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ST Mary Abbots with Christ Church and St Philip ∙ Kensington
IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:
We pray for all who suffer throughout the world through terrorism, war, oppression.
We pray in particular for the people of Ukraine and the Middle East,
and for all peacemakers and peacekeepers.
Pray for those – both adults and children - beginning to prepare for Confirmation
JOSEPH BESSADA NANCY CAMERON MIA D’SOUZA
ANDREW FREESTONE WENHAO HAN ANDREW HEALD
TOBY THOMPSON ANASTASIA IVANOVA
FREYA JONES THEO LANGSTON-JONES ADALIA LOGAN
ODELIA LOGAN PAULETTE WRIGHT-LOGAN
CHARLES LOGAN CAITLIN LOWRY MAY LYSTER
KATE MCDEVITT FERNANDA MUGNAINI
PETER NZEYIMANA ANABELLE PINKSTON
CHLOE PINKSTON CHARLOTTE SEAL
ROSE SLINN CULLEN TYNAN-O’MAHONY DELPHINE ZHU
ST MARY ABBOTS PARISH CHURCH
NEWSLETTER
for the week beginning
8th March 2015
Sunday 8th March THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST
Epistle:
Gospel:
9.30am
Please pray for the sick and those in distress, especially
RONNIE ARMIST : DAN ARBIB
OONA BAXTER : JOHN C
WENDELL CADOGAN : CHARLOTTE FELDERHOFF
PEGGY HART : CLIVE HONEY
SISTER ISABELL : LAWRENCE KARIUKE
SARAH MACPHERSON : MICHAEL PROBERT
GUDI SOHAL : ROSEMARY SLOCOMBE
JENNIFER SOLOMOS : THELMA WALSH
ROXANNA ZADVORNY
Pray for the repose of the souls of those whose year’s mind falls at this time
PENELOPE KING (March 8)
ALFRED BAILEY (March 10)
OWEN LLOYD (March 12)
ALICK MACVIE (March 13)
HELENE WIGLEY (March 15)
ALFRED PLUMRIDGE (March 17)
St MARY ABBOTS CHURCH AND PARISH CONTACTS
Vicar of the Parish
The Rev'd Gillean Craig
gillean.craig@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Associate Vicar
The Revd Jenny Welsh
jenny.welsh@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Honorary Assistant Priest
The Revd Julia Hedley
julia.hedley@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Associate Vicar with Special Responsibility for St Philip
The Rev’d David Walsh
vicar@specr.org
Associate Vicar with Special Responsibility for Christ Church
The Rev’d Mark O’Donoghue
mark@christchurchkensington.com
Honorary Priest
The Rev’d Peter Stubbs
peter.stubbsuk@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Parochial Church Wardens
David Banks
Adrian Weale
adrianweale@mac.com
Deputy Churchwardens for ST Mary Abbots Church:
Carole-Anne Phillips
Jamie Dunford-Wood
Parish Office:
Susan Russell
susan.russell@stmaryabbotshurch.org
ST Mary Abbots Vestry:
Virger: George MacAllan george.macallan@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Safeguarding Officer
Samantha Giles
safeguardingofficer@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Children on Sundays Co-ordinator & Children’s Champion:
Alexandra Swann
alexandraswann@yahoo.com
ST Mary Abbots Centre:
Adam Norton
adam.norton@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Stewardship Secretary:
Emma Porteous
stewardship@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Electoral Roll Officer:
Jamie Dunford-Wood
er@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Appeal Chairman: Piers Hedley
piers@nwcm.co.uk
Director of Music: Mark Uglow
Bellringers:
David Holdridge Secretary
david.holdridge@ntlworld.com
Editor of Kensington Parish News
Fiona Braddock
kpneditor@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Friday Playgroup:
playgroup@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Friends of ST Mary Abbots:
David Banks Chairman
friends@stmaryabbotschurch.org
Website: www.stmaryabbotschurch.org
11.15am
020 7937 6032
020 7937 2364
020 3686 1513
CHORAL MATINS
12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST readings as at 8.00am
6.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG
WITH THE PURCELL PLAYERS
Old Testament: Jeremiah 38
New Testament: Matthew 10. 16-22
HOLY COMMUNION
Monday 9th
8.30am
1.05am
5.30pm
Morning Prayer
‘Sunday on Monday’ INFORMAL EUCHARIST
Evening Prayer
Tuesday 10th
8.30am
11.30am
5.30pm
Morning Prayer
HOLY EUCHARIST – Book of Common Prayer
followed by Lent Study group
Evening Prayer
Wednesday 11th
7.10am
7.30am
1.05pm
5.30pm
