WELCOME to everyone in Church today, especially those visiting for the first time. Please ask the nearest person to you in the pews if there is anything you need. There is

a carpeted area in the south aisle for our smallest children. A full service booklet is available and the T-loop system works well.

A collection of money is taken during Mass. We are very grateful for your kind support. At the time of communion, please feel free to come forward to the front of Church -

either to receive communion or a blessing. Jesus invites everyone, you too! Finally, do stay for a drink after Mass if you can and say hello before you leave. If you

would like to keep in touch, please fill in a white Contact Card and we’ll respond asap.

St James’ Islington: discovering how to live like Jesus in the 21st century

TODAY’S HYMNS at 10am

Entry Gradual Offertory PComm1 PComm2 Final

ST JAMES’ CHURCH, ISLINGTON N1 8PF

2nd June 2019 ASCENSION Yr C 19/22

Welcomer: Hilary Roden Readers: Jerome Kasella Interceder: Isabel Nisbet Euch Mins: Hilary and Laura Roden Coffee: Weini and Ethan 9th: Sharples family

Readings for Pentecost: Sunday June 9th at 10am Acts 2: 1-13 Lucy Haire Acts 2: 14-15, 22-24 Rebecca Lee

Notes on today’s readings:

Acts 1: 1-11 Jesus tells them that they won’t know what is happening next! Sound familiar?! Ephesians 1: 15-23 Ascended, Jesus is now the head of everything ‘for the Church’

St Luke 24: 44-53 Strangely the disciples are not sad to lose Jesus: this is the right time

Collect: Father God, you took Jesus from our sight so that he could receive glory at your right hand in heaven. At our own homecoming may we follow him and find our hope, our joy and our peace in the heavenly places; where you reign as Lord for ever and ever. Amen.

AM766 Praise my soul Nicolah: Waiting on you AM453 Lord enthroned Nicolah: Flow AM358 Be still for the p. L878 You shall go out with joy

ASCENSION Together we have been able to cele-brate Jesus’ return to life at Easter and then his many appearance to his disciples for weeks after-wards. But that kind of ‘being here and not being here’ couldn’t last for ever so how was the story going to end? The answer was the one that Jesus had predicted: he was going to return to his Father so that a different kind of gift could be given to believ-ers: wait in the city and then the Father will send you the Holy Spirit so that you can do what I have done - and more besides.

NICOLA HOGG’S musical career has grown through a series of chance meetings as we will hear this morning at 10am. We heard her busking in Chapel Market and now she is appearing in this year’s Proms! It is great she is also playing for us today!

Parish Priest: Fr John Burniston 1a Arlington Square, N1 7DS 020 7226 4108 | 07989 281123 email: vicar@stjamesislington.org | www.stjamesislington.org | Administrator: admin@stjamesislington.org

Churchwardens: Hilary Roden and Isabel Nisbet | Hall Bookings: hallatstjames@gmail.com

MONDAYS

12.15-1.15pm

Sunday 2nd 7pm: Anthony Hill memo-rial concert. At 9.15pm: Dame Emma Kirkby/Dowland works. Wednesday 5th: 7.30pm Fascinating lecture on Giotto by a real expert on Renaissance art and a member of the congregation too. Free! Friday 7th 7.30pm Thoughtful contem-porary folk with Nicola and friends. Sat 8th: 7.30pm Pocket Sinfonia: Well known classical works played by a chamber orchestra. Just right for here! Tickets are still available from Isabel Nisbet and from the Parish Office. Please do spread the word and share in as many of these events as you can. They are always great occasions. CAKE Maria and I would be very grateful for donations of cake for next Sunday’s ‘Open Gardens’. And if you could help to serve that would be fantastic too: 2-5pm next Sunday (9th).

Calendar and Daily Prayer themes

Sun 2 ASCENSON SUNDAY Chris, Katya, Arnold and Egon Carter Mon 3 DEL Easter 7 Shirley Chinery; Cyril Daley; Dennis Davis Tues 4 Feria Karen and Hayley Davis; Sophie Duffy, Reggie and Olive Wed 5 Feria Adam Dickson; Amy and Freddie Eldon-Richier Thurs 6 Feria Will Ellsworth-Jones; Weini and Ethan Faloppa Fri 7 Feria Luigi, Jane, Luca, Francesca, Matteo and Gloria Falcioni Sat 8 Thomas Ken, Bp Lisa and Sonny Follett; Wendy Fisher-Gordon Sun 9 PENTECOST Maria Flavius; Ros, Beatrix and Sebastian Ford

PRAYER BOARD/NOTICES Requests for prayer welcome

BIRTHDAYS Very many happy returns today to Florence Maile and to Parker Gillman, both of whom are 1!

BANNS Between Prince Michael Adedayo Adeniran single, of the parish of St Andrew’s, Southgate; and Olayinka Folasade Adenike Shodimu, of the parish of St Cedd, Becontree, Dagenham with a QC with St James’. This is for the 1st TOA.

SICK Robert Addington, Sophie Black, Annie Bryan, Wayne Deboo, Wendy Fisher-Gordon, Emily Grainger, Kris Hyde, Hayley Jenkins, Klenan, John Scott, Vera Taggart, Angela Vinnicombe, Curt Weidner and Caroline Yeats.

MEMORIALS 3rd: Julie Porter (2009); 4th: Joffre Bicat (1988); 5th: Syl Dale (2018); 7th: Bernard Awooner-Renner (1981).

INTERNATIONAL CHURCH LINKS In the US: Fr Travis Smith, Holy Comforter Church, Angleton, Texas; together with his wife Suzanne, priest at Grace Church, Alvin, Texas. In Japan: Fr Sebastian Naniwa, working in three parishes in Shimane, near Hiroshima in the Diocese of Kobe. We look forward to his wife Yuki Ihara visiting us here in September.

WHAT’S ON AT ST JAMES’ THIS WEEK Sun ASCENSION SUNDAY 8am Mass. 10am All

Age PARISH MASS with singer Nicola Hogg. 7pm PROMS Mihai Ritivoiu and Yohanna Prodanova play music for piano and cello. PROMS 9.15pm Dame Emma Kirkby/Dowland Works perform early music.

Mon 10am Visit by the Archdeacon to discuss Listed Building Status for St James’. 12.15pm Pack Up.

Tues No 8.30am Morning Prayer or 9am Mass. Wed 10am Mass. 7.30pm PROMS Prof Paul Hills

discusses the work of the artist Giotto. Free. Thurs 5.30pm BC Group 1, Church. 6pm Evening

Prayer. 6.15-7pm Office session. Fri 7.30pm PROMS ‘Nicolah in Concert’. Sat 7.30pm PROMS Pocket Sinfonia perform

Masterpieces in Miniature: Haydn, Mozart and Grieg.

Sun PENTECOST 8am Mass. 10am PARISH MASS and SUNDAY SCHOOL. 2-5pm National Garden scheme includes the Vicarage garden! PROMS 7pm ‘The cello alone’: Yalda Davis performs works by Tellemann, Prokoviev, Bloch and JS Bach.

PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE Some of you may have seen the latest appeal for support from Richard Radcliffe on Channel 4 News last Wednesday. The case of Nazanin Zhagari-Radcliffe has disappeared from view recently but Richard had received briefings which suggest that the case is connected to a huge £400m military contract which a UK company failed to honour. The Iranians had paid in advance and were now demanding their money back. Whatever the back-ground please continue to pray for Nazanin, for Richard and for Gabriella.