This weekend’s Bible readings:Romans 5:1-11 (p 1132) Matthew 4:18-24 (p 968)Vacancy update:Please continue to pray for the vacancy process and for our parish representatives as they prepare for the interview day on Tuesday 17th March.The Real Easter Egg:Marion has a few Real Easter Eggs available for purchase for £5 each. This year there is a new booklet included with the Easter story. Please see Marion if you’re interested.Building work at All Saints:The scaffolding is up now. There is restricted access to some areas of the churchyard, and there will be parking issues, due to the works vans. Please take care and observe the signs!St Mary’s tower:The work on the tower is finished! The project has taken 50 weeks, longer than anticipated, but the site is being cleared and a team will be going in on Friday 27th March, to check the bells and clean the belfry, the ringing room and stairs. We are hopeful that the bells will ring for Easter!Knit & Natter group:If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us in the Sargant room (at the back of Standon village hall) any time between 1pm and 3.30pm, usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Tea & cakes will be available. Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 12th March. For more information please contact Marion on 01920 745683.APCMs (Annual Parochial Church Meetings) and the Electoral Roll (ER):The APCMs for our benefice churches are scheduled for the weeks after Easter. Each church must review and display their ER prior to their APCM; the process starts approximately 5 weeks before the meeting. Look out for the official notices.If you are not already on the ER, now is a good time to join. Application forms are available from Hugh (All Saints), Carole (St Catherine’s), Wendy (St Mary’s) or at the back of each church.The dates of the APCMs are 12th April (Standon), 14th April (Sacombe), 19th April (The Mundens).APCM papers:Our secretaries and treasurers are collating reports for our annual meetings in all three churches (although we are a united benefice, each PCC is a separate legal entity and must hold its own meeting). If you are responsible for writing the report for your group, please send it to Lizzy (for benefice wide reports) or to the appropriate secretary (for the very few reports specific to only one church).If you’re willing to save time, paper and copying by receiving the papers by email, please contact the appropriate secretary: Lizzy for Standon, Rebecca for The Mundens, Peter H for Sacombe.Lent Appeal:For the last few years, in Lent we have focussed on stewardship of our time and money, and for our Lent appeal we have asked our members, if they are able, to add an extra amount of giving to our churches. With visiting clergy covering many of our services, this focus in our preaching is more difficult, but we are still inviting you to look carefully at your giving of time and money to support our work in this benefice and among these villages. Donations can be made in the same way as our regular giving.Services for the next few weeks:Midweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine’sWednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’sSunday services:8th March 10.30 am Holy Communion & baptism, St Mary’s15th March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints22nd March 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s 6.00 pm Stainer’s Crucifixion, St Mary’s29th March 10.30 am Palm Sunday morning worship, St Catherine’s5th April 10.30 am Easter Day communion service, St Mary’s12th April 10.30 am Morning worship, St Mary’sHoly Week Services:Tuesday 31st March 9.30 am Holy Communion, St Catherine’sWednesday 1st April 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’sThursday 2nd April, 7.30 pm Maundy Thursday communion, St Catherine’sFriday 3rd April 10.30 am Service at the Cross, All SaintsFriday 3rd April 2.00 pm Reflective Hour, St Mary’sSunday 5th April 10.30 am Easter Day communion service, St Mary’sBishop Jane will join us for all of our Holy Week servicesPlease note there will be no midweek services on 7th or 8th April.Dates & meetings coming up:11th March, 4.00 pm Funeral of Evelyn Haylock, Woollensbrook Crematorium25th March, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s26th March, 9.00 am Roger de Clare Easter service, St Mary’s27th March, 1.15 pm Little Munden School Easter service, All Saints1st April, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall
This weekend’s Bible readings:Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 (p 1131) John 3:1-17 (p 1065)The Real Easter Egg:Marion has a few Real Easter Eggs available for purchase for £5 each. This year there is a new booklet included with the Easter story. Please see Marion if you’re interested.Building work at All Saints:The erection of scaffolding will begin on Monday, 2nd March from 8.00 am. The pathways round the church from the North door to the Vestry will be exclusion zones for pedestrians. There will be parking issues, due to the scaffolding lorries and works vans. Please take care and observe the signs!World Day of Prayer:Margaret is not organising a WDP service this year but there will be a service in Ware, at the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and St Joseph, on the corner of New Road and King Edward Road Ware. The service is on Thursday 5th March at 2pm. The service this year has been devised by the Christian women of Nigeria. This is a beautiful ecumenical service and all are welcome. If anyone is interested in coming to the service or would like a lift please talk to Margaret and Derek.Zachary’s baptism:Please join us next week, if you can, for our 10.30 communion service in St Mary’s, where Rich and Cate will bring Zachary for baptism.Soup and Snowdrops:Thank you to all who supported Soup and Snowdrops last weekend at Sacombe. £933 was raised at this extremely enjoyable event.APCMs (Annual Parochial Church Meetings) and the Electoral Roll (ER):The APCMs for our benefice churches are scheduled for the weeks after Easter. Each church must review and display their ER prior to their APCM; the process starts approximately 5 weeks before the meeting. Look out for the official notices.If you are not already on the ER, now is a good time to join. Application forms are available from Hugh (All Saints), Carole (St Catherine’s), Wendy (St Mary’s) or at the back of each church.The dates of the APCMs are 12th April (Standon), 14th April (Sacombe), 19th April (The Mundens).APCM papers:Our secretaries and treasurers are collating reports for our annual meetings in all three churches (although we are a united benefice, each PCC is a separate legal entity and must hold its own meeting). If you are responsible for writing the report for your group, please send it to Lizzy (for benefice wide reports) or to the appropriate secretary (for the very few reports specific to only one church).If you’re willing to save time, paper and copying by receiving the papers by email, please contact the appropriate secretary: Lizzy for Standon, Rebecca for The Mundens, Peter H for Sacombe.Lent Appeal:For the last few years, in Lent we have focussed on stewardship of our time and money, and for our Lent appeal we have asked our members, if they are able, to add an extra amount of giving to our churches. With visiting clergy covering many of our services, this focus in our preaching is more difficult, but we are still inviting you to look carefully at your giving of time and money to support our work in this benefice and among these villages. Donations can be made in the same way as our regular giving.Services for the next few weeks:Midweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine’sWednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’sSunday services:1st March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints8th March 10.30 am Holy Communion & baptism, St Mary’s15th March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints22nd March 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s 6.00 pm Stainer’s Crucifixion, St Mary’s29th March 10.30 am Palm Sunday morning worship, St Catherine’s5th April 10.30 am Easter Day communion service, St Mary’sDates & meetings coming up:4th March, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall5th March, 10.30 am National Trust visit, St Mary’s5th March, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, St Mary’s11th March, 4.00 pm Funeral of Evelyn Haylock, Woollensbrook Crematorium25th March, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s26th March, 9.00 am Roger de Clare Easter service, St Mary’s27th March, 1.15 pm Little Munden School Easter service, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible reading:Matthew 4:1-11 (p 967)Choral Evensong Sunday, 6.00 pm in St Mary’s:As we set out on our Lenten journey, please join us for this centuries old contemplative service, with music led by our benefice choir.The Mundens & Sacombe newsletter wrongly states that Choral evensong will be at Sacombe on Sunday. It will, in fact, be in St Mary’s. Please let anyone know who might be planning to come.Midweek Music in St Mary’s 25th February:Please join us for Midweek Music this coming Wednesday (25th) when we shall be entertained by students from St Edmunds College. As usual refreshments will be served from 11.30 and the concert starts at 12.30.The Real Easter Egg:Marion has a few Real Easter Eggs available for purchase for £5 each. This year there is a new booklet included with the Easter story. Please see Marion if you’re interested.Annual Parochial Church Meetings (APCMs) and the Electoral Roll (ER):The APCMs for each church in the Benefice are scheduled for the weeks after Easter, rather earlier than in recent years. Each church must review and display their ER prior to their APCM, a process that starts approximately 5 weeks before the meeting. Look out for the official notices.If you are not already on the ER, now is a good time to join. Application forms are available from Hugh (All Saints), Carole (St Catherine’s), Wendy (St Mary’s) or at the back of each