IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:
We pray for all who bear the scars of the Manchester terrorist atrocity:
those injured and maimed; those bereaved; those murdered.
We pray for our security forces, for those who seek to keep us safe, and for all members of the emergency services.
We pray for all those seeking election at this time, and grant to all leaders and those in authority wisdom and
courage, that all nations may live in justice and peace.
We pray for God’s Blessing on those Confirmed on Ascension Day:
TOMMY ARNOLD : WILLIAM ARTHURS THEODORE AYO-LUWUM : FELIX SULLIVAN
LORENA DE LA TORRE : EMILY EGERT : EMILIA FINNEY GABRIEL HOFFMAN : ARRON JOHN : COURTNEY JOHN
WILLIAM LANE : KEIL LESLIE : DANA PANDEROVA SARAH JANE PEARCE : MYRTLE POLLOCK
THEO PURVIS : BRIAN SMITH : KIT TAYLOR OLIVIA TOWNSEND : MICHAEL WILLIAMS
Please pray for the sick and those in distress, especially VINCENZO ACCURSO : SERGIO AVANZI : FRIEDA BILGER
VINCENZO BLANDINI : SHEILA BRADSHAW : JOHN C TOVAH CAMERON : JEANETTE CLOW : BERNARD CLOW
DAPHNE CRAIG : JOAN DAVIES : MADELEINE DRAGE NICK ERIKSEN : TONY GORDON : HILAL KIBBARA
LEO KOYMANS : JOAN MARTIN : SAED PASUKI JAMES PHILPOT : AUDREY RASKIN : CECILY SCOTT JOHN TAPPER : GODERT VON CAMPE : IRIS WOON
JAMES WORSLEY : CARL-FREDRIK : GOHAR : CAROLYN
Please pray for all who have died recently ELIZABETH BROUGHAM : JOHN THOMPSON
DIDIER LENART : RUPERT GREEN
Pray for the repose of the souls of those whose anniversary of death falls at this time
MICHAEL SCOTT : JULIE HARRIS EDWARD HASLAM : IRIS MACVIE
St MARY ABBOTS
CHURCH AND PARISH CONTACTS Church Website: www.stmaryabbotschurch.org
Vicar The Rev'd Preb Gillean Craig [email protected] 020 7937 6032
Vicar’s PA Sophie Gaselee [email protected] 020 3479 4731 Associate Priest Fr Stephen Fielding [email protected] 020 7937 4106
Churchwardens Jamie Dunford-Wood [email protected] 07732 842894 Hannah Stewart [email protected] 07813 173 595
Parish Office: Susan Russell [email protected] 020 7937 2419 ST Mary Abbots Vestry: Simon Fitter [email protected] 020 7937 5136 Safeguarding Officer Samantha Giles [email protected] 07702 829 859 Children on Sundays Co-ordinator Martina Sadovska [email protected] Children’s Champion: Alexandra Swann [email protected] 07957 131 862 ST Mary Abbots Centre: Adam Norton [email protected] 020 7937 8885 Stewardship Secretary: Emma Porteous [email protected] 07866 258 8146 Electoral Roll Officer: Sally Bessada [email protected] Bellringers: David Holdridge Secretary [email protected] 07904 954 959 Friday Playgroup: [email protected] 07770 920 085 Friends of ST Mary Abbots: [email protected] 07585 705 281 St Mary Abbots Appeal: [email protected]
Central Kensington Group Ministry
ST MARY ABBOTS PARISH CHURCH
NEWSLETTER for the week beginning
28th May 2017
Sunday 28th May SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION 8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST Epistle: 1 Peter 4. 7-11. 22-end Gospel: John 15. 26 – 16. 4a
9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST with preschool Children on Sundays Groups Reading: Acts 1. 6-14 Gospel: John 17. 1-11 Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Stephen Fielding
11.15am CHORAL MATINS Old Testament: 2 Samuel 23. 1-5 New Testament: Ephesians 1. 15-end Preacher: The Rev’d Neil Traynor
12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST
6.30pm SUNG EVENSONG Old Testament: Isaiah 65. 17-25 New Testament: Mark 16. 14-20 Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Stephen Fielding Followed by HOLY COMMUNION
Monday 29th May 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.15am HOLY EUCHARIST No Sunday on Monday today – Bank Holiday 5.30pm Evening Prayer
Tuesday 30th May Commemoration of Josephine Butler 8.00am Morning Prayer 11.30am HOLY EUCHARIST (BCP) 5.30pm Evening Prayer
Wednesday 31st May VISITATION OF BVM TO MARY 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.15am HOLY EUCHARIST 1.05pm Meditation Group 5.30pm Evening Prayer
Thursday 1st June Justin Martyr 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.30am HOLY EUCHARIST (said) 4.30pm Thanksgiving for the life of Rupert Green 5.30pm Evening Prayer
Friday 2nd June 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.15am HOLY EUCHARIST 1.05pm RCM Students’ Recital 5.30pm Evening Prayer
Saturday 3rd June Martyrs of Uganda 9.40am Morning Prayer 10.00am HOLY EUCHARIST 5.30pm Evening Prayer
Sunday 4th May PENTECOST 8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST Epistle: 1 Peter 2. 19-end Gospel: John 10. 11-16
9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST with preschool Children on Sundays Groups First Reading: Acts 2. 1-11 Second Reading: 1 Corinthains 12. 3b-13 Gospel: John 20. 19-23 Preacher: The Rev’d Preb Gillean Craig
11.15am CHORAL MATINS Old Testament: Joel 2. 21-end New Testament: Acts 2. 14-21 Preacher: The Rev’d Preb Gillean Craig
12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST
6.30pm TAIZE PRAYER with Holy Communion ‘When the Day of Pentecost was come’
CONFIRMATION 2017 CONGRATULATIONS TO AND PRAYERS FOR ALL THOSE CONFIRMED LAST THURSDAY
It was with great joy that we welcomed our Bishop of Kensington, Dr Graham Tomlin, to confirm candidates, young and old, into the
Eucharistic fellowship of Christ’s church. We presented
From St Mary Abbots: WILLIAM ARTHURS LORENA de la TORRE ROURA
EMILY EGERT EMILIA FINNEY GABRIEL HOFFMANCOURTNEY JOHN ARRON JOHN WILLIAM LANE KEIL LESLIE
SARAH JANE PEARCE MYRTLE POLLOCK THEODORE PURVIS KIT TAYLOR
and pupils of St Mary Abbots and St Philips and St Barnabas Schools who worship at other churches:
From St Philip, Earls Court Road: BRIAN SMITH FELIX SULLIVAN OLIVIA TOWNSEND
From St Barnabas: MICHAEL WILLIAMS
From St Clement and St James: THEODORE AYO-LUWUM
From Holy Trinity Brompton: TOMMY ARNOLD
From St Ivan Riski Bulgarian Orthodox Church DANA PANDEROVA
Our thanks to all who worked hard to make this so memorable an act of Christian worship, celebration and commitment:
Simon and the Vestry and Serving teams; Mark and the Choir; and all who helped provide and serve the splendid hospitality.
