This weekend’s Bible readings:

2 Corinthians 8:7-15 (p 1163) and Mark 5:21-43 (p 1007)

We welcome Richard Prince, who will be playing the organ for our service in St Catherine’s this weekend.

Please note that, as we are in St Catherine’s, there will be no live stream this week.

Dane End Open Gardens:

Thank you to everyone who helped make the Open Gardens event so successful. The total raised is currently £1,600. Planning has already started for next year!

End of term picnic service 21st July at All Saints:

Our service in All Saints on 21st July, the first Sunday after the end of term, will be a special one. The Little Munden School choir will be taking part, and pupils and parents at the school have been invited. We will host a picnic in the churchyard afterwards (please bring your own food; hot drinks and squash will be provided), and we hope to have activities provided by Red Balloon while we spend time together over lunch. Please come along and help make the LMS families welcome.

Holiday Bible Club 27th – 30th August:

Bookings are now open for our annual Holiday Bible Club and Caroline is collecting names of those who would like to help. It will run for the 4 days after bank holiday Monday, and the theme will be kings and queens in the Bible. Please speak to Caroline if you can help on any or all of the days, and encourage any children you know to come along.

Cybercrime and fraud prevention talk by Hertfordshire Police 11th July, 11.00 am:

St Mary’s will be hosting a talk by Herts Police Cybercrime & Fraud personnel on Thursday 11th July between 11am-12.30pm. We will hear about how we can protect ourselves against scams and the like. All are welcome and the event is free. Tea, coffee and cake will be available from 10.30am. For more information. please phone Caroline J (not our Caroline!) on 01920 821442.

Priory concert in St Mary’s 21st July:

Richard P will be directing the Priory Singers in an afternoon concert on 21st July at 3.00 in St Mary’s. The concert is free, with a retiring collection for St Mary’s. We will be providing refreshments in the interval; if you would be willing to help, please speak to Caroline.

Website:

Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page.

Services for the next few weeks

Midweek services each week:

Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine's

Wednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary's

Sunday services:

30th June 10.30am Morning worship, St Catherine's

7th July 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's

10.30am Morning worship, All Saints

14th July 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's

21st July 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's

10.30am Morning worship, All Saints

28th July 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's

6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's