All Saints' Services and News - Monday 12 March to Sunday 18 March

Services for the next week

Monday 12 March
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
7.15pm Lost for Words Lent Group

Tuesday 13 March
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
1.10pm Lunchtime Concert

Wednesday 14 March
7.45am Morning Prayer
8.00am The Eucharist

Thursday 15 March
9.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am The Eucharist

Friday 16 March
10.00am to 12 noon Small Saints’
1.15pm The Eucharist

Saturday 17 March
Our day in the 24/7 Prayer for Wycombe cycle
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
10.00am Prayer for All Saints’
10.00am to 12 noon ‘Big Brew’ Coffee Morning

Sunday 18 March Fourth Sunday of Lent/Mothering Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.45am All Age Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Choral Evensong (Hymns NEH62, 241, CP478, Psalm 13,14)

News

Tuesday lunchtime concerts - this week Martin Ford, Assistant Organist at Westminster Abbey.

Tea, coffee and home made cakes in church, Saturday 17 March, 10am to 12 noon. Come and support our ‘Big Brew’ in aid of Traidcraft. Fairtrade food for sale.

Prayer for All Saints - we will be meeting to pray for the church, especially for our mission and our life together during this time of vacancy. Saturday mornings, in the Quiet Garden at 10am, All are welcome.

Council for Christian Muslim Relations (High Wycombe) ‘Who Am I?’ – Questions for Christians and Muslims, Thursday 22 March in Oakley Hall, 8 Castle Street, high Wycombe, 7.30pm for 8.00pm. All are invited to this meeting.

TOWER RESTORATION/RINGAPPEAL: Work has at last started in the tower. The clock itself has been removed, but the engineers must return to remove the hands and drive mechanisms to the clock faces. The building contractors have been carrying out preparatory work, protecting peal boards, opening hatches, etc. ready for the installation of lifting beams next week. The west end floor and north aisle protection will be laid in the week beginning 19 March, then the exciting part starts. On 26 March we will start lowering the bells from the tower, and, if everything goes to plan, they will be taken to Whitechapel Bellfoundry on 29 March. The bell frame will then be dismantled and stored in the north aisle until it can be sold. There will be a lot of other wood - floor boards, etc, which will be of no use for restoration or craft work and might be of interest to people with wood burning stoves. Should anyone be interested in having some of the scrap wood, please contact Patricia Newton (01844 352926). Donations to Ringappeal always appreciated.

Easter Lilies – If you would like a lily in church in memory of a loved one, please would you put the money and the name of the person to be remembered into an envelope and hand it to the church office, the verger, Pat Lea, Liz Cunningham or myself by Sunday 25 March. The cost again this year will be £3 per lily. Elizabeth Cubbage

Admission to Communion: I will be pleased to hear from any child who would like to start receiving Communion after a short preparation course. Parents and children...please get in touch with me. Nicky Skipworth

PALM SUNDAY - We will be including a dramatic version of the Passion within the 9.45am service on Palm Sunday. In order to do this we need some willing volunteers who are prepared to take on a small role, be a disciple, a passer-by or a tree! Please contact David Knights (07584 529044 or david@knightshouse.org.uk) if you can help. There will be no (or very few) lines to learn and we will hold two rehearsals beforehand on Wednesday 21 March @ 7.30pm and Saturday 31 March @ 3pm in church. Please consider taking an active part to make this retelling effective and memorable.

The Parish Office will be closed from Monday 2 April and will reopen on Tuesday 10 April. There will be no edition of Parish NEWS on Easter Sunday, 8 April.

Advance notice for Gardeners – This year’s plant stall in aid of church funds will take place on 9 June. Offers of help on the 8 or 9 June (and plants) will be most welcome. Rosemary Vere

There will be a Vocations Breakfast at Christ Church Flackwell Heath, on Saturday 21 April, 8.30am to 12.30pm. There will be a chance for you to ask questions and to explore forms of ministry. For further information and to book for this event call Cathy Smith on 01494 670389 or Tim Yates on 01494 772914.

Royal Jubilee Concert by Princes Risborough Music Society in All Saints’ Church, on Saturday 24 March at 7.30 pm. Favourite choral and orchestral music from coronations and related works. Tickets costing £12.00 from 01844 342202

Chaplaincy for Wycombe Annual General Meeting Thursday 29 March, 6.30 pm for refreshments, High Wycombe Library, 5 Eden Place [second floor] Our speaker will be Rev Angela Overton-Benge Chaplain to
Economic Life in Swindon. We shall also be reviewing the volunteer work of this local support initiative in the heart of the retail centre of Wycombe. Should you wish to consider working with us, please get in touch with our lead Chaplain Revd Yvonne Murphy 0784 736 7366.

Christian Aid Week 13-19 May 2012
This is an All Saints’ Church commitment – New helpers urgently needed. Christian Aid week is fast approaching and we would like to ask you for your support. We need collectors for the house to house collections during the above week. If you are available and would like to help in this worthwhile and very important cause, please contact Neil or Chris. Lamb on 01494 637776.

Notices for Parish News: Issue Sunday 18 March deadline 9am Thursday 15 March