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NOTICES
CHURCH CHRISTMAS CARDS are
on sale with all profits going to church
funds. The picture is a detail from the
window above the font in St Lawrence.
Cost: £4.95 for 10 cards; they are available
from the Church Office.
2015 CALENDARS are now on sale,
£5 each, available from the Church Office,
Over the Moon or on a Sunday during coffee.
Before you next shop online remember
to sign up to EASYFUNDRAISING - to
help raise church funds, especially as you
order your Christmas gifts (or your
supermarket shop).
Use this link
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/
stlabbotslangley - it won’t cost you a
penny but the church will benefit.
TRAIDCRAFT items will be available
during coffee this morning along with
Christmas catalogues - all sales of cards and
presents support church funds.
Next Sunday (9th) - REMEMBRANCE
SUNDAY - worship at 10.55 am at the
War Memorial followed by service in
St Lawrence; also a service at Bedmond at
3.00 pm.
There will be nostalgia, comedy and
tensions in Abbots Langley Players’
production of ABIGAIL’S PARTY. You
won’t meet Abigail. Even her Mum isn’t
welcome. Performances will be in the
Henderson Hall from Wednesday 12th Saturday 15th November at 7.45 pm and
Saturday matinee at 2.30 pm. Ticket office
0844 804 5354.
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP? We are
in need of people to help with Sunday
Lunches (1st & 3rd Sundays of the month
only, on a rota basis), Sunday Coffee after
the 9.30 am service or with Church
Cleaning, also both on a rota basis.
Contact the Office to offer help, 261795.
Find us and
Like us on
THE PARISH OF ABBOTS LANGLEY
OUTLOOK (church magazine - 40p)
and SEEROUND (diocesan paper - free)
are available for November. Please take a
copy. If you would like to find out about
advertising in Outlook magazine for 2015
please contact the office to find out more.
The Friends’ CHRISTMAS QUIZ
2014 is available from today from the
Church Office, Jan Taylor or Judy Roe. This
year the questions are on The Rivers of
Great Britain. 100 questions for £1.00.
A WATFORD INTERFAITH
ASSOCIATION PILGRIMAGE takes
place on Sunday 16th November starting at
Watford & District Synagogue at 1.30 pm see Outlook for more details.
FRIENDS’ & MOTHERS’ UNION
COFFEE MORNING in the church hall
on Saturday 29th November from 10.00 am
to 1.00 pm. Stalls, raffles, cakes, jams,
chutneys and the famous bacon butties come along and support this event.
HANDBELL RINGING PRACTICE
- if you’d like to learn please come along on
a Tuesday at 6.30 pm.
JOHN RUTTER CHRISTMAS
CONCERT - Thursday 11th December at
the Albert Hall, £44 pp including coach - if
you signed up please pay now - cheques
payable to ALPCC Social Committee.
CONTACT NUMBERS
Vicar:
The Revd Dr Jo Spreadbury
01923 263013
Curate:
The Revd David Warner
01923 518262
Assistant Priest: The Revd Angela Milton
01923 519453
Assistant Priest: The Revd Guy Buckler
via the Church Office
Reader:
Mrs Sally Sanderson
01923 265963
Church Office: 01923 261795
StLawrenceChurchAbbotsLangley and TheTinChurchBedmond
St Lawrence the Martyr, Abbots Langley
with the Church of the Ascension, Bedmond
2nd November 2014
ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY
TODAY
WELCOME
8.00 am
Holy Communion
President & Preacher: The Revd David Warner
Reader:
Marcus Coultrup
9.30 am
Parish Communion with
Seekers
President: & Preacher: The Revd David Warner
Hymns:
393 - 564 - 555 - 297 134 (vv 1,2,4,7,8,)
Intercessions: Pam Rastall
11.00 am Holy Communion at Bedmond
President: & Preacher: The Revd Jo Spreadbury
Hymns:
393 - 564 - 63 - 123 (vv 1,2,4,7,8)
Reader:
Linda Ball
12.00 noon Baptism of Gethin Shepardson
12.30 pm Sunday Lunch Club
3.00 pm
Service of Thanksgiving and
Remembrance
Hymns:
422 - 313 - 490 - 186
6.30 pm
Requiem Eucharist for
All Souls’
President: The Revd David Warner
Welcome to everyone at our worship today,
especially to those who have come to hear their
Banns of Marriage read visitors and newcomers
- please introduce yourself if you are new or a
visitor.
SERVICES THIS WEEK
Holy Communion
10.15 am
Wednesday
9.30 am
Friday (with Morning Prayer)
Morning Prayer
9.30 am
Monday to Wednesday and Friday
Evening Prayer
5.15 pm
Monday to Friday,
including prayers for peace on Monday
and prayers for healing on Tuesday
Prayer Extra
8.15 am
Thursday: prayers for the parish and
local community
If you have been confirmed or usually receive
Communion in your own church, please do
so here. If not, you are welcome to come to
the altar rail for a Blessing, and if you carry a
book with you the priest will know not to offer
you the bread and wine.
Please tell a sidesman before the service
if you would like a gluten-free wafer.
A T-loop is provided for hearing aid users.
For our younger members at 9.30 am:
Crèche - there is a room in the
church hall with suitable toys
(0-3 years)
Seekers in the church hall
(3-10 years)
except Second Sundays
(the Church Hall is at the end of the car park)
Quiet Children’s Corner in Church
Before the service,
listen to God;
and after the service,
listen to each other.
If you have come to the service
at 9.30 am please stay for a cup
of tea or coffee and a chat in the
church hall.
A collection is taken at each main service. (If you are a tax payer, please use a gift aid envelope.)
This money is fundamental to the life of the church: its ministry, mission and charitable giving.
