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Click on these links below to see the see what services are scheduled in our churches.
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Click here or on the logo on the left to download a copy of our weekly newsletter - "The Grapevine" |
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Click on the logo on the left to find out more about 'Aftershock' for our 11 to 18 year olds.
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Activities for 8-11 year olds
For more information on activities for this age group please contact Andy Finn on 07794 518 907 |
Click here to find out about other activities on offer to our children and young people.
'Aftershock' and 'H2H' will start again on Sunday 5th September 2010 following the summer holiday. |
| THURSDAY 1pm COMMUNION — we have been trialling
this service since January but very few have found this
convenient so it will stop at the end of July. The healing
service will continue at 1pm on the first Thursday of the
month. |
DIARY DATE: Parish Weekend will be 13th-15th May 2011
at Letton Hall. More details to come in the Autumn. |
| The choir will be taking their annual break during the month of August. The first choral service after the break will be Parish Communion at 10.00a.m. on Sunday 5th September under the direction of Oliver King, our newly appointed Director of Music. |
| THE PARISH OFFICE is open each weekday morning as usual but there is no Wednesday evening session during August. Please ensure that notices for The Grapevine reach the office by 10am on the preceding Tuesday. |
| A CONFIRMATION SERVICE will be held here on Sunday 21st November. Anyone interested in being confirmed, please speak to David or one of the Clergy. |
SATURDAY ORGAN RECITALS AND WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS 2010
Click here to download details of these events. Season tickets for the Organ Recitals are available for £30 either at the first Organ Recital or in advance from Lesley A Green,
SMMA Chairman,
01799 521356,
78 Little Walden Road,
Saffron Walden,
Essex.
CB10 2DW lag28@uwclub.net |
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SMMA SPRING/SUMMER PROGRAMME 2010 - St Mary's Music Association.
Click here or on the image on the left to download the programme of events for Spring/summer 2010. |
| The Transition Project meets on Tuesdays in the
Parish Rooms, between 11am and 1pm, aimed at those
who are currently out of work. Computers and Internet
access are available for those wanting help in polishing
their CVs, or drop by for a cup of coffee and a chat. |
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Lunchtime Concert - Wednesday 28 July 2010
It is with a great deal of pleasure that St Mary's Church welcomes back one of their own young people. Katie Hasler grew up in Saffron Walden and has gone on to become a distinguished Clarinetist. She brings with her the Tenor James Hawkey, who was a Choral Scholar in Cambridge and has divided his musical time between research, singing and direction, and their accompanist Martin Ford, Assistant Organist at St Martins-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. Their concert begins at 1.10pm on Wednesday 28 July 2010 at St Mary's Church, with sandwiches on sale from 12.30pm. |
Vacation Bible School in the grounds of the
County High School 2nd –6th August.
The closing date for application forms for children to attend was on 14th May. The OPENING SERVICE
will be held in the big marquee on the playing fields at Saffron Walden County High School at 6.30pm on Sunday, 1st August. All welcome to this special service at which the leaders will be commissioned for the week’s work.
VBS PRAYER MEETINGS take place on the site from 7am to 7.30am every morning this week (Monday to
Friday). You are very welcome to join the small band who pray each day for the mission. |
HEALING SERVICE: A short service of healing will take place on Thursday, 5th August at 1.00pm. All
welcome whether you seek healing for yourself or another. |
| 'Aftershock' Trip to 'Soul Survivor'. 11th to 15th August 2010 – Click here to find out more about Soul Survivor. 10 of our youngsters and 5 adults will be attending. |
| MEN'S WALK Saturday 14th August. Meet at St Mary’s at 10am for a walk in the local countryside with a stop off for a pub lunch. If you have not joined us before then please consider coming along, or if you are a regular then consider any non Christian friends who you could bring along. Contact Jeremy Collingwood 529055 or Mike
Watts 502048 for more details. We meet on the second Saturday of alternate months. |
| St John Little Walden - Songs of Praise Centenary Celebration: Saturday 11th September 3.00pm, led by Anne Howson. We will be welcoming back past Curates Lee Batson, David Twinley and Richard Finch and their families. The children of St. Mary’s Church choir will be singing. Our Centenary kneelers and banner will be blessed and the Service will be followed by tea in the Village hall. |
| Christmas Fair - Saturday 11th December and a planning meeting for stallholders will be held on Thursday 30th September at 8pm in the Parish Room. |
CONFIRMATION COURSE: A discussion group for
adults will run for 6 weeks on Tuesday evenings
beginning on 5th October, with a break for half term
on 26th. This is for those considering being confirmed
this year (no need to make a decision yet), and is also
open to any who were confirmed some time ago and
would like a refresher course! Please speak to any of
the clergy for more details. |
| Quiz night with fish & chip supper - Saturday 16th October. Details will be in the Grapevine in October but start to organise your teams of 8. |
Children’s & Youth Activities in the Parish Rooms
Sunday Club: Meets in the Parish Rooms during the 10am service during term time. Children aged 3 to 16 are welcome.
