This weekend’s Bible readings: James 2:1-17 (p 1214) and Mark 7:24-end (p 1010)Streaming issues: A couple of times recently, the stream hasn’t worked as it should. This can happen if YouTube has a glitch, or if the internet connection drops out – or, of course, through human error. If this happens while you’re watching, please remember that the service is always recorded, and will be uploaded to our YouTube channel as soon as can be managed.Notices sheet: As explained last week, we are changing how we present the information in this sheet. The description of each event will now only appear once, and after that, the title, date and name of the contact person will appear in a list later on in the sheet. This will, we hope, remove the need to scroll through items we’ve read before, which sometimes results in us missing something that’s new! Please let us know whether this new way of working is helpful.Knit & Natter group 12th September: The group will meet in Standon village hall at 2pm on Thursday. Tea & cakes will be available. For more information please contact Diane (01920 821130) or Marion (01920 745683).Philip Stopford choral workshop day 21st September: We could do with a couple of volunteers, please, to help serve coffee and tea to the singers, both morning and afternoon. If you can help, please speak to Caroline.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:8th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's15th September 8.00am Ante communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints22nd September 10.30am All age harvest worship, St Mary's6.00pm Harvest Choral Evensong, St Mary's29th September 10.30am Harvest morning worship, St Catherine's6th October 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Harvest morning worship, All Saints13th October 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's
This weekend’s Bible readings: Ephesians 4:1-16 (p 1175) and John 6:24-35 (p 1070) August (lack of) notices: Please note that this notices sheet is the last one until 1st September.Welcome to Olivia and her family: This morning at All Saints, we welcome Olivia, her parents and God- parents, and her family and friends. Olivia will be baptised during our 10.30 service.Rita: We have heard that Rita died peacefully, at home, surrounded by family, at 8.30 on Saturday morning. Please pray for Rita’s family and all who will grieve for her.Visit of Mission Partners from Austria: On Wednesday 7th August at 2.45 pm David & Marlene Fry will visit St Mary’s. They will update us on David’s work with MediaWorks. Tea & cake will be available. Please come and join us. Please contact Diane on 01920 821130 for more information.New prayer station at St Mary's: There is a new prayer station in the North East corner of St Mary's to provide a quiet place to be still. There are pebbles and a dish of water to help with prayer and various prayer cards and leaflets that people can take away with them. The prayer board is still in place so that names can be added to it and alongside it is an invitation to visit the prayer station.Choral Evensong, Sunday 25th August at 6pm: All are welcome to join us as the benefice choir and a large number of friends lead our worship. Music will include Stanford's Canticles in C, Haydn's 'The heavens are telling' and hymns for all to join in with.Mid-Week Music: Please note that there is no concert scheduled for August. The next one will be 25th September.Kneeler mending in St Mary’s, Standon: On Saturday 17th August from 10am-12noon, a group of volunteers will be in St Mary’s mending some of the kneelers. If anyone would like to join us we would be very grateful. Please contact Marion S.Holiday Bible Club 27th – 30th August: Bookings are open for our annual Holiday Bible Club and Caroline is collecting names of helpers. The theme will be kings and queens in the Bible: Saul, David, Jehosaphat, Hezekiah, Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar and, most importantly, Jesus. Please speak to Caroline if you can help on any or all of the days, and encourage any children you know to come along.Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather’s next Sunday lunch will be on Sunday 25th August at 12.15pm at the The Star Standon. If you would like a place please let Heather know by Monday 19th August.All Saints Quiz Night 7th September: The Quiz Night will be held in Little Munden School on 7th September at 7.00 pm. There will be a ploughman’s supper and a licensed bar, and tickets, priced £15, are available from Hugh, Heather, Jacky or Chris. Gather your teams! More details from Hugh on 07730 419964.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page. Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:4th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints11th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's18th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints25th August 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral Evensong sung by the Benefice choir and friends, St Mary's1st September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints8th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's
