All Saints, Little Munden

Weekly News - 26th February 2023

This weekend’s Bible readings:

1 Timothy 6:17-19 (p 1194) and Matthew 4:1-11 (p 967)

Pop-Up Shop 26th February:

Marion is holding another pop up shop after the 10.30 service on Sunday. There will be fairtrade items for sale including The Real Easter Egg, along with various Christian gifts. You can also order items at any time and the website will be available. All profits go to the Buntingford Foodbank.

Tudor evensong 26th February:

This weekend we are celebrating the completion of the restoration work on the Sadleir tombs. The weekend will culminate in a service of evensong on Sunday at 6.30, where we will, as far as is practicable, follow an order of service that would be familiar to Sir Ralph. Bishop Alan will take part, and refreshments will be served afterwards.

Baptism next week:

Mia, one of our Lagoons group, will be baptised during the service next week, in advance of the confirmation service on 9th March. Please come and support Mia if you can.

Lent course on Wednesday evenings 7.30 pm at All Saints:

We will be running a course on Wednesday evenings throughout Lent, starting this week: Christians Foundations for Today.

The Lent course this year will focus on our Christian foundations and how they work out in our lives day by day. For each of these foundations there is a foundational verse. The course will comprise of a short talk followed by discussion and feedback to a panel to answer questions. Each week will be at Little Munden except the Maundy Thursday services. Do come along!

1 March The Creator God

"In the beginning God created" Genesis 1:1

8 March The Uniqueness of Jesus

“In the beginning was the Word...” John 1:1

15 March The Truthful Spirit

“The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth” John 16:13

22 March The Nature of Humanity

“Male and female he created them” Genesis 1:27

29 March Our Identity in God's Kingdom

“Be born again” John 3:3

6 April Maundy Thursday (Sacombe)

Lent Appeal:

Once again, we are appealing this Lent for our mission and ministry locally. As we consider God’s goodness to us, we must also consider our response. Whether it’s time, expertise, money or anything else, it is our Christian joy to consider regularly and prayerfully what God calls us to offer to him. Our annual accounts are being prepared, and our PCCs are focussed on the funding gap between our income and expenses for this coming year, but there are many ways to respond to God’s provision for us. As we travel through Lent, we remember all that he has done and given to secure our salvation; please pray about what and how he is asking you to give in gratitude.

Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops - thanks:

Thank you to all who supported the event last Saturday at St Catherine’s. Over £800 was raised.

World Day of Prayer 3rd March:

This year’s service, prepared by the Christian Women of Taiwan, will be on Friday 3rd March 2023 at 7pm at St. Mary The Virgin Church, Church Lane, Braughing. There will be refreshments after the service. This is a lovely enjoyable, ecumenical service open to all. Margaret is still looking for people to read or take part in the service. If you think this could be you please get in touch on 07791 233338. All are welcome to the service; please put the date in your diary and tell your friends.

Confirmation service in St Mary’s 9th March:

There will be a confirmation service in St Mary’s on 9th March. The new Bishop of Hertford will be officiating, and we will be welcoming candidates from Bishop’s Stortford as well as our own church family candidates, including some of our young people from the Lagoons Bible study group. Please come and support them all if you can.

Advance notice:

We are pleased to confirm that this year's touring production by DOT Productions is to be Jane Austen's classic, Persuasion. It will be presented in the garden of Brockhold's Manor on Saturday 1st July 2023. Booking details will be available nearer the time.

Volunteers still sought:

Our in-house teams are still looking for volunteers on many fronts. If you can help with this or any of the other tasks listed in recent weeks, please speak to John or the appropriate person.

Website:

Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page is:www.achurchnearyou.com/church/7825/benefice. Please visit it to see the range of information there.

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:

26th February 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's