This weekend’s Bible readings: James 3:1-12 (p 1214) and Mark 8:27-end (p 1012) Events coming up:Pop-Up Shop 22nd September: The fairtrade pop up shop is back next Sunday. Marion will be taking advance orders for Advent calendars and candles.Benefice bookstall 22nd September: The bookstall will also be back next week. Lizzy plans to have Christmas stock for the end of October, so if there’s something in particular that you know you would like her to order, please let her know.Sunday lunch at the Star 22nd September: Heather is organising our next Sunday lunch at the Star, next Sunday at 12.15pm. For more information, please contact Heather 07909 065550.Diocesan vacancies: The Diocese is advertising for two part-time administrators to work with the Education Team at Holywell Lodge, and has asked that we highlight this. Further details are available on their website at https://www.stalbansdiocese.org/vacancies-role/diocesan-roles/ .What’s been happening recently:Children’s groups: Little Angels returned for the new academic year on Friday. We were thrilled to welcome 13 pre-school children with their parents/carers. A fun time was had by all! At the café, we now have two groups for children. Lizzy S and Luke are both coming each week, and the older children have more focussed Bible study in the Upper Room while the younger ones continue with the activities downstairs. One of the older group described this week’s session as his best day ever! And, at collective worship in both schools this week, those who had attended our HBC could show that they remembered several key points from the teaching they received there. Please continue to pray for all our outreach work.Services for the next few weeks:Midweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:15th September 8.00am Ante communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints22nd September 10.30am All age harvest worship, St Mary's6.00pm Harvest Choral Evensong, St Mary's29th September 10.30am Harvest morning worship, St Catherine's6th October 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Harvest morning worship, All Saints13th October 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's20th October 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints
This weekend’s Bible readings: James 2:1-17 (p 1214) and Mark 7:24-end (p 1010)Streaming issues: A couple of times recently, the stream hasn’t worked as it should. This can happen if YouTube has a glitch, or if the internet connection drops out – or, of course, through human error. If this happens while you’re watching, please remember that the service is always recorded, and will be uploaded to our YouTube channel as soon as can be managed.Notices sheet: As explained last week, we are changing how we present the information in this sheet. The description of each event will now only appear once, and after that, the title, date and name of the contact person will appear in a list later on in the sheet. This will, we hope, remove the need to scroll through items we’ve read before, which sometimes results in us missing something that’s new! Please let us know whether this new way of working is helpful.Knit & Natter group 12th September: The group will meet in Standon village hall at 2pm on Thursday. Tea & cakes will be available. For more information please contact Diane (01920 821130) or Marion (01920 745683).Philip Stopford choral workshop day 21st September: We could do with a couple of volunteers, please, to help serve coffee and tea to the singers, both morning and afternoon. If you can help, please speak to Caroline.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:8th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's15th September 8.00am Ante communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints22nd September 10.30am All age harvest worship, St Mary's6.00pm Harvest Choral Evensong, St Mary's29th September 10.30am Harvest morning worship, St Catherine's6th October 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Harvest morning worship, All Saints13th October 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's
This weekend’s Bible readings: Ephesians 4:1-16 (p 1175) and John 6:24-35 (p 1070) August (lack of) notices: Please note that this notices sheet is the last one until 1st September.Welcome to Olivia and her family: This morning at All Saints, we welcome Olivia, her parents and God- parents, and her family and friends. Olivia will be baptised during our 10.30 service.Rita: We have heard that Rita died peacefully, at home, surrounded by family, at 8.30 on Saturday morning. Please pray for Rita’s family and all who will grieve for her.Visit of Mission Partners from Austria: On Wednesday 7th August at 2.45 pm David & Marlene Fry will visit St Mary’s. They will update us on David’s work with MediaWorks. Tea & cake will be available. Please come and join us. Please contact Diane on 01920 821130 for more information.New prayer station at St Mary's: There is a new prayer station in the North East corner of St Mary's to provide a quiet place to be