Sunday 15th December 2024 - All are Welcome
Today is the 3rd Sunday of Advent
Welcome to our services this Sunday, particularly if you are here for the first time. Do make yourself known to the clergy after the service and if it's after the 10am stay for coffee/tea.
8am – Matins (Book of Common Prayer): Peter
10am – Sung Eucharist (Common Worship): Jeff HYMNS
49 Awake, awake 491 The race that long in darkness
470 The advent of our King
395 Of the Father’s love begotten
467 Tell out, my soul
We Pray for the Sick:
Pat (Peters), Louise, Eileen, Robert Bell (Priest)
We Remember: Raymond Tasker, Mary Lowerson, Ron Welfare, Victor Richardson
TODAY: CAROLS ON THE GREEN, on Nevill Green, 2:30pm: Christmas readings, mince pies, mulled apple juice and the Lewes, Glynde and Beddingham Brass Band.
TOMORROW: CHURCH CLEAN UP, 10am We are having a special clean of the church before Christmas, do come if you can to make the church beautiful for our worship. Coffee and cakes provided by Ben.
SILENT PRAYER, Tuesday 17th, 7pm. Do come to our last silent prayer session of the year, followed by non-silent drinks.
CONTEMPLATIVE COMMUNION FOR ADVENT, Wednesday 18th, 7pm: Come and join us for a contemplative service of communion, with times of stillness and space around the words we share.
CIVIC CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT, Thursday 19th, 7pm. We have a brass band (Brass Sparks), poetry, readings of the Christmas story and wonderful carols and mulled wine and mince pies afterwards..
ADVENT COURSE: LETTER AND SPIRIT, Saturday 21st, 10am. 'Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself?' Luke 10:38-42. In the last of Advent sessions exploring the depths of a Biblical story we look at Mary and Martha.
ADVENT REFLECTIONS (evenings), Thurs 19th, 7.45 for 8pm (finished by 9pm). Contact Jane on 07779 603 728 or janeperry@live.co.uk for details of venue.
NEXT SUNDAY (22nd): Please do stay after the 10am service for mince pies and mulled wine.
ST ANNE'S OPENING TIMES: Due to current building works, we are unable to open the church during the week, as we usually do. The church is open for all the usual services and events, such as daily Morning Prayer 0915 to 0945 monday and friday and other events publicised on the website. We hope the internal building work will be completed in December and the church can be open as usual.
ST ANNE'S WEBSITE: www.stanneslewes.org.uk - Our website offers resources for our growth in discipleship. On the website you can now find recent sermons collated in one place under the tag sermons. Also, we have a regular slot called Spiritual Reflections which aims to look at questions of faith in a fresh, imaginative way. Contact Ashley or Ben if you can't find the content.
ONLINE AND CARD TRANSACTIONS: Donations can also be made through our website (the DONATE button is in the top right-hand corner of every page).
A MESSAGE FROM BEN
Please feel free to phone me or drop me an email. I'll be delighted to hear from you. My contact details are:
Rev'd Ben Brown, 01273 933357, email: rectorstanneslewes@gmail.com
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If you would like anything added to the Notices, please speak to Ashley. ashley.price@sky.com - 01273 409410
(For items to be on next Sunday's sheet, please supply to me by Thursday)
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