Travel and parking arrangements: We understand that the A602 access to the Sacombe road will be closed this weekend, for final work in advance of the reopening at the end of August. From Standon, we recommend that you come through Dane End. Also, our neighbours in Glebe House are expecting guests at 12.30 on Sunday and have asked that anyone parked in their drive leave before then. If you’re planning to stay for the picnic, please park beside the church rather than in the Glebe House drive.Welcome: This weekend we welcome Roman and his family and friends. Roman will be baptised in our 10.30 service. Please pray for Roman, his parents and God-parents as they take this important step.This weekend’s Bible readings: Romans 8:26-39 (p 1135)Morning worship 30th July: You are invited to stay on for a picnic (hopefully in the churchyard) after the service at St Catherine's this weekend. Please bring your own picnic and a chair, though there will be some food available if you should forget. Cold drinks will be provided.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 need 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 next 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.Jazz Night DVD: A DVD, priced £10, is available of the Jazz concert in memory of Len Sparks. If you would like to buy one, please contact Ann.QR codes for giving: You will see that there’s a QR code alongside the giving details at the foot of these notices. Any giving through this particular code will be applied to benefice wide costs. In the next few weeks, each church will have a laminated QR code on its notice board which will direct donations to that specific church. In time, we will produce stickers for our service sheets, and donations will be apportioned according to where the service is being held. Of course, all the current methods of giving will remain in place!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:30th July 10.30am Morning worship, St Catherine's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6th 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
Welcome: This weekend we welcome Harper and her family and friends. Harper will be baptised in our 10.30 service. Please pray for Harper, her parents and God-parents as they take this important step.This weekend’s Bible readings: 10.30: Romans 8:12-17 (p 1134)6.30: Isaiah 44:6-8 (p 729) and Acts 4:1-22 (p 1095)Pop up shop 23rd July: The next pop up shop is open this weekend, on Sunday at our 10.30am family service at St Mary's. Marion is bringing some new fairtrade items from the One World Shop, which has replaced Traidcraft and sources fairtrade and ethically sourced products. Any profits will go to our local food bank. Marion will also order anything that she hasn't got in stock.Choral Evensong this weekend: Come and join us for a service of choral evensong this Sunday at 6.30 in St Mary’s, led by our benefice choir. All are welcome to this meditative service of word and music.Morning worship 30th July: You are invited to stay on for a picnic (hopefully in the churchyard) after the service at St Catherine's on 30th July. Please bring your own picnic and a chair, though there will be some food available if you should forget. The Sacombe folk will also provide cold drinks.Midweek Music at St Mary's 26th July: This month's concert, entitled A Tenor Odyssey, is on Wednesday at 12.30, and will be given by Hugh Legg accompanied by Michael Smith. Refreshments will be served from 11.30. Do come and join us if you can.Mothers’ Union 26th July: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union will be on Wednesday at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School Braughing. Janet McKinney will talk about Diocesan membership and we will have a 2nd session assembling the emergency washbags for hospitals.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00: This year’s holiday Bible club will run at the end of August. The theme will be Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. Bookings are coming in now, and we’re confident we will have significantly more youngsters than last year. We need a bigger support team! We need people to help with groups, to preparing refreshments and to set up and clearing craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline, who is starting to tap on shoulders! And if you know any children who might come along, please spread the word.Changes at the Centre: The Centre meetings will continue at 4 pm on Sunday afternoons until 3rd September, when it will switch to 5.45 for 6 pm, except on 4th Sundays, when we hope that the Centre folk will join our evensong congregation. Topics for Centre meetings in the autumn will include healing, study, prayer and outreach, among others. It will continue to incorporate live musical worship in a modern style. The programme between now and September will major on prayer. A variety of people will be leading, 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.Jazz Night DVD: A DVD, priced £10, is available of the Jazz concert in memory of Len Sparks. If you would like to buy one, please contact Ann.QR codes for giving: QR codes have become a valued aid to make life easier. Over the next weeks, we will be introducing QR codes for giving to our churches. Scanning the code with a smart-phone will take the user directly to a page where he or she can donate and register the gift for gift aid. You will see that there’s a QR code alongside the giving details at the foot of these notices. Any giving through this particular code will be applied to benefice wide costs. In the next few weeks, each church will have a laminated QR code on its notice board which will direct donations to that specific church. In time, we will also be producing stickers for our service sheets, and donations will be apportioned according to where the service is being held. Of course, all the current methods of giving will remain in place!And gift aid eligibility: Please remember that if you’re a regular giver and you pay tax, completing a gift aid form will enable our treasurers to reclaim an extra 25% of what you give from HMRC. (And, if you’ve stopped paying tax, please remember to let us know!)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, however, 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.Thank you to Mark for all his work on our website, for Ellie for from the ubsms site.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:23rd July 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Choral evensong, St Mary's30th July 10.30am Morning worship, St Catherine's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6th 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's