This weekend’s Bible reading: John 6:1-15 (p 1069)Pop up shop 28th July: The pop up shop is back again this Sunday at the 10.30 service at St Mary’s. There will be fair trade chocolate, coffee and tea as well as Christian gifts and cards for sale, with all profits going to the local food bank.Choral evensong 28th July 6pm at St Mary's Standon: This month’s Choral Evensong is a special one. As usual, it will be sung by the Benefice Choir, but with music chosen by Carole and Peter. The service will be followed by a glass of fizz to mark Carole and Peter's forthcoming 60th wedding anniversary in September!August (lack of) notices: Please note that next week’s notices sheet will be the last one until 1st September. The editor is taking a break in August! Any items that you would like to be included for the rest of the month will need to be with Caroline (caroline@ubsms.org.uk) in time for next Saturday. Thank you.Visit of Mission Partners from Austria: On Wednesday 7th August at 2.45 pm David & Marlene Fry will visit St Mary’s. They will update us on David’s work with MediaWorks. Tea & cake will be available. Please come and join us. Please contact Diane on 01920 821130 for more information.Mid-Week Music: Please note that there is no concert scheduled for August. The next one will be 25th September.Holiday Bible Club 27th – 30th August: Bookings are open for our annual Holiday Bible Club and Caroline is collecting names of helpers. The theme will be kings and queens in the Bible. Please speak to Caroline if you can help on any or all of the days, and encourage any children you know to come along.All Saints Quiz Night 7th September: The Quiz Night will be held in Little Munden School on 7th September at 7.00 pm. There will be a ploughman’s supper and a licensed bar, and tickets, priced £15, are available from Hugh, Heather, Jacky or Chris. Gather your teams! More details from Hugh on 07730 419964.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:28th July 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's4th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints11th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's18th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints25th August 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong sung by the Benefice choir and friends, St Mary's1st September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: 8.00: Ephesians 2:11-22 (p 1174) and Mark 6:30-24, 53-56 (p 1009) 10.30: Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 (p 670)End of term picnic service 21st July at All Saints: Our service in All Saints this week is a special one. The Little Munden School choir will be taking part, and pupils and parents at the school have been invited. We will host a picnic in the churchyard afterwards (please bring your own food; hot drinks and squash will be provided), and we hope to have activities provided by Red Balloon while we spend time together over lunch. Please come along and help make the LMS families welcome.Pop up shop 28th July: The pop up shop is back again next Sunday at the 10.30 service at St Mary’s. There will be fair trade chocolate, coffee and tea as well as Christian gifts and cards for sale, with all profits going to the local food bank.But no bookstall this time: Lizzy is off to camp next weekend, so won’t be here for our monthly bookstall. As ever, though, she’s always happy to order books for you at any time.Opportunities to enjoy music during July: There are several opportunities for you to enjoy and support music during July. We hope some of these might be of interest:- Sunday 21st July 3pm at St Mary's Standon - A concert given by the Priory Singers directed by Richard Prince- Wednesday 24th July 12.30pm at St Mary's Standon - Midweek Music at St Mary's with Catherine Wild (Oboe/Recorder) and Michael Smith (Piano)- Sunday 28th July 6pm at St Mary's Standon - Choral Evensong sung by the Benefice Choir with music chosen by Carole and Peter Hudson. The service will be followed by a glass of fizz to mark Carole and Peter's forthcoming 60th wedding anniversary in September!A couple of housekeeping points from St Mary’s: Firstly, Little Angels have stopped meeting now for the summer holiday, so cleaning teams can access the church at any time on Friday mornings.Secondly, we had a pigeon in the building again this week. Apart from the mess they leave, birds find it very hard to find their way out again, despite us leaving all the doors open. If you visit St Mary’s during the week, you can help by making sure the glass doors are left closed. (That also means people can see the cross shape created by the handles.)Visit of Mission Partners from Austria: On Wednesday 7th August David & Marlene Fry will visit St Mary’s. They will be updating us on David’s work with MediaWorks, part of Operation Mobilisation’s outreach to Asia. They will be arriving about 2.45pm and tea & cake will be available. This gathering is open to everyone in the Benefice so please come and join us. Please contact Diane on 01920 821130 for more information.Holiday Bible Club 27th – 30th August: Bookings are now open for our annual Holiday Bible Club and Caroline is collecting names of those who would like to help. It will run for the 4 days after bank holiday Monday, and the theme will be kings and queens in the Bible. Please speak to Caroline if you can help on any or all of the days, and encourage any children you know to come along.Priory concert in St Mary’s this weekend: Richard P will be directing the Priory Singers in an afternoon concert this Sunday at 3.00 in St Mary’s. The concert is free, with a retiring collection for St Mary’s.Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising the next Sunday lunch on 28th July at the Star Standon at 12.15pm. If you would like a place please contact her on 07909 065550 before Monday 22nd July.All Saints Quiz Night 7th September: The Quiz Night will be held in Little Munden School on 7th September at 7.00 pm. There will be a ploughman’s supper and a licensed bar, and tickets, priced £15, are available from Hugh, Heather, Jacky or Chris. Gather your teams! More details from Hugh on 07730 419964.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page. Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:21st July 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints28th July 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's4th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints11th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's18th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints
