.

The Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt. Revd. Julian Henderson will preside, preach and confirm. This will be the only service this day and hopefully everyone will come and worship together.

Please pray all those to be confirmed.

 

 

Posada – would you like a call?

Posada

The word comes from “Las Posadas’ – the Spanish for ‘Inns”. It is a religious festival which originates in Mexico and parts of the United States and is celebrated between 16th -24th December . Las Posadas commemorates the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe refuge where Mary could give birth to baby Jesus.

A little Mary and Joseph will travel house to house around the parish en route to Bethlehem. If you would like the to call at your house please sign up on the sheet at he back of church.

Thank you

Prayer for the Remembrance week

Oh God, who art the author of peace and the lover

of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth

our eternal life, whose service is perfect

freedom: defend us, thy humble servants, in

all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely

trusting in they defence, may not fear the

power of any adversaries; through the might

of Jesus Christ Our Lord. 

Amen.

 

All Saints’ PTFA Pre – Christmas Events

In school and open to all –

  • Christmas shopping night –  Thursday 21st November between 6:00 – 8:30pm.
  • Winter Fashion Show – Friday 29th November 7:00pm for 7:30 pm start. Tickets £5 from school or Adele Helm. (Also in aid of Lancashire Women’s Centre).
  • Winter Wonderland  Christmas Fair – Saturday 7th December between 11:00am – 1:00 pm.

Altham Church Christmas Cafe – 23rd November

At the Arthur Wilson Centre on Saturday 23rd November between 9:00am – 1:00pm.

Why not come along!

Spirit of Christmas opening concert – sign up for tickets

The festival begins on Friday 13th December when St Christopher’s Jazz Band and Choir will perform at a concert. Tickets are now on sale at £5 each, this will include refreshments and mince pies. There is a discount for families.

Please support this event and sign up at the back of church for tickets. Thank you.

If you can help over the festival weekend in any way – please let one of the Church Wardens know. Thank you.

Remembrance Day Service – this Sunday

Parade starts from outside the Civic Centre Clayton – Le – Moors at 9:30am.

Service in All Saints’ Church at 10:00am

Remembrance  –  at the cenetaph in Mercer Park start just before 11:00am

 

Light Service – 1st December

Find out more here about our  Light Service  designed to ‘Light up our Church this advent.’

All Welcome.

Gardening Club – November meeting

Please note the details for the next Gardening Club Workshop 11.00am – 1.00pm Tuesday 26thNovember 2019.

The poster for this workshop is attached.

All Saints church garden workshop poster November 2019

Please note that lunch will be served from 12.45pm rather than from 12.30pm so that Caroline can attend with Sienna and not need to be in two places at the same time!

We intend to start the work on the rockery during this workshop.

Julie and I have put in a bid for a Mini Windfall Grant of £250.00 and this will be supplemented by £100.00 from the Blackburn Diocese grant.

The following workshop is planned to be in March 2020 when we will look at underplanting the rose bushes.

Hopefully Julie may be able to bring one or two volunteers with her to this workshop.

Please bring your 2020 diaries so that we can pencil in a date for the next workshop in March 2020.

Toby should be able to attend part of the November workshop.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you cannot attend.

Hopefully the weather will be kinder in November than it was in September.

Kind regards,

David