ST Mary Abbots with Christ Church and St Philip · Kensington
IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:
ST MARY ABBOTS PARISH CHURCH
We pray for all refugees and displaced people, for those fleeing poverty and conflict and for agencies seeking to help them.
NEWSLETTER
We pray for peace in Syria and Iraq, and for peacemakers and peacekeepers. We pray for those being baptised today MAXIMILIAN VLADAS BUCKLE LILIAS LARK CHAMBERS KIT MAXIM CLODE ARTHUR LUKE CORTI EMMERSON LIZZIE HOPE WARING THEODORE ALEXANDER VIALL
31st May 2015
Sunday 31 st May First Lesson: Gospel:
Revelation 4. 1-11 John 3. 1-15
9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST AND HOLY BAPTISM With Children Reading: Gospel: Preacher:
Please pray for the sick and those in distress, especially RICHARD BURCA JOHN C RICHARD COSTLEY-WHITE FERDI CARPININI CHARLOTTE FELDERHOFF GOTAR MICHAEL MILLER ROSE MURPHY PATRICK HASTINGS ANNE PEASE JOCK PEASE JUNE SCULLY VERA ROGERS ENIOVEL SEPULVEDA JENNIFER SOLOMOS JAMES WORSLEY
on Sundays Isaiah 6. 1-8 John 3. 1-8 The Vicar
11.15am CHORAL MATINS
Old Testament: Exekiel 1. 4-10, 22-28a New Testament: Revelation 4. 1-11 Preacher: The Revd Daphne Green, Chaplain to the Archbishop of York
12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST readings as at 8.00am 6.30pm SUNG EVENSONG & HOLY COMMUNION Old Testament: Proverbs 8. 1-4, 22-31 New Testament: Mark 1. 1-13 Preacher: The Vicar
Monday 1 st June 8.30am 1.05pm 5.30pm
Pray for those who have died recently TOM ELLIOT JULIE HARRIS
Tuesday
Pray for the repose of the souls of those whose year’s mind falls at this time EDWARD HASLAM (May 31) IRIS MACVIE (June 2)
St MARY ABBOTS CHURCH AND PARISH CONTACTS Website: www.stmaryabbotschurch.org Vicar of the Parish The Rev'd Gillean Craig gillean.craig@stmaryabbotschurch.org Associate Vicar The Revd Jenny Welsh jenny.welsh@stmaryabbotschurch.org Honorary Assistant Priest The Revd Julia Hedley julia.hedley@stmaryabbotschurch.org Associate Vicar with Special Responsibility for St Philip The Rev’d David Walsh vicar@specr.org Associate Vicar with Special Responsibility for Christ Church The Rev’d Mark O’Donoghue mark@christchurchkensington.com Honorary Priest The Rev’d Peter Stubbs peter.stubbsuk@stmaryabbotschurch.org Parochial Church Wardens Jamie Dunford-Wood jdunfordwood@gmail.com Adrian Weale adrianweale@mac.com Deputy Churchwardens for ST Mary Abbots Church: Jamie Dunford-Wood jdunfordwood@gmail.com Hannah Stewart hannahvstewart@yahoo.com Parish Office: Susan Russell susan.russell@stmaryabbotshurch.org ST Mary Abbots Vestry: Virger: George MacAllan george.macallan@stmaryabbotschurch.org Safeguarding Officer Samantha Giles safeguardingofficer@stmaryabbotschurch.org Children on Sundays Co-ordinator & Children’s Champion: Alexandra Swann alexandraswann@yahoo.com ST Mary Abbots Centre: Adam Norton adam.norton@stmaryabbotschurch.org Stewardship Secretary: Emma Porteous stewardship@stmaryabbotschurch.org Electoral Roll Officer: Jamie Dunford-Wood er@stmaryabbotschurch.org Appeal Chairman: Piers Hedley piers@nwcm.co.uk Bellringers: David Holdridge Secretary david.holdridge@ntlworld.com Editor of Kensington Parish News Fiona Braddock kpneditor@stmaryabbotschurch.org Friday Playgroup: playgroup@stmaryabbotschurch.org Friends of ST Mary Abbots: friends@stmaryabbotschurch.org
TRIN ITY SUN DAY
8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST
and those preparing to be baptised AMAYA NG CHATURACHINDA
for the week beginning
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8.30am 11.30am 5.30pm
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5.30pm
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CORPUS CHRISTI
Morning Prayer SUNG EUCHARIST OF CORPUS CHRISTI with presentation by St Mary Abbots School Pupils – All Welcome Evening Prayer
St Boniface