Morning Prayer
HOLY EUCHARIST
Meditation Group
Evening Prayer
Thursday 12th
020 7603 4420
7.10am
9.30am
020 7937 2966
5.30pm
020 8868 8296
Friday 13th
07732 743 228
020 7937 0765
020 7937 3448
07732 842 894
020 7937 2419
020 7937 5136
7.10am
7.30am
1.05pm
5.30pm
Morning Prayer
SUNG EUCHARIST
St Mary Abbots School Service – all welcome
Evening Prayer
Morning Prayer
HOLY EUCHARIST
Recital by RCM Students
Evening Prayer
Saturday 14th
9.40am
10.00am
5.30pm
Morning Prayer
HOLY EUCHARIST
Evening Prayer
Sunday 15th
MOTHERING SUNDAY
8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST
Epistle:
Gospel:
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Exodus 20. 1-17
1 Corinthains 18-25
John 2. 13-22
The Revd Gillean Craig
Old Testament: Exodus 5. 1 – 6. 1
New Testament: Philippians 1. 1-26
Lent Sermon:
The Revd Julia Hedley
with
Pray for those who have died recently
ANNE NAYSMITH : JOYCE JOHNSTON
SUNG EUCHARIST
with Children on Sundays
Old Testament:
New Testament:
Gospel:
Preacher:
Pray for our Area Bishop, Paul Williams soon to become the Bishop of Southwell
and Nottingham. Pray also for his family in this time of change.
Ephesians 5. 1-14
Luke 11. 14-28
Galatians 4. 21-end
John 6. 1-14
9.30am FAMILY EUCHARIST
and Blessing and Distribution of Flowers
with Crche for youngest children
020 7937 8885
07866 258 814
Readings, Prayers and Presentation by our Childrens Groups
07732 842 894
11.15am CHORAL MATINS
07904 954 959
12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST readings as at 8.00am
Old Testament: 1 Samuel 1. 20-end
New Testament: Colossians 3. 12-17
Lent Sermon:
The Vicar, the Revd Gillean Craig
6.15pm Organ Prelude, leading into
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6.30pm PLAINCHANT EVENSONG
Old Testament: 1 Samuel 16. 1-13
New Testament: John 9. 1-25
Sermon:
The Revd Julia Hedley
077 3274 3228
followed by
HOLY COMMUNION
TONIGHT 9th MARCH 6.30 CHORAL EVENSONG
NEXT SUNDAY: MOTHERING SUNDAY
NOT please ‘Mother’s Day’ – that’s a recent US secularist solecism!!
On Sunday 15 March the 9.30 Service is a FAMILY
EUCHARIST; apart from the Creche, the children
will stay in church to see the presentations made by
the older children and flowers will be blessed &
distributed. We hope that many children will take
part - & adults will help from 11.00 on Saturday to
make up the bunches of flowers – see wardens.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE PURCELL PLAYERS
We are delighted that once again The Purcell Players will accompany
our combined voluntary/professional choirs in a very special Evensong.
The music comprises a setting of the
Magnificat by Buxtehude (he influenced Bach)
and two English motets:
Purcell’s Remember not Lord,
Pelham Humfrey’s O Lord My God.
For Postlude: an Albinoni Trio Sonata.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
THE SOLEMN SEASON OF LENT
The LENT ’15 LEAFLET contains full details. This week’s highlights:
Tuesday 12noon Lent Group
Each Tuesday, after the 11.30 Eucharist, we share a simple lunch then look at
the Book of Common Prayer Gospel for the week.
Wednesday 11th March 7.30pm St John’s, Notting Hill
The Kensington Council of Churches, our Local Interchurch fellowship
follows in its Lent Course that most topical of themes:
‘Walking and Praying with Christians of the Middle East’
This week: Dr Suha Rasam, Chaldean Catholic Church,
Thursday 7.30pm in the School Hall Lent Study Course
FOR ALL DEDICATED FOLLOWERS OF FASHION…
This is one of the year’s most popular services;
please invite your family, friends and neighbours.
All our Mothering Sunday collections (apart from pledged Stewardship)
will be given to St Andrew’s Clinics for Children, to supports basic primary
health care to children and their mothers in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Zanzibar,
Kenya and Ghana, in sub-Saharan Africa. Its top priority is reducing the
Under Five Mortality Rate. The U5MR in Sierra Leone is 262 deaths per
1000 live births. In the UK it is 6. Last year StACC provided no fewer than
90,000 patient treatments – 60% for malaria - at a cost of c£1 per treatment.
