This weekend’s Bible readings:
Romans 7:15-25a (p 1134) Matthew 11:25-30 (p 977)
Welcome:
This weekend we bid farewell to Charlie, our curate. Please stay for refreshments after the 10.30 service, or join the Centre folk at 4.00 as we wish her well as she moves to St Albans.
Alpha Course:
We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13th September. Please pray about this and especially if you can invite anyone along. We hope that we will be able to take a group from our benefice. Please speak to John for more information.
Mid-week services Tuesday and Wednesday at 9.30 am:
We are currently studying the prophecies of Ezekiel on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. On Tuesday at St Catherine’s, we celebrate communion and on Wednesday in St Mary’s we hold a short service of morning worship, and at each the talk is followed by a discussion on the passage we’re considering. Come and join us; all are welcome!
Summer break for weekday activities:
The last Little Angels toddler group session will be this Friday, 14th. Lagoons, too, will finish after this coming Wednesday, but the café will go on until the end of term.
Sunday lunch (but not at the Star this time!):
Heather’s next Sunday lunch will be at the White Hart in Puckeridge at 12.30pm on Sunday 23rd July. The change of venue is due to the Star not taking bookings as it’s Standon Calling weekend! If your name isn’t on the list yet please give Heather a call on 07909 065550.
Knit & Natter group:
If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us for a couple of hours in the Sargant room at the back of Standon village hall at 2pm, usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Tea & cakes will be available. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 13th July. For more information please contact Diane on 01920 821130 or Marion on 01920 745683.
Occasional helpers sought for Lagoons:
Our Bible study group for older young people runs on Wednesdays from 5.30 to 6.30, led by Red Balloon. Lizzy is usually there as the ‘second adult’, but there are some Wednesdays when she can’t make it. If you would be willing to join a small list of people willing to step in from September when she can’t be there, please speak to her.
FOSM Safari Supper 14th July:
Two tickets remain for this year’s Safari Supper. The supper will be served at various locations in Standon, and tickets are £35, to include wine, available from Diana.
Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00:
We are starting to assemble the team to support this year’s holiday Bible club and the publicity has now gone out to schools etc. The theme will be Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. We’ll need people to help with leading groups, preparing refreshments and setting up and clearing craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline. And if you know any children who might come along, please spread the word! Fliers will be available very soon.
Website - changes:
Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The ACNY platform has been/is rolling out a number of changes to improve their site so that benefice information doesn’t need to be duplicated for each church. Please bear with us as we work to populate the new pages.
Some people have been having difficulty reaching the benefice page. It can, however, be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk has been updated to point to that new page. Thank you to Mark for all his work on our website, for Ellie for assisting him and to Rich for updating the link from the ubsms site.
Services for the next few weeks
Midweek services each week:
Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) St Catherine’s
Wednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study St Mary’s
Sunday services:
9th July 10.30 am Holy communion St Mary’s
4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
16th July 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s
10.30 am Holy communion All Saints
4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
23rd July 10.30 am Family worship St Mary’s
4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
6.30 pm Choral evensong St Mary’s
30th July 10.30 am Holy Communion St Catherine’s
4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
6th August 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s
10.30 am Morning worship All Saints
4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
13th August 10.30 am Holy communion St Mary’s
4.00 pm The Centre All Saints