Morning Prayer HOLY EUCHARIST Recital by Royal College of Music Students Evening Prayer
Ini Kopuria & Melanisian Martyrs
Morning Prayer HOLY EUCHARIST Holy Baptism: Amaya Ng Evening Prayer
Sunday 7 th June
1 st SUN DAY AFTER TRIN ITY Common Worship Proper 5
8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST First Lesson: Gospel:
1 John 4. 7-end Luke 16.19-end
9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST With Children on Sundays Old Testament: New Testament: Gospel: Preacher:
11.15am
Genesis 3. 8-15 2 Corinthians 14. 13-15 Mark 3. 20-35 The Revd Julia Hedley
CHORAL MATINS Old Testament: Jeremiah 6. 16-21 New Testament: Romans 9. 1-13 Preacher: The Revd Jenny Welsh
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Martyrs of Uganda
Morning Prayer HOLY EUCHARIST Meditation Group Evening Prayer
Saturday 6 th June
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Morning Prayer HOLY EUCHARIST – Book of Common Prayer Evening Prayer
Friday 5 th June
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2 nd June
Thursday 4 th June 7.10am 9.30am
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Morning Prayer INFORMAL EUCHARIST ‘Sunday on Monday’ Evening Prayer
Wednesday 3 rd June 7.10am 7.30am 1.05pm 5.30pm
VISIT OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY TO ELIZABETH (trans from 31 May)
12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST readings as at 8.00am 6.30pm
TAIZÉ PRAYER: The Gifts of the Spirit
with HOLY EUCHARIST
TRINITY SUNDAY
ANNUAL CONFIRMATION GROUP PHOTO
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Last week at Pentecost we completed our annual cycle of reliving the great story of our salvation in Jesus Christ: today we adore and celebrate the Godhead revealed to us in Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
Three Persons yet One God, the Holy and Undivided Trinity So now we revert to the Ordinary Time of the Year; the liturgical colour of vestments and altar frontals is green for the life given by our creator God and we seek to live out in our lives the significance of all that we have learned and experienced by our annual recitation of the story of the Birth, Ministry, Death and Resurrection of Jesus and the Giving of the Holy Spirit. But later this week there is one pendant to the Feast of the Trinity, one glorious coda to the narrative of our Salvation, one final festival attached to the cycle that began on Advent Sunday.
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday – that is, this Thursday - is always
The Feast of the Institution of the Holy Eucharist or
CORPUS CHRISTI This Thursday 4th June 9.30am Sung Eucharist St Mary Abbots School Children will make presentations even more special than usual to mark this great feast. For many of them it will be the first occasion to share the Communion since their Confirmation. As always all are welcome to the service, young & old, whether or not you have any connection with the school.
FINAL THINGS... This Wednesday, 3 June 2015 1.30-4.30pm Presented by K&C Forum for Older Residents, St Mary Abbots & PSALM Do everyone a great favour, including ourselves, by thinking ahead about how we want things to be organised for our funeral, and all the things that follow. This a chance to talk about the non-negotiable fact of life. Oh, and don't imagine it with be a sad and sombre session - practical of course, but also smiles and laughter as we face the facts together. A session for older people to talk about how to be prepared for this inevitable part of life. Tea sandwiches, cake. Book your free place call Jenny Welsh 020 7937 2364
FRIDAY 1.05 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC RECITALS Glorious music performed by world-class students – admission free; refreshments available. This Friday: Music by RAVEL, BORNE & POULENC. There’s a handbill with full details – don’t forget your copy.
