IN OUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

We pray for all who bear the scars of the Manchester terrorist atrocity:

those injured and maimed; those bereaved; those murdered.

We pray for our security forces, for those who seek to keep us safe, and for all members of the emergency services.

We pray for all those seeking election at this time, and grant to all leaders and those in authority wisdom and

courage, that all nations may live in justice and peace.

We pray for God’s Blessing on those Confirmed on Ascension Day:

TOMMY ARNOLD : WILLIAM ARTHURS THEODORE AYO-LUWUM : FELIX SULLIVAN

LORENA DE LA TORRE : EMILY EGERT : EMILIA FINNEY GABRIEL HOFFMAN : ARRON JOHN : COURTNEY JOHN

WILLIAM LANE : KEIL LESLIE : DANA PANDEROVA SARAH JANE PEARCE : MYRTLE POLLOCK

THEO PURVIS : BRIAN SMITH : KIT TAYLOR OLIVIA TOWNSEND : MICHAEL WILLIAMS

Please pray for the sick and those in distress, especially VINCENZO ACCURSO : SERGIO AVANZI : FRIEDA BILGER

VINCENZO BLANDINI : SHEILA BRADSHAW : JOHN C TOVAH CAMERON : JEANETTE CLOW : BERNARD CLOW

DAPHNE CRAIG : JOAN DAVIES : MADELEINE DRAGE NICK ERIKSEN : TONY GORDON : HILAL KIBBARA

LEO KOYMANS : JOAN MARTIN : SAED PASUKI JAMES PHILPOT : AUDREY RASKIN : CECILY SCOTT JOHN TAPPER : GODERT VON CAMPE : IRIS WOON

JAMES WORSLEY : CARL-FREDRIK : GOHAR : CAROLYN

Please pray for all who have died recently ELIZABETH BROUGHAM : JOHN THOMPSON

DIDIER LENART : RUPERT GREEN

Pray for the repose of the souls of those whose anniversary of death falls at this time

MICHAEL SCOTT : JULIE HARRIS EDWARD HASLAM : IRIS MACVIE

St MARY ABBOTS

CHURCH AND PARISH CONTACTS Church Website: www.stmaryabbotschurch.org

Vicar The Rev'd Preb Gillean Craig vicar@smaw8.org 020 7937 6032

Vicar’s PA Sophie Gaselee sg@smaw8.org 020 3479 4731 Associate Priest Fr Stephen Fielding sf@smaw8.org 020 7937 4106

Churchwardens Jamie Dunford-Wood jdunfordwood@gmail.com 07732 842894 Hannah Stewart hannahvstewart@yahoo.com 07813 173 595

Parish Office: Susan Russell admin@smaw8.org 020 7937 2419 ST Mary Abbots Vestry: Simon Fitter virger@smaw8.org 020 7937 5136 Safeguarding Officer Samantha Giles safeguardingofficer@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07702 829 859 Children on Sundays Co-ordinator Martina Sadovska m.sadovska@yahoo.co.uk Children’s Champion: Alexandra Swann alexandraswann@yahoo.com 07957 131 862 ST Mary Abbots Centre: Adam Norton an@smaw8.org 020 7937 8885 Stewardship Secretary: Emma Porteous stewardship@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07866 258 8146 Electoral Roll Officer: Sally Bessada er@stmaryabbotschurch.org Bellringers: David Holdridge Secretary david.holdridge@ntlworld.com 07904 954 959 Friday Playgroup: playgroup@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07770 920 085 Friends of ST Mary Abbots: friends@stmaryabbotschurch.org 07585 705 281 St Mary Abbots Appeal: appeal@stmaryabbotschurch.org

Central Kensington Group Ministry

ST MARY ABBOTS PARISH CHURCH

NEWSLETTER for the week beginning

28th May 2017

Sunday 28th May SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION 8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST Epistle: 1 Peter 4. 7-11. 22-end Gospel: John 15. 26 – 16. 4a

