This weekend’s Bible readings: Exodus 24:12-18 (p 82) and Matthew 17:1-9 (p 984)Lent course on Wednesday evenings 7.30 pm at All Saints: We will be running a course on Wednesday evenings throughout Lent: 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 Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday services. Do come along!22 February Ash Wednesday (Sacombe)“Take up your cross and follow me” Matthew 16:241 March The Creator God“In the beginning God created” Genesis 1:18 March The Uniqueness of Jesus“In the beginning was the Word...” John 1:115 March The Truthful Spirit“The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth” John 16:1322 March The Nature of Humanity“Male and female he created them” Genesis 1:2729 March Our Identity in God's Kingdom“Be born again” John 3:36 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, 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.Midweek Music 22nd February: On Wednesday our Midweek Music at St Mary’s series continues with refreshments from 11.30am followed by a short concert at 12.30 given by our own Margaret Goodall on the trumpet and Michael Smith on the piano and organ. Do come along if you can.Pop-Up Shop 26th February: Marion is holding another pop up shop after the 10.30 service on Sunday 26th February. 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: The weekend of 25th and 26th February will be a celebration of the completion of the restoration work on the Sadleir tombs. The weekend will culminate in a service of evensong on Sunday 26th 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.Sunday lunch at The Star: Heather’s next monthly Sunday lunch will be on 26th February at 12.15pm at the The Star in Standon. If you would like to book a place please let Heather know by Sunday 19th February. Tel 07909 065550 or heatherjackson24@yahoo.co.uk.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. Please come and support them all if you can.Volunteers still sought: Our in-house teams are still looking for volunteers on many fronts. In particular, we are now turning children away from the clubs at Roger de Clare because we don’t have enough helpers, and there is a waiting list of 15-20 children. 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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:19th February 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints26th February 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Tudor Choral evensong, St Mary's5th March 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints12th March 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints19th March 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All SaintsOur Ash Wednesday service will take place at 7.30 pm on 22nd February at St Catherine’s.
This weekend’s Bible readings: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (p 209) and Matthew 5:21-37 (p 969)Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops at St Catherine’s, 18th February: The Sacombe folk will hold their annual ‘Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops fundraising event on Saturday 18th February, 12.00 – 2.00. Please come along and admire the snowdrops, and enjoy some delicious home-made soups.Tudor evensong 26th February: The weekend of 25th and 26th February will be a celebration of the completion of the restoration work on the Sadleir tombs. The weekend will culminate in a service of evensong on Sunday 26th 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.Sunday lunch at The Star: Heather’s next monthly Sunday lunch will be on 26th February at 12.15pm at the The Star in Standon. If you would like to book a place please let Heather know by Sunday 19th February. Tel 07909 065550 or heatherjackson24@yahoo.co.uk.Lent course on Wednesday evenings: We plan to run a course on Wednesday evenings throughout Lent, venue yet to be determined. All are welcome. Ash Wednesday is on 22nd February and the course will start after that. Please look out for more information next week.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. Please come and support them all if you can.Mothers’ Union 22nd February: Please note that this meeting has been cancelled, as many of the members will be at Audrey Pelley’s funeral that day.Len Sparks’ memorial concert: Thank you to all who supported the concert last Saturday. It raised £700 for St Mary’s.Volunteers still sought: Our in-house teams are still looking for volunteers on many fronts. In particular, we are now turning children away from the clubs at Roger de Clare because we don’t have enough helpers, and there is a waiting list of 15-20 children. 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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:12th February 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints19th February 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints26th February 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Tudor choral evensong, St Mary's5th March 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints12th March 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: Romans 8:18-25 (p 1135) and Matthew 6:25-34 (p 971)Choral Evensong at St Mary's Ware Sunday 5th February 6.30pm: Our choir will join the singers from St Mary's Ware for a special service of Choral Evensong this Sunday. Michael will be leading the music at the service and it would be lovely to worship together with friends from this benefice and Ware. Do come along if you can.Knit & Natter group 9th February: If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us for a couple of hours in 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 9 February 2023. For more information please contact Marion on 01920 745683.Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops at St Catherine’s, 18th February: The Sacombe folk will hold their annual ‘Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops fundraising event on Saturday 18th February, 12.00 – 2.00. Please come along and admire the snowdrops, and enjoy some delicious home-made soups.Tudor evensong 26th February: The weekend of 25th and 26th February will be a celebration of the completion of the restoration work on the Sadleir tombs. The weekend will culminate in a service of evensong on Sunday 26th 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.Lent course on Wednesday evenings: We plan to run a course on Wednesday evenings throughout Lent, venue yet to be determined. All are welcome. Ash Wednesday is on 22nd February and the course will start after that. Please look out for more information in the next couple of weeks.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. Please come and support them all if you can.Volunteers still sought: Our in-house teams are still looking for volunteers on many fronts. In particular, we are now turning children away from the clubs at Roger de Clare because we don’t have enough helpers, and there is a waiting list of 15-20 children. 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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:5th February 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints12th February 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints19th February 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints26th February 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Tudor Choral evensong, St Mary's5th March 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible reading: John 2:1-11 (p 968)Concert in memory of Len Sparks 4th February: The postponed concert in memory of Len will take place in St Mary’s on 4th February at 7.00 pm (licensed bar open from 6.30). John Petters New Orleans Jazz Stars will play and proceeds will go to St Mary’s. Please speak to Rebecca for more information or for tickets.Choral Evensong at St Mary's Ware Sunday 5th February 6.30pm: Our choir will join the singers from St Mary's Ware for a special service of Choral Evensong next Sunday. Michael will be leading the music at the service and it would be lovely to worship together with friends from this benefice and Ware. Do come along if you can.Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops at St Catherine’s, 18th February: The Sacombe folk will hold their annual ‘Soup ‘n’ Snowdrops fundraising event on Saturday 18th February, 12.00 – 2.00. Please come along and admire the snowdrops, and enjoy some delicious home-made soups.Tudor evensong 26th February: The weekend of 25th and 26th February will be a celebration of the completion of the restoration work on the Sadleir tombs. The weekend will culminate in a service of evensong on Sunday 26th 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.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. Please come and support them all if you can.Volunteers still sought: Our in-house teams are still looking for volunteers on many fronts. In particular, we are now turning children away from the clubs at Roger de Clare because we don’t have enough helpers, and there is a waiting list of 15-20 children. If you can help with this or any of the other tasks listed in recent weeks, please speak to John or the appropriate person.Kisiizi Hospital parcels: Thank you to everyone who knits for Kisiizi hospital. In 2022 we sent 38 boxes of knitted items, including 130 vests, 76 blankets and 77 teddies. We are now in need of boxes. Those that hold 5 reams of A4 paper are ideal. Please leave them in St Mary’s church.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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine’s Wednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’sWe are looking in our midweek services at the moment at the later chapters of Acts. Often, study of the book of Acts doesn’t get to the latter part, so we have started at chapter 21, when Paul is taken into Roman custody, where he will spend the rest of his life. Please join us if you’d like to explore these passages with us.Sunday services:29th January 10.30am Morning worship, St Catherine's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints5th February 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints12th February 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints19th February 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints26th February 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Tudor Choral evensong, St Mary's