still. There are pebbles and a dish of water to help with prayer and various prayer cards and leaflets that people can take away with them. The prayer board is still in place so that names can be added to it and alongside it is an invitation to visit the prayer station.Choral Evensong, Sunday 25th August at 6pm: All are welcome to join us as the benefice choir and a large number of friends lead our worship. Music will include Stanford's Canticles in C, Haydn's 'The heavens are telling' and hymns for all to join in with.Mid-Week Music: Please note that there is no concert scheduled for August. The next one will be 25th September.Kneeler mending in St Mary’s, Standon: On Saturday 17th August from 10am-12noon, a group of volunteers will be in St Mary’s mending some of the kneelers. If anyone would like to join us we would be very grateful. Please contact Marion S.Holiday Bible Club 27th – 30th August: Bookings are open for our annual Holiday Bible Club and Caroline is collecting names of helpers. The theme will be kings and queens in the Bible: Saul, David, Jehosaphat, Hezekiah, Jezebel, Nebuchadnezzar and, most importantly, Jesus. Please speak to Caroline if you can help on any or all of the days, and encourage any children you know to come along.Sunday lunch at the Star: Heather’s next Sunday lunch will be on Sunday 25th August at 12.15pm at the The Star Standon. If you would like a place please let Heather know by Monday 19th August.All Saints Quiz Night 7th September: The Quiz Night will be held in Little Munden School on 7th September at 7.00 pm. There will be a ploughman’s supper and a licensed bar, and tickets, priced £15, are available from Hugh, Heather, Jacky or Chris. Gather your teams! More details from Hugh on 07730 419964.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:4th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints11th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's18th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints25th August 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral Evensong sung by the Benefice choir and friends, St Mary's1st September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints8th September 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's
This weekend’s Bible reading: John 6:1-15 (p 1069)Pop up shop 28th July: The pop up shop is back again this Sunday at the 10.30 service at St Mary’s. There will be fair trade chocolate, coffee and tea as well as Christian gifts and cards for sale, with all profits going to the local food bank.Choral evensong 28th July 6pm at St Mary's Standon: This month’s Choral Evensong is a special one. As usual, it will be sung by the Benefice Choir, but with music chosen by Carole and Peter. The service will be followed by a glass of fizz to mark Carole and Peter's forthcoming 60th wedding anniversary in September!August (lack of) notices: Please note that next week’s notices sheet will be the last one until 1st September. The editor is taking a break in August! Any items that you would like to be included for the rest of the month will need to be with Caroline (caroline@ubsms.org.uk) in time for next Saturday. Thank you.Visit of Mission Partners from Austria: On Wednesday 7th August at 2.45 pm David & Marlene Fry will visit St Mary’s. They will update us on David’s work with MediaWorks. Tea & cake will be available. Please come and join us. Please contact Diane on 01920 821130 for more information.Mid-Week Music: Please note that there is no concert scheduled for August. The next one will be 25th September.Holiday Bible Club 27th – 30th August: Bookings are open for our annual Holiday Bible Club and Caroline is collecting names of helpers. The theme will be kings and queens in the Bible. Please speak to Caroline if you can help on any or all of the days, and encourage any children you know to come along.All Saints Quiz Night 7th September: The Quiz Night will be held in Little Munden School on 7th September at 7.00 pm. There will be a ploughman’s supper and a licensed bar, and tickets, priced £15, are available from Hugh, Heather, Jacky or Chris. Gather your teams! More details from Hugh on 07730 419964.Website: Our benefice website is on the www.achurchnearyou.com platform. The benefice page can be reached via this link: https://www.achurchnearyou.com/benefice/32-240BF/. The forward from https://ubsms.org.uk should point to that page.Services for the next few weeksMidweek services each week:Tuesdays, 9.30am Holy Communion (BCP) & Bible study, St Catherine'sWednesdays, 9.30am Morning worship & Bible study, St Mary'sSunday services:28th July 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong, St Mary's4th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints11th August 10.30am Holy communion, St Mary's18th August 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Holy communion, All Saints25th August 10.30am All age worship, St Mary's6.00pm Choral evensong sung by the Benefice choir and friends, St Mary's1st September 8.00am Holy communion, St Mary's10.30am Morning worship, All Saints
