Children’s Film Morning

This Saturday 25th January at 10am in All Saints’ Church.

Why not come along!

Sunday School dates

Purple Praise Services

This is a monthly informal cafe style service aimed at older people and with a particular welcome for those living with dementia.

Purple Praise Service is one Thursday 16h January  at 2:00pm in All Saints’ Church . There will be a short service followed by tea, cakes and a chat.

Further dates for Purple Praise services this term

20th February,

19th March

23rd April.

Pop in – you will receive a very warm welcome.

 

Service pattern trial

Those attending the 11am service will notice a slight change in the pattern of service across the month. The first and second Sundays will remain as present. 3rd Sunday will become more informal and the 4th Sunday will be Morning Worship (without Communion). This is for a trial period, with a review in July.

So …

First Sunday of the month – Traditional Holy Communion Service

Second Sunday – Family Service and Youth Parade (no communion).

Third Sunday – More informal Holy Communion Service.

Fourth Sunday – Morning Worship )no Communion).

Please share your views on these changes with us.

Thank you.

18th – 25th January Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will take place from 18 – 25 January 2020 (though some churches choose to celebrate it around Pentecost).

This is an annual initiative whereby Christian communities throughout the world are invited to pray for one another and for greater Christian Unity.

The theme for 2020 is “They showed an unusual kindness”, which finds its origins in Acts 27:18 – 28:10

On 10th February many Christians in Malta celebrate the Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul, marking and giving thanks for the arrival of Christian faith on these islands. The reading from the Acts of the Apostles used for the feast is the text chosen for this year’s Week of Prayer.

Hospitality is a much needed virtue in our search for Christian unity. It calls us to a greater generosity to those in need. The people who showed unusual kindness to Paul and his companions did not yet know Christ, and yet it is through their unusual kindness that a divided people were drawn closer together. Our own Christian unity will be discovered not only through showing hospitality to one another, but also through loving encounters with those who do not share our language, culture or faith.

In such tempestuous journeys and chance encounters, God’s will for his Church and all people comes to fulfilment. As Paul will proclaim in Rome, this salvation of God has been sent to all peoples (see Acts 28:28).

Christian Aid

Each year Christian Aid provides the Go and Do action points for each of the daily reflections – linking into the important work of Christian Aid in the relief of poverty and advocacy of justice

Information provided by the Christian Churches of Malta & Gozo

 

Evensong

A reminder that evensong is sung on every second Sunday of the month and is led by the choir. It is a beautiful service to which everyone is welcome.

The next one is on the 12th January at 6:30pm in All Saints’ Church.

Would you like to be a Sidesperson?

We are looking for two / three volunteers to take on the role of a Sidesperson with a commitment to one Sunday a month at 11:00am service. If you are interested and want to find out what is involved please speak to Sarah or Linda.

Thank you

MU – Our next two meetings, what’s on?

Tuesday January 14th  – Scaregill Movement led by Rev. P. Reilly. It starts at 7:30pm and will be in the small hall in All Saints’ School. – All welcome.

Then on Tuesday 21st January the guest speakers are Yvonne & Matt and the topic is America “4”.

It is an Open Night so everyone is welcome.

Again this will be held in the small hall in All Saints’ School at 7:30pm.

There are light refreshment after each session  and a change to chat!

A Prayer for the New Year

New Year’s Prayer

As the dawn breaks on a new year, let us give thanks for all we hold dear: our health, our family and our friends.

Let us release our grudges, our anger and our pains, for these are nothing but binding chains. Let us live each day in the most loving ways, the God-conscious way. Let us serve all who are in need, regardless of race, color or creed.

Let us keep God of our own understanding in our hearts and to chant God’s name each day. Let us lead the world from darkness to light, from falsehood to truth and from wrong to right.

Let us remember that we are all one, embracing all, discriminating against none.

May our year be filled with peace, prosperity and love. May God’s blessings shower upon us and bestow upon each of us a bright, healthy and peaceful new year.

– Rev. Marcy Sheremetta

 

 

January Newsletter

Please find attached –

January News letter 2020

Hard copies are also available in church.

Link to the SEE magazine