ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, HUGHENDEN 9 November 2014 : Third Sunday before Advent - Remembrance Sunday 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 Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Post Communion Collect: God of peace, whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom and restored the broken to wholeness of life: look with compassion on the anguish of the world, and by your healing power make whole both people and nations; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Church Notices: please send to [email protected] Today's readings with their pew bible page numbers are: Old Testament Reading: Amos 5: 18-24 (page 920) th In Israel, in the 8 Century BC, Amos sees more attention being given to religious ritual than to social justice. So, says this fierce prophet, if you expect the Lord's coming, beware that it may not be as delightful as you think. When God comes to his world he comes in righteous judgement. New Testament Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 (page 1188) This letter is the earliest we have from Paul. The church at that time expected Jesus to return very soon. Paul has encouraging words for those who might die before that second Advent, because every one of us can look forward to life with Christ for ever. Gospel Reading: Matthew 25: 1-13 (page 994) Jesus tells a parable about the coming Day of the Son of Man. None of us can know the time of his coming, but we must live as though it might be at any moment, and be prepared to face him. 8:00 am Holy Communion (Said) (Common Worship) 9:00 am Matins (Sung) (BCP) Psalm 70 (Oxford Psalter page 137) 10:20 am Act of Remembrance 10:45 am Family Communion If at the Family service you would like to receive prayer for healing, general well being, comfort and strength by our trained Prayer Team, please make your way up early to the communion rail and then go into the North Chapel (doorway by the organ) where you will be warmly and confidentially welcomed. 6:00 pm Evensong (Sung) (BCP) (No sermon) Psalms 20 & 82 (Oxford Psalter pages 51 & 164) Judges 7: 2-22 (page 249) Hymn 150 John 15: 9-17 (page 1083) Hymns 137 & 420 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, Freddie Newman (now at home recovering from illness), and all who care for and about them. 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 10 November 10:15 am Ladies' Daytime Fellowship & Bible Study. A warm welcome to all. Further details - Judith Camplisson (565108) or Ann Long (564009) TUESDAY 11 November 10:00 am Victorian Christmas: National Trust visiting school party: Church 1:45 pm Art Fellowship Group: Church House WEDNESDAY 12 November 9:00 am UV3A: Church House 7:30 pm Alpha Course: Church House THURSDAY 13 November 8:00 am 24/7 Prayer for High Wycombe: North Room 9:30 am Hughenden Toddlers: Church House 11:30 am Interment of Ashes of Demus Edward Brown FRIDAY 14 November 10:00 am Victorian Christmas: National Trust visiting school party: Church 2:15 am Funeral of Charles Roberts, followed by cremation Next Sunday: 16 November : Second Sunday before Advent 8:00 am Holy Communion (Said) (Common Worship) 9:00 am Holy Communion (Sung) (Common Worship) 10:45 am Informal Family Service 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 ‘new look’ 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 affected 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 Save the Children Christmas cards and diaries will be available to purchase in church before and after the 10:45 am service this week and for the next few weeks. Advance Notice Filming will take place at the Manor on 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. 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. Outlook The editors for the December/January issue are Chris and Jane Tyrer. Items for inclusion should reach the editors by the 15 November. Email at [email protected] or hand-written articles can be delivered or posted to Helen Byrne at 67 Friars Gardens, Hughenden Valley.