HOLY WEEK: Services

Palm Sunday: Service details and Church notices

SPECIAL REMINDER:  Summer time begins 1am Sunday 29th March, remember to put your clocks FORWARD one hour when you go to bed on Saturday night!!

Sunday, 29th March 2015                               

Palm Sunday 11:30am Morning Praise  

Service Leader & Preacher: Nabil Shehadi               

Worship Leaders: David & Amy Roche

HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID!! SAVE US!!

HAPPY PALM SUNDAY!

Zechariah 9:9-10 Matt 21:1-17

Welcome to this Palm Sunday celebration on this last Sunday of the month All Age Service, at the start of Holy Week.

PALM SUNDAY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES, TWO KINGS AND TWO DONKEYS!!

The triumphant entry into Jerusalem by Jesus on that first Palm Sunday was a joyful and chaotic occasion! Jesus fulfills Zechariah's vision of a paradoxically victorious yet humble king entering the Holy City. This is the Servant King who will also fulfill the "HOSANNA/SAVE US!" prayer of the people (and children) who greet him, as he travels on to the cross and the resurrection in the coming Holy Week. In the midst of all this, there are two donkeys with tales!

TODAY! Sunday 29th March: After the Service, downstairs….Spring Bazaar:

Easter/Spring crafts made by Syrian refugee ladies ...beautiful gifts for home and kitchen!

Tuesday March 31st : Televised Holy Week Service by Telelumiere ( Catholic TV) with choir, readings and meditations   5.30-7.30pm 

Maunday Thursday Passover Meal 6pm Please sign up with Sarah (03 136 371) if you wish to come. Places limited. Suggested voluntary contributions:  Adults: 10,000LBP Children under 10: 5000LBP Kids under 5 FREE  

                                                                                                                                                                                  April 3rd Good Friday                                                                                                   

10am-noon   All Age cross making  1:30-3pm Meditation Service in Church

April 5th EASTER SUNDAY 11:30am     All Age Communion Service

Sunday 19th April 12:30pm ASIC AGM, in church. Please confirm your name is on the Electoral Roll, application forms to join the Electoral Roll available from Ruth, Church Administrator. Nomination forms for PCC and Church Wardens also available from Administrator.

All are welcome for refreshments downstairs after the service.

Service details for Sunday 22nd March 2015 and Church notices

Sunday, 22nd March 2015        Lent 5 / Feast of the Annunciation
             11:15am Morning  Prayer

           Service Leader: Peter Ford    Preacher: Nabil Shehadi                        Worship Leader: David Roche

Psalm 40:5-10    Ephesians 4:7-16   Luke 1:26-38

Welcome to our Morning Prayer service on this 4th Sunday of the month. YC and YG start in church and will be sent out for their groups before the readings.

Holy Habits (4): CELEBRATION

On this 5th and last Sunday in Lent we all look at the "Holy Habit" of Celebration, a joyful personal and corporate discipline. We will also celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, which falls on the 25th of March. In Lebanon, and uniquely worldwide, this feast is the first Christian/Moslem national holiday. The teenage Mary's song, "The Magnificat", is a beautiful celebration of the character of God, His past  works and the promises of His word. Mary also gives us the best response to cooperating with God in His rescue mission to the world: receiving His word and His Spirit that Christ may be born in her. We too are invited to celebrate God and receive His word and His Spirit, that we may be re-born in Christ, and grow to full maturity in Him as each plays their part in God's rescue mission.

March 25, 8pm: Christian/Moslem celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation at the Garden of Forgiveness, at the Mary chapel behind the Greek Orthodox Cathdral (Downtown).

Saturday March 28th, End of Lent Meditational Hike on the "Hill of the Cross": meet at10:30 in Deir el Qamar's main square - followed by optional lunch at around 12:30 in the square. Please register with Peter Ford  and state if you need a ride (and from where) or if can give people a ride.  

Maunday Thursday Passover Meal 6pm Please sign up with Sarah if you wish to come. Places limited. Cost  Adults: 10,000LBP Children under 10: 5000LBP Kids under 5 FREE

Sunday 19th April 12:30pm ASIC AGM, in church. Please confirm your name is on the Electoral Roll, application forms to join the Electoral Roll available from Church Administrator. Nomination forms for PCC and Church Wardens also available from Administrator.

