Monday 26th November, 7.30pm: All Saints PCC Meeting in Church.
Sunday 25th November 2012
Tuesday 4th December, 10am – 12noon: Open House. Please see the change of date for the next meeting. This is to be held at the home of Lyn Everitt, 9 Claresholm Close Oakham, all welcome. Saturday Dec 1st: 2-4pm St Andrew's Christmas Bazaar in Whissendine Primary School: Cakes, Face painting, Santa's Grotto, Crafts, Christmas Wreaths, a host of stalls for young and old. All welcome to join the fun! FAIRTRADE CHRISTMAS ORDERS If anyone would still like to buy from the Christmas catalogue could you please let me have your order and payment by Sunday 9th December. Many thanks to all the people who have placed orders so far. Denise (722729) Friday 30th November, 7.30pm: An evening of delight and entertainment! In concert Jackie Morrison and Thora Ker, for the opening of the Langham Christmas Tree Festival. Tickets £15.00 including mulled wine and canapes. To book please call 01572 723533 or 01572 757435. Examiner for Oakham Accounts - Following the resignation of our previous Examiner we have so far been unable to find a replacement. The task needs someone who is familiar with accounts to spend a few days in January/February looking over the Church Accounts. Would anyone who thinks that they might be able to help our Church with this task please contact either John King (01572 722796) or Peter Hill (01572 724529) to obtain further information. Langham Christmas Tree and Crib Festival: Saturday 1st December 10am – 7pm and Sunday 2nd December 10am – 4pm. This will be held at St Peter and St Paul Church Langham. Admission £2.50 accompanied children free. Also on the Saturday only, 10am -4pm Craft Fayre in the Village Hall. Wednesday 28th November 1.30pm:Music at Lunchtime,Eleanor Bruce soprano and Alice McLaren alto. All welcome Wednesday 28th November, 12-2pm: Bread and Soup lunch with Bring & Buy stall, and raffle: The Roost, Water Lane, Ashwell. Funds raised go to Hearing Loop for St Mary's Church. Cost £5. Contact Joy Harvey for details: 759204. All welcome, just turn up!
WELCOME If you are new to this church or visiting, please make yourself known to the clergy or churchwardens. If you wish to receive Holy Communion in the pew where you are sitting, please inform a sidesperson before the start of the service. At All Saints’ Church, Oakham, large print versions of the hymns and service booklet are available. Please ask one of the sidespersons. Oakham Team Clergy Rev Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani (Team Rector, Oakham) 01572 722108 lee@oakhamteam.org.uk Rev Audrey Atkinson (Team Vicar) 01572 723154 audrey@oakhamteam.org.uk Rev Janet Tebby (Team Vicar) 01664 474096 janet@oakhamteam.org.uk Rev Hildred Crowther (Assistant Priest) 01572 767779 hildred@oakhamteam.org.uk Rev Dr Dominic Coad (Curate) 01572 770024 dominic@oakhamteam.org.uk
Oakham Team Office The Team Office is staffed each weekday morning from 9.15am. Notices for inclusion in the pew sheet should arrive by Wednesday at 11am. 01572 724007 office@oakhamteam.org.uk
www.oakhamteam.org.uk Services for Sunday 2nd December (Advent 1) Ashwell Service at Teigh Braunston 11:00 Holy Communion Egleton
09:15
Holy Communion
Oakham
08:00 10:30 18:00 09:00 11:00
Holy Communion Holy Communion Team Advent Carols Holy Communion Holy Communion
Teigh Whissendine
Midweek Communion Services Tuesday All Saints’ Oakham Wednesday St. J. and A. Chapel Thursday All Saints’ Oakham Friday (BCP) All Saints’ Oakham
10.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 8.30 a.m. 10.00 a.m.
Every Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. Christian Meditation Group at St. John and St. Anne.
25 November 2012, The Feast of Christ the King The Collect Eternal Father, Whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven that He might rule over all things as Lord and King: keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace, and bring the whole created order to worship at His feet; Who is alive and reigns with You, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. Daniel 7.9 – 10 ,13-14 As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire. A stream of fire issued and flowed out from his presence. A thousand thousand served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him. The court sat in judgement, and the books were opened. As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the Ancient One and was presented before him. To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed. Revelations 1.4b - 8 Grace to you and peace from God who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of
the kings of the earth.To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be. Amen. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. John 18.33 -37 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?’ Pilate replied, ‘I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?’ Jesus answered, ‘My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.’ Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.’
Post Communion Prayer Stir up, O Lord, the wills of Your faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by You be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.