Still coming for Christmas at All Saints' Beirut

We still have two more Christmas services happening at All Saints' Church :

Midnight Communion 11:30pm - 24th Dec

Christmas Day Celebration 11:30am - 25 Dec

with informal communion

Sunday 28th 11:00am is our informal Morning Praise service

All are welcome!

Crib & Christingle Service

Once again we enjoyed our tradition of having the children help put the crib together and making Christingles.

Carols by Candlelight Service 2008

For the first time, this year All Saints' International Congregation hosted two Carols by Candlelight services, one at 5pm and one at 8pm. This allowed us to include around 300 people at our services as well as enjoying the mulled wine and mince pies in-between. Many thanks to all who helped make these services such a success.

Preparing for the Christmas Fair!

It was great to have so many willing helpers to prepare craft items to sell at the Annual Christmas Fair. And they got to have fun too!

All Saints' Cheers For The Beirut Marathon

One our youth group members with friends....

a few of the cheer squad.......

Sarah being wonderfully supportive........

As always, a group from All Saints' were roadside to cheer on the runners/walkers in the Beirut Marathon, and to be a visible presence as people passed by the church. Many of our congregation were also involved in walking the marathon this year, including a number who joined the Youth For Christ group, as shown above!

Ecumenical Prayer Meeting

All Saints' International Congregation is very pleased to be hosting the Ecumenical Prayer Meeting this coming Monday 1st November, in the church at 7:00pm. All are welcome to join in. Please call Colin Conroy on 03 341 799 for more information.

Change of Time 30th November 2008

Due to a change in the route of the Marathon from last year, the runners will now be coming past the church at the beginning of the run, not the end. Therefore the gathering on the corniche by the church will be at 10:00am not 11:00am as previously advertised. The service at ABTS, Mansourieh, will still be at 11:00am.

Marathon Sunday Nov 30th

Once again, due to the Beirut Marathon, there will not be a regular service at All Saints' Church this coming Sunday. There are two alternate options: * A group will gather with Rev Nabil on the corniche facing All Saints' at 11:00am to cheer and encourage the runners and to be a public church presence during this community event. * There will be a Morning Prayer service held in the new side chapel of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Mansourieh at 11:00am. For more details about this service or for directions, please contact our Church Warden, Rev Daniel Chetti or Rev Nabil.

All Saints' International Christmas Fair 2008

Christmas Fair

December 6

11:30am to 4:30pm

Gifts & Decorations

Advent Wreaths

Mulled Wine

Food & Refreshments

Tombola

Gingerbread Houses

Hamemade Jams & Cakes

Nearly New Toys

Joelle's Jewellery

Decorative Lamps

Games & Face Painting

Christmas Carolling

All Saints' Church, Beirut

between Monroe Hotel & Marina Tower

03 281 388

Christmas at All Saints' 2008

November:

Saturday 22nd: All Age Craft Making 1:30-5:00pm, Mansourieh

Saturday 29th: All Age Craft Making 1:30-4:30pm, Ras Beirut

Saturday 29th: Decorating the church 4:30pm with the Arabic Congregation

December:

Monday 1st: Adult Wreath Making Workshop

2:00-6pm, Vicarage Hamra

Thursday 4th: Adults Gingerbread Making Workshop

10:00am-2:00pm, Hamra

Saturday 6th: Christmas Fair 11:30am-4:30pm

All Saints' Church Hall Sunday 14th: Carols by Candlelight Service

5:00pm All Saints' Church

Mulled Wine and Mince Pies between the Carol services

Sunday 14th: Carols by Candlelight Service

8:00pm All Saints' Church Sunday 21st: Joint Service 10:30am

with the Arabic Congregation

Sunday 21st: Crib & Christingle Service

4:00-5:00pm All Saints' Church

Wednesday 24th: Midnight Communion

11:30pm All Saints' Church

Thursday 25th: Christmas Day Family Service

11:30am All Saints' Church

All Saints' Youth Group Lock In Event

Passing 'The Brains'!!!! The 'Tennis Court' Reading Shakespeare would you believe!!!!

Friday 7th was the 2nd ASIC Lock In Event. Once again there was lots of fun and very little sleep. The highlight of the night for many was the impromptu tennis court created with a couple of tables!!

Thanks for coming guys, hope you had as much fun as we did!!

New CD Release 24.7 King

It's finally here!!!!

24.7 King Worship In Beirut

The new worship CD with all original songs written and performed by the All Saints' Worship Team.

Only $10 and all proceeds will go to:

Al Tahaddi

All Saints' International Congregation

Arocha

Kids Alive Lebanon

Youth For Christ Lebanon

Contact Lindy Masri for more details or to order a copy 03 258 603

Autumn Update

Our apologies for the delay in updating the All Saints' blog. Recently at ASIC, we celebrated Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday, bringing gifts of food to be donated to St Lukes, a charitable school for mentally challenged children. Young Church has started for the 2008-2009 school year. There are classes available for children in Nursery to KG2, Grades 1 to 3, Grades 4&5 and Youth Group for students in Grades 6 to 12. Young Church meets on Sunday mornings during the teaching time. All Saints' International Congregation is also back to our monthly rotation of services, all held at 11:00am. 1st Sunday - Formal Holy Communion 2nd Sunday - Worship and Word 3rd Sunday - Informal Family Communion **4th Sunday - Morning Prayer** (only if there are five Sundays in the month) Last Sunday - Morning Praise, an informal, worship lead service. Also on the last Sunday of each month at 8:00am BCP 1662 Holy Communion There is a new Alpha Course just starting today, 7th October. This is a chance to ask questions about life and the Christian faith in a safe and informal setting. Held in the All Saints' Church Hall at 7:00pm each Tuesday, with a light supper included. Please contact Rev. Nabil for more information 03 281 388. The Prayer Ministry Training Course is being run at the Ras Beirut Home Group on Wednesday nights. Please contact Rev. Nabil if you are interested in attending this course 03 281 388.

