Welcome:
This weekend we welcome Avery and his family and friends. Avery will be baptised in our 10.30 service. Please pray for him, his parents and God-parents as they take this important step.
This weekend’s Bible readings:
Romans 9:1-8 (p 1135) and John 3:1-8 (p 1065)
No notices sheet for 20th August:
There will be a notices sheet next week, as usual, but none the following week. Please make sure Caroline ([email protected]) has any time-critical items before next weekend. We will be back to normal for 27th. Thank you.
Help needed for Little Munden churchyard:
We desperately need more volunteers to help maintain the churchyard at All Saints. If you can offer some time, please speak to John.
Knit & Natter group:
There is no meeting in August.
Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00:
This year’s theme is Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. Bookings are coming in now, and we have significantly more youngsters than last year. We can still use more people to help with groups, refreshments and craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline, and please invite any children who might come.
Come and Sing evensong 27th August:
We are planning another ‘come and sing’ evensong at the end of this month. If you would like to sing, please let Michael know; if you’d like to come and worship with us, just come along!
Songs of Praise 9th September:
We are planning a Songs of Praise service on Saturday 9th Sept at 3pm in All Saints, to commemorate the late Peter Jackson (Heather's husband) who arranged music for the Music Group. It will be a service of about an hour, incorporating hymns and songs, interspersed with readings, and Heather's family will provide a short testimony to Peter. We will end with refreshments!
Changes at the Centre:
Centre meetings will continue at 4 pm on Sundays until 3rd September, when it will move to 5.45 for 6 pm, except on 4th Sundays, when we hope that the Centre will join our evensong congregation. The programme for August will major on prayer. A variety of people will lead, approaching prayer through different styles and practices and praying particularly for the Centre, the Alpha course, our benefice etc. Anyone is welcome to come along. The Centre meets in All Saints, and there is cake!
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.
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 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.
Services for the next few weeks
Midweek services each week:
Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine's
Wednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary's
Sunday services:
6th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's
10.30am Morning worship, All Saints
4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's
4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's
10.30am Holy communion, All Saints
4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's
4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's
3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's
10.30am Morning worship, All Saints
6.00pm The Centre, All Saints