All are welcome for refreshments downstairs after the service.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES March 29th  Palm Sunday 11:30am Spring Bazaar: Easter/Spring crafts made by Syrian refugee ladies ...beautiful gifts for home and kitchen! Tuesday March 31st Televised Holy Week Service by Telelumiere ( Catholic TV) with choir, readings and meditations   5.30-7.30pm April 2nd Maunday Thursday 6-8pm Passover Meal at Church followed by Prayer Vigil  from 8-9pm April 3rd Good Friday                          10am-noon   All Age cross making 1:30-3pm Meditation Service in Church April 5th EASTER SUNDAY 11:30am All Age Communion Service

Service details for Sunday 15th March 2015 and Church notices

Sunday, 15th March 2015     Lent 4

11:15am Informal All Age Communion              

Service Leader: Kristi Lonheim 

Preacher: David Roche 

Worship Leader: Kristi Lonheim & Jonathan Acker 

Celebrant: Nabil Shehadi                               

Numbers 21:4-9   Psalm 14    John 3:14-21

Welcome to our third service of the month; Informal Communion. Young Church, Youth Group and their teachers will remain with us for communion and then head downstairs to the Church Hall.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is simple isn’t it? And yet today’s reading from John shows Nicodemus (an intelligent Pharisee who knew his Bible) thrown into confusion when Jesus tells him he must be born again to see the Kingdom of heaven. Born again?! Jesus then tells Nicodemus the story where, in the desert, the people sinned against God and Moses raised up a serpent on a pole and those who looked at it were healed, so the same must happen to Jesus that everyone who believes may have eternal life. One can sense Nicodemus’ mind boggling. We all know probably the most famous scripture ever from John 3:16, ‘for God so loved the world that he...’. The Gospel is pure grace, in faith we need only simply believe what Jesus did for us and receive. But, as Jesus told Nicodemus, to ‘believe’ is linked to being born again, born by water and of the Spirit. This refers to the baptism of John (repentance) and spiritual rebirth as the Holy Spirit brings inner transformation of a sin hardened heart. Today we will explore what Jesus did for us on the cross and what he wants to do in us by his Spirit as we explore this strange Old Testament story and why it is placed in the lectionary at Lent.

After the Service today Mini  Bazaar  downstairs: Joelle’s Jewellery and other crafts, perfect gifts!

Saturday March 28th, End of Lent Meditational Hike on the "Hill of the Cross": meet at 10:30 in Deir el Qamar's main square - followed by lunch at around 12:30 in the square. Please register with Ruth and state if you need a ride (or if can give people a ride.  

Sunday 19th April 12:30pm ASIC AGM, in church. Please confirm your name is on the Electoral Roll, Application forms to join the Electoral Roll and Nomination forms for PCC and Church Wardens available from Ruth.

Kingdom Fiesta 7:30-9:30pm March 20-22An international music and dance celebration by Migrant Worker Churches in Lebanon Life Centre, Bourj Hammoud, www.cog-bh.org

All are welcome for refreshments downstairs after the service.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES March 29th  Palm Sunday 11:30am Syrian Refugee Easter/Spring crafts ...beautiful gifts for home and kitchen! Tuesday March 31st Televised Holy Week Service by Telelumiere ( Catholic TV) with choir, readings and meditations   5.30-7.30pm April 2nd Maunday Thursday 6-8pm Passover Meal at Church followed by prayer Vigil  from 8-9pm April 3rd Good Friday                  10am-noon   All Age cross making 1:30-3pm Meditation Service in Church April 5th EASTER SUNDAY 11:30am

Service details and notices for Sunday March 8th 2015

Sunday, March 8 2015   Lent 3                            

11:15 am Worship and Word

Worship Leader: Andrea Smith

Service Leader: Nabil Shehadi 

Preacher: Dr Andrew Smith

Deuteronomy 10:12-22 Luke 17:11-19

Welcome to our  second Sunday of the month Worship and Word Service. Youth Group and Young Church start in church and leave for their groups after the first set of songs and celebration of birthdays.

Theme Holy Habits (4) - Service

We welcome as our preacher today Dr Andrew Smith, Director of Interfaith Relations for the Bishop of Birmingham, who is in Lebanon for the launch of an inter-faith youth initiative (The Feast). Acts of service can easily be undertaken grudgingly as a duty to be endured. However, service as a spiritual discipline springs from God's love for us and our love for those around us. In Deuteronomy God commands the Israelites to love the foreigner who lives amongst them, a foreshadowing of the Great Commandment to love our neighbour as ourselves. In the Gospel of Luke we see Jesus encounter foreigners and demonstrate to his disciples, and therefore to us too, what practical, unconditional love looks like when translated into acts of practical service.

Giving

All Saint’s has a BIG heart to see the goodness of God’s Kingdom break through in this city and Lebanon. We work hard to bless those in our own congregation and in the wider community all of which has associated running costs. If you regard yourself to be a member of All Saint’s we ask you to consider giving regularly to work with us in support our Church.Pledge forms are also available to assist us in planning our budget for the year ahead. God Bless you!

Sunday March 15th Mini Bazaar, 12:30pm after Church, Joelle’s Jewellery and other crafts!

Saturday March 28, End of Lent Meditational Hike on the "Hill of the Cross": meet at10:30am in Deir el Qamar's main square - followed by optional lunch at around 12:30pm in the square. Please register with Ruth and state if you need a ride (and from where) or if can give people a ride.  

Sunday 19th April 12:30pm ASIC AGM , in church,. Please confirm your name is on the Electoral Roll, application forms to join the Electoral Roll available from Church Administrator. Nomination forms for PCC and Church Wardens also available from Administrator.

All welcome for refreshments downstairs after the service.