This weekend’s Bible reading: Acts 2:1-21 (p 1093)Welcome to our visitors: This Sunday we welcome Elsie, her parents and God-parents, family and friends.Elsie will be baptised during our 10.30 service.Please also welcome Huw, who will be playing the organ for us at both the morning and the evening services.Please remember that Jeff and Jo are happy for us to use the car park of the Star during our morning services, as long as cars are moved by 12.00 (unless, of course, you’re lunching in the pub!)Songs of Praise Service 28th May at 6.30: Do come along to St Mary's at 6.30pm, when members of our three churches will be introducing their favourite hymns and saying why they are special to them. Huw Jenkins will be at the organ, helping us to raise the roof.Mothers’ Union 31st May: The next meeting of Braughing with Standon Mothers' Union will be on Wednesday at 2.30pm in the Old Boys School, Braughing. Judy James will talk about the ’Godly mothers in the Bible’. Everyone is invited to this meeting. Please ring Diane on 821130 for more information.Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13 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.Midweek Music at St Mary’s, 24th May: Thank you to all who supported last week’s Midweek concert at St Mary’s. This month, the soloist, trumpeter Stuart Dodgson, requested that the retiring collection should go to Macmillan Cancer Support. We are pleased to report the wonderful sum of £349 was raised. Next month’s concert will be on 28th June, when Rebecca Watts (Rebecca Legg) will be playing the harp.Two events for garden lovers on 10th June: The annual Open Gardens event will take place in Standon, starting at 11.00 am and finishing at 5.00 pm. Posters and fliers are available in all our churches.At 7.30 pm Sacombe will host a talk by Graham Burton, the gardener at Sacombe House, entitled ‘Restoring a Devon Garden’. There will be refreshments afterwards. More details will follow nearer the time.Oasis Women’s Morning 17th June: We will host a morning of renewal, refreshment, worship, Bible study and testimony from 10.00 until 1.00 on Saturday 17th June in All Saints Church. Why not step aside and come together with others to spend some time with God? More details are available from Gaby (07821 546518) or Deborah (07956 686749).‘Persuasion’ at Brockholds Manor 1st July: DOT Productions is proud to present this new adaptation based on Jane Austen’s final novel ‘Persuasion’. This production is told in DOT's usual multi-roleplaying style and we hope it will delight all Austen fans. The performance is on Saturday 1st July and you can book through Hugh or via the website (booking fee applies): www.brockholdsmanor.com/event- details/brockholds-manor-garden-theatre-3. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Tickets include Prosecco on arrival and a two course Buffet supper. There will be a licensed Bar offering wine and Pimms, and coffee & tea will be available. They are £45 per head or £40 per person in a car of 4 persons or more. All profits from this year's performance will go towards the major works required on the roof of All Saints Church, Little Munden.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, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:28th May 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Songs of Praise, St Mary's4th June 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints11th June 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints18th June 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 (p 1220) and John 17:1-11 (p 1085)APCM reports: If you would like electronic copies of the papers for the Little Munden annual meeting, please email John, who will send them to you. Hard copies will be available in All Saints on Sunday before the meeting.“A lifetime in the making” All Saints Church, morning and afternoon Saturday 27th May: Barbara will show and speak about the silk quilt she has been making for a lifetime! She will tell her story twice on 27th May. In the morning, tea and coffee will be served from 10.30 and Barbara will speak at 11.30. In the afternoon, refreshments will begin at 2.00 and Barbara will speak at 3.00. Donations will be for All Saints.Songs of Praise Service 28th May at 6.30: Do come along to St Mary's at 6.30pm next Sunday, when members of our three churches will be introducing their favourite hymns and saying why they are special to them. Huw Jenkins will be at the organ, helping us to raise the roof.Midweek Music at St Mary’s, 24th May: This month’s midweek concert at St Mary’s will be given by Stuart Dodgson on the trumpet accompanied by Michael on the organ and piano. The retiring collection will be going to Macmillan Cancer Support. Everyone is very welcome to join us on Wednesday from 11.30am for coffee, tea and refreshments and a friendly get together before the concert starts at 12.30. Please see Marion for more details.Two events for garden lovers on 10th June: The annual Open Gardens event will take place in Standon, starting at 11.00 am and finishing at 5.00 pm. Posters and fliers are available in all our churches.At 7.30 pm Sacombe will host a talk by Graham Burton, the gardener at Sacombe House, entitled ‘Restoring a Devon Garden’. There will be refreshments afterwards. More details will follow nearer the time.Oasis Women’s Morning 17th June: We will host a morning of renewal, refreshment, worship, Bible study and testimony from 10.00 until 1.00 on Saturday 17th June in All Saints Church. Why not step aside and come together with others to spend some time with God? More details are available from Gaby (07821 546518) or Deborah (07956 686749).Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising the next Sunday lunch, which will be on Sunday 28th May at The Star Standon at 12.15pm. If you would like to book a place please phone or email by Sunday 21st May: 07909 065550 or email heatherjackson24@yahoo.co.uk‘Persuasion’ at Brockholds Manor 1st July: DOT Productions is proud to present this new adaptation based on Jane Austen’s final novel ‘Persuasion’. This production is told in DOT's usual multi-roleplaying style and we hope it will delight all Austen fans. The performance is on Saturday 1st July and you can book through Hugh or via the website (booking fee applies): www.brockholdsmanor.com/event- details/brockholds-manor-garden-theatre-3. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Tickets include Prosecco on arrival and a two course Buffet supper. There will be a licensed Bar offering wine and Pimms, and coffee & tea will be available. They are £45 per head or £40 per person in a car of 4 persons or more. All profits from this year's performance will go towards the major works required on the roof of All Saints Church, Little Munden.Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13 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: 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, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:21st May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints28th May 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Songs of Praise, St Mary's4th June 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints11th June 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints18th June 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 Peter 3:13-22 (p 1219) and John 14:15-21 (p 1082)APCM reports: If you would like copies of the Standon papers by email (saving on paper and photocopying) please email either Lizzy at lizzy@ubsms.org.uk or Caroline by replying to the email sending this sheet before Sunday morning. There are hard copies in St Mary’s.If you would like electronic copies of the Little Munden papers, please email John, who will send them to you. He plans to have hard copies available in All Saints before next weekend.Ascension Day Deanery service – Thursday, 7.45 pm: The next deanery communion is for Ascension Day (18th May), at 7.45 in Sawbridgeworth. There will be no service in our Benefice that day. The service will be live-streamed on the Great St Mary’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuSkJuyhtMk. The link will appear on Thursday morning on the Great St Mary’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/greatstmaryssawbridgeworth).“A lifetime in the making” All Saints Church, morning and afternoon Saturday 27th May: Barbara will show and speak about the silk quilt she has been making for a lifetime! She will tell her story twice on 27th May. In the morning, tea and coffee will be served from 10.30 and Barbara will speak at 11.30. In the afternoon, refreshments will begin at 2.00 and Barbara will speak at 3.00. Donations will be for All Saints.Two events for garden lovers on 10th June: The annual Open Gardens event will take place in Standon, starting at 11.00 am and finishing at 5.00 pm. Posters and fliers are available in all our churches.At 7.30 pm Sacombe will host a talk by Graham Burton, the gardener at Sacombe House, entitled ‘Restoring a Devon Garden’. There will be refreshments afterwards. More details will follow nearer the time.Oasis Women’s Morning 17th June: We will host a morning of renewal, refreshment, worship, Bible study and testimony from 10.00 until 1.00 on Saturday 17th June in All Saints Church. Why not step aside and come together with others to spend some time with God? More details are available from Gaby (07821 546518) or Deborah (07956 686749).Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather is organising the next Sunday lunch, which will be on Sunday 28th May at The Star Standon at 12.15pm. If you would like to book a place please phone or email by Sunday 21st May: 07909 065550 or email heatherjackson24@yahoo.co.uk‘Persuasion’ at Brockholds Manor 1st July: DOT Productions is proud to present this new adaptation based on Jane Austen’s final novel ‘Persuasion’. This production is told in DOT's usual multi-roleplaying style and we hope it will delight all Austen fans.The performance is on Saturday 1st July and you can book through Hugh or via the website (booking fee applies): Brockholds. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Tickets include Prosecco on arrival and a two course Buffet supper. There will be a licensed Bar offering wine and Pimms, and coffee & tea will be available. They are £45 per head or £40 per person in a car of 4 persons or more. All profits from this year's performance will go towards the major works required on the roof of All Saints Church, Little Munden.Alpha Course: We will be joining in with the Alpha Course in Thorley on Wednesdays from 13 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.Fundraising in our churches: The Friends of St Mary’s AGM will take place on 19th May in St Mary’s. As usual, we are looking for new members to step forward to join the organising committee, but we’d also love to hear from anyone who would be willing to help at our events, particularly those with more youth and physical strength than some of the current incumbents! Please speak to Diana if you’d like to know more.We’re also starting up a Friends of All Saints (FOAS) organisation to help with fund raising and other events to support Little Munden. Again, we are looking for volunteers to step forward to help organise and run events. Please speak to Hugh or Deborah if you think that might be you.Sacombe, too, is involved in its share of fundraising to help make financial ends meet. Although it has no official ‘Friends’ organisation, the Sacombe PCC folk would love to hear from anyone willing to help with their events. Please speak to Peter or Derek.Coronation Evensong at St Michael’s: On Sunday (14th May) at 6pm there will be a special service of Evensong at St Michael's Church Bishops Stortford to mark the coronation. Some of our choir will be taking part. All are welcome to attend the service.Unwanted Keys: Does anyone have any old unwanted door keys? If so, please can you give them to Diane who will be incorporating them in knitted Fiddle cuffs for people with dementia.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, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:14th May 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints21st May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints28th May 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Songs of Praise, St Mary's4th June 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints11th June 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: 1 Peter 2:2-10 (p 1218) and John 14:1-14 (p 1082) Centre: Please note there will be no meeting of the Centre this week.New sermon & discussion series midweek: This week we started a new series of talks and discussions in our weekday service at St Catherine’s on Tuesdays and in St Mary’s on Wednesdays at 9.30 am. We are looking at the seven sayings in John’s gospel known as the ‘I am’ sayings of Jesus, which invite us to think carefully about who he is. Everyone is welcome.APCM reports: If you would like copies of the Standon papers by email (saving on paper and photocopying) please email either Lizzy at lizzy@ubsms.org.uk or Caroline by replying to the email sending this sheet.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 11th May. For more information please contact Diane on 01920 821130 or Marion on 01920 745683.Unwanted Keys: Does anyone have any old unwanted door keys? If so, please can you give them to Diane who will be incorporating them in knitted Fiddle cuffs for people with dementia.Visitors in St Mary’s: welcomers sought: The Hertfordshire Geological society and The East Herts Geology Club will be visiting on Saturday 13 May, arriving at about 11 am. They will be looking at the pudding stone, but plan to visit St Mary’s too. It would be good if someone could be there to welcome them. If you would like to do that, please speak to John.Ascension Day Deanery service: The next shared deanery service is for Ascension Day (Thursday 18th May), at 7.45 in Sawbridgeworth. There will be no service in the Benefice that day.“A lifetime in the making” All Saints Church, morning and afternoon Saturday 27th May: Barbara Springate will be showing and speaking about the silk quilt she has been making for a lifetime! The quilt includes silk that was in the Abbey for the Queen’s coronation in 1953. Barbara also helped make the Archbishop of York’s cope for the occasion. She will tell her story twice on 27th May. In the morning, tea and coffee (and cake, of course!) will be served from 10.30 and Barbara will speak at 11.30. In the afternoon, refreshments will begin at 2.00 and Barbara will speak at 3.00. Donations will be invited for All Saints.Two events for garden lovers on 10th June: The annual Open Gardens event will take place in Standon, starting at 11.00 am and finishing at 5.00 pm. Posters and fliers are available in all our churches.Then at 7.00 pm the same evening Sacombe will be hosting a talk by Graham Burton who is the gardener at Sacombe House. It will be titled ‘Restoring a Devon Garden’ covering his previous job in doing exactly that. There will be refreshments afterwards. More details will follow nearer the time.Oasis Women’s Morning 17th June: We will host a morning of renewal, refreshment, worship, Bible study and testimony from 10.00 until 1.00 on Saturday 17th June in All Saints Church. Why not step aside and come together with others to spend some time with God? More details are available from Gaby (07821 546518) or Deborah (07956 686749).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, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:7th May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints14th May 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints21st May 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints28th May 10.30am Family worship, St Mary's4.00pm The Centre, All Saints6.30pm Songs of Praise, St Mary's4th June 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints4.00pm The Centre, All Saints
