This weekend’s Bible readings: Ezekiel 34:1-10, 33-34 (p 865) and John 10:11-18 (p 1076)Midweek Music at St Mary’s: On Wednesday 24th April at St Mary’s, Barbara Manning will be presenting a short concert of piano music at 12.30. Refreshments will be served as usual from 11.30. We look forward to welcoming you.Pop up shop: The pop up shop with Fairtrade goods and Christian gifts on sale, will be open at the 10.30 service at St Mary’s on Sunday 28th April. Please come and support this if you can - all profits go to our local food bank.And benefice bookstall: Our monthly bookstall will also be up and running at the service next weekend. If you’ve ordered a copy of J John’s Ten and have not yet picked it up, Lizzy will have it there, ready for you, along with a selection of Christian books. If there’s something you’d like her to order, please let her know.Annual meeting reports: It's coming up to the Annual Church Meetings (APCMs), so if you are involved in a group or activity, please make sure that someone lets the relevant PCC secretary or secretaries have a short report on the last year. It's a really good opportunity to celebrate the huge range of activities that go on, from flower arranging to homegroups to Mothers Union. If you’re involved in a group that is not specifically limited to one church, please send your report to all three secretaries, so that everyone in the benefice is able to hear what we are doing for God in this place.Reports should be sent as soon as possible, and certainly before next weekend, please, to the following people for each church:St Mary's - LizzyAll Saints – JeremySacombe – PeterAnd APCM papers: If you are willing to receive the papers for the appropriate annual meeting by email to save printing costs (and trees), please let your secretary know so that s/he can send them to you when they’re collated. Hard copies will be available in our churches a week before the relevant meeting.The meetings will be held after the services on:The Mundens: 5th May Sacombe: 7th MayStandon: 12th MayAll Saints@6: Sadly, we have decided to call a pause on All Saints@6 while we prayerfully consider how to move forward. This means the proposed 10 Commandments course will not now be running. Please pray as we seek how to move forward in the future.Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising our next Sunday lunch, on 28th April at 12.15pm in the Star at Standon. Please let Heather know if you would like to book a place. If you are on your own at home for Sunday lunch we would welcome anyone who hasn’t joined us before. Please contact Heather on 07909 065550.Choral evensong in Bury: On Saturday 4th May our benefice choir will be singing Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral at 3.30pm. Whilst we are not having a coach this time, it would be lovely if any folk wanted to spend some time in Bury St Edmunds that afternoon and join the service. Do speak to Michael or Marion if you want to know more.Mayday: We will not be offering a salad stall this year, but we could do with more help in the village hall for the tearoom. If you can bake or help on the day, please sign up at the back of St Mary’s or let Diana or Caroline know.Ascension Day: This year, we will not be holding an Ascension Day service on 9th May. Instead, we will celebrate at the Tuesday service in Sacombe on 7th.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:21st April 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints28th April 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's5th May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints12th May 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's19th May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 John 3:1-7 (p 1226) and Luke 24:36b-48 (p 1062)All Saints@6: Sadly, we have decided to call a pause on All Saints@6 while we prayerfully consider how to move forward. Numbers have been low for a little while and this seems a sensible time to reconsider how we move forward in mission. This means the proposed 10 Commandments course will not now be running. Please pray as we seek how to move forward in the future.If you’ve ordered a copy of J John’s book, ‘Ten’, please let Lizzy know if you would like to cancel that order (Lizzy@ubsms.org.uk).Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising our next Sunday lunch, on 28th April at 12.15pm in the Star at Standon. Please let Heather know if you would like to book a place. If you are on your own at home for Sunday lunch we would welcome anyone who hasn’t joined us before. Please contact Heather on 07909 065550.Choral evensong in Bury: On Saturday 4th May our benefice choir will be singing Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral at 3.30pm. Whilst we are not having a coach this time, it would be lovely if any folk wanted to spend some time in Bury St Edmunds that afternoon and join the service. Do speak to Michael or Marion if you want to know more.Mayday: We will not be offering a salad stall this year, but we will be a little short-handed in the village hall for the tearoom. If you can bake or help on the day, please sign up at the back of St Mary’s or let Diana or Caroline know.Ascension Day: This year, we will not be holding an Ascension Day service on 9th May. Instead, we will celebrate at the Tuesday service in Sacombe on 7th.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page. Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:14th April 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's21st April 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints28th April 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's5th May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints12th May 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's
This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 John 1:1-2:2 (p 1225) and John 20:19-31 (p 1089)All Saints@6: This week, All Saints@6 will be on the subject of Resurrection! The following week, 14th April the series will start on the 10 commandments, using J John’s helpful book, ‘Ten’. Lizzy has a couple of copies on the benefice bookstall, and can order more if you would like to buy one.Mothers’ Union: The Mothers’ Union East Cluster Lady Day service will be held on Monday 8th April at 11am at St James the Great church, Thorley CM23 4BE. Refreshments will be served after the service. If you would like to go, please let Diane know.Easter thank you: Many thanks to those who worked so hard to decorate our churches for Easter. The floral arrangements have been very much appreciated by those who have worshipped with us or visited.Choral evensong in Bury: On Saturday 4th May our benefice choir will be singing Evensong at St Edmundsbury Cathedral at 3.30pm. Whilst we are not having a coach this time, it would be lovely if any folk wanted to spend some time in Bury St Edmunds that afternoon and join the service. Do speak to Michael or Marion if you want to know more.Mayday: In this post-Easter period, our thoughts are turning to Mayday. We will not be offering a salad stall this year, but we will be short-handed in the village hall for the tearoom. If you can bake or help on the day, please sign up at the back of St Mary’s or let Diana or Caroline know.Ascension Day: This year, we will not be holding an Ascension Day service on 9th May. Instead, we will celebrate at the Tuesday service in Sacombe on 7th.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page. Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:7th April 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints14th April 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints21st April 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints28th April 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's5th May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints
Alleluia! Christ is risen! A very happy Easter to everyone!This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (p 1155) and John 20:1-18 (p 1089) Please remember that there is no All Saints@6 meeting this week.All Saints@6: Next week, 7th April, All Saints@6 will be on the subject of Resurrection! The following week, 14th April the series will start on the 10 commandments, using J John’s helpful book, ‘Ten’. Lizzy has a couple of copies on the benefice bookstall, and can order more if you would like to buy one.Contactless donations: The new contactless device for St Mary’s has arrived and been installed.Mothers’ Union: The Mothers’ Union East Cluster Lady Day service will be held on Monday 8th April at 11am at St James the Great church, Thorley CM23 4BE. Refreshments will be served after the service. If you would like to go, please let Diane know.Rebecca away: Rebecca is away for another week. If you have any administrative queries, please direct them to someone else during that time!Libury Hall – change of date: Please note that April’s Libury Hall service will now be on 10th April rather than 3rd. If you would like to come along and support the residents at this service, please speak to John.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page. Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:31st March 10.30am Easter communion, St Mary's7th April 8.00am Ante communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints14th April 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints21st April 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm All Saints@6, All Saints28th April 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's