9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST with preschool Children on Sundays Groups Reading: Acts 1. 6-14 Gospel: John 17. 1-11 Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Stephen Fielding

11.15am CHORAL MATINS Old Testament: 2 Samuel 23. 1-5 New Testament: Ephesians 1. 15-end Preacher: The Rev’d Neil Traynor

12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST

6.30pm SUNG EVENSONG Old Testament: Isaiah 65. 17-25 New Testament: Mark 16. 14-20 Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Stephen Fielding Followed by HOLY COMMUNION

Monday 29th May 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.15am HOLY EUCHARIST No Sunday on Monday today – Bank Holiday 5.30pm Evening Prayer

Tuesday 30th May Commemoration of Josephine Butler 8.00am Morning Prayer 11.30am HOLY EUCHARIST (BCP) 5.30pm Evening Prayer

Wednesday 31st May VISITATION OF BVM TO MARY 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.15am HOLY EUCHARIST 1.05pm Meditation Group 5.30pm Evening Prayer

Thursday 1st June Justin Martyr 8.00am Morning Prayer 9.30am HOLY EUCHARIST (said) 4.30pm Thanksgiving for the life of Rupert Green 5.30pm Evening Prayer

Friday 2nd June 8.00am Morning Prayer 8.15am HOLY EUCHARIST 1.05pm RCM Students’ Recital 5.30pm Evening Prayer

Saturday 3rd June Martyrs of Uganda 9.40am Morning Prayer 10.00am HOLY EUCHARIST 5.30pm Evening Prayer

Sunday 4th May PENTECOST 8.00am HOLY EUCHARIST Epistle: 1 Peter 2. 19-end Gospel: John 10. 11-16

9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST with preschool Children on Sundays Groups First Reading: Acts 2. 1-11 Second Reading: 1 Corinthains 12. 3b-13 Gospel: John 20. 19-23 Preacher: The Rev’d Preb Gillean Craig

11.15am CHORAL MATINS Old Testament: Joel 2. 21-end New Testament: Acts 2. 14-21 Preacher: The Rev’d Preb Gillean Craig

12.30pm HOLY EUCHARIST

6.30pm TAIZE PRAYER with Holy Communion ‘When the Day of Pentecost was come’

CONFIRMATION 2017 CONGRATULATIONS TO AND PRAYERS FOR ALL THOSE CONFIRMED LAST THURSDAY

It was with great joy that we welcomed our Bishop of Kensington, Dr Graham Tomlin, to confirm candidates, young and old, into the

Eucharistic fellowship of Christ’s church. We presented

From St Mary Abbots: WILLIAM ARTHURS LORENA de la TORRE ROURA

EMILY EGERT EMILIA FINNEY GABRIEL HOFFMANCOURTNEY JOHN ARRON JOHN WILLIAM LANE KEIL LESLIE

SARAH JANE PEARCE MYRTLE POLLOCK THEODORE PURVIS KIT TAYLOR

and pupils of St Mary Abbots and St Philips and St Barnabas Schools who worship at other churches:

From St Philip, Earls Court Road: BRIAN SMITH FELIX SULLIVAN OLIVIA TOWNSEND

From St Barnabas: MICHAEL WILLIAMS

From St Clement and St James: THEODORE AYO-LUWUM

From Holy Trinity Brompton: TOMMY ARNOLD

From St Ivan Riski Bulgarian Orthodox Church DANA PANDEROVA

Our thanks to all who worked hard to make this so memorable an act of Christian worship, celebration and commitment:

Simon and the Vestry and Serving teams; Mark and the Choir; and all who helped provide and serve the splendid hospitality.

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CIRCLE THE CITY SPONSORED WALK Last Sunday your vicar, amazingly, not only completed the sponsored walk but did so in the fastest time!

http://www.justgiving.com/GilleanCraig2017 And here is the certified form

to prove it: Great thanks to all of you who sponsored him so generously.

At the moment of printing the total given via JustGiving stands at

£1,500 with a further £300 or so given by cash or cheques. A

Fantastic total! Just not quite as fantastic as last year’s stupendous

£3,000…….. We hear that a few people still intend to give but haven’t quite got round to it.

