A list of our Christmas Services and Events can be found HERE
Tickets to Handel's Messiah (part 1) are now available HERE
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The church is open daily
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Dear All
A wonderful weekend is coming up at St Mary Abbots, as we stand at the beginning of a new Church year starting on Advent Sunday (28th). On Saturday, we shall be opening the church for our streamlined, two-session Christmas Fair at 12.45 pm and 2.30 pm – please remember to book via the ‘what is on’ page of our HERE. Do come and share in the spirit of the season, enjoy children’s activities, carols, seasonal food and drinks and buy some advance Christmas supplies! After the deprivations of last Christmas, we are very pleased to have an opportunity to spend time together in this way this year. I know that more volunteers are urgently needed on one or two of the stalls, so if you were able to spare an hour or two, please do contact Leonora. If you have kindly offered to make cakes then please bring them to the church on Saturday morning. On Sunday, we shall be marking the start of Advent with a Choral Eucharist and Choral Matins in the morning, and you are then very warmly invited to join us for the Advent Service of Light at 5.30 pm, one of the most beautiful services of the church year, as we move from darkness, through candlelight to light, remembering that through the Incarnation, “God called us from darkness into his marvellous light” (1 Peter 2:9). This is a wonderful opportunity to prepare our hearts and minds for the Advent season of expectation, to join in well-known Advent hymns, hear readings which celebrate God’s light, and enjoy the music of our professional choir. We would be delighted to see you there. Next week will be your last chance to bid on items donated towards the Friends of St Mary Abbots Silent Auction, sponsored by Knight Frank. You can see the prizes and make a bid HERE. At this time of year, we hold in our prayers those for whom the approaching Christmas season will be a difficult one, all who have been bereaved during the past year and face a very different Christmas as a result, and those whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic and who suffer economic hardship as a result. We continue to collect for the Foodbank in church, and would welcome your donations, which can be delivered to the church. A list of items welcomed by the Foodbank can be found on the church railings and on our website HERE. It is always hard at this busy time of year to find time for the quiet preparation and expectation which the Church urges as we move towards Christmas, but we pray that you will be able to find a quiet moment in God’s presence to restore and inspire you at this very special time. “May the Lord, when he comes, find us watching and waiting.” With my love and prayers, Mother Emma 25th November 2021 |
Virtual Donation Plate
If you would like to make a donation during our services, or at any time, we have set up an online virtual collection plate below. Click here for this week's Newsletter
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