This weekend’s Bible readings: Deuteronomy 30:11-19 (p 209) and Romans 10:1-15 (p 1137)No notices sheet for 20th August: There will be no notices sheet next week, but 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.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.Mothers’ Union: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union will be on Wednesday 30th August at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School Braughing. Please note this is a change from the date advertised for this month in our 2023 programme. Diane Moss will be talking about The Enchanted Isles (Galapagos). Everyone is invited to this meeting. Brenda Cottle will bring the MU Christmas cards, gifts, 2024 calendars & diaries with her. Please ring Diane on 01920 821130 or text on 07949 665365 for more information or if you need a lift.Pop up shop: The pop up shop is open on Sunday 27th August at our 10.30am family service at St Mary’s. There will be fair trade items and other ethically sourced products along with various Christian gifts. Any profits go to our local food bank. If there’s anything you’d like to order just let Marion know.Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather's next Sunday lunch at the Star will be on 27th August at 12.15pm. Please let Heather know if you would like to book a place 07909 065550.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!Midweek Music: Midweek Music at St Mary’s is taking a break for August and will return on Wednesday 27th September, when Michael will be giving an organ recital.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 are inviting the Centre to join our evensong congregation. The focus for the August meetings is 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!Food bank: The food bank has been undergoing some changes in recent weeks, as Karen has stepped back from leading the team. The new team is now up and running, and we have sent a Sainsbury’s order this week, to be followed by another next week. Please pray for Gemma as she gets to grips with her new role.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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints10th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's6.00pm The Centre, All Saints17th September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints
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 (Caroline@ubsms.org.uk) 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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:6th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints
Travel and parking arrangements: We understand that the A602 access to the Sacombe road will be closed this weekend, for final work in advance of the reopening at the end of August. From Standon, we recommend that you come through Dane End. Also, our neighbours in Glebe House are expecting guests at 12.30 on Sunday and have asked that anyone parked in their drive leave before then. If you’re planning to stay for the picnic, please park beside the church rather than in the Glebe House drive.Welcome: This weekend we welcome Roman and his family and friends. Roman will be baptised in our 10.30 service. Please pray for Roman, his parents and God-parents as they take this important step.This weekend’s Bible readings: Romans 8:26-39 (p 1135)Morning worship 30th July: You are invited to stay on for a picnic (hopefully in the churchyard) after the service at St Catherine's this weekend. Please bring your own picnic and a chair, though there will be some food available if you should forget. Cold drinks will be provided.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.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 need 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 next 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.Jazz Night DVD: A DVD, priced £10, is available of the Jazz concert in memory of Len Sparks. If you would like to buy one, please contact Ann.QR codes for giving: You will see that there’s a QR code alongside the giving details at the foot of these notices. Any giving through this particular code will be applied to benefice wide costs. In the next few weeks, each church will have a laminated QR code on its notice board which will direct donations to that specific church. In time, we will produce stickers for our service sheets, and donations will be apportioned according to where the service is being held. Of course, all the current methods of giving will remain in place!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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:30th July 10.30am Morning worship, St Catherine's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints
Welcome: This weekend we welcome Harper and her family and friends. Harper will be baptised in our 10.30 service. Please pray for Harper, her parents and God-parents as they take this important step.This weekend’s Bible readings: 10.30: Romans 8:12-17 (p 1134)6.30: Isaiah 44:6-8 (p 729) and Acts 4:1-22 (p 1095)Pop up shop 23rd July: The next pop up shop is open this weekend, on Sunday at our 10.30am family service at St Mary's. Marion is bringing some new fairtrade items from the One World Shop, which has replaced Traidcraft and sources fairtrade and ethically sourced products. Any profits will go to our local food bank. Marion will also order anything that she hasn't got in stock.Choral Evensong this weekend: Come and join us for a service of choral evensong this Sunday at 6.30 in St Mary’s, led by our benefice choir. All are welcome to this meditative service of word and music.Morning worship 30th July: You are invited to stay on for a picnic (hopefully in the churchyard) after the service at St Catherine's on 30th July. Please bring your own picnic and a chair, though there will be some food available if you should forget. The Sacombe folk will also provide cold drinks.Midweek Music at St Mary's 26th July: This month's concert, entitled A Tenor Odyssey, is on Wednesday at 12.30, and will be given by Hugh Legg accompanied by Michael Smith. Refreshments will be served from 11.30. Do come and join us if you can.Mothers’ Union 26th July: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union will be on Wednesday at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School Braughing. Janet McKinney will talk about Diocesan membership and we will have a 2nd session assembling the emergency washbags for hospitals.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00: This year’s holiday Bible club will run at the end of August. The theme will be Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. Bookings are coming in now, and we’re confident we will have significantly more youngsters than last year. We need a bigger support team! We need people to help with groups, to preparing refreshments and to set up and clearing craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline, who is starting to tap on shoulders! And if you know any children who might come along, please spread the word.Changes at the Centre: The Centre meetings will continue at 4 pm on Sunday afternoons until 3rd September, when it will switch to 5.45 for 6 pm, except on 4th Sundays, when we hope that the Centre folk will join our evensong congregation. Topics for Centre meetings in the autumn will include healing, study, prayer and outreach, among others. It will continue to incorporate live musical worship in a modern style. The programme between now and September will major on prayer. A variety of people will be leading, 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.Jazz Night DVD: A DVD, priced £10, is available of the Jazz concert in memory of Len Sparks. If you would like to buy one, please contact Ann.QR codes for giving: QR codes have become a valued aid to make life easier. Over the next weeks, we will be introducing QR codes for giving to our churches. Scanning the code with a smart-phone will take the user directly to a page where he or she can donate and register the gift for gift aid. You will see that there’s a QR code alongside the giving details at the foot of these notices. Any giving through this particular code will be applied to benefice wide costs. In the next few weeks, each church will have a laminated QR code on its notice board which will direct donations to that specific church. In time, we will also be producing stickers for our service sheets, and donations will be apportioned according to where the service is being held. Of course, all the current methods of giving will remain in place!And gift aid eligibility: Please remember that if you’re a regular giver and you pay tax, completing a gift aid form will enable our treasurers to reclaim an extra 25% of what you give from HMRC. (And, if you’ve stopped paying tax, please remember to let us know!)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 from the ubsms site.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:23rd July 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Choral evensong, St Mary's30th July 10.30am Morning worship, St Catherine's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's