All Saints' Services and News - Monday 20 February to Sunday 26 February

Services for the next week

Monday 20 February
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist

Tuesday 21 February
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist
1.10pm Lunchtime Concert

Wednesday 22 February
Ash Wednesday
No Morning Prayer
10.00am and 8.00pm Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes

Thursday 23 February
9.30am Morning Prayer
10.00am The Eucharist

Friday 24 February
10.00am to 12 noon Small Saints’
1.15pm The Eucharist

Saturday 25 February
9.00am Morning Prayer
9.15am The Eucharist with extended intercessions for All Saints’
11.00am Service of Thanks Giving for the Royal Grammar School

Sunday 26 February First Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
9.45am Parish Eucharist
3.00pm and 4.00pm Holy Baptism
6.30pm Evensong (Hymns NEH 64, 63, 70, Psalm 119 17-32)

News

Tuesday lunchtime concerts - this week cello and guitar recital by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

Christchurch Flackwell Heath are running a 24/7 Prayer Week and as part of this, they are leading a prayer slot for Wycombe YFC. You are all welcome to come to the meeting and pray with the members of the church and WYFC Team. It is being held on Thursday 23 February 8.00pm. Please let Erica at Wycombe Youth For Christ know if you wish to attend Tel: 01494 522777.

Poverty and Homelessness: on 26 February during our morning worship we will be focussing on poverty and homelessness. There will be a display about the work of Wycombe Homeless Connection and a retiring collection. Please come prepared to support the valuable work they are doing.

Lost For Words - Following on from our Autumn course, where several people commented on seeking confidence in talking about faith, we will be having a Lent course in church on the following evenings: 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, March, and a final session on 16th April. This will be a time where we can learn together about sharing faith personally in a non-cringy way! Please sign the sheet at the back of church if you would like to come.

Other opportunities for Lent: Town Centre Churches Together are offering ecumenical Lent groups. They will be using a course by David Adam, The Great I am. This takes the seven ‘I am’ sayings of Jesus from St John’s gospel and encourages us to find God in the present tense, rather than in the past tense. Please sign the list at the back of church indicating your choice of day and time.

Nicky Skipworth invites you to join folks from St James' going to the 2012 Greenbelt Christian Festival (23 to 28 August). With renowned speakers, live music, art and many different forms of worship, Greenbelt celebrates the best and breadth of the Church ancient and modern. Special group ticket prices: Child 0-5 FREE,
5-18 £50, Adult £89, Adult concession (e.g. disabled/pensioner) £68. If three more people book onto the trip, we get an 11th ticket free! Booking deadline: Wednesday 22 February, speak to Nicky for further details.

Future Events

• Jubilee Quiz Night (now booked for 1 June)
• A ‘Newcomers Welcome’ (now booked 13 May)
• A harvest social (now booked for 5 October with the Jazz Swing Band ‘Anything Goes’).
We need people to run them. Some have gifts in baking lovely cakes! Some can offer warm hospitality. Some have organisational gifts, others can get alongside folk, and yet others have up-front skills. We need all of these. So, have a look at the list, and get in touch with one of the Pastoral Team (Hazel, Helen, Jackie, Derek, Alan, Maureen, Nicky Laurence, or Debbie) with your offers. We need teams of people to enable these events to happen. Debbie Orriss

Women's World Day of Prayer Service 2 March 2.30pm at All Saints. Prepared by women in Malaysia for everyone. All welcome.

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

Lighthouse 2012 - The dates are 23 to 27 July. Please note these in your diaries, calendars and under fridge magnets etc, not only for children and young people, but also for adults who may wish to be 'leaders'. More details will follow. In the meantime we all are asked to start collecting items for craft (but please keep them at your homes at present) and to help you a separate list is available in church. Many thanks. Richard Locke

Lion King 24 April - At this time of the year coaches and theatre seats are fully booked early.So in order to get our requirements met we need you to let Joe Arthur or Myra Rodrigues know as soon as possible if you wish to go. It is an evening performance leaving here around 6pm and getting back around 10pm. Phone Joe on 01494 534582 or email joe.arthur30@googlemail.com

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.

Notices for Parish News: Issue Sunday 26 February deadline 9am Thursday 23 February