All Saints' Services and News - Monday 14 November to Sunday 20 November

Services for the next week

Monday 14 November
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist

Tuesday 15 November
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
1.10pm Lunchtime Concert

Wednesday 16 November
7.45am Morning Prayer
8.00am The Eucharist

Thursday 17 November
Our day in the 24/7 Prayer for Wycombe cycle
9.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am The Eucharist

Friday 18 November
10am to 12 noon Small Saints
1.15pm The Eucharist

Saturday 19 November
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist

Sunday 20 November Christ the King
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.45am All Age Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Evensong (Hymns NEH 408 tii, 409, 241, Psalm 82)

News

The Tuesday Lunchtime concert this week is Royal Academy of Music, Toki String Quartet.

Switching on of the Christmas Lights 17 November
The church will be open for this town centre festival. We need help offering refreshments, hospitality, etc in the late afternoon/early evening to share Jesus the Light of the World, so if you can be involved for an hour or so, please get in touch with Debbie as soon as possible debbie.orriss@churcharmy.me.uk 07757171612. Thanks.

SmAll Saints will be having a Teddy Bears' picnic on 18 November in honour of Children in Need. All welcome, especially if you enjoy honey sandwiches. Kath Dunn is asking the congregation to guess which cake Pudsey will be baking for the picnic. Bring £1 and guess the cake. There's a prize for the winner!

The Parish Office will be closed on Wednesday 16 November.

Church Mission Society Boxes Would all annual box holders please return them to me for emptying. CMS needs the money for its work supporting mission partners and churches from Uganda to Peru and Thailand to the UK. If anyone else would like a collecting box, please let me know. Rosemary Vere.

Tickets to the Mayor's Christmas Service (4 December at 4.30pm in All Saints') are available from the Mayor's Office 01494 421134 jenny_howe@wycombe.gov.uk;
St Andrew's Bookshop or Tourist Information Centres in Wycombe, Marlow and Princes Risborough. Admission is by ticket only.

Christmas concert in All Saints’ from 12.30pm on 26 November - we would like to offer hospitality at the concert as part of our outreach, in the form of a warm welcome and refreshments (drinks and cake) so if you're able to help either by donating a cake, welcoming, or serving refreshments for an hour or so, please let Joe Arthur or Debbie Orriss know as soon as possible. Joe also requires help giving out invitations in the High Street on the day. Thank you.

Wycombe Homeless Connection – Night shelter is starting from Monday 19 December 2011. Our commitment is from TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2011 until Tuesday 27 March 2012. We are asking for single duvet covers, pillows and VOLUNTEERS – for the evening, night and morning shifts to help at Oakley Hall and for people to do the washing. The database is now up and running for you to update your availability. Many thanks. Would you please contact Sheila Doig on 01494 445893 or Chris Lamb on 01494 637776.

Advent Fayre - Jewellery Stall We will be running our usual stall and would be grateful for contributions of old and modern jewellery to sell. Any pieces of broken gold chain or odd gold earrings etc. can be converted into cash too. This year we would like to branch out into Paperweights as well. Please let us have your contributions as soon as possible .All proceeds to Church Funds as usual. Liz and Chris Cunningham - HW 529179

Wycombe Youth for Christ are holding a Christmas Open Evening on Tuesday 6 December, 7.30pm - 9.00pm, at Kingfisher House, 109a West Wycombe Rd, all welcome.

Wycombe Sharing of Faith – three invitations:

- a presentation on Women in Islam given by Ifath Nawaz on Wednesday 16 November 8.00pm at Medmenham Village Hall (between Marlow and Henley on the A 4155). Contact: Jennifer on 01491 571 216 for further info.

- first pilgrimage in Wycombe Sunday 20 November 2011,
all are welcome to join the procession which starts at
1.20 from Brook Street, visiting Sikh temple, Bahai
community café, Baptist Church and Jubilee Road mosque, meeting with people of faith. Further details available from the Parish Office or Maureen at 01494 448146 or phone Anne Bowker, Chair, Wycombe Sharing of Faiths 01494 564445

- Borrow a 'book' on life from High Wycombe's Human Library to celebrate National Inter Faith Week
Further details from Penny Snelling at psnelling@buckscc.gov.uk , or call Wycombe Library on 0845 230 3232 or call Michael Bowker on 01494 564 445

Notices for Parish News: Issue Sunday 20 November deadline 9am Thursday 17 November