Bible reading:Romans 12:9-21 (p 1136)Remembrance:This Sunday, 8th November, is Remembrance Sunday.- We will be joined at our service at 10.30 in St Mary’s by representatives of the uniformed organisations in our villages.- There will also be an act of Remembrance at Dane End War Memorial at 11.00, led by the Parish Council.- Sacombe will welcome children of the Little Munden School choir to their service on Tuesday 10th at 9.30.All are welcome to any of our services.Our service in St Mary’s will not be streamed this Sunday, but there is coverage of the Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on BBC1, starting at 10.15.Knit & Natter group Thursday 12th November:If you like knitting or crocheting, come and join us in the Sargent 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 is on Thursday. For more information please contact Diane on 01920 821130 or Marion on 01920 745683.Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal:The boxes will go on 15th November. If you would like to help and have not yet done so, please speak to Lizzy.Christmas events:We have various coffee mornings, bazaars, Christmas markets and concerts coming up between now and mid-December. Please check the ‘dates coming up’ section of the notices sheet and mark the dates in your diary. We hope you will be able to support us at some or all of these events.Advent and Christmas services:A full list of our Christmas services is available, and the dates will be included in this sheet in coming weeks. However, before that, we will hold our service of music and readings for Advent in St Mary’s at the new time of 4.00 pm on Advent Sunday, 29th November. Please join us if you can for this service to mark the start of our Advent season of reflection.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’sOn Tuesday 10th November, the Little Munden School choir will join us again for our Sacombe service of Remembrance at 9.30. All are welcome.Sunday services:8th November 10.30 am Remembrance Sunday service, St Mary’s15th November 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints22nd November 10.30 am Family worship, St Mary’s29th November 10.30 am Morning worship, St Catherine’s4.00 pm Advent carol service, St Mary’sDates & meetings coming up:9th November, 7.30 pm FOSM committee meeting, 40 South Road11th November, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, All Saints21st November, 10.30 – 12.30 Christmas coffee morning and sale, St Catherine’s27th November, 3.30 – 5 pm Little Munden School Christmas Bazaar, Little Munden School30th Nov, 1st & 2nd Dec, 5.00 pm Roger de Clare Key Stage nativities, St Mary’s2nd December, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall5th December, 11 – 2 FOSM Christmas Market, St Mary’s8th December, 5.00 pm Cubs Carol service, St Catherine’s10th December, 7.00 pm Christmas Crackers joint choirs concert, St Mary’s16th December, 6.30 pm Carols round the tree, Standon High Street
Bible readings:Revelation 7:9-end (p 1238) 1 John 3:1-3 (p 1126)Service of Memories 1st November, 3.00 pm:Our annual service of memories will take place on Sunday afternoon in St Mary’s. All are welcome as we come together to remember loved ones we have lost. There will be an opportunity to reflect, and to light a candle if you wish. If you would like the name of your loved one to be read out, members of the pastoral team will take the details as you arrive.Recruitment process:We encourage everyone to pray earnestly at this time for the life and witness of our benefice churches in our communities, for those who volunteer to help lead our work and most importantly for the person God is calling to be our new Rector.Remembrance next weekend:Next Sunday, 8th November, is Remembrance Sunday. We will be joined at our service at 10.30 in St Mary’s by representatives of the uniformed organisations in our villages. There will also be an act of Remembrance at Dane End War Memorial at 11.00, led by the Parish Council.Sacombe will welcome children of the Little Munden School choir to their service on Tuesday 10th at 9.30.All are welcome to any of our services.The Real Advent Calendar:This ever popular Advent Calendar contains fairtrade chocolate. Each window has a Bible verse which relates to the Christmas story and activity booklet that comes with it. There is a page for each day of Advent, allowing families time to really discover the Christmas story. We have ordered enough to allow the price to remain at £5, so please let Marion S know how many you would like to order.Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal:Lizzy is packing shoeboxes with gifts she and others have collected during the year, ready to send to children in areas affected by war, natural disaster, or some other catastrophe. The boxes will go on 15th November. There are three ways you can help:1. Fill a shoebox with gifts (ask Lizzy for the list of what's allowed and not allowed) and leave it in St Mary's or give it to Lizzy or Caroline.2. Contribute gifts to be packed - Lizzy is always short of small toys and games, little treats for teenage girls (eg hair accessories, eye shadow, keyrings) and small toys for toddlers.3. Donate money so that Lizzy can use it to buy things she is missing for boxes, or to pay for the travel costs.Cash can be given to Lizzy or Caroline, or transferred to the Standon PCC bank account, reference "OCC".Thank you - every box filled is another child who will know someone cares this Christmas.Free cyber crime and fraud prevention session Tuesday 10th November, 11:00 - 12:30:This session in Buntingford Library, run by officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary's Serious Fraud and Cyber unit, will provide you with practical tips for staying safer, by being aware of the most common types of online or telephone scams and rogue traders. All are welcome, for the whole session or to drop in.In Memoriam, Saturday 7th November at 12.30:Richard Prince will conduct the Priory Singers in this programme of readings and music for Remembrance at St Mary’s, Ware.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’sOn Tuesday 10th November, the Little Munden School choir will join us again for our Sacombe service of Remembrance at 9.30. All are welcome.Sunday services:1st November 8.00 am Communion by extension, St Mary’s10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints3.00 pm Service of Memories, St Mary’s8th November 10.30 am Remembrance Sunday service, St Mary’s15th November 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints22nd November 10.30 am Family worship, St Mary’s29th November 10.30 am Morning worship, St Catherine’s4.00 pm Advent carol service, St Mary’sDates & meetings coming up:1st November, 3.00 pm Service of memories, St Mary’s9th November, 7.30 pm FOSM committee meeting, 40 South Road11th November, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, All Saints28th November, 10.30 – 12.30 Christmas coffee morning and sale, St Catherine’s2nd December, 2.15 pm Libury Hall service, Libury Hall5th December, 11 – 2 FOSM Christmas Market, St Mary’s
Bible readings:Colossians 3:12-17 (p 1184)Choral Evensong 25th October:Our monthly choral evensong service will be held this weekend, for the last time until January, as we hold our Advent and Christmas carol services on Sunday afternoons and evenings in late November and December. Please join us for this centuries old contemplative service, with music led by our benefice choir.Service of Memories 1st November, 3.00 pm:Our annual service of memories will take place next Sunday afternoon in St Mary’s. All are welcome as we come together to remember loved ones we have lost.There will be an opportunity to reflect, and to light a candle if you wish. If you would like the name of your loved one to be read out, members of the pastoral team will take the details as you arrive.All Souls’ service in Much Hadham:Tayo, the Much Hadham Rector, has asked us to let you know that Much Hadham’s “Remembering Those We Love,” service will take place at St Andrew’s Church, Much Hadham, on Monday 2nd November at 7 pm.Midweek Music at St Mary's 28th October:This month's concert is this coming Wednesday with refreshments from 11.30 and the concert at 12.30. Everyone is very welcome to come and hear Cate singing a gentle programme of songs, many of them well known. She will be accompanied by Michael on the piano.The Real Advent Calendar:This ever popular Advent Calendar contains fairtrade chocolate. Each window has a Bible verse which relates to the Christmas story and activity booklet that comes with it. There is a page for each day of Advent, allowing families time to really discover the Christmas story. We have ordered enough to allow the price to remain at £5, so please let Marion S know how many you would like to order.Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal:This weekend, Lizzy will be clearing her attic of all the shoeboxes and gifts she and others have collected during the year, ready to send to children in areas affected by war, natural disaster, or some other catastrophe. There are three ways you can help:1. Fill a shoebox with gifts (ask Lizzy for the list of what's allowed and not allowed) and leave it in St Mary's or give it to Lizzy or Caroline.2. Contribute gifts to be packed - Lizzy is always short of small toys and games, little treats for teenage girls (eg hair accessories, eye shadow, keyrings) and small toys for toddlers.3. Donate money so that Lizzy can use it to buy things she is missing for boxes, or to pay for the travel costs.Cash can be given to Lizzy or Caroline, or transferred to the Standon PCC bank account, reference "OCC".Thank you - every box filled is another child who will know someone cares this Christmas.Free cyber crime and fraud prevention session Tuesday 10th November, 11:00 - 12:30:This session in Buntingford Library, run by officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary's Serious Fraud and Cyber unit, will provide you with practical tips for staying safer, by being aware of the most common types of online or telephone scams and rogue traders. All are welcome, for the whole session or to drop in.