This weekend’s Bible readings: Matthew 5:1-12 (p 968) LM only – 1 Corinthians 13 (p 1153)Archdeacon Janet’s visit: Archdeacon Janet will be leading our Remembrance Day service in St Mary’s and our Act of Remembrance at St Catherine’s this weekend. Please continue to pray for her and her family as they grieve for her Mum.Our service in St Mary’s will not be streamed this week.All Saints@6: This Sunday evening we have the second Christians Together meeting. The first was an upbuilding time of worship, fellowship and prayer, and we hope even more will join us on this occasion. Support from people in the benefice is much appreciated as we meet together for worship, fellowship and vital prayer for the community we live in. All are welcome!Confirmation service 22nd November: Di and Nicky, who have just completed the Christianity Explored course, will be confirmed in Buntingford on 22nd November at 7.30 pm. Nicky will be baptised in the same service. Please come and support them if you can, and pray for all the Christianity Explored participants.Good news for Little Munden School: Little Munden School was visited recently by a SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) inspector. She spent the day in school, talking to staff and children, parents and Governors. Her findings resulted in a ‘Judgement 1’ report, confirming that the school’s Christian vision and values underpin everything it does. Congratulations to the school, and please pray for staff and students as they learn more about Jesus and living his way.November coffee mornings and sales: Both of our November events are approaching. FOSM’s coffee morning will be next Saturday, 18th November, 10 - 12 and Sacombe’s will be on 25th, 10.30 – 12.30. Please support these if you can.Advent service: Our annual service of readings and music for Advent will take place on Sunday 3rd December at 6.00 pm in St Mary’s. Advent can sometimes get a bit lost, as Christmas hurtles towards us in December; please join us if you can to reflect on this time of waiting and anticipation as we hear the ancient prophecies and listen to the benefice choir as they lead our worship.Beryl’s scooter: As most of us know, Beryl had a very high spec and sturdy mobility scooter that carried her round the village. Her family is looking for a good home for it. If you know anyone who could use it, please speak to John or Caroline.Operation Christmas Child: The pick-up date for the Christmas shoeboxes is next weekend. If you’d like to contribute, you can still do so by wrapping and filling a shoebox yourself (Lizzy will give you a list of what’s allowed) or by donating boxes, wrapping paper or any of the things that will go into one, or, indeed, money for the travel costs. Right now, there are about 130 filled boxes in Lizzy’s living room, and she plans to pack still more. As soon as these ones have gone, she starts to collect for next year, so please keep saving your shoe boxes and bargain hunting!Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising the next Sunday lunch, on Sunday 26th November at the The Star Standon at 12.15pm. Please contact her on 07909 065550 to reserve a place.Mind & Music – songs to aid memory and wellbeing: This group meets at the Standon and Puckeridge Community Centre each Thursday, 2.00 – 3.00. They use music, songs and conversation to see where our memories take us. All are welcome. For information please contact David: ranfordd@gmail.com, 07888 398336, 01920 739762.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform.The benefice page can be reached via this link:. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that 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:12th November 9.30am Morning worship, All Saints10.45am Remembrance service, St Mary's3.00pm Act of Remembrance, St Catherine's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints19th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints26th November 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All SaintsPlease note our usual 4th Sunday Choral Evensong service won’t happen in November, as 3rd December is Advent Sunday and we will have our Advent service of music and readings at 6.00 pm that day.3rd December 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm Advent carols service, St Mary's10th December 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: Isaiah 4:2-6 (p 689) and Hebrews 12:14-24 (p 1211)Archdeacon Janet’s visits: Archdeacon Janet isn’t with us as planned this weekend. Sadly, her mother died on Monday and she is not working this week. She hopes still to attend our PCC meetings on Wednesday and to be with us for our Remembrance Day service in St Mary’s next weekend. Please pray for her and her family as they grieve.Next week’s services: Our services next week are at different times from usual. At All Saints, we’ll hold a service of Morning Worship at 9.30, and we’ll walk down to the war memorial afterwards to join villagers in a short Act of Remembrance. At St Mary’s, our service will be slightly later, at 10.45, and will involve the uniformed organisations. At 3.00 pm, there will be a short Act of Remembrance at Sacombe.All Saints@6 for the next 2 weeks: This Sunday evening Joe Boot will speak about “Courage and conviction in an age of compromise” followed by an opportunity for questions and answers. Next