There’s absolutely still time to do so, by the method of your choice.

Either use the direct website above, or give cash or cheque

using the sponsorship forms you’ll find in church.

Dalgarno Trust Foodbank Alice Bulkai (07973 156 599), co-ordinates this greatly-appreciated work of supporting some of the most needy people in our community – thank you for your generous support. The plastic crates are set out in church waiting for your continued donations.

OUR NEW ASSOCIATE VICAR ANNOUNCED!

We are delighted to reveal that our new Associate Vicar will be the Revd JONATHAN MACNEANY. He writes: Now that news of my appointment has been announced I write to introduce myself and tell you how much I am looking forward to joining you at St Mary Abbots. I've enjoyed meeting with the ministry team and wardens over the last couple of months and am keen to greet the rest of the church. For the last three years I have been ministering as curate in the Epping District Team Ministry. We are a team of three churches: St John's situated in the vibrant Epping town centre; St Alban's at the heart of the village of Coopersale; and All Saints the

ancient parish church. I'll be arriving with Helen, to whom I'm married. She is a medical student at Queen Mary's University and will be taking her fourth year finals over the coming month. If youwant to find her she'll be stuck

behind a desk with her head in a book. I'll be getting up to speed before I start ministering officially on 25th June. When I'm not at church I pick up weights at the gym. I'm looking for some local sports with which to get involved and would welcome your recommendations. I also have a soft spot for physics

and natural history & will relish the closeness of the museums.

The Archdeacon will join us to License Jonathan and welcome him and Helen at a special service of Solemn Evensong at

6.30pm, Sunday 25th June - Book the Date Now!

Our next 'WELL-BEING BREAKFAST’ is approaching fast….. Our innovative new series of monthly breakfasts continues next Tuesday here at St Mary Abbots Church. It’s part of Fr. Stephen’s High Street ministry Tuesday 6 June – The Bishop of Kensington will introduce 'CHRISTIANITY AND WELL-BEING' The celebrity speaker introduce the topic, followed by general discussion Tea and coffee and croissants will be served from 7.30, the speakers will speak at 8 am, and the breakfasts will finish by 9 o'clock to enable participants to return to work in good time. If you’d like to take part contact Fr. Stephen on (020) 7937 4106; or Sophie Gaselee, on (020) 3479 4731, or email her on sg@smaw8.org.

CHILDREN ON SUNDAYS PARENTS’ SUMMER GARDEN PARTY 7.30pm for 8pm, Thursday 7 June If you bring children to any of our Sunday services you should have received an invitation to our Summer Garden Party, in the Vicarage Garden.

It’s our annual opportunity for * US to meet each other (without the children!) * YOU to hear more about the life and work of St Mary Abbots * EVERYONE to enjoy a simple supper (and some wine, if you like)

We hope very much that you will be able to join us. Contact m.sadovska@yahoo.co.uk to RSVP and to offer to help!

HIS SPIRIT IS WITH US: A Pentecost Quiet Day led by Fr Gillean Craig Addresses, Silence, Eucharist, Lunch 9.30-3.00 (ie, within school times) Wednesday 14 June St Mary’s Convent, Burlington Lane, Chiswick. W4 2QE To book email sg@smaw8.org or sign the sheet on the sidesmen’s table

The Carnival is coming to Kensington!!

ST MARY ABBOTS SUMMER FETE 17 JUNE

Exciting plans are well under way for a superb day at our Summer Fair this year on 17th June from 11-3.30pm. Please put the date in your

diary. However, we do need your help. Calling all bakers....Do enter our Showstopper cake competition to be judged by our expert baker who writes for the Evening Standard Laura from Laura's London. Please

contact Anna to enter. 07899 790534 or jrbsoto@googlemail.com. Can you Donate/contribute to the Summer Fair volunteer on the day? offer a silent auction or raffle prize? assist with our catering or run a stall???

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