THE ZONE
THE NEW YOUTH CLUB FOR 11 to 14 year olds. Contact Elena at allsaints.cfm@gmail.com for more information
Starting in January
So it is very nearly a month till Christmas. I don't know about you but I am doing my best to avoid Christmas carols and Christmas pop songs as if you start with them too early by the time Christmas arrives they have lost some of their magic. Don't get me wrong - I am a great lover of Christmas, but in mid to late November it shouldn't be "beginning to feel a lot like Christmas"!
This coming month is going to be a busy one.
OPEN AFTERNOON
Tomorrow, Saturday 23rd November, we have our Open Afternoon with the highest number of clubs and societies represented to date. I do hope you are coming along!
Here are the details:
It promises to be a great afternoon!
CLEANER/CARETAKER VACANCY
Moving on to other things - please may I draw your attention to our current advertisement for a Cleaner/Caretaker who will work alongside our Bookings Manager Bruce Douglas in looking after our Church hall - a hall which is so well used these days.
The full job description and application forms can be found by clicking HERE
If you cannot access the details then email me at tillotsons@gmail.com and I will send them by email to you. Or if you do not have a printer at home I can post them to you.
CHRISTMAS FAIR
Our Christmas Fair is Saturday 30th November from 10am to 1.30pm at the Church Hall.
Father Christmas will
be present as usual.
We need gifts for
Tombola and raffle and also lots of cakes
for the cake stall and refreshments.
We do not need books as we have a large store and need to clear them to
make space. We do need people to help on
the stalls if you feel able it is a nice sociable event.
There are boxes at the
back of the church for your gifts.
Call Carol Sims on
01227 263616 if you can help please or speak to her after the 10am service.
HUSTINGS
It is very important that the church is not detached from the world. As such churches often provide venues for hustings for General Elections and this year is no exception.
Rev Rachel Webbley, the Team Rector of the Whitstable Team Ministry, and I are organising a hustings at St Peter's church from 7pm (doors open) to about 9pm involving all four of the parliamentary candidates for the Canterbury, Whitstable and surrounding villages seat.
Here is the poster of the event - please note no prebooking is possible:
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT ALL SAINTS
Are as follows
Sunday 1st December 6.30pm Advent Carol Service
(Advent Carols are different from Christmas carols but just as beautiful)
Saturday 14th December 4pm Christingle
Service (back to its afternoon time following feedback last year)
Sunday 15th December 6.30pm Traditional
Carol Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Wednesday 18th December 7pm Carol
Singing under the Yew Tree (or in the church if weather is poor)
Christmas Eve
Crib Services 3pm and 4.30pm
11.15pm Midnight Communion
Christmas Day
8am and 10am Holy Communion
Thursday 21st November 2019
was
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day
We lit a purple candle at All Saints during our 10am Thursday healing service. St Alphege Church in the High Street and the Playhouse Theatre were lit by a purple light later in the day.
The purple light is a way of remembering all those who suffer or have died from Pancreatic cancer and to pray for a cure to be found for the future.
We stand with all victims of cancer of course but I am grateful to Mary Calthrop, mother of Chris Calthrop who very sadly died of pancreatic cancer recently, for bringing this to my attention. Please mark 21st November in your diary next year and put a purple light or candle in your front windows to raise awareness.
https://www.pancan.org/purplelight/
was
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day
We lit a purple candle at All Saints during our 10am Thursday healing service. St Alphege Church in the High Street and the Playhouse Theatre were lit by a purple light later in the day.
The purple light is a way of remembering all those who suffer or have died from Pancreatic cancer and to pray for a cure to be found for the future.
We stand with all victims of cancer of course but I am grateful to Mary Calthrop, mother of Chris Calthrop who very sadly died of pancreatic cancer recently, for bringing this to my attention. Please mark 21st November in your diary next year and put a purple light or candle in your front windows to raise awareness.
https://www.pancan.org/purplelight/
CHRISTIAN AID
The Whitstable Committee is looking for
someone willing to take on the very light task of chairing a group that does
the following:
• enables
collections at Christian Aid week in May
• gets
people to arrange money raising events for Christian Aid - especially quizzes.
• generally
keeps an open eye on Christian Aid fund raising locally
Please speak to Simon if you think this
could be you!
LOOKING BACK
We had a poignant Remembrance Sunday service with over 250 people present. Here are some photos of the peace trees and prayers that the young people and adults wrote:
We had a poignant Remembrance Sunday service with over 250 people present. Here are some photos of the peace trees and prayers that the young people and adults wrote:
NOTICES FROM OTHER CHURCHES
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Dear Friend,
I am writing to invite you to the Amos Trust Bethlehem Carol Service at St Paul’s Church, Church St (St Paul's), Canterbury CT1 1NH at 19:00 on Tuesday 3rd December. Please note that this year it is at St Paul's Church, not St Peter's Methodist Church.
We will be joined by Amos Trust's partner Sami Awad
from our Holy Land Trust in
Bethlehem as well as Amos Trust founder and
singer/songwriter Garth Hewitt.
Sami is a leading Palestinian peace activist, who will be explaining why non-violence is at the heart of the Christmas message, and of his family in Gaza. All proceeds will go to Amos Trust’s 2019 Christmas Appeal for our partners in Gaza and the home and peace-building work of Holy Land Trust.
Refreshments of baklava, mince pies, mulled wine and fruit juice will be served after the service.
For more information and to book click here, but this is, obviously, a free event and you can just turn up. However, it is helpful to have an idea of numbers where possible. Please do invite others.
Attached is a poster advertising the event. I would be grateful if you would print out a copy or copies, and advertise the service in your local church and corner shop, etc so that it is widely known about. Thank you.
Also attached are directions of where to find the church in Canterbury. There is no parking directly outside the church, but Love Lane and Quenin Gate Car Parks are within walking distance.
[You may be one of those who last year asked to be removed from this mailing list. I have tried to act on your request, but if you have received this email in error, I apologise.]
I do hope you can come !
Richard Llewellin
Simon
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