Please sponsor the St Mary Abbots Glass Door Sleep Out team HERE
who are raising funds & awareness of homelessness by sleeping 'rough' on 7th October
who are raising funds & awareness of homelessness by sleeping 'rough' on 7th October
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Dear all
We are much looking forward to seeing you this weekend as we celebrate our Harvest Thanksgiving, remembering all God’s good gifts to us and his call to us to share them with others. Our Harvest gifts will be going once again to the Upper Room, and a list of possible donations can be found HERE. Our Stewardship Group will also be speaking to us this week about giving for the work of the Church, and in particular remembering St Mary Abbots in your wills. Our new legacy leaflet can be found HERE, and members of the Group will be on hand for the next week if you would like to ask any questions following the services. Our preacher at the Family Eucharist on Sunday will be Mike English, the ordinand from St Mellitus College who has been with us on placement for the past month. Mike has been very grateful for the warm welcome he has received at St Mary Abbots and I know that many of you have enjoyed speaking with him about the process of training for the priesthood. We wish Mike every blessing as he continues his training and prepares for ordained ministry, and we thank him for his helpful reflections on the time he has spent here. From Evensong on Sunday, we welcome another placement, this time for a single but full week! Mother Laura is already ordained and is currently in her third year as a Curate in Birmingham, but is coming to London with her family to experience a different church as she prepares for her next step in ministry. Looking ahead to October, may I remind you of the team who will be sleeping out on behalf of St Mary Abbots on 7th October to raise money for the homeless through the charity Glass Door. If you feel able to sponsor them (or, indeed, to join the team, even now!), please click HERE. This is a very important charity which works with West London churches to offer support, advice and shelter to the homeless in our local area. On a different note, we are delighted and grateful that students from the Royal College of Music, who perform our regular Friday lunchtime concerts, will be putting on a special concert for the church as part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations on Thursday 27th October. This will take the form of a contemporary work, written and performed by the students to reflect the work of Sir George Gilbert Scott. Tickets are available HERE. Finally, we are approaching the annual excitement of the parish Bonfire Night, this year on Friday 4th November. Tickets will go on sale on 6th October, so please do keep an eye on the “What is on” page of our website, as numbers are limited by the size of the Vicarage Garden and tickets sell quickly! Wishing you a happy Michaelmas, as today we celebrate the Feast of St Michael and All Angels: Father in heaven, the angels sing by day and night around your throne: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty.” With Michael, prince of the angels, who contends by our side, with Gabriel, your herald, who brings good tidings, with Raphael, the protector, who ministers your healing, and with the whole company of heaven, we worship you, we give you glory, we sing your praise and exalt you for ever, Amen.” [Common Worship: Festivals] With my love and prayers Mother Emma 29th October 2022 |
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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