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’sOn Tuesday 10th November, the Little Munden School choir will join us again for our Sacombe service of Remembrance at 9.30. All are welcome.Sunday services:25th October 10.30 am Family worship, St Mary’s6.00 pm Choral evensong, St Mary’s1st November 8.00 am Communion by extension, St Mary’s10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints3.00 pm Service of Memories, St Mary’s8th November 10.30 am Remembrance Sunday service, St Mary’s15th November 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints22nd November 10.30 am Family worship, St Mary’sDates & meetings coming up:28th October, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s28th October, 5.00 pm Benefice finance committee meeting, The Old Top Shop30th October, 11.00 am Funeral of Audrey Morton, All Saints1st November, 3.00 pm Service of memories, St Mary’s9th November, 7.30 pm FOSM committee meeting, 40 South Road11th November, 7.30 pm PCC meetings, All Saints
Bible readings:8.00: Luke 1:1-4 (p 1025) Acts 1:1-11 (p 1092)10.30: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (p 1186) Matthew 22:15-22 (p 990)News from café:We have had some encouraging news after Wednesday's café. It went “extremely well” with lots of children, many doing crafts with Jane. Lizzy brought some year sixes from the school to help with setting up. Jo, one of the managers at Libury Hall, brought one of their residents, Jane, to help. She was a natural with the children, and enjoyed it very much. In addition, another new recruit, Alison, from Nasty, was also very helpful and “so willing to do anything. It was a fantastic afternoon!” Please continue to pray for this important outreach, and the dedicated team that makes it possible.Christmas is approaching:The dates and time of our Christmas services will appear soon on our website, but we thought it might be helpful to let you know that all our carol services, apart from Sacombe’s, will be at the new time of 4pm. It will still be dark enough for candles, but we hope this will enable more people to attend. This will apply to the Advent Carols service on 29th November and the two Christmas carol services on 13th December in Little Munden and 20th in Standon.Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal:This weekend, Lizzy will be clearing her attic of all the shoeboxes and gifts she and others have collected during the year, ready to send to children in areas affected by war, natural disaster, or some other catastrophe. There are three ways you can help:1. Fill a shoebox with gifts (ask Lizzy for the list of what's allowed and not allowed) and leave it in St Mary's or give it to Lizzy or Caroline.2. Contribute gifts to be packed - Lizzy is always short of small toys and games, little treats for teenage girls (eg hair accessories, eye shadow, keyrings) and small toys for toddlers.3. Donate money so that Lizzy can use it to buy things she is missing for boxes, or to pay for the travel costs.Cash can be given to Lizzy or Caroline, or transferred to the Standon PCC bank account, reference "OCC".Thank you - every box filled is another child who will know someone cares this Christmas.Little Angels help:We could do with another person or two on the rota of helpers at Little Angels, especially as winter bugs start to appear. Helpers arrive at 9 to set up, welcome the children and their carers, make tea or coffee, prepare the children’s snack and clear up the church afterwards. We are usually finished a few minutes after 11. If you think you would like to help, please speak to Caroline or Cate.Floodlights at St Mary’s:The floodlights at St Mary’s are still in the process of being repaired and currently they aren’t operating properly. Please take great care if you’re accessing or leaving the church in the dark.Some of the fluorescent tubes in the vestries are also awaiting replacement, so please bear with us if you’re affected.Making St Mary's Sparkle on Saturday:The St Mary’s cleaning teams are planning a Spring Clean on Saturday 24th October, 10.00 - 11.00 followed by refreshments. All the equipment needed will be available, and all are welcome! If you are able to join one of the teams in any of our churches, please speak to us.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’sOn Tuesday 10th November, the Little Munden School choir will join us again for our Sacombe service of Remembrance at 9.30. All are welcome.Sunday services:18th October 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s10.30 am Holy Communion, All Saints25th October 10.30 am Family worship, St Mary’s6.00 pm Choral evensong, St Mary’s1st November 8.00 am Communion by extension, St Mary’s10.30 am Morning worship, All Saints3.00 pm Service of Memories, St Mary’s8th November 10.30 am Remembrance Sunday service, St Mary’s15th November 8.00 am Holy Communion, St Mary’s10.30 am Holy Communion, All SaintsDates & meetings coming up:20th October, 12.00 Funeral of Pamela Harwood, All Saints22nd October, 10.00 am Youth team meeting, The Old Top Shop24th 10 – 11 am Spring clean of church, St Mary’s28th October, 12.30 pm Midweek Music, St Mary’s28th October, 5.00 pm Benefice finance committee meeting, The Old Top Shop30th October, 11.00 am Funeral of Audrey Morton, All Saints1st November, 3.00 pm Service of memories, St Mary’s
