Sunday Services

At All Saints' Church we have a variety of service styles, ranging from formal to very informal. Services for the coming month of February are as follows: 7th : 11:00am Holy Communion (formal liturgy) 14th : 11:00am Worship & Word Service (informal) 21st : 11:00am Family Communion (informal liturgy) 28th : 8:00am BCP 1662 Holy Communion (formal liturgy) 28th : 11:00am Morning Praise Service (contemporary informal) All are welcome to attend any of our services. For more information about our mid week home groups or the Alpha Course, please feel free to call 03 281 388.

Sunday 10th January 2010

We want to let you know about this Sunday, it will be a special Joint Communion Service with the Arabic Congregation at 10:30am . We will be joined by our four bishops from the province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, (Jerusalem, Cyprus, Iran and Egypt). It will be a bi-lingual service, both english and arabic. Arrive early to make sure you get a seat!

Services for the rest of the month are:

17th January: 11:00am Worship & Word

24th January: 11:00am Informal Family Communion

31st January: 8:00am BCP 1662 Holy Communion

31st January: 11:00am Morning Praise

Christmas Services at All Saints'

Still to come this Christmas week:

Thursday 24th December: 11:30pm Christmas Eve Midnight Communion Service

Friday 25th December: 11:30am Christmas Day Family Communion Service

Saturday 27th December: 11:00am Morning Praise Contempory Worship Service

All are welcome to join us at All Saints' International Congregation.

The church building is less than 5 minutes walk north of the Hotel Phoenicia Intercontinental, just past the Hotel Monroe. We are just behind the Marina Tower.

Sunday 20th december 2009

This coming Sunday 10:30am Joint Bi-lingual carol service with our sister Arabic congregation.

Sunday 4:00pm Crib and Cristingle Service - a fun time for all the family. Set up the nativity creche and hear the Cristingle story as we make our own Cristingles.

Carols By Candlelight Service Dec 2009

Many thanks to all who were a part of our wonderful Carols By Candlelight services last Sunday. It was lovely to have so many visitors with us and to enjoy the singing, the mulled wine & mince pies and to begin the Christmas season together.

Sunday 6th December 2009

Due to the Beirut Marathon there will be no service at All Saints' Church this Sunday. There are however two alternatives:

MARATHON CHEERERS (enacting Hebrews 11 cloud of witnesses, cheering the saints!): Meet at All Saints’ at 9:30. If you are later than that, you will find us on the sea-front with the All Saints banner!the 10k wheelchair race starts: 9:45 for wheelchairs and 10:00 for runners – they will be passing on the Marina a few minutes later! Here is the link for the race route: http://www.beirutmarathon.org/videodocs/5and10kmap.png

WORSHIP SERVICE IN MANSOURIEH

There will be a service in the smaller chapel at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary at 11:00am

Carols By Candlelight Services at ASIC

Carols by Candlelight

December 13th 2009

1st Service at 5pm

Mulled Wine and Mince Pies from 6:30pm

2nd Service at 7:30pm

there will also be tables selling various craft items from:

The Quilting Group

Joelle's Jewellery

St Lukes Centre

Prison Ministry Crafts

Youth Group Lock In

This Friday 4th December there will be a Lock In event for the Youth Group, which includes anyone who is Grades 6 through 10. It will be held at the Youth For Christ Centre in Dekwaneh from 10pm to 8am Saturday morning. The cost is 5,000LL per student and includes a fun evening, snacks and a pancake breakfast! Please speak to Lindy for more information.

Marathon Sunday December 6th

There will be NO service at All Saints' this coming Sunday due to the Beirut Marathon that will be running past the church. There will be a group of supporters cheering the runners near the church. If you would like to join this group please speak to Rev. Nabil. There will be a worship service held at the smaller chapel of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Mansourieh at 11:00am. All are welcome to attend! See earlier posts for a map to ABTS.

Christmas Services at All Saints'

Christmas Services & Events December 2009

Sunday 13th Worship & Word Service 11:00am Sunday 13th Carols by Candlelight Service 5:00pm ** Mulled Wine & Mince Pies served between services from 6:30 as well as craft tables selling Christmas goodies. Sunday 13th Carols by Candlelight Service 7:30pm Sunday 20th Joint Service 10:30am - All Saints’ International Congregation with the Arabic Congregation Sunday 20th Crib & Christingle Service 4:00pm Thursday 24th Midnight Communion 11:30pm Friday 25th Christmas Day Family CommunionService 11:30am

If you are willing and interested in helping supply Mince Pies or Christmas Cookies for the Carol Services please speak to Sarah Shehadi.

All Saints' Update

Sunday 29th November 2009: Morning Praise service at All Saints' church 11:00am. Following the service there will be our Used Clothes Sale in the downstairs hall, a great place to find some bargains and support the All Saints' Community Relief Fund. This time there will also be toys and household goods on offer so come prepared. Items and clothes in good condition can be donated for these sales, but please only things that are clean and ready for sale. Please speak to Dorothy Jabbour for more information.

Sunday 6th December 2009: Marathon Sunday - NO SERVICE AT ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. Worship & Word Service to be held at ABTS in Mansourieh 11:00am Perry Mansfield will be preaching at our alternative service to be held in the chapel at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Mansourieh. (See map for directions)For those who are in the Hamra area there will be a group gathering outside the church on the marathon route to encourage the runners as they pass by. Time to be confirmed, please speak to Nabil for more details.

Back to All Saints' Church November 15th 2009

Please note that we will be back in our own All Saints' Church Building this coming Sunday 15th of November. It is a Family Communion service starting at 11:00am and will be followed by a farewell lunch for Scott Johnson. Please plan to stay if you can and see Scott.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!

Due to further damp caused by recent rains we will NOT be returning to All Saints' Church building this Sunday November 8th. We will continue to meet at the Near East School of Theology, Souraty Street, Hamra til further notice. 11:00am Fellowship & refreshments 11:45am Worship & Word service You can call 03 258 603 or 03 281 388 for more information.

All Saints' Parish Weekend

Today is the deadline for registration for our Parish Day Away at Bethania, near Harissa, on Saturday 31st October 2009. The cost is $15 for adults, $10 for youth 11 to 18yrs, $5 for children 5 to 10yrs, under 5's are free. The programme starts at 9:30am and finishes at 5pm, including 3 sessions with our special guest Rev. Madi Strong, morning tea, lunch and some free time. Please call 03 258 603 today to register if you havn't already! Sunday 1st November All Saints' Day! We will still be at NEST for this Holy Communion service, with fellowship at 11:00am, service at 11:45am followed by our International Pot Luck Lunch in the courtyard of NEST (weather permitting, indoors if it is wet). Please bring your favourite dish from your home country to share.