Book the date: Wednesday week 18th March
St Mary Abbots
ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING
6.00 for 6.30pm at the Church Hall, Vicarage Gate
This is the most important Church Meeting of the Year – the
ANNUAL MEETING at which you, the whole congregation,
receive your Church Council’s Report & Accounts (copies are
posted by the South Door). This is YOUR opportunity to:
scrutinize them & comment upon the life & work of our church,
& vote for representatives for the next year.
By the South Door you’ll find the Nomination Notices for:
DEPUTY WARDENS, and Lay (that is, YOUR) Representatives
on the PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL & CHURCH COUNCIL
This is our opportunity to thank the huge number of people who contribute to
our life here, and to celebrate the ministry and witness of St Mary Abbots.
Be sure to be there to play YOUR part in our church’s continuing life.
We gather from at 6.00pm so that you can read the
ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS
before the Meeting starts promptly at 6.30
SACRED MEALS:
SYMBOLIC FOODS IN JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY
What do we actually do? What is our day-to-day work?
How do its responsibilities and opportunities relate to our Christian faith and
discipleship? Five members of our congregation will tell and show us what
they actually do, and reflect on and discuss how we relate what we say and do
in church on Sundays with what we do throughout the rest of the week.
This week, March 12 – SOPHIE SPEYER
Fabric and Accessories Designer
Each week we serve a light supper. If you plan to come, please let us know
Jenny.welsh@stmaryabbotschurch.org or by signing the list in church.
Our thanks to all who worked so hard to make
Friday evening’s concert in aid of
RAHAB
working to help Women in our community who
have been Trafficked into prostitution
such a great success. There is still so much to do…
It was a great privilege last Sunday to commission and admit to the
Catechumenate the members of our adult and Junior Confirmation
Classes. Please continue to support them in your prayers
JOSEPH BESSADA NANCY CAMERON
MIA D’SOUZA
ANDREW FREESTONE WENHAO HAN
ANDREW HEALD
TOBY THOMPSON ANASTASIA IVANOVA
FREYA JONES THEO LANGSTON-JONES ADALIA LOGAN
ODELIA LOGAN PAULETTE WRIGHT-LOGAN
CHARLES LOGAN CAITLIN LOWRY MAY LYSTER
KATE McDEVITT
FERNANDA MUGNAINI
PETER NZEYIMANA ANABELLE PINKSTON
CHLOE PINKSTON
CHARLOTTE SEAL
ROSE SLINN CULLEN TYNAN-O’MAHONY DELPHINE ZHU
In every recent year, other people have joined these groups
once they got underway. One of the advantages of having a proper,
in-depth, three-and-a-half month preparation period is that
it is possible to catch up with what has been missed.
This means that it’s not too late for YOU to join in!
Just speak to one of the clergy,
or email jenny.welsh@stmaryabbotschurch.org
The Council for Christians and Jews offers an interfaith meeting, let by the
Revd Ian Delinger and Rabbi Amanda Golby, on this central and, in the runup to Easter and Passover, very timely topic. Monday 23 March from 6.308.00pm, the Samson Family Concourse, West London Synagogue, 34 Upper
Berkeley Street, W1. See Jenny for more details.
GARTH FOR CREMATED REMAINS
Our Bishop is coming to dedicate the Garth towards the end of March. Then
we will be able to start to use it for its holy and precious purpose.
Scaffolding rises all around us! The renewal of our roofs will
begin shortly, and last until the end of November, causing disruption to
access around the church. This is one phase of our highly ambitions - but
long overdue - total renovation and enhancement of St Mary Abbots.
St. Mary Abbots' Book Club
The next meeting of the Book Club will be at 2.30pm on Thursday March
26th. We will discuss "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. After the discussion we
will enjoy a friendly and delicious tea. New members are welcome, please
contact Anita Quinn for details: Ann_Q@Hotmail.co.uk
Bach: St JOHN PASSION
Palm Sunday 29th March 6.30
St Mary Abbots Choir & Chorus & Baroque
orchestra This glorious work, one of the great peaks
of Christian art, is for many of us central to our keeping
of Holy Week. TICKETS £15 ON SALE NOW
online from church website or at services or
vestry WE NEED YOUR HELP: Please take
posters and handbills to distribute to friends
and place in local windows etc SPONSORS
SOUGHT! Might you sponsor a soloist, or even
the Orchestra? Speak in confidence to the Vicar.
STAY IN TOWN FOR EASTER! GO AWAY AFTER!!!!!
This year the Festival is very early this year, with the school holidays
falling afterwards. So this is YOUR chance to experience the finest
and most moving of al our annual services, from Palm Sunday 29
March, through Holy Week, to Maundy Thursday 2 April, Good
rd
Friday 3 , the Holy Saturday Easter Preparation – then the glory of
th
EASTER DAY Sunday 5 April; services from 5.00am - 5.00pm!