5th Annual Men's Retreat

Many thanks to the organisers and speaker for this retreat, held in Ain El Kassis, Dhour Choueir. As you can see, it is not just the youth of All Saints' (and friends) who know how to have fun on retreat!

Youth Group Retreat "Keys To The Kingdom"

Here is the movie of the Youth Retreat "Keys To The Kingdom" Enjoy!

Sunday June 1st at All Saints' Beirut

This Sunday, due to the Beirut Marathon, we will be holding our Communion Service up at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary , Mansourieh at 11:00am

After service there will be a community picnic at Picnic Land in Ras El Metn. Please bring your picnic lunch with you, there are facilities for cooking BBQ at Picnic Land.

Because the roads around Hamra will be closed from 7am we will try to organize transportation for those who need it from this area. If you can provide or need a ride please call Nabil or Sarah Shehadi on 01 750 694 or 03 281 388.

To see the Marathon route map click the following link http://beirutmarathon.org/coursemap2.php

Sunday May 25th

There have been a number of inquiries about church this Sunday because of the Parlimentary elections due to be held. According to our information, most roads to the church should be open, particularly the port (coastal) road. So we are planning to go ahead with the Morning Praise service at 11:00am in the church building. There will be a slide presentation from the Youth Retreat "Keys to the Kingdom" as well as worship and fellowship. As is usual in our Morning Praise services, there will be no Young Church (Sunday School or Youth Group), all will stay up in church together. Next Sunday June 1st is scheduled to be the Beirut Marathon, and the road to church will be closed from 7am. We will hold our service in the Arab Baptist Theology Seminary in Mansourieh at 11:00am. I hope to post a map to ABTS soon. Following church we will be having a church community 'picnic' at Dar El Awlad, Main Road, Mansourieh. This will make a nice day out for the Beirut folk! If there are people in need of transportation up from the city, we may be able to arrange something. Please contact Lindy or Nabil if you need help with this. There will be more details about the picnic to come, watch this space.

Update for Sunday 18th May 2008

The latest news for this coming Sunday: The Bishop has postponed his trip to early June and the Confirmation Service will now be held on Tuesday 3rd June in the church building at 11:30am this Sunday. To avoid extra confusion, we will keep our service time to 11:30am for the Morning Prayer service this Sunday, and we are still planning to meet in the church building.

This week at All Saints' Beirut, May 2008

Just another update to keep you all informed on what is happening with All Saints' for the coming weekend! This Sunday the 18th of May, we are planning on meeting back in the church building in Beirut. The Bishop is currently still planning to come and the confirmation service will go ahead at 9:30am. One of our members is being confirmed at this service, which will be bi-lingual, so be encouraged to support her and attend if you can. Our International Congregation will be meeting at 11:30am (please note the later time) This is to allow extra time for the Confirmation service. It will be a Morning Prayer service and our Church Warden, Dan Chetti will be the preacher. Please keep checking this site, if there are any changes in the arrangements, they will be posted here. Looking forward...... May 25th will be our informal Morning Praise service. There will be a report back and presentation from the Youth Retreat, Keys to the Kingdom. Please note there will be no BCP 1662 Communion service at 8am this month, as Rev Nabil is out of the country. June 1st after the Holy Communion service we are planning a church community picnic, probably in Mansourieh. Keep watching for more details later, but book your diaries now!

Sunday May 11th 2008

This is to confirm that our Sunday service will be held in the Arab Baptist Theological School at 11:00am. We will meet in the temporary chapel on the first floor. Anyone who is able to make it to Mansourieh is very welcome. We are very grateful to Rev. Dickey, visiting from the UK, who will be sharing the word with us. ABTS is in Blata, just off the Mansourieh Main Road. For those who are in Ras Beirut, there will be a Prayer Meeting, either at the Vicarage or in NEST, at 11:00am. Please phone Nabil on 03 281 388 or 01 750 694 for more details. Our prayers are with all those being affected by the latest set of events, and for Lebanon.

The situation next to All Saints' Church

Update in Lebanon!

It is with sad hearts that we see what is happening in our beloved Lebanon this week. Unfortunately, due to the current situation, we must cancel the trip to Aamiq tomorrow, Sat 10th. Hopefully we will be able to do it sometime in the not too distant future, when things are looking better for our country. Also, because of the situation on the roads, there will be no service held in the church building this Sunday 11th May. For those who are able to get to Mansourieh there will be a service, probably at the Arab Baptist Theological School at 11am. This is yet to be confirmed, check here for more updates, or phone Lindy Masri on 03 258 603. At this stage there will NOT be any meeting in the Ras Beirut area, but please feel free to call Rev Nabil for an update if you are there and would like to meet together, on 03 281 388 or 01 750 694. Please continue to pray for Lebanon!!

The Toads and Jungle Jam Band visit ASIC

It was a great surprise when the Jungle Jam Band came running out from the vestry, ready to share from their children's program, some songs, a bible story and testimony. The group had been visiting schools and churches with their wonderful presentation, enjoyed by children and adults alike. Many thanks to the Toads for sharing with us, their joy and love for Jesus!!!

Youth Camp Fundraiser

Many thanks to all those who were baking, buying, drinking and giving to support the young people in their fundraiser to support the Youth Group Camp. Great job everyone!

Many thanks to outgoing Council and Ministry Leadership Team members!

Many thanks go to all the members of last years Church Council, pictured above and below. We also thank all the members of the past MLT!