week we have the second Christians Together meeting. The first was an upbuilding time of worship, fellowship and prayer, and we hope even more will join us on this occasion. All are welcome!Confirmation service 22nd November: Di and Nicky, who have just completed the Christianity Explored course, will be confirmed in Buntingford on 22nd November. We will let you know the time when we have it. Please come and support them if you can, and pray for all the Christianity Explored participants.November coffee mornings and sales: Both of our November events are approaching. FOSM’s coffee morning will be on 18th November, 10 - 12 and Sacombe’s will be on 25th, 10.30 – 12.30. Please support these if you can.Advent service: Our annual service of readings and music for Advent will take place on Sunday 3rd December at 6.00 pm in St Mary’s. Advent can sometimes get a bit lost, as Christmas hurtles towards us in December; please join us if you can to reflect on this time of waiting and anticipation as we hear the ancient prophecies and listen to the benefice choir as they lead our worship.Knit & Natter group: If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us for a couple of hours in the Sargant room at the back of 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, 9th November. For more information please contact Diane on 01920 821130 or Marion on 01920 745683.Beryl’s scooter: As most of us know, Beryl had a very high spec and sturdy mobility scooter that carried her round the village. Her family is looking for a good home for it. If you know anyone who could use it, please speak to John or Caroline.Operation Christmas Child: We are getting close to the pick-up date for the Christmas shoeboxes. If you’d like to contribute, you can still do so by wrapping and filling a shoebox yourself (Lizzy will give you a list of what’s allowed) or by donating boxes, wrapping paper or any of the things that will go into one, or, indeed, money for the travel costs. Right now, there are 102 filled boxes in Lizzy’s living room, and she plans to pack more. As soon as these ones have gone, she starts to collect for next year, so please keep saving your shoe boxes and bargain hunting!Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising the next Sunday lunch, on Sunday 26th November at the The Star Standon at 12.15pm. Please contact her on 07909 065550 to reserve a place.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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:5th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints12th November 9.30am Morning worship, All Saints10.45am Remembrance service, St Mary's3.00pm Act of Remembrance, St Catherine's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints19th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints26th November 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All SaintsPlease note our usual 4th Sunday Choral Evensong service won’t happen in November, as 3rd December is Advent Sunday and we will have our Advent service of music and readings at 6.00 pm that day.3rd December 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm Advent carols service, St Mary's
If you’re reading this before Sunday morning, please remember that the clocks change this weekend!This weekend’s Bible readings: Psalm 119:9-16 (p 617) and Mark 4:1-9, 13-20 (p 1005)Service of memories 4th November: Our annual service of memories will be held in St Mary’s on 4th November at 3.00 pm. This is the service where we invite any who have been bereaved to gather to worship, to remember, to reflect, to light a candle if they so wish. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served after the service.Archdeacon Janet’s visits: Archdeacon Janet will be visiting our benefice several times over the next weeks, as she continues her programme of ‘getting to know you’ visits to parishes. This week, she will preach at Sacombe on Tuesday and lead collective worship at Little Munden School. Next Sunday, she will preach at our 8.00 and 10.30 services in St Mary’s and All Saints. On 8th, she will attend our PCC meetings and on 12th she will take part in our Remembrance Day service in St Mary’s. Please make her welcome!November coffee mornings and sales: Both of our November events are approaching. FOSM’s coffee morning will be on 18th November, 10 - 12 and Sacombe’s will be on 25th, 10.30 – 12.30. Please support these if you can.Advent service: Our annual service of readings and music for Advent will take place on Sunday 3rd December at 6.00 pm in St Mary’s. Advent can sometimes get a bit lost, as Christmas hurtles towards us in December; please join us if you can to reflect on this time of waiting and anticipation as we hear the ancient prophecies and listen to the benefice choir as they lead our worship.Operation Christmas Child: If you’d like to contribute to the OCC shoeboxes for children in areas of need, you can do so by wrapping and filling a shoebox yourself (Lizzy will give you a list of what’s allowed) or by donating boxes, wrapping paper or any of the things that will go into one, or, indeed, money for the travel costs. Right now, there are 87 filled boxes in Lizzy’s living room, but she is running short of small soft toys (please check any charity shops you pass!), soap and toothbrushes.Website - changes: 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 weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:29th October 10.30am Bible Sunday Morning worship, St Catherine's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints5th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints12th November 9.30am Morning worship, All Saints10.45am Remembrance service, St Mary's3.00pm Act of Remembrance, St Catherine's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints19th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints26th November 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All SaintsPlease note our usual 4th Sunday Choral Evensong service won’t happen in November, as 3rd December is Advent Sunday and we will have our Advent service of music and readings at 6.00 pm that day.3rd December 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm Advent carols service, St Mary's
Welcome to Hugo and Oscar: This morning we welcome Hugo and Oscar, who will be baptised during the service. Please pray for the boys, their parents and God-parents as they take this important step.This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (p 1186)Basma’s cookery evening postponed: The demonstration of Levantine cookery, planned for 21st October has been postponed. We hope to be able to reschedule for early in 2024.Pop up shop: The next pop up shop will be at the 10.30am family service at St Mary's this weekend. There are lots of fairly traded and ethically sourced products, including this month the popular Advent calendars and also Christmas cards. As usual, all profits go to our local Buntingford Food Support charity. If there is something you would like Marion to order for you please let her know.Choral Evensong, Sunday 22nd October, 6pm: The last chance this year to experience a beautiful service that can give respite during our busy lives. The choir will sing 'If ye love me', written by Tallis in 1565. The anthem is 'Ubi Caritas', (where charity and love are, God is there), written by Gjeilo in 1999. There will be hymns for all to join in with. The service lasts about an hour.Instead of Choral Evensong next month, our benefice choir will lead our Advent service of music and readings on 3rd December. Please see the note at the end of the service list.Midweek Music at St Mary's, 25th October: This month's concert, entitled Nostalgia, will be on Wednesday, 25th October at 12.30 and will be given by a vocal group called the Courtyard Quartet. Refreshments are served from 11.30 so bring some friends and have a get together over a coffee. Free entry, donations welcome. Do come and join us if you can.Mothers’ Union 25th October: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union will be on Wednesday at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School Braughing. There will be a talk ‘From Jordan with Love’ by Basma Chitham. Everyone is invited to this meeting. Please ring Ann on 01920 821674 for more information.Service of memories 4th November: Our annual service of memories will be held in St Mary’s on 4th November at 3.00 pm. This is the service where we invite any who have been bereaved to gather to worship, to remember, to reflect, to light a candle if they so wish. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served after the service.Lunchtime concerts series – thank you: Thank you to all who were involved in or supported our recent lunchtime concerts in St Mary’s. The three Saturdays raised £1,650.Operation Christmas Child: Lizzy is now wrapping and filling shoe boxes with stationery, toiletries and toys to be sent with Samaritan’s Purse to parts of the world where the children who will receive them have no prospect of receiving any other Christmas gift. If you’d like to contribute, you can do so by wrapping and filling a shoebox yourself (Lizzy will give you a list of what’s allowed) or by donating boxes, wrapping paper or any of the things that will go into one. If you’d rather donate money so that Lizzy can use it to buy things she is missing for boxes, or to pay for the travel costs, cash can be given to her or Caroline, or you can transfer it to the Standon PCC bank account (details at the end of this notice sheet) with the reference "OCC". Last year we sent around 150 boxes. This year’s boxes will go about mid-November (and Lizzy will start on next year’s!)Lighting issue in St Mary’s: We are still waiting to hear back from the manufacturer about the fault with our lighting switch panel, but until we can get it sorted, the visitors’ lights switch (in the porch, just outside the big doors) has been altered so that it puts on all the lights. Please use that one if you need lights on.Website - changes: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform.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:22nd October 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's29th October 10.30am Bible Sunday Morning worship, St Catherine's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints5th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints12th November 9.30am Morning worship, All Saints10.45am Remembrance service, St Mary's3.00pm Act of Remembrance, St Catherine's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints19th November 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints26th November 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints