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CIRCLE THE CITY SPONSORED WALK Last Sunday your vicar, amazingly, not only completed the sponsored walk but did so in the fastest time!
http://www.justgiving.com/GilleanCraig2017 And here is the certified form
to prove it: Great thanks to all of you who sponsored him so generously.
At the moment of printing the total given via JustGiving stands at
£1,500 with a further £300 or so given by cash or cheques. A
Fantastic total! Just not quite as fantastic as last year’s stupendous
£3,000…….. We hear that a few people still intend to give but haven’t quite got round to it.
There’s absolutely still time to do so, by the method of your choice.
Either use the direct website above, or give cash or cheque
using the sponsorship forms you’ll find in church.
Dalgarno Trust Foodbank Alice Bulkai (07973 156 599), co-ordinates this greatly-appreciated work of supporting some of the most needy people in our community – thank you for your generous support. The plastic crates are set out in church waiting for your continued donations.
OUR NEW ASSOCIATE VICAR ANNOUNCED!
We are delighted to reveal that our new Associate Vicar will be the Revd JONATHAN MACNEANY. He writes: Now that news of my appointment has been announced I write to introduce myself and tell you how much I am looking forward to joining you at St Mary Abbots. I've enjoyed meeting with the ministry team and wardens over the last couple of months and am keen to greet the rest of the church. For the last three years I have been ministering as curate in the Epping District Team Ministry. We are a team of three churches: St John's situated in the vibrant Epping town centre; St Alban's at the heart of the village of Coopersale; and All Saints the
ancient parish church. I'll be arriving with Helen, to whom I'm married. She is a medical student at Queen Mary's University and will be taking her fourth year finals over the coming month. If youwant to find her she'll be stuck
behind a desk with her head in a book. I'll be getting up to speed before I start ministering officially on 25th June. When I'm not at church I pick up weights at the gym. I'm looking for some local sports with which to get involved and would welcome your recommendations. I also have a soft spot for physics
and natural history & will relish the closeness of the museums.
The Archdeacon will join us to License Jonathan and welcome him and Helen at a special service of Solemn Evensong at
6.30pm, Sunday 25th June - Book the Date Now!
Our next 'WELL-BEING BREAKFAST’ is approaching fast….. Our innovative new series of monthly breakfasts continues next Tuesday here at St Mary Abbots Church. It’s part of Fr. Stephen’s High Street ministry Tuesday 6 June – The Bishop of Kensington will introduce 'CHRISTIANITY AND WELL-BEING' The celebrity speaker introduce the topic, followed by general discussion Tea and coffee and croissants will be served from 7.30, the speakers will speak at 8 am, and the breakfasts will finish by 9 o'clock to enable participants to return to work in good time. If you’d like to take part contact Fr. Stephen on (020) 7937 4106; or Sophie Gaselee, on (020) 3479 4731, or email her on [email protected].
CHILDREN ON SUNDAYS PARENTS’ SUMMER GARDEN PARTY 7.30pm for 8pm, Thursday 7 June If you bring children to any of our Sunday services you should have received an invitation to our Summer Garden Party, in the Vicarage Garden.
It’s our annual opportunity for * US to meet each other (without the children!) * YOU to hear more about the life and work of St Mary Abbots * EVERYONE to enjoy a simple supper (and some wine, if you like)
We hope very much that you will be able to join us. Contact [email protected] to RSVP and to offer to help!
HIS SPIRIT IS WITH US: A Pentecost Quiet Day led by Fr Gillean Craig Addresses, Silence, Eucharist, Lunch 9.30-3.00 (ie, within school times) Wednesday 14 June St Mary’s Convent, Burlington Lane, Chiswick. W4 2QE To book email [email protected] or sign the sheet on the sidesmen’s table
The Carnival is coming to Kensington!!
ST MARY ABBOTS SUMMER FETE 17 JUNE
Exciting plans are well under way for a superb day at our Summer Fair this year on 17th June from 11-3.30pm. Please put the date in your
diary. However, we do need your help. Calling all bakers....Do enter our Showstopper cake competition to be judged by our expert baker who writes for the Evening Standard Laura from Laura's London. Please
contact Anna to enter. 07899 790534 or [email protected]. Can you Donate/contribute to the Summer Fair volunteer on the day? offer a silent auction or raffle prize? assist with our catering or run a stall???
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