KENSINGTON AREA ARCHDEACON’S VISITATION A forbidding title but a joyful reality: it’s the legal ceremony held once a year by which newly-elected churchwardens are admitted to their ancient office. Churchwardens are in fact Officers of the Crown, and the Diocesan Registrar has to be in attendance (in gown and wig – lawyers like dressing up almost as much as clergy) to administer the Oath etc. Our wardens are now: Parochial Wardens Jamie Dunford Wood & Adrian Weale Assistant Wardens for St Mary Abbots Hannah Stewart & Jamie Dunford Wood It’s our great delight to welcome Hannah to this demanding and essential role in the life of the church, acting as the leaders of the laity in the parish, and as point of communication between clergy (especially the Vicar, who knows nothing) and the congregation, and taking legal responsibility for the Fabric and Ornaments of the church. It’s tinged with sadness, because with their admission we say farewell to David Banks our most distinguished former parochial warden, and especially our beloved Carole-Anne Phillips, who for the last ten years has worked tirelessly as one of our St Mary Abbots wardens. Watch out! There’ll be an opportunity shortly to say thank you to them both properly. th
Wednesday 10 June HOLY & BLESSED THREE A QUIET DAY FOR TRINITY
Addresses, Silence, Eucharist, Hospitality in the tranquil and beautiful surroundings of St Mary’s Convent, Chiswick It starts at 9.30 and finishes at 3.00pm, so if that is significant for you it fits neatly within a school day. Booking: Julia.Hedley@stmaryabbotschurch.org or sign the list in church
St. Mary Abbots Book Club next meets at 2.30pm on Thursday 11th June to discuss GK Chesterton’s local novel "The Napoleon of Notting Hill". Afterwards we will enjoy a friendly and delicious tea. New members welcome; please contact Anita Quinn for details: Ann_Q@Hotmail.co.uk
It was with great joy that on the Thursday before half term we welcomed Bishop Peter Price to confirm candidates, young and old, into the Eucharistic fellowship of Christ’s church. We presented no fewer than 9 adults and 9 younger candidates from St Mary Abbots; 7 St Mary Abbots School pupils who go to other churches but were prepared by us; 5 candidates from St Philip; and one each from St Luke Redcliffe Gardens and The Chapel Royal, Hampton Court. When our National Church is popularly supposed to be in terminal decline, this is a wonderful expression of the vitality of our church - we’re moved that so many wish to stand up and make this public profession of their faith. Our thanks to all who worked hard to make this so memorable an act of Christian worship, celebration and commitment: George and the Vestry and Serving teams; Mark and the Choir; Alison and all who helped provide and serve the splendid hospitality abcd
Christian Aid Week
We’re still open for donations - please return any giftaid envelopes. Most surprisingly Fr Gillean DID manage to complete the ‘Circle the City’ Sponsored Walk. This year he only managed to be SECOND FASTEST TO COMPLETE THE COURSE (this isn’t quite as grand as it sounds – everyone else goes around in friendly parish groups complete with toddlers & OAPs on zimmer frames, while he strides on ahead in grim-faced and generally unpleasant isolation), losing out to some callow youth who no doubt had spent months in training. Muscles and joints are still complaining that he really can’t, at his advanced time of life, expect them to undertake a thorough workout on one only occasion in the entire year. Our thanks to all who so generously sponsored him. Already you’ve given £1,730 donated online (within a whisker of his £2k target) + a further £250 in cash & cheques. Kindly pay any further sponsorship money as soon as possible to make this suffering worthwhile – either online: https://www.justgiving.com/Gillean-Craig/ or sponsorship forms in church.
still to come… THURSDAY JUNE 11, 9.00am-4pm
StMA CHRISTIAN AID POP UP CAFÉ Coffee, tea, cake and cooked meals to take away! Volunteers needed to make cakes and sandwiches, set up and help serve. Speak to Jenny Welsh or Alison Steel or sign the sheet at coffee after the 9.30 service if you can help. Let’s make it as successful as last year!
St Mary Abbots Childrens’ Parents’
SUMMER GARDEN PARTY th
Thursday 11 June from 7.30pm in Vicarage Garden If you bring children to our church (or if they bring you) You should be receiving an email invitation – if not, email Laura Sylvester or the clergy
‘COME AWAY AND REST AWHILE’ Kensington Council of Churches is planning a Retreat in early October: four days of peace, prayer, fellowship with neighbours from local churches, at the Othona Community, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex - a Christian lay community committed to openness, inclusion and hospitality. Cost around £44 per night for accommodation plus transport. You may come for all or some of the days. For more info, please speak to Jenny.
OVER 60? LOVE OPERA? CAN’T AFFORD IT? Jenny has just 8 free tickets for Holland Park Opera’s Aida on July 21. Form an orderly queue, please - don’t trample her in the rush
Three Weeks Yesterday! St Mary Abbots SUMMER FETE – Saturday 20th June Your help is urgently needed to ensure that this highlight of our calendar is also a highly profitable fund-raising event. Please let us know if you can do any or all of the following: Help to run a stall;
Donate: Home Produce, Donate Books, DVDs and CDs, Childrens books, CDs or DVDs for the Kids Zone (speak to Anna McNally) And most importantly… Donate prizes to our Silent Auction Adam: 020 7937 8885 or email adam.norton@stmaryabbotschurch.org