This weekend’s Bible readings: Romans 12:9-21(p 1139) and Matthew 16:21-28 (p 984)Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13th September. Please pray about this and especially if you can invite anyone along. We plan to take a group from our benefice, and we’d love to add to it. Please speak to John for more information.The Centre at 6: This Sunday we begin the new programme of our Café Church in Little Munden at 6pm. It would be great if people would like to try it out who haven’t been before. There is now a consistent live music element with Jenny and Joe Boot leading the singing. The teaching and activity programme will also be more varied over the next few weeks including times of Question and Answer on major topics, study together and prayer. This week we will begin with teaching from the Psalms with the opportunity to ask questions and grow together. Oh, and there will be food! Do come and try it out.Songs of Praise 9th September: We will be holding a Songs of Praise service on Saturday 9th Sept at 3pm in All Saints, to commemorate the late Peter Jackson (Heather's husband) who arranged music for the Music Group. It will be a service of about an hour, incorporating hymns and songs, interspersed with readings, and Heather's family will provide a short testimony to Peter. We will end with refreshments!Next Sunday: John will be away next weekend, so the 10.30 service will be morning worship rather than communion.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September: We have had a fun-filled and full-on week of activities taking place in St Mary’s this week, with around 40 children taking part over the course of the 4 days in learning about Jonah and Jesus (yes, there really are parallels!) crafts and games. A huge thank you to the team who helped, as well as the Red Balloon team who led the club. We hope to see at least some of the children and their families in 4th Sunday services as well as at the Wednesday café; please make them welcome.Midweek Music: Midweek Music at St Mary’s will return on Wednesday 27th September, when Michael will be giving an organ recital.Wednesday café: Our All Saints church cafe team is desperate for helpers on a Wednesday afternoon, (term time only) to serve the children and parents with cake and drinks between 2.30 and 4.30pm. Deborah normally helps with the children’s work and chats with the parents building up important relationships but now she will be needed to help serve. Please consider helping even if it is a one off. We can guarantee you will enjoy your time there! Please speak to Deborah, Carole or Lizzie (B).Help needed for Little Munden churchyard: We desperately need more volunteers to help maintain the churchyard at All Saints. If you can offer some time, please speak to John.News of Charlie, who was our curate: Charlie will be licensed to her new parish of St. Stephen’s with St Julien’s in St Albans at 5.30pm on Monday 2nd October. All are welcome.Website - changes: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The ACNY platform has been/is rolling out a number of changes to improve their site so that benefice information doesn’t need to be duplicated for each church. Please bear with us as we work to populate the new pages.Some people have been having difficulty reaching the benefice page. It can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk has been updated to point to that new page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints10th September 10.30am Morning worship, St Mary's6.00pm The Centre, All Saints17th September 8.00am, Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints24th September 10.30am Harvest family worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's1st October 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Harvest morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: Romans 12:1-8 (p 1139)Welcome to Freddie: This morning we welcome Freddie and his family, Godparents and friends. Freddie will be baptised during the service.Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13th September. Please pray about this and especially if you can invite anyone along. We hope that we will be able to take a group from our benefice. Please speak to John for more information.Farewell to David and Rebecca, and changes at the Centre: We will be saying “farewell and thank you“ to Rebecca and Dave this Sunday 27th at the Centre 4pm. All are very welcome to join us, perhaps bringing a small plate of savoury or sweet to share if you would like to.Centre meetings will move from next week to 5.45 for 6 pm, except on 4th Sundays, when we are inviting the Centre to join our evensong congregation.Come and Sing evensong 27th August: Please join us for our ‘Come and sing’ Choral Evensong this weekend. Friends from surrounding churches will be singing with those of our benefice choir who aren’t away. All are welcome to come and worship with us in this reflective service.Please note that from September, our 4th Sunday evensong will move to a new time of 6.00 pm.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00: This year’s theme is Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline, and please invite any children who might come.Wednesday worship in St Mary’s: This coming Wednesday, the Holiday Bible Club will be using the main part of church. The Wednesday morning worship will still take place; please come as usual and we’ll decide exactly where! (Obvious contenders are the tower or the vestry.)Mothers’ Union: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union is on Wednesday 30th August at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School Braughing. This is a change from the date advertised in our 2023 programme for this month. Diane will be talking about The Enchanted Isles (Galapagos). Everyone is invited to this meeting. Brenda Cottle will bring the MU Christmas cards, gifts, 2024 calendars & diaries with her. Please ring Diane on 01920 821130 or text on 07949 665365 for more information or if you need a lift.Midweek Music: Midweek Music at St Mary’s will return on Wednesday 27th September, when Michael will be giving an organ recital.Songs of Praise 9th September: We are planning a Songs of Praise service on Saturday 9th Sept at 3pm in All Saints, to commemorate the late Peter Jackson (Heather's husband) who arranged music for the Music Group. It will be a service of about an hour, incorporating hymns and songs, interspersed with readings, and Heather's family will provide a short testimony to Peter. We will end with refreshments!Wednesday café: Our All Saints church cafe team is desperate for helpers on a Wednesday afternoon, (term time only) to serve the children and parents with cake and drinks between 2.30 and 4.30pm. Deborah normally helps with the children’s work and chats with the parents building up important relationships but now she will be needed to help serve. Please consider helping even if it is a one off. We can guarantee you will enjoy your time there! Please speak to Deborah, Carole or Lizzie (B).Help needed for Little Munden churchyard: We desperately need more volunteers to help maintain the churchyard at All Saints. If you can offer some time, please speak to John.Website - changes: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The ACNY platform has been/is rolling out a number of changes to improve their site so that benefice information doesn’t need to be duplicated for each church. Please bear with us as we work to populate the new pages.Some people have been having difficulty reaching the benefice page. It can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk has been updated to point to that new page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints10th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's6.00pm The Centre, All Saints17th September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints24th September 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's