You may notice that some people put nothing in the bag; this is because their giving is made by standing order.
JustTextGiving - a new way to give - text STLA12 followed by the amount to 70070.
www.abbotslangley.org.uk
THE PRAYERS AND BIBLE READINGS
FOR OUR PRAYERS
COLLECT: Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and
fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: grant us grace so to follow
your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living that we may come to those
inexpressible joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; 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.
GIVE THANKS FOR
» the example, witness, and prayers of the saints
» those who have encouraged you in your faith
» the faithful departed
MONDAY 3rd Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican
PRAY FOR
» those who are persecuted for their faith
» those who do not know Christ
» all who mourn
» the peoples of Iraq and Syria, Palestine &
Israel; and all seeking to end terror and conflict
» all those affected by the ebola virus
» those who worship at St Paul’s Church
» Dynamite Youth group and its leaders
» those who live in Standfield, Station Road and
Stewart Close (inc. Stewart Lodge and
Tanners)
TUESDAY 4th
10.15 am Tuesday Coffee in St Lawrence
6.30 pm Handbell Ringing practice
7.45 pm Dynamite Youth group
FIRST READING
Revelation 7, 9-end
Pew Bible page 247
There were arguments in the early Church about the inclusion of the book of Revelation
in the Bible, and it has vexed scholars ever since. The visions should not be taken
literally, nor should we look for a single ‘key’ to unlock what Revelation has to say.
Rather, as in this passage, it shows us in vivid language and symbol a picture of heaven.
We cannot know the exact details of eternal life with God: we have faith that those who
have served him faithfully on earth are caught up into the worship of heaven, to enjoy a
full relationship with God of which we get only glimpses here on earth.
SECOND READING
1 John 3.1-3
Pew Bible page 237
A dominant strand of John’s theology is that those who have seen the Son have seen the
Father, and that those who have seen God at work in the life of Christians have seen the
Son. Faced with a belief in the impending return of Christ, which it was believed would
be preceded by a time of great trial, Christians are exhorted to stand firm in the faith,
confident that they are God’s beloved children. In the fullness of time (i.e. at the Second
Coming of Christ), Christians will be made perfect as Christ is perfect, and God will be all
in all.
GOSPEL
Matthew 5.1-12
Pew Bible page 4
Lest we be tempted to judge people according to the world’s standards, Jesus reminds us
that those who are blessed are the ones the world often forgets. The saints of God are
those who embody the values and life of his Kingdom: those who set before them the
vision of God in this world will enjoy it fully in the next.
POST COMMUNION PRAYER: God,
source of all holiness and giver of all good
things: may we who have shared at this table
as strangers and pilgrims here on earth be
welcomed with all your saints to the heavenly
feast on the day of your kingdom; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
READINGS NEXT SUNDAY
Amos 5.18-24
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end
Matthew 25.1-13
DAYS OFF
Jo - Friday
David - Thursday
A prayer for countries affected by
Ebola:
Mighty King, lover of justice,
we pray that equity would be established
across the Earth.
We pray that the death toll from Ebola
would not keep rising where resources are
so few.
We pray that the resources needed now
would be made available in abundance.
We pray for the poorest, who are again
those experiencing the brunt of inequality.
Mighty King, lover of justice we cry to you
for those who are suffering.
Help us to be the answer to their prayers.
Amen
Psalm 99.4a
THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR IN NEED
» Shirley Hammond : Norman Finch : Pete :
Ray Greeves : Tom Stuart : Alison Warner :
James Stevens : Mary Hunt : Ellis Haggith :
Chris : Christine Corners : Ken Durtnall
R.I.P.
» Barry Curtis (The Cottage, Kitters Green) :
Joyce Brown (Bluebell Drive)
Amongst the charities we support financially and
with our prayers, this week we pray for the work
of the Leprosy Mission. The charity
concentrates its work in 11 countries in Asia and
Africa. Over the next few months we will pray
for each country in turn and their specific
projects. This month is India:
Please pray for the work and staff of Purulia
Hospital as they continue to treat people with
ongoing problems associated with Leprosy.
Give thanks for the Mercy Home attached to the
hospital who supply accommodation, food and
care to those too disabled or elderly to return to
their own homes.
Please pray for the mobile clinics and their staff
who are trying to access the more remote
regions to educate, identify and treat local
people.
Give thanks for the legacy that built 9 low cost
homes in Andhra Pradesh providing a safe and
secure environment for people suffering from the
effects of Leprosy.
www.leprosymission.org.uk
THE COMING WEEK
Apologist, Teacher of the Faith, 1600
2.15 pm
7.30 pm
Tiny Tots service in St Lawrence
Ringers’ practice
WEDNESDAY 5th
10.15 am Holy Communion
THURSDAY 6th
8.15 am Prayers for the local community
10.00 am Funeral of Barry Curtis in St Lawrence
followed by Cremation
7.00 pm Service at Tanners
FRIDAY 7th Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of
Frisia, 739
9.30 am Holy Communion with
Morning Prayer
10.00 am HAL Coffee Morning in the
Henderson Hall
6.15 pm Youth Choir
SATURDAY 8th The Saints and Martyrs of England
NEXT SUNDAY
THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
9th November 2014
8.00 am Holy Communion
President & Preacher: The Revd Jo Spreadbury
9.30 am
Leader:
Second Sunday Service
The Revd Jo Spreadbury
10.55 am Act of Remembrance at
War Memorial followed by a
Service in St Lawrence
Preacher: The Revd David Warner
1.00 pm Baptism of Jack Norton
3.00 pm Remembrance Service at
Bedmond
Preacher: The Revd David Warner
6.30 pm Evening Communion
President & Preacher: The Revd Jo Spreadbury