Prayer Needs Reading for Sunday 16th November Please pray for … *Maureen Lamb, Larry and Janie. *For all those trying to cope with bereavement. *Please continue to pray for Kate, Zeljko and baby Adam. They planned to be here today to say thank you to all those Sunnysiders who have givens cards and gifts. Baby Adam’s passport arrived early on Thursday so they flew, with David & Isabel to Serbia yesterday. Kate and Zeljko wanted to express their thanks for such great support from Sunnyside church family and are disappointed not to be here in person to do that today. Meeting to pray this week In addition to our regular services as a church family, we enjoy meeting together to pray for the needs of our community and our church. Please feel free to join with us this week: Wednesday: 9.30am The Wednesday Service will be Holy Communion in the Chancel. Reading: 2 Timothy 2: 14-19 Saturday: 8.00-9.00am Prayer Breakfast in the Breukelman Room. (PLEASE NOTE: Every Saturday of the month it is now held in the Breukelman Room, except 3rd Saturdays when it is held at the Way Inn). th Collect for 16 November Heavenly Lord, you long for the world’s salvation: stir us from apathy, restrain us from excess and revive in us new hope that all creation will one day be healed in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Matthew 25:14-30 p.994 Week beginning 16th November Welcome to Monday 17th November 12 noon Lunch Club in the Breukelman Room for our Senior Citizens. Wednesday 19th November 1pm Pot Luck Lunch at St John’s, Bourne End. 7.30pm Singers’ rehearsal in the Breukelman Room for Sunnyside Christmas services. Love // Grow // Serve Friday 21st November 1.30pm in the Hall, Smarties. This is our friendly group for Mums, Dads and carers with babies and toddlers. Come and enjoy a relaxing afternoon, with toys and a fun activity, and refreshments. 7-9pm Edge – our youth club for years 7-13. Saturday 22nd November 2.30-4.30pm. Barnabas Fund (which helps persecuted Christians worldwide) invites us to a meeting at which Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo ,the International Director, will speak. This will be at Duke Street Church, Richmond, TW9 1DH. Further details from the poster in the lobby or from Antony Beeley. The Institution of the Revd Canon Timothy W. Pilkington as Rector of the Berkhamsted Team Ministry will take place on Monday 1st December at 7.30pm at St. Peter’s Church. Please be in your seats by 7.10pm. SPECIAL NOTE David and Isabel travelled to Serbia with the Milosevic family yesterday and are returning on th Thursday 20 November. Any urgent matters should be referred to Dick Clarkson. We send Zeljko, Kate and Adam all our very best wishes. 16th November 2014 The Eight: The Nine: The Ten Thirty: The Six-Thirty: Holy Communion (BCP) Morning Worship All-Age Service Evening Service www.sunnysidechurch.org.uk Welcome to Sunnyside We hope that you will feel very welcome in our church today. If you’re here for the first time, please fill in a welcome card and hand it to a member of the welcome team. Thank you. As a church we are seeking to: LOVE God and each other GROW in Faith SERVE our Community Please feel free to join us at any of our services today. We have refreshments between 10am and 10.30am on Sundays – get to know us over a tea or coffee! Contact For all enquiries please contact the Church office which is normally open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am-2pm. Church Office: 01442-875025 [email protected] David Abbott: 01442-865100 [email protected] Items for this notice sheet need to be given to the office by Thursday at the latest, please. General Information *We are very short of dishwasher keys. If you have used one recently, please can you check your pockets and around your homes to see if you have got one by mistake. *Please could you bake a loaf for our Advent Breakfast on Sunday 30th November? There is a sign-up list on the welcome desk in the lobby or speak to Gail Batchelder. *We shall soon be asking our volunteer postmen to deliver the Sunnyside Christmas cards around the parish. If you feel unable to help us this year, please contact the office. Otherwise, thank you to you all in advance for doing this task for us once again this year. Monday Lunch Club driving – are you able to help in the New Year? It makes such a big difference to the lives of our Lunch Club members, giving them one of the few opportunities they have each week to get out of the house to enjoy some much needed fellowship and friendship together. We need at least 2 or 3 more regular drivers to make the scheduling easier and provide adequate cover for sickness/holidays etc. Perhaps you know of friends or neighbours who might be prepared to join our driving rota? Dates for your diary Christmas Choir Would you like to be part of our Christmas Choir singing at Carols by Candlelight on Sunday 21st December at 6.30pm? ALL are welcome to sing. Rehearsals will be held on: Wednesday 19th November Wednesday 10th December th Wednesday 17 December (All in the Breukelman Room from 7.30pm – 9.30pm) Please speak to Giles to confirm your availability or for more information on: [email protected] th Wednesday 26 November 7.30pm at Christchurch Chorleywood – another in the highly successful ‘Facing the Canon’ series with J. John in conversation with Mark Russell. Mark, a really amusing and interesting speaker, was appointed as Chief Executive of The Church Army at the age of 31 in 2006. For tickets ring 01923-287777 or go to www.facingthecanon.com Friday 28th November 10am-12 noon Christmas Bazaar together with the usual Coffee & Cakes morning at St. John’s Bourne End. Sunday 30th November 8.40-9.40am Advent Breakfast This event is a wonderful way to begin the season of Advent. If you’ve never been before, you must come this year! Enjoy a truly delicious breakfast and some excellent company. Everyone’s really welcome. 10.00am Baptism and Confirmation Service led by Bishop John Gladwin. Come and support our confirmation candidates at this important service. Sunday 30th November 3.30pm Festival of Light in Berkhamsted High Street, followed by Youth Café.* (*See Tom for more information.) 6pm Advent Carol Service at St. John’s BE. Advent Gifts This year we thought it would be good to give donations at each service throughout Advent to overseas and local charities. As Christians, we feel we must respond to the Ebola crisis. We would also like to support people nearer home for whom Christmas is a difficult time of year. We are planning to divide our offerings between the Women’s Refuge in Hemel Hempstead and the residents of The Swan. There will be special collection buckets for us to use each time.