Dear all
This weekend the Church celebrates Allhallowtide, the three days of All Hallow's Eve (Halloween): All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day. Our family eucharist on Sunday morning will focus on All Saints' and in the evening we will celebrate All Souls' with our annual choral requiem by candlelight. The music this year selected is from Mozart's Requiem. Please come along at 5.30pm for this beautiful and moving service remembering our departed loved ones. If you have not yet added names to the list of the departed, which will be read out during the service, please email Leonora HERE or add it to the All Souls list by the South Door in the church - remembering to use capital letters for legibility - before Sunday. Last week Mother Emma and I hosted a evening looking at death and funerals from a Christian perspective. We were joined by Philip Smyth from JH Kenyon's Funeral Directors who offered some very useful insights from his years of experience. Attendance was good and we are planning to re-run the event in the new year. Do ask around for feedback from those who came. Congratulations also to Ed and Jamie for arranging last week's Quiz Night at the St Mary Abbots Centre. Teams of 8 on 6 tables battled to win the top prize, with generously donated wine and raffle prizes and a good time was had by all. Thank you to Ed and Jamie, and to all those who attended and who volunteered on the night - plans are in place for a rematch next year. On Monday evening, a concert of piano music by Schubert, Mozart, and Chopin will be given by internationally-known Zoya Shuhatovich. It looks to be an excellent performance. Tickets are £15 and can be purchased HERE or on the door. Next week (10 November) we will be holding the annual Remembrance Day service. There will be a short family eucharist at the usual time of 9.30am and an Act of Remembrance at the war memorial at 10.55am followed by a Service of Remembrance inside the church. Please make note of the unusual time - we meet at 10.50 am. For your diaries, let me draw your attention to the annual Christmas Fair to be held on 30 November. We are looking for volunteers to help over the course of the day and we are also in need of quality bric-a-brac (but no tea sets please!) and homemade cakes. Please contact Leonora HERE if you can help with any of the above. Children's vouchers (£10 and £6) will be available online or on the door, so please plan to come and enjoy yourselves and support St Mary Abbots Church. Finally, looking further ahead towards Christmas, please note the annual performance of Handel's Messiah (part 1) will be held on 15 December. Tickets will go on sale next week. A prayer for All Souls' and Remembrance: Into your hands, O Lord, we humbly entrust our brothers and sisters. In this life you embraced them with your tender love; deliver them now from every evil and grant them eternal rest. Amen. In the peace of Christ, Fr Evan 31st October 2024 |
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