A period of special prayer

Monday to Wednesday this week are Rogation Days when we especially pray for God’s blessing on the land. Thursday then begins 10 days of “Thy Kingdom Come’ – we are each encouraged to pray for 5 people that they might respond in faith to the message of Jesus. Pray too for our next FAITHfest weekend September.

PCC meeting

We would welcome anyone who would like to attend a PCC to see what is going on.

All Saints’ next PCC meeting is on Tuesday 14th May at 7:30pm in church.

Likewise if you have any issues or points you wish to have raised at a PCC meeting, please message Toby before hand so they can be added to the agenda, and we will try and address them at the next meeting.

(The PCC is responsible for looking after the finances and fabric of the church and working with the vicar to oversee and lead its work and mission.)

Thank you

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Confirmation & preparation

On Monday 22nd June  

Bishop Jill Duff will be coming to baptise, confirm and celebrate communion at

All Saints’ Church

If you are in the current Year 6 or above  and want to be confirmed, sessions will begin after half – term on Thursdays at 5:30pm, continuing int July.

Any adults interested in confirmation  – please speak to the vicar as soon as possible.

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11:00am Sunday – Holy Communion

Seven Sunday of Easter

 

This service is live in church, but it will be streamed so if you are unable to attend you can view it online. Now most of the words will also appear when you view the service on line so it will be easier to follow the service.

 

First Reading: Acts 1: 6 – 14

Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

12 Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk[a] from the city. 13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the roomwhere they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Second Reading: John 17: 1 – 11

fter Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

6 “I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.

 

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Parish Walk – Monday 4th May

Parish Walk 

Meet at Shireburn Arms Hurst Green at 11:00am for a walk of uptown 5 miles.

Bring a packed lunch

All are welcome to join our walk including dogs!

 

Ascension Day Thursday 14th May

Ascension Day

Thursday 14th May

7:00pm in All Saints’ Church (a half hour service)

Do try and come along to share in Holy Communion on this special feast 40 days on from Easter Day, when we rejoice that Jesus is exalted to heaven and promises his disciples the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Open the book team – want to join?

Open the Book would love one or two people to join the team – again they are particularly short of men!. All roles include working with children, so there is  a safer recruiting process and some online safeguarding training to do. Neither are onerous and we will guide you through.

Please speak to one of the open the book team if you are interested in finding out more.

Prayer walk – Thursday 7th May

Prayer Walk

Thursday 7th May.

Meet at All Saints 7:00pm start. Approximately 1:00hour.

Tots’ Praise – 6th May

Tots’ Praise 

6th May from 2:00pm

Jonah and the Whale

Tot’s Praise is for the youngest – under 5s together with their parents/carers – gather between 2 and 2:15, all done in time for school pick up.

All welcome