church.The dates of the APCMs are 12th April (Standon), 14th April (Sacombe), 19th April (The Mundens).Help still needed:This is the last week we will run this appeal for now, but that’s not because all the vacant posts have been filled! Please consider what you might be able to offer to help with the mission and ministry of our churches. Please pray that God will show you where he is calling you to use your gifts and abilities, and then speak to a church warden, a PCC member or to Caroline.Services for the next few weeks:Midweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine’sWednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’sSunday services:22nd February 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s 6.00 pm Choral evensong, St Mary’s1st March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints8th March 10.30 am Holy Communion & baptism, St Mary’s15th March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints22nd March 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s 6.00 pm Stainer’s Crucifixion, St Mary’s29th March 10.30 am Palm Sunday morning worship, St Catherine’sDates & meetings coming up:25th February, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s4th March, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall5th March, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, St Mary’s26th March, 9.00 am Roger de Clare Easter service, St Mary’s27th March, 1.15 pm Little Munden School Easter service, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings:2 Peter 1:16-end (p 1222) Matthew 17:1-9 (p 984) Ash Wednesday service in St Catherine’s, Wednesday 7.30 pm:In the middle of this coming week, we will enter the season of Lent. Please join us as we mark its start at our Ash Wednesday service in Sacombe church on Wednesday at 7.30 pm.Soup and Snowdrops 21st February at Sacombe:You are warmly invited to Soup & Snowdrops at St Catherine’s Church on Saturday 21st February between 12.00 and 2.00 pm. Come and enjoy some homemade soup, bread and cheese. Proceeds will be for the work of the church.Catering for this week’s funerals:As you know, Julie’s funeral is on Friday at 1pm, and refreshments are being served in St Mary’s afterwards. Sandwiches and savoury finger food are being organised by the family but if anyone would like to bake cakes, please let Marion or Jacqui P know. Please remember no nuts or nut products and if you could pre-cut larger cakes that would be very helpful. Many thanks.We’ll also be serving refreshments after Jim’s funeral on Tuesday, but the family is providing all the catering for that.Next Sunday’s evensong:The Mundens & Sacombe newsletter wrongly states that Choral evensong will be at Sacombe next Sunday. It will, in fact, be in St Mary’s. Please let anyone know who might be planning to come.Lent devotionals:Lizzy is planning to put in an order for some Easter books for the bookstall, including some Lent devotionals. The four which she has been recommended are Everyday Gospel Easter Devotional - Paul David Tripp, The Risen King - Charles H. Spurgeon, ed J.A. Medders, An Ocean of Grace - Tim Chester and Our Radiant Redeemer - Tim Chester. There will be a discount on the prices publicised online. If you would like her to order one for you, please let her know (lizzy@ubsms.org.uk) as soon as possible.Help still needed:This appeal has been running for several weeks now, but the need is still acute. Our thoughts are turning to our coming annual meetings, so there’s also the opportunity to stand for PCC and contribute to the strategic planning for our benefice. Please consider what you might be able to offer to help with the mission and ministry of our churches. There is much to celebrate in our benefice, but much still to do. Please pray that God will show you where he is calling you to use your gifts and abilities, and then speak to a church warden, a PCC member or to Caroline.Services for the next few weeks: Midweek services each week: Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine’s Wednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary’sPlease note there will be no midweek service on Tuesday or Wednesday this week Sunday services: 15th February 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints 22nd February 10.30 am All age worship, St Mary’s 6.00 pm Choral evensong, St Mary’s 1st March 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints 8th March 10.30 am Holy Communion & baptism, St Mary’s15th February 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s 10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints Dates & meetings coming up: 17th February, 12.00 Funeral of Jim King, St Mary’s 18th February, 7.30 pm Ash Wednesday service, St Catherine’s 20th February, 1.00 pm Funeral of Julie Williams, St Mary’s 21st February, 12.00 noon Soup and Snowdrops, St Catherine’s 25th February, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s 4th March, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall5th March, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, St Mary’s
