Service, 30th November.

Sunday, 30th November,  Advent 1
                   Morning Praise 11:15 am

Service Leader/Preacher: Kristi Lonheim   

Worship Leader: Jonathan Acker

Isaiah 9:2-7     Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19   1 Cor 1:3-9    Mark 13:24-37

Today’s worship service has many additional elements as it is the first Sunday of Advent, the start of the Church year, AND the last Sunday of the month, where we strive to have a service inclusive of our younger worshipers. This service will have a mix of the Godly Play approach and a traditional sermon. May this time of worship draw you closer to Him as we remember what is was like to wait for Him the first time and anticipate His coming again. Both the Godly Play and the sermon are focused on the text of Isaiah 9:2-7.

Today and Dec 7: mini Christmas bazaar after the service—soup lunch crafts by Syrian refugees, prisoners and Sarah’s quilting group.

Christmas Bazaar - Nov 30th, and Dec 7th.

Service, 23rd November.

Sunday, 23rd November,  Christ the King
                   Morning Prayer  11:15 am

Service Leader/Preacher: Nabil Shehadi         

Worship Leader: Jonathan Acker

 “Living in the now-and-not-yet-Kingdom”

Psalm 2:1-12    Eph 1:15-23    Matt 25:31-46    

Welcome to our Morning Prayer Service. Young Church  will go downstairs before the readings. Youth Group will go downstairs before the   service as they are leading Young Church today.

This Sunday brings us to the end of the Liturgical Calendar, as we celebrate Christ the King. It is a reminder that the whole of history will end with the reign of God in Christ. Jesus inaugurated the Kingdom of God in his 1st Coming, and we have a foretaste of it in our life in the Spirit, but we await its fulfillment at his 2nd Coming. This is the BIG PICTURE that helps us understand HISTORY as "HIS STORY", and how our story fits within that and governs how we see ourselves and how we live. 

Sat, Nov 29, 2:30-5:30pm: Advent Day of Prayer in church on the theme of the Spiritual Disciplines.

Sun, Nov 30 and Dec 7: Soup Lunch and Mini Christmas Bazaar after the service—Joelle’s Jewelry, crafts by Syrian refugees, prisoners and Sarah’s quilting group.

Forward notice - our most popular service of the year: CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT, Sunday December 14th at 5pm

Service, 16th November, 2014

Sunday, 9th November,  Trinity 23
                   Informal Communion  11:15 am

Service Leader/President: Nabil Shehadi          Preacher: Dr. Lisa Lamb

“We Feared We’d Be Forgotten”

Josh 22:10-25    Eph 4:1-6    Matt 5:7-9 

Welcome to our third Sunday of the month Informal Communion Service. Young Church and Youth Group will come up for communion first with their teachers and then head downstairs to the Church Hall.

Joshua 22 tells the poignant story of a minority community’s longing to be honored, known, and included in the people of God, and the day unity was almost utterly destroyed. This story gives us a vision for peace and tools  to live as agents of reconciliation in our churches, homes, and our land.

Wed, Nov 19th, 8:00-9:30 pm. An evening for couples with Rich and Lisa Lamb—The Gift of Attention: Listening Well. Please confirm with Nabil if you can attend.

Sat, Nov 29, 2:30-5:30pm: Advent Day of Prayer in church on the theme of the Spiritual Disciplines.

Sun, Nov 30 and Dec 7: mini Christmas bazaar after the service—crafts by Syrian refugees, prisoners and Sarah’s quilting group.

Service, Sunday 9th November, 2014

Please note the changed time!!!

Sunday, 9th November,  21st Sunday after Pentecost
                 Worship and Word  6:00pm

Service/Worship  Leader: David Roche  Preacher: Nabil Shehadi

2 Tim 2:1-13     1 Cor 9:24-27     Matt 26: 36-46    

Service, 2 November, 2014

Sunday, 2nd November, All Saints’ Day
                 Joint Bilingual Confirmation Service 10:30 am

Service Leaders: Rev Imad Zoorob and Rev Nabil Shehadi

Organist: Jonathan Acker  President: Archbishop Suheil Dawani

        

Welcome to this special Service of Confirmation with Archbishop Suheil of Jerusalem. We join with our sister Arabic congregation as we welcome and support young people from both congregations who are being confirmed. Young Church will leave after the first hymn and return for communion. Youth Group will stay in the   service to support two of their members being confirmed, Bethany Nasrallah and Grace Moucharafieh. Those being confirmed will affirm and receive for themselves the faith that was proclaimed at their baptism as infants by their parents and Godparents, and be prayed for to receive the Holy Spirit. This is a special milestone in their journey of faith, and we thank God for the grace that sustains each one of us, each step of the way.

 *** ALL ARE INVITED TO A RECEPTION IN THE CHURCH HALL AFTER THE SERVICE***

Many thanks to the British Ladies in Lebanon for the 3 benches that they donated to All Saints, which we received this weekend.

9th November, 6pm—evening service (W&W). There is no    morning service due to the Marathon.

16th November, 11:15am– informal all age communion service.

Nov 16th, 2:30-4:30pm, at All Saints, Seminar for preachers by Dr Lisa Lamb of Fuller Seminary. Contact Nabil for more info and registration.