St Marys’ Notices – 11th October 2015
Events for the next week:
- Monday 12 October – 4.45pm Children s’ confirmation class at the Rectory, West Bergholt
Tuesday 13 October – 11am Village Communion service at St Mary’s, West Bergholt - Tuesday 13 October – 8pm Home Group @ Pat & Roy’s
- Wednesday 14 October – 7.30pm Adult Confirmation Class at the Rectory, West Bergholt
- Thursday 15 October – 9am Open house in church; 2.30pm 5T’s in church hall
- Thursday 15 October – 10am Rachel’s Home Group
- Saturday 17 October – 9.30am-4pm – PCCs Away Day at Assington Hall
- Sunday 18 October – 11.15am Holy Communion led by Mandy Elmes
Services in Langham with Boxted & Great Horkesley
Sun 18 October – 8.00am BCP Communion at St Mary’s, Langham; 9.30am Morning Worship, St Peter’s, Boxted; 11.15am Morning Praise, St John’s, Great Horkesley
Sunday Bible Readings:
- Sun 18 October – Mark 10: 35-45 – Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.
Latest News
Congratulations to Dorothy Chadborn who was licensed as a Pastoral Assistant yesterday at Chelmsford Cathedral, following her successful completion of the Diocesan Pastoral Care Course. In case you are wondering what is the role of a pastoral assistant, the following is a definition from the Diocesan web site:
“Pastoral Assistants are those in whom the Church has discerned special gifts for ‘pastoral care in the church and wider community. They are not people who know all the answers. But they are men and women of prayer; people who reflect on the dilemmas of modern life in the light of the Bible and Christian tradition, and people who want to communicate to others the message of Christ through caring action”.
Our prayers are with Dorothy as she begins her new role.
Messy Church – well done to Caroline Finlay and the Messy Church Team for another great service this morning on the theme of the Rugby World Cup. Lots of children had fun decorating (and eating!) rugby ball shaped biscuits, making puppets and taking part in a quiz. There will be no Messy Church in November as St Mary’s will be joining in with the Village Remembrance Service at the Orpen Hall on 8 November, so the next Messy Church will be on 13 December, when we will have a Messy Nativity!
Christmas Shoe boxes – thank you to everyone who has signed up to complete a shoe box or donate particular items. Completed shoe boxes need to be brought to church or to the parish office by Sunday 1 November, but if you are donating individual items, please could we have them by Sunday 18 October to allow time for making them up into complete shoe boxes. If you need labels for your boxes, there are a few left in church and in the parish office.
All Saints Day Service – Sunday 1 November @ 9.30am – Rev Paul Norrington will be leading and preaching in a special service on the theme of ‘gifts for the building up of the church’. Mandy will staying with us at the end of the service because she no longer has to rush off to take another service on the first Sunday in the month. Everyone is invited to stay for coffee and cake after the service and there will be a chance to discuss the Mission and Opportunity Fund.
Reminders:
Tools with a Mission – thank you to all those who have already donated their unwanted tools. The tools will be collected on 23 October, so there is still time to bring them to the parish office or Richard Chadborn if you haven’t yet had chance to look through your garage.
Dates for Your Diary
- Sunday 8 November – 10.45am Village Remembrance Service at the Orpen Hall – please note there will be no Messy Church at St Mary’s that day (apologies for the error in the Good News Magazine).
- Sunday 29 November – 11.15am Joint Service at All Saints Church, Great Horkesley, led by Mandy Elmes
Best wishes
Liz Dixon, on behalf of St Mary’s