This weekend’s Bible readings: Deuteronomy 30:11-19 (p 209) and Romans 10:1-15 (p 1137)No notices sheet for 20th August: There will be no notices sheet next week, but we will be back to normal for 27th. Thank you.Help needed for Little Munden churchyard: We desperately need more volunteers to help maintain the churchyard at All Saints. If you can offer some time, please speak to John.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00: This year’s theme is Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. Bookings are coming in now, and we have significantly more youngsters than last year. We can still use more people to help with groups, refreshments and craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline, and please invite any children who might come.Mothers’ Union: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union will be on Wednesday 30th August at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School Braughing. Please note this is a change from the date advertised for this month in our 2023 programme. Diane Moss will be talking about The Enchanted Isles (Galapagos). Everyone is invited to this meeting. Brenda Cottle will bring the MU Christmas cards, gifts, 2024 calendars & diaries with her. Please ring Diane on 01920 821130 or text on 07949 665365 for more information or if you need a lift.Pop up shop: The pop up shop is open on Sunday 27th August at our 10.30am family service at St Mary’s. There will be fair trade items and other ethically sourced products along with various Christian gifts. Any profits go to our local food bank. If there’s anything you’d like to order just let Marion know.Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather's next Sunday lunch at the Star will be on 27th August at 12.15pm. Please let Heather know if you would like to book a place 07909 065550.Come and Sing evensong 27th August: We are planning another ‘come and sing’ evensong at the end of this month. If you would like to sing, please let Michael know; if you’d like to come and worship with us, just come along!Midweek Music: Midweek Music at St Mary’s is taking a break for August and will return on Wednesday 27th September, when Michael will be giving an organ recital.Songs of Praise 9th September: We are planning a Songs of Praise service on Saturday 9th Sept at 3pm in All Saints, to commemorate the late Peter Jackson (Heather's husband) who arranged music for the Music Group. It will be a service of about an hour, incorporating hymns and songs, interspersed with readings, and Heather's family will provide a short testimony to Peter. We will end with refreshments!Changes at the Centre: Centre meetings will continue at 4 pm on Sundays until 3rd September, when it will move to 5.45 for 6 pm, except on 4th Sundays, when we are inviting the Centre to join our evensong congregation. The focus for the August meetings is prayer. A variety of people will lead, approaching prayer through different styles and practices and praying particularly for the Centre, the Alpha course, our benefice etc. Anyone is welcome to come along. The Centre meets in All Saints, and there is cake!Food bank: The food bank has been undergoing some changes in recent weeks, as Karen has stepped back from leading the team. The new team is now up and running, and we have sent a Sainsbury’s order this week, to be followed by another next week. Please pray for Gemma as she gets to grips with her new role.Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13th September. Please pray about this and especially if you can invite anyone along. We hope that we will be able to take a group from our benefice. Please speak to John for more information.Website - changes: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The ACNY platform has been/is rolling out a number of changes to improve their site so that benefice information doesn’t need to be duplicated for each church. Please bear with us as we work to populate the new pages.Some people have been having difficulty reaching the benefice page. It can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk has been updated to point to that new page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints10th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's6.00pm The Centre, All Saints17th September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints
Welcome: This weekend we welcome Avery and his family and friends. Avery will be baptised in our 10.30 service. Please pray for him, his parents and God-parents as they take this important step.This weekend’s Bible readings: Romans 9:1-8 (p 1135) and John 3:1-8 (p 1065)No notices sheet for 20th August: There will be a notices sheet next week, as usual, but none the following week. Please make sure Caroline (Caroline@ubsms.org.uk) has any time-critical items before next weekend. We will be back to normal for 27th. Thank you.Help needed for Little Munden churchyard: We desperately need more volunteers to help maintain the churchyard at All Saints. If you can offer some time, please speak to John.Knit & Natter group: There is no meeting in August.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00: This year’s theme is Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. Bookings are coming in now, and we have significantly more youngsters than last year. We can still use more people to help with groups, refreshments and craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline, and please invite any children who might come.Come and Sing evensong 27th August: We are planning another ‘come and sing’ evensong at the end of this month. If you would like to sing, please let Michael know; if you’d like to come and worship with us, just come along!Songs of Praise 9th September: We are planning a Songs of Praise service on Saturday 9th Sept at 3pm in All Saints, to commemorate the late Peter Jackson (Heather's husband) who arranged music for the Music Group. It will be a service of about an hour, incorporating hymns and songs, interspersed with readings, and Heather's family will provide a short testimony to Peter. We will end with refreshments!Changes at the Centre: Centre meetings will continue at 4 pm on Sundays until 3rd September, when it will move to 5.45 for 6 pm, except on 4th Sundays, when we hope that the Centre will join our evensong congregation. The programme for August will major on prayer. A variety of people will lead, approaching prayer through different styles and practices and praying particularly for the Centre, the Alpha course, our benefice etc. Anyone is welcome to come along. The Centre meets in All Saints, and there is cake!Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13th September. Please pray about this and especially if you can invite anyone along. We hope that we will be able to take a group from our benefice. Please speak to John for more information.Website - changes: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The ACNY platform has been/is rolling out a number of changes to improve their site so that benefice information doesn’t need to be duplicated for each church. Please bear with us as we work to populate the new pages.Some people have been having difficulty reaching the benefice page. It can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk has been updated to point to that new page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP), St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:6th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints13th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints20th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints27th August 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Come and Sing evensong, St Mary's3rd September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints6.00pm The Centre, All Saints