Unaccompanied children may be collected at 11am.
Contact Debbie Flicos on 524177.
Aftershock Youth Club: for young people aged 11 - 18 years. Meets on Sunday 6.30pm - 8.00pm. A chance to socialise, learn & enjoy each other’s company. And there’s normally food involved!
Contact Andy Finn on 07794518907.
Guides: Tuesdays 7.15pm - 8.45pm.
Brownies: Tuesdays at 5.30pm.
Rainbows: Mondays 4.15pm - 5.30pm. (Girls aged 5-7 years.) |
Normal pattern of services at St Mary's ( Please check with calendar below)
Sundays:
8.00am Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.00am Holy Communion,
with Sunday Club for children
- (all Sundays except 3rd of the month)
or Family Service
on the 3rd Sunday of the month
4.00pm Evensong -
(2nd, 4th & 5th Sundays of month)
4.00pm Evening Communion with laying on
of hands (3rd Sunday)
6.30pm H2H Youth Service (1st Sunday)
Mondays: 8.30am Morning Prayer
Tuesdays: 8.30am Morning Prayer & in term time:
2.00pm St. Mary’s Tinies (in the Parish Room)
Wednesdays: 8.00am Morning Prayer &
9.30am Holy Communion (also on Saints Days)
Thursdays: 8.30am Morning Prayer & ( Until the end of July - 1.00pm Holy Communion on the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursday of the month) and Healing service at 1pm on the first Thursday of the month.
Saturdays: 9.00am Morning Prayer |
| FAMILY SERVICES 2010 (usually on the 3rd Sunday of each month): 17th January, 21st February, 14th March (Mothering Sunday), 18th April, 9th May, 20th June, 18th July, 15th August, 19th September, 17th October, 28th November, 19th December. All services start at 10.00am and last less than an hour. You are very welcome to stay for refreshments after the service. |
St Mary's, Saffron Walden - Calendar - see also above
Friday 30th July – William Wilberforce (Social Reformer 1833)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 31st July – Ignatius of Loyola (Founder Society of Jesus 1556)
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 1st August – Ninth Sunday after Trinity
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
Collection Day for Jimmy’s
6.30p.m. VBS Opening Service at Saffron Walden County High School
VBS Week at Saffron Walden County High School
Monday 2nd August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 3rd August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Wednesday 4th August – Jean-Baptiste Vianney (Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide 1859)
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 5th August – Oswald (King, Martyr 642)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
1.00p.m. Healing Service with Laying on of Hands in St Mary’s
6.30p.m. VBS Family Evening with Tents open
7.00p.m. VBS Worship
Friday 6th August – Transfiguration of Our Lord
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Saturday 7th August – John Mason Neale (Priest, Hymn Writer 1688)
8.30a.m. Parish Prayer Meeting in Parish Room
7.30p.m. Organ Recital Oliver Waterer Chelmsford Cathedral
Sunday 8th August – Tenth Sunday after Trinity – Dominic (Priest 1221)
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
12.00noon Holy Baptism
6.30p.m. Said Evensong
Monday 9th August – Mary Sumner (Founder of Mothers’ Union 1921)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 10th August – Laurence (Deacon, Martyr 258)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
7.30p.m. Julian Group meets at The Priory
Wednesday 11th August – Clare of Assisi (Founder of the Minoresses 1253); John Henry Newman (Priest, Tractarian 1890)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 12th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Friday 13th August – Jeremy Taylor (Bishop, Teacher of the Faith 1667); Florence Nightingale (Nurse, Social Reformer 1910); Octavia Hill (Social Reformer 1912)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 14th August - Maximillian Kolbe (Friar, Martyr 1941)
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 15th August – Eleventh Sunday after Trinity – The Blessed Virgin Mary
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Family Service
11.45a.m. Holy Communion
6.30p.m. Holy Communion
Monday 16th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 17th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Wednesday 18th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 19th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Friday 20th August – Bernard (Abbot, Teacher of the Faith 1153); William & Catherine Booth (Founders of Salvation Army 1912 &1890)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 21st August
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 22nd August – Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
12.00noon Holy Baptism
6.30p.m. Said Evensong
Monday 23rd August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 24th August – Bartholomew (Apostle)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Wednesday 25th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 26th August
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Friday 27th August – Monica (Mother of Augustine 387)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 28th August – Augustine (Bishop, Teacher of the Faith 430)
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 29th August – Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity – The Beheading of John the Baptist
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
12.00noon Holy Baptism
6.30p.m. Said Evensong
Monday 30th August – John Bunyan (Spiritual Writer 1688)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 31st August – Aidan (Bishop, Missionary 651)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Wednesday 1st September – Giles (Hermit c710)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 2nd September – The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea 1901 & 1942)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
1.00p.m. Healing Service with Laying on of Hands in St Mary’s
Friday 3rd September – Gregory (Bishop, Teacher of the Faith 604)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 4th September – Birinus (Bishop, Apostle 650)
8.30a.m. Parish Prayer Meeting in Parish Room
Sunday 5th September – Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
12.00noon Holy Baptism
Collection Day for Jimmy’s
6.30p.m. H2H
Monday 6th September – Allen Gardiner (Missionary 1851)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 7th September
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
2.00p.m. Pram Service
Wednesday 8th September – The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8.00a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 9th September – Charles Fuge Lowder (Priest 1880)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
2.30p.m. Mothers’ Union Corporate Communion
Friday 10th September
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 11th September
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 12th September – St Mary’s Patronal Festival - Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
12.00noon Holy Baptism
6.30p.m. Choral Evensong
Copy for the October Church News should be in by now!
