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​This week's message
from
Mother Emma 
Dear all

We are very much looking forward to seeing you in church this Sunday, as we begin to implement some of the new ways we have been discussing to draw us closer together as the family of God at St Mary Abbots.  This week our 9.30 am service will be a “Teaching Eucharist”, and we hope to see as many of you as possible as we celebrate the Eucharist while incorporating short explanations about the words, actions, history and theology of the service.  We hope that this will enhance the way you see this familiar service, and we ask that you share your thoughts, feedback and ideas with us afterwards.
 
Meanwhile, at the same service we are introducing our new-look Children’s Ministry: 
  1. We ask that children and families come to the front of the church for the start of the service (as you do at the Family Eucharist). 
  2. We have produced a new sheet to enable parents to follow the words of the liturgy with their children and to join in the prayers more easily.  This can also be found on our website HERE. 
  3. The children will leave as normal during the singing of the Gloria to go to Sunday School.  They will return to church to receive Communion or a Blessing as a group, before returning to their families in the pews. 
These changes have been made with a great deal of prayer and reflection, so we hope and pray that they will enable you to feel closer both to God and to our community - and we would value your feedback afterwards.
 
All this will require a greater number of welcomers as there will be a good deal more to do during the service, including inviting any newcomers to join us for coffee at 10.30 between the services, which is for both Eucharist and Matins attenders.  If you would be happy to join the welcomers’ team once a month, or even every couple of months, please do speak to one of the clergy.  Offering Christ’s welcome at the door is one of the church’s most important ministries, so if you attend any of our other services and would like to offer help at those, please do also come forward.
 
Last night we very much enjoyed hosting the Imperial College Union Chamber Choir to sing Choral Evensong in church yesterday in place of our usual service of Evening Prayer.  They will be returning on 4th February and 4th March  so please do come and join us at 5.30 on those Wednesdays.
 
Father in heaven, whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace; grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage, that, fed with the living bread of heaven and united in the body of your Son, we may be the temple of your presence, the place of your glory on earth, and a sign of your peace in the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.  [Common Worship, Times and Seasons: Dedication]
 
With my love and prayers, 

Mother Emma

22nd January 2026
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