This weekend’s Bible readings:Romans 7:15-25a (p 1134) Matthew 11:25-30 (p 977)Welcome:This weekend we bid farewell to Charlie, our curate. Please stay for refreshments after the 10.30 service, or join the Centre folk at 4.00 as we wish her well as she moves to St Albans.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.Mid-week services Tuesday and Wednesday at 9.30 am:We are currently studying the prophecies of Ezekiel on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. On Tuesday at St Catherine’s, we celebrate communion and on Wednesday in St Mary’s we hold a short service of morning worship, and at each the talk is followed by a discussion on the passage we’re considering. Come and join us; all are welcome!Summer break for weekday activities:The last Little Angels toddler group session will be this Friday, 14th. Lagoons, too, will finish after this coming Wednesday, but the café will go on until the end of term.Sunday lunch (but not at the Star this time!):Heather’s next Sunday lunch will be at the White Hart in Puckeridge at 12.30pm on Sunday 23rd July. The change of venue is due to the Star not taking bookings as it’s Standon Calling weekend! If your name isn’t on the list yet please give Heather a call on 07909 065550.Knit & Natter group:If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us for a couple of hours in the Sargant room at the back of Standon village hall at 2pm, usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Tea & cakes will be available. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 13th July. For more information please contact Diane on 01920 821130 or Marion on 01920 745683.Occasional helpers sought for Lagoons:Our Bible study group for older young people runs on Wednesdays from 5.30 to 6.30, led by Red Balloon. Lizzy is usually there as the ‘second adult’, but there are some Wednesdays when she can’t make it. If you would be willing to join a small list of people willing to step in from September when she can’t be there, please speak to her.FOSM Safari Supper 14th July:Two tickets remain for this year’s Safari Supper. The supper will be served at various locations in Standon, and tickets are £35, to include wine, available from Diana.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00:We are starting to assemble the team to support this year’s holiday Bible club and the publicity has now gone out to schools etc. The theme will be Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. We’ll need people to help with leading groups, preparing refreshments and setting up and clearing craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline. And if you know any children who might come along, please spread the word! Fliers will be available very soon.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, however, 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. Thank you to Mark for all his work on our website, for Ellie for assisting him and to Rich for updating the link from the ubsms site.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) St Catherine’sWednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study St Mary’sSunday services:9th July 10.30 am Holy communion St Mary’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints16th July 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s10.30 am Holy communion All Saints4.00 pm The Centre All Saints23rd July 10.30 am Family worship St Mary’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints6.30 pm Choral evensong St Mary’s30th July 10.30 am Holy Communion St Catherine’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints6th August 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s10.30 am Morning worship All Saints4.00 pm The Centre All Saints13th August 10.30 am Holy communion St Mary’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings:10.30: Romans 6:19-23 (p 1133) Matthew 10:40-42 (p 976)Welcome:This morning we welcome Oliver, Yasmin and Josie and their family and friends. The three will be baptised during our 10.30 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.Knit & Natter group:If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us for a couple of hours in the Sargant room at the back of Standon village hall at 2pm, usually on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Tea & cakes will be available. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 13th July 2023. For more information please contact Diane on 01920 821130 or Marion on 01920 745683.Games morning at the Boot:Due to such a low attendance, the Games morning at the Boot has now been cancelled. Thank you to those who attended and enjoyed it once a month.Dane End village fete:Thank you to all those who helped last Saturday at our crockery smash stall. Also, thank you to Dave for supplying and erecting the gazebo; we definitely needed it on such a hot day! The stall was a huge success, children and adults queueing to have a go at smashing the crockery. We were able to chat to lots of families, both those we already knew and those we didn’t. We collected about £145 towards the roof fund which was a bonus to the day.Midweek Music at St Mary’s:Thank you to all who supported this month’s midweek concert at St Mary’s. It was a record audience, and £300 was raised for the church.Occasional helpers sought for Lagoons:Our Bible study group for older young people runs on Wednesdays from 5.30 to 6.30, led by Red Balloon. Lizzy is usually there as the ‘second adult’, but there are some Wednesdays when she can’t make it. If you would be willing to join a small list of people willing to step in when she can’t be there, please speak to her.FOSM Safari Supper 14th July:Two tickets remain for this year’s Safari Supper. The supper will be served at various locations in Standon, and tickets are £35, to include wine, available from Diana.Holiday Bible Club 29th August to 1st September, 10.00 until 3.00:We are starting to assemble the team to support this year’s holiday Bible club and the publicity is going out to schools etc in the next week or so. The theme will be Jonah, linking each part of Jonah’s story with gospel stories. We’ll need people to help with leading groups, preparing refreshments and setting up and clearing craft activities. If you’d like to know more or to volunteer, please speak to Caroline. And if you know any children who might come along, please spread the word! Fliers will be available very soon.Website:Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can’t currently be reached but you can find the three churches individually by going to https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/7825/ and clicking the links there.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) St Catherine’sWednesdays, 9.30 am Morning worship & Bible study St Mary’sSunday services:2nd July 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s10.30 am Morning worship All Saints4.00 pm The Centre All Saints9th July 10.30 am Holy communion St Mary’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints16th July 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s10.30 am Holy communion All Saints4.00 pm The Centre All Saints23rd July 10.30 am Family worship St Mary’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints6.30 pm Choral evensong St Mary’s30th July 10.30 am Holy Communion St Catherine’s4.00 pm The Centre All Saints6th August 8.00 am Holy communion St Mary’s10.30 am Morning worship All Saints4.00 pm The Centre All Saints