Monday 13th September – John Chrysostom (Bishop, Teacher of the Faith 407)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 14th September – Holy Cross Day
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
2.00p.m. Pram Service
7.30p.m. Julian Group meets at The Priory
Wednesday 15th September – Cysprian (Bishop, Martyr 258)
8.00a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 16th September – Ninian (Bishop, Apostle c432) Edward Bouverie Pusey (Priest, Tractarian 1882)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Friday 17th September – Hildegard (Abbess, Visionary 1179)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 18th September
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 19th September – Harvest Festival - Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity – Theodore (Archbishop 690)
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Family Harvest Service
11.45a.m. Holy Communion
12.15p.m. Family Harvest Lunch (Details on notice board beginning of September.)
6.30p.m. Holy Communion
Monday 20th September – John Coleridge Patteson & his Companions (Bishop, Martyrs 1871
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 21st September – Matthew (Apostle, Evangelist)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
2.00p.m. Pram Service
Wednesday 22nd September
8.00a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 23rd September
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Friday 24th September
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 25th September – Lancelot Andrewes (Bishop, Spiritual Writer 1626); Sergei of Radonezh (Monastic Reformer, Teacher of the Faith 1392)
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 26th September - Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity – Wilson Carlile (Founder of Church Army 1942)
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Ordination of Paula Griffiths
6.30p.m. Choral Eucharist – Celebrant - The Revd Paula Griffiths
Monday 27th September – Vincent de Paul (Founder of Lazarists 1660)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 28th September
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
2.00p.m. Pram Service
Wednesday 29th September – Michael & All Angels
8.00a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 30th September – Jerome (Translator, Teacher of the Faith 410)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
8.00p.m. Planning Meeting for Stallholders in the Parish Room.
Friday 1st October – Remigius (Bishop, Apostle 533) Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury, Social Reformer 1885)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 2nd October
8.30a.m. Parish Prayer Meeting in Parish Room
Sunday 3rd October – Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
Collection Day for Jimmy’s
6.30p.m. H2H
Monday 4th October – Francis of Assisi (Friar, Deacon 1226)
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Sewing Circle at The Priory
Tuesday 5th October
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
2.00p.m. Pram Service
Wednesday 6th October – William Tyndale (Translator, Martyr 1536)
8.00a.m. Morning Prayer
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Thursday 7th October
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
1.00p.m. Healing Service with Laying on of Hands in St Mary’s
Friday 8th October
8.30a.m. Morning Prayer
Saturday 9th October – Denys & his Companions (Bishop, Martyrs c250); Robert Grosseteste (Bishop, Philosopher, Scientist 1253)
9.00a.m. Morning Prayer
Sunday 10th October – Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity – Paulinus (Bishop, Missionary 644); Thomas Treherne (Poet, Spiritual Writer 1674)
8.00a.m. Holy Communion (1662)
10.00a.m. Parish Communion
12.00noon Holy Baptism
6.30p.m. Choral Evensong
St James' Sewards End
Sunday 8th August – Tenth Sunday after Trinity
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Sunday 22nd August – Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
9.30a.m. Family Service
Sunday 12th September – Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
9.30a.m. Holy Communion
Sunday 26th September – Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
9.30a.m. Family Harvest Service
St John's Little Walden
Sunday 8th August – Tenth Sunday after Trinity
11.15a.m. Holy Communion
Sunday 22nd August – Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
11.15a.m. Family Service
Saturday 11th September
3.00p.m. Centenary Service
Sunday 12th September – Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
11.15a.m. Holy Communion
Sunday 26th September – Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
11.15a.m. Family Harvest Service
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