ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, HUGHENDEN 2 November 2014 : Fourth Sunday before Advent WELCOME TO OUR SERVICES TODAY. If you are a visitor and usually take communion in your own church, we hope you will share the sacrament with us. If you are not a communicant, please still come to the altar, but carry a book, and you will receive a blessing. Do join us for Fairtrade refreshments in Church House after the 8:00 am and 9:00 am services and at the back of church after the 10:45 am service. A Crèche is available in the North Room during the 10:45 am service. All children attending the 10.45 am service are welcome to meet in school year groups during term time as follows: Bubbles - Pre-school & Reception: North Room JC Club - Years 1 - 5: Church House Bell Tower - Years 6 - 9: Bell Tower Please take this sheet home with you as a reminder of events in the coming week which you might want to join in with, or pray over. COLLECTS FOR TODAY'S SERVICES Collect: Almighty and eternal God, you have kindled the flame of love in the hearts of the saints: grant to us the same faith and power of love, that, as we rejoice in their triumphs, we may be sustained by their example and fellowship; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Post Communion Collect: Lord of heaven, in this eucharist you have brought us near to an innumerable company of angels and to the spirits of the saints made perfect: as in this food of our earthly pilgrimage we have shared their fellowship, so may we come to share their joy in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Church Notices: please send to [email protected] Today's readings with their pew bible page numbers are: Old Testament Reading: Micah 3: 5-12 (page 932) Human nature always wants to know what will happen in the future. Both Micah and Jesus are scathing about professional forecasters, some of whom even claim to speak in the Lord's name. There is, says Micah, no future for those who condition their prophecy to what their employers want to hear. New Testament Reading: 1 Thessalonians 2: 9-13 (page 1186) On these Sundays before Advent we hear from this early letter of Paul. He had not asked payment for his teaching ministry, but brought the Gospel message freely, honestly and diligently. He urges the new Christians in Thessalonica to live in ways worthy of God. Gospel Reading: Matthew 23: 1-12 (page 991) In this section of his Gospel, Matthew collects together several of the powerful criticisms by Jesus of the Pharisees. They do not even follow their own teaching; they love public honour; they forget there is always much more to learn about God. 8:00 am Holy Communion (Said) (BCP page 237) 9:00 am Holy Communion (Sung) (Common Worship) 10:45 am All Age Family Service and Holy Baptism of Annabel MacKeown 12 noon – 3:30 pm Winter Warmers (Church House) 4:00 pm Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving 6:00 pm Evensong (Sung) (BCP) (No sermon) Psalms 111 & 117 (Oxford Psalter pages 219 & 226) Daniel 7: 1-18 (page 892) Hymn 150 Luke 6: 17-31 (page 1034) Hymns 408 & 241 Intercessions: In our prayers this week we remember Joan Gibson, Stella Blake, Joan Sweet, Annie Coles, Avis Clinch, Ann Way, Rudi Gelsey, Jim and Anne Long, Florence Pinfield, and all who care for and about them. Floodlighting: Jean Godfrey is remembering, with much love, her dear husband Roy on 7 November, which would have been his birthday. WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK Morning Prayer is said on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 am and on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:45 am. Do join us. MONDAY 3 November 10:15 am Ladies' Daytime Fellowship & Bible Study. A warm welcome to all. Further details - Judith Camplisson (565108) or Ann Long (564009) TUESDAY 4 November 1:45 pm Art Fellowship Group: Church House 7:30 pm Mothers’ Union: Church House. The speaker is our own Mike Dean on the subject ‘Don’t do it my way’. Everyone welcome. WEDNESDAY 5 November 7:30 pm Alpha Course: Church House THURSDAY 6 November 9:30 am Hughenden Toddlers: Church House Next Sunday: 9 November : Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance Sunday 8:00 am Holy Communion (Said) (Common Worship) 9:00 am Matins (Sung) (BCP) 10:20 am Act of Remembrance 10:45 am Family Communion 6:00 pm Evensong (Sung) (BCP) DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 13 November – 24/7 Prayer for Wycombe from 8:00 am to 8:00 am Friday at home or in the North Room, where the prayer space will be set up. You will find the sign-up sheet and the Prayer Points on the table at the back of the Church. Prayerfully consider signing up for an hour, or part of an hour, in prayer for the ministries taking place in High Wycombe. 14 November – “Loitering with Intent – Police Chaplaincy in Action” is the subject of a talk to be given by Canon David Wilbraham, Force Chaplain to the Thames Valley Police on Friday, November 14 at Holy Trinity Church Prestwood. Tickets are £5 from 01494 862156 or at the door. 20 November – Concert at 6:00 pm (with tea & cake served from 5.30) of music by Mendelssohn, Holst and Mozart played by Nicky Fairbairn (oboe) and The Keats Quartet. Music for the ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’. Contact Arthur Johnson (01494 521471) for tickets: £11 (student/child £6). 22 November – The Cry - Requiem for the Lost Child A powerful and moving choral work which uses the Requiem liturgy interwoven with the words of children who have been effected by war and conflict. At All Saints Church, High Wycombe at 7:30 pm. Tickets from Helen Byrne (07881 781695) - £12, £10 concession, Children under 12 free but must have a ticket. GENERAL Advance Notice Filming will take place at the Manor on 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th and 13th November. The car park will have equipment vans in it; but the film company have been requested that a good amount of space be available for church business. Mothers’ Union would like to thank everyone who came, helped and supported our Coffee morning and bring and buy. We made £200 grand total and this has been sent to Iraq the Church in Baghdad where Andrew White is Chaplain to St Georges Church, Baghdad. Life there is fearful. Many Thanks. The Dorcas Project This Christmas Dorcas will be providing small new Christmas presents for children including a book, colouring pencils, colouring books and puzzles. They envisage each present costing approximately £5. Last year they received 265 referrals for this small project and they expect to receive something in the region of the same this year. Donations would be very much appreciated towards the cost of this project, new books etc. as aforementioned (for children 0-12 years) and, most importantly, prayer for the children who will be receiving the presents. If you can help in any way you may leave gifts at Holy Trinity Church office, Amersham Road, mornings only, or with Yvonne Cook who will be happy to take them for you. More information from the Dorcas Project in the Dec/Jan Outlook. November Outlook Apologies for the layout this month. This is due solely to printers’ error. George and Keith.