Pew Sheet - 31st January 2016

Friday 29th January 2016 7:30-9:00pm Benefice choir rehearsal (for Sunday 31st Jan) at St. Mary's, Long Crendon.   The Benefice choir would love to have more adult/child members.   So come and have fun!   Please contact Chris Mundy chrismundy100@gmail.com or Catharine Meek on 208536.

Prayer Group - Saturday 6th February 2016 9:30 - 10:30 am, St. Mary’s Long Crendon:  Following the publication of the advertisement for a new Vicar for our Benefice, come together to pray for faith and vision for our churches, for those involved in preparing the way for the new Vicar, and for our Lent House Groups and services.   Ray Copping and Geoff Hogbin

Wednesday 10th February 2016 is Ash Wednesday – we will be delighted to welcome Derek Witchell who has kindly agreed to take the service at 7:30 pm in St. Mary’s, Long Crendon, and look forward to seeing you there.

The Benefice Lent Group will run 19:30 to 21:30 on Tuesday evenings in Church House, Long Crendon for 5 weeks from Tuesday 16th February 2016.   The theme is the Women who encountered Jesus, and will also introduce us to women who are being helped by one of Chearsley’s charities - Embrace the Middle East.   If interested please e-mail llm.chearsley@btinternet.com so we can print the right number of booklets – or just turn up, we’ll have some spares.   All are welcome.   John Scholefield

Long Crendon Home Groups:  please see poster on St. Mary’s noticeboard and website with details of the various dates and times for Home Groups, and the subjects covered.   Please contact Robert Hutton on 202060 or Ray Copping on 208509 for further information.

Saturday 12th March at 7.30 at St Mary's, the Witchert Chorale, a concert with readings, entitled “Remembering the Golden Age”.   Tickets will be £10 each (children £5) from Friends@FSMLongCrendon.org or call Geoff Smith on 01844 208205.   Refreshments will be offered.  

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AGM

Interregnum

For an update on our search for a new vicar, please click, top right, to get to our new Benefice Website.

Our Churchwardens

So this is what churchwardens get up to at their meetings!

Pew Sheet - 24th January 2016

Wednesday 10th February 2016 is Ash Wednesday – we will be delighted to welcome Derek Witchell who has kindly agreed to take the service at 7:30 pm in St. Mary’s, Long Crendon, and look forward to seeing you there.

The Conversion of Paul:    Acts 9.1-22

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.   Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.   He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"   He asked, "Who are you, Lord?"   The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.   But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do."   The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one.   Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.   For three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.  

Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias.   The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias."   He answered, "Here I am, Lord."   The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul.   At this moment he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."   But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who invoke your name."   But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel; I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."   

So Ananias went and entered the house.   He laid his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."   And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was restored.   Then he got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he regained his strength.   For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus, and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."   All who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem among those who invoked this name?   And has he not come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?"   Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Messiah.

Travels of St. Paul:

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New Year's Resolutions

Philippians 4:13

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. “

You may have set yourself some pretty ambitious targets that you could maybe meet on occasions but to do so consistently would prove very difficult. It’s great news that we can trust in God to give us the extra strength we need to get us to our goals.

Pew Sheet - 17th January 2016

Saturday 30th January 2016 - Long Crendon Friends of St. Mary’s Safari Supper.   Forms are available from St. Mary’s, the Flowerpot Café, the Library, or from james.frew@mac.com   Forms will also be e-mailed to everyone who took part last year, or if you have queries call Mary Frew on 202018.   The deadline for joining is Saturday 16th January (this Saturday) – we look forward to seeing you!

Wednesday 10th February 2016 is Ash Wednesday – we will be delighted to welcome Derek Witchell who has kindly agreed to take the service at 7:30 pm in St. Mary’s, Long Crendon, and look forward to seeing you there.

Services in the Benefice

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Morning Celebration

Come and celebrate with us at our Morning Celebration service this Sunday. We will gather at 10am for coffee, tea and cakes and then have about half an hour of all-age worship including drama, videos and singing.  This month we will be focusing on the 3 Wise Men.

Pew Sheet - 10th January 2016

Sunday 10th January is Plough Sunday, so at St. Mary’s Long Crendon the Morris Men will be dancing in church at the end of the 10:30 am Holy Communion service.

Monday 11th January, 7:30 for 8:00 pm at St. Mary’s, Long Crendon:  Benefice Section 12 Meeting – the legally correct but dull name for a very important meeting in connection with progress towards the appointment of a new Vicar for the Benefice.   Please come if you can.   Bishop Alan will comment on the Benefice Profile as it is at present, and the Area Dean and the Deanery Lay Chair will also be there.   This is an open public meeting for all PCC members, the LLMs, and all interested parties.

Saturday 30th January 2016 - Long Crendon Friends of St. Mary’s Safari Supper.   Forms are available from St. Mary’s, the Flowerpot Café, the Library, or from james.frew@mac.com   Forms will also be e-mailed to everyone who took part last year, or if you have queries call Mary Frew on 202018.   The deadline for joining is Saturday 16th January – we look forward to seeing you!

Well done and thank you to Chearsley’s Carol Singers who raised a total of £300 at the Tree Lighting Ceremony and, on another day, singing round the village.   This sum is to be shared equally between DEBRA and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

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Volunteers Wanted

We are hoping to recruit new volunteers to join our team of church cleaners.  If you feel that you could donate a couple of hours, every other month, then please contact one of the church wardens.  Full training given!

Pew Sheet - 3rd January 2016

Sunday 10th January is Plough Sunday, so at St. Mary’s Long Crendon the Morris Men will be dancing in church at the end of the 10:30 am Holy Communion service.

Saturday 30th January 2016 - Long Crendon Friends of St. Mary’s Safari Supper.   Forms are available from St. Mary’s, the Flowerpot Café, the Library, or from james.frew@mac.com   Forms will also be e-mailed to everyone who took part last year, or if you have queries call Mary Frew on 202018.   The deadline for joining is Saturday 16th January – we look forward to seeing you!

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