Sunday 4th December 2022
8am: Judith – 10am: Celebrant: Judith, Preacher: Peter
We Pray for the Sick:
Tracy, Colleen, Pat (Peters), the Liddicoat Family
We Remember: Reginald Winter, Peggy Pelling, Murdo Murchison, Arthur Kerney, Roy Hebborn (Priest)
HYMNS
401 On Jordan's bank
169 God is love, his the care
198 Hark the glad sound
529 Wake, O Wake (verse 2 only)
489 The Lord will come
During today's service we will blessing the toys and gifts you have kindly donated for Family Support Work's Christmas appeal. We thank everyone who donated gifts.
NO CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER THIS WEEK: On Tuesday 6th is the Adams and Remers Carol Service. However, there will be two more sessions of contemplative prayer, on 13th and 20th at 7pm.
ADVENT COURSE: We have the 2nd of our Advent sessions on Thursday 8th at 6:15pm, in St Anne's looking at Judgement, Mercy and Love, and John 8 1-19.
OUR CHRISTMAS EVE NATIVITY (OR CRIB SERVICE) is still looking for adults and children to bring the Christmas story to life. We will hold a few rehearsals before the show. If you are interested, speak to Ben or David, our organist.
BIBLE NEW DAYLIGHT READINGS are published every 4 months. A group in church uses them for daily Bible reading. Jenny Charman organises ordering these readings and she has copies available today if you are interested in looking at this particular way of meditating on Biblical themes.
CAROLS ON NEVILL GREEN, 18th Dec 2:30pm: This is a joint event with Christ Church, and some members of Lewes, Glynde & Beddingham Brass Band. All are welcome. We would be grateful if people could donate mince pies in time for the event please.
ST ANNE'S WEBSITE: www.stanneslewes.org.uk - This is a reminder that our website offers resources for our growth in discipleship. On the website you can now find recent sermons collated in one place under the tag sermons. Also, this week we start a regular slot called Spiritual Reflections which aims to look at questions of faith in a fresh, imaginative way. Contact Ashley or Ben if you can't find the content.
PRAYER AT ST ANNE'S: A Church is, at heart, a house of prayer, a place where we can encounter God at a new level of depth and delight. Do join us for prayer this month. Morning Prayer is Mon-Fri at 9:15am and Contemplative Prayer, a time of silent love and attention, is at 7pm on Tuesdays.
ONLINE AND CARD TRANSACTIONS: Donations can also be made through our website (the DONATE button is in the top right-hand corner of every page).
A MESSAGE FROM BEN
Please feel free to phone me or drop me an email. I'll be delighted to hear from you. My contact details are:
Rev'd Ben Brown, 01273 933357, email: rectorstanneslewes@gmail.com
DIARY
The Church website www.stanneslewes.org.uk has a diary, showing all the dates of things happening within the church. Click on "What's On" and select "Diary".
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/StAnnesChurchLewes/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChurchStAnnes
If you would like anything added to the Notices, please speak to Ashley. ashley.price@sky.com - 01273 409410
(For items to be on next Sunday's sheet, please supply to me by Thursday)