All Saints' Services and News - Monday 21 November to Sunday 27 November

Services for the next week


Monday 21 November
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist

Tuesday 22 November
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
1.10pm Lunchtime Concert

Wednesday 23 November
7.45am Morning Prayer
8.00am The Eucharist

Thursday 24 November
9.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am The Eucharist

Friday 25 November
10am to 12 noon Small Saints
1.15pm The Eucharist
5.00pm Thanksgiving Service for the life of Steven Whale

Saturday 26 November
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
12.30pm Christmas Concert

Sunday 27 November First Sunday of Advent
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.45am Parish Eucharist
6.30pm Advent Carols by Candlelight

News

The Tuesday Lunchtime concert this week is by Wycombe Abbey School.

Advent Craft Fayre in All Saints’ on Saturday 3 December, 10am to 2pm. Please do come along and support us. - Liz and Chris Cunningham are still wanting jewellery and paperweight contributions, tel 01494 529179 or see Liz or Chris in church.

Breathe 30 November 8-9pm in the Quiet Garden: A time of informal worship, Bible study and prayer. All welcome.

Fair Trade Goods Would anyone like to order any fair trade food from Traidcraft? Please see catalogue at back of church and fill in your name, tel. no. and item required on the attached list as soon as possible. (There will be more items for sale at the Advent Fayre, anyway. Rosemary Vere.

Thank you for the shoe boxes you filled, 42 have been sent on their way to needy children. SR Committee.

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.

Fairground Organ Saturday 17 December We are organising a street collection with the fairground organ on the Saturday a week before Christmas. Firstly, we need a Sponsor for the organ hire of £175; please contact John Lord (01494-483362) if you can help. Next, we will be looking to the rest of the congregation for help as Collectors on the day: Can you give an hour or two? Please sign the list, which will be at the back of Church from next week.

Christmas concert in All Saints’ from 12.30pm on 26 November - we would like to offer hospitality at the concert 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. 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.

Amnesty International are celebrating their 50th Anniversary by holding an AmnesTea event on Saturday 3 December, 10am to 1pm in The Wesley Methodist Church, Priory Road. They invite you to come along for tea and cake and to write a card to one or more persons highlighted in their Greetings Card Campaign.

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.

Join Wycombe Philharmonic Choir at Trinity United Reformed Church, London Road for ‘A Christmas Celebration’ on Saturday 10 December, 7.30pm. Tickets are £10, £8 concessions available from 01494 711628 or at the door.

Wycombe Sharing of Faith - 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.

Notices for Parish News: Issue Sunday 27 November deadline 9am Thursday 24 November