All Saints' Services and News - Monday 23 April to Sunday 29 April

Services for the next week

Monday 23 April
George, martyr, patron of England, c.304)
No Morning Prayer or Eucharist
1.10pm Lunchtime Concert

Tuesday 24 April
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist

Wednesday 25 April
Mark the Evangelist
No Morning Prayer or Eucharist

Thursday 26 April
9.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am The Eucharist

Friday 27 April
10.00am to 12 noon Small Saints’
1.15pm The Eucharist

Saturday 28 April
No Morning Prayer, Eucharist or Prayer for All Saints’
7.30pm Concert by Wycombe Choral Society

Sunday 29 April Fourth Sunday of Easter
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.45am All Age Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Short Evensong followed by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting

News

The All Saints’ Annual Parochial Church Meeting takes place on Sunday 29 April in church, starting with Evensong at 6.30pm. A copy of the accounts and the annual report are available this morning in church.

Monday lunchtime concerts - this week musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

Prayer for All Saints – will next meet on Saturday 5 May in the Quiet Garden at 10.00am to pray for the church, especially for our mission and our life together during this time of vacancy. All welcome.

Ringappeal: We still need to raise about £40,000 to pay for the restoration of the tower and the new bells. Our next fund raising event will be a sponsored handbell peal. This will involve five ringers, each with two bells, and will take place in the Quiet Garden (north chapel) after morning service on Sunday 6 May. The peal will start between 11.15 and 11.30 a.m. and will take about 2 hours and 40 minutes of continuous ringing to complete. The church will be open for spectators to listen and watch (from a distance). Please support us by visiting the church around lunchtime that day and by offering sponsorship. Thank you. Patricia Newton

LIGHTHOUSE are now recruiting leaders for all or part of the week 23 to 27 July. The application forms are available from the website www.lighthouseadmin.org or send an email to info@lighthouseadmin.org or you may call 01494 714012. Details of the craft collecting list may be seen at www.lighthouseadmin.org/craft or use the quick link on their website. With our ongoing works at Church storage space is at a premium so please keep your collected craft items at home until nearer the time of the event. Many thanks.

Electoral Roll for All Saints’, High Wycombe –. The revised Electoral Roll will be available for inspection at Sunday services today and 29 April and at other times by request to the Clergy, Verger or me. Errol Baker, Electoral Roll Officer

Part-time Children’s Minister (20 hours per week)
We are seeking an experienced Children’s Minister to take our work with children and their families within All Saints to the next level, to develop and support volunteers and to develop links with the wider community in High Wycombe. All Saints has a sacramental approach to worship. Our aim is to develop a linked approach to weekly parish and children’s worship through, for example, the use of the Lectionary and other activities throughout the year.The post is subject to enhanced CRB clearance and has a genuine occupational requirement that means this role is aimed at Christian applicants. For further information, or to apply please submit your CV with a covering letter, no later than 30th April 2012 to:

All Saints’ Church Office,
Oakley Hall,
8 Castle Street,
High Wycombe, HP13 6RF
allsaintsofficehw@ukgateway.net, 01494 527526

DONATE A CUSHION! Do you have spare cushions which you no longer need/use? If so please consider bringing them to Church for use on our seats in the nave.

The Parish Office will be closed on Tuesday 24 April.

The One Can Trust – Don’t forget you can make a donation by leaving a can of food in the wheelie bin at the back of church.

MiniComs! Sunday 20 May from 3.00pm to 4.30pm in All Saints' there'll be fellowship, teaching and some holy fun solely for children who receive Communion. On Sunday 1 July, MiniComs joins in with "Praise on the Rye", a chilled out act of worship on The Rye opposite Trinity United Reformed Church at 3.00pm. Parents/carers welcome.

Prayer and Praise, the worship group for children at the C of E School, was re-launched on Tuesday 17 April, and meets weekly 12.20pm to 12.45pm in the Music Room. Please tell any of your children who attend the school that they are very welcome to join in.

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

St Andrews, Hatters Lane will be running a marriage course on Monday evenings starting 30 April. Full details can be found on their website www.sac-hw.org.uk

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.

Understanding Islam, a course for Christians led by Revd Dr David Marshall takes place at St Stephen’s House, Oxford 11-14 June. For further information tel 01865 613500 or visit www.ssho.ox.ac.uk

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