We extend a warm welcome to
all our visitors, especially to the Rev Mervyn Terrett who will be leading our worship this
morning.
Our
altar is open to members of all denominations. If you do
not wish to receive Communion please come to receive a blessing and
certainly bring any children with you for a blessing.
Coffee
– do stay for a coffee and a chat after the service in the new church
hall.
Today’s
readings: Revelation 21.10,22 –
22.5
John
14.23-29
Today’s
collect: God our redeemer, you have delivered us from the power
of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of your Son: grant, that as by his
death he has recalled us to life, so by his continual presence in us he may
raise us to eternal joy; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is
alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and
for ever. Amen
Diary
for the Coming
Week
Monday 17th May 2pm to 4pm - Tea and coffee in the Church
Hall – all
welcome
Tuesday 18th May Evening Talk Time – Calling Out
Course
8.00pm in the
Church Hall.
Further
information
from Alison Draper – 01438
816874
Friday 21st May 9am to 10.30am - Tea and coffee in the
Church Hall
All welcome
Sunday 23rd May 10.00am Parish Communion
The
New Church Hall – will be open for tea and coffee on
Mondays (but not this bank holiday Monday) from 2pm to 4pm and on Fridays from 9am to 10.30am. All are
very welcome to come, rest, see the lovely new hall and enjoy the view
and a chat. Volunteers to help please contact Alison Draper – 01438
816874.
Christian
Aid – Many thanks to all
collectors. Please return envelopes to Linda and Mike Hall. There are post
cards on the table by the entrance to the church to send to the Prime Minster urging his help towards alleviating poverty in the Third World. Please take, complete and send.
Help needed – to provide a welcoming cup of coffee in the hall for wedding guests on
Saturday June 12th (yes Datchworth Fete day!), 12 noon to 1pm as the
guests arrive and then 1.30pm to 2pm after the service. This is in support of
hiring the hall to wedding parties as a way of raising funds to cover building
and running costs. Please try
to fit this in before dashing to help / spend at the fete – see Alison or call
her on 01438 816874.
New news sheet feature – see back page for next week’s readers and readings.
Calling Out Course – at 8pm this Tuesday in the Church
Hall. Following on from J.John's book Calling Out, comes a new course on
evangelism for small groups. This course is tailor-made for discussions, study
and reflection, and is an ideal tool for equipping Christians for practical and
effective evangelism and mission. The course runs over 7 weeks (4 more
including this week) – contact Alison Draper for further information – 01438
816874.
Open Gardens – to raise funds towards covering the cost of the new Church Hall –
please note the date in your diary – Saturday and Sunday 26th and 27th
June 2004. Volunteers needed to help with the catering and to make sponges and
fruit cakes – please contact Jean Austin 01438 813846, Chris Hills
– 01438 811627 or Anne Charles –
01438 812098.
Anniversary
or celebrating the life of a loved one? – would you like to
contribute towards the cost of the flowers for that period? – contact
Diana Glanville – 01438 812230 or Margaret Kirk – 01438 812734.
All Saints on-line - We
hope that you will find the content and links helpful and
interesting. Do let us have any suggestions for
improvement or the correction of any errors that you spot - tonycharles@allsaintsdatchworth.info.
Prayers
- This week we pray for:
Okinawa
- (Japan)
and The Rt Revd David Shoji Tani.
Our
link
parish of St John’s , Ha Simone, Lesotho.
The future ministry in our village.
All those living in Datchworth Green.
Those who have died, or who
are bereaved, remembering Barbara Cormack whose funeral took place at Harwood
park last Tuesday and praying for her family.
All
those who are ill or in need, their families and their carers, especially -
Ann Betts, Lillian Goodfellow, Emily Green, Jonathan Hawes, Michael
Hughes, Hannah Hunt, Bob King, Anna Kray, Frances Noble, Thomas Rousell, Hannah
Sharp, Eve Simpson, Ken Stoneman, Andrée Wright, Sharon and Irene.
God our Father, whose
Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life: may we thirst for you, the
spring of life and source of goodness, through him who is alive and reigns, now
and for ever.
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