All Saints Church Renhold Web Site - Church Events and Parish Notices

Living Stones: every third Sunday during our 11.00 am Service. All children are welcome as is anybody willing to help

Parish Quiet Day: 9^th August at The Barn, Biddenham (opposite the church). If interested please sign the list at the back of church. Cost will be minimal to cover the costs of the day. Please bring a packed lunch.

PCC Away Day: at Haynes on Saturday 13th September. Please will all PCC members sign the form on the font asap

Tea Party: Many, many thanks to Maureen Hire and all those who helped make the coffee morning a success. And thank you to whomever made the sun come out at 5 minutes to 2!! This raised £351.60. Brilliant!

Evening Communion Services: It was agreed at the 1^st new PCC of this year to have some form of worship before or after the meetings. We will alternate Holy Communion (before 7 p.m.) with Compline (after the meeting at 9ish). Any member of the congregation is welcome to attend these services. .

Flower Donations: If you would like to make a donation towards the flowers in memory of someone or an anniversary or any special occasion, please sign up on the notice in the porch for the Sunday you wish to make your donation to have the flowers dedicated in this way. Thank you.

Produce Sale: Do you have a glut of produce, home grown or otherwise? Bring it along to the church for sale on a Sunday. You may leave it in the church porch.

Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: We have received information form Holy Cross Marsh Farm of an intended pilgrimage to the Holy land next year. If you are interested please see the poster in the Porch.

Training Courses: More courses the might interest you are advertised on the notice board in the porch

Postcards wanted: Any kind of postcards – old, modern, new or used can be sold in aid of the Church in the Sudan. Last year about £1000 a month was raised. If you would like to help, please collect postcards in shoebox size containers and give to Sarah.

Please Note: The Pink Envelopes at the end of each pew are for those not in the normal envelope scheme. They are useful for visitors or others who wish to "Gift Aid" their offering. Always remember to print your name and address and sign

Prayers for those in other Parishes: We are constantly revising the list for those in other parishes. Please let Sarah, Jill, David or Ann know if a person needs our prayers and they will be added to the list. Thank you

More male voices urgently required: As everyone knows, the choir lost a strong male voice when Clifford retired. So Michael is looking for more members, male and female. Duties are not onerous - the choir rehearses Friday evenings - and the rewards are numerous

Organ Lessons: If you know of anyone (young person or not so young) who might be interested in starting to learn the organ, please put them or their parents in touch with our Musical Director, Michael Brooks. They do not have to live in the Parish. Please pass on the word. Minimum starting requirement Piano Grade IV

Wheelchair Access: A gentle reminder that access is needed at church services to get through the iron gate into the churchyard. So when parking, would drivers bear this in mind when parking and leave ample room for access. Many thanks

Tax Back: All Saints recovered £2,542.69 from your gift-aided contributions for the last tax period. Gift-aiding your contributions to All Saints makes a significant difference for the financial viability of our church. So if you’re a U.K. tax-payer and do not gift-aid, please consider doing so. Contact Margaret Dean for information.

All Saints Church: is always open during daylight hours. When you need a break from this hectic life, why not go in and sit for a while to have a bit of peace and quiet. All Saints is a sacred place for all who live here or just pass by - as it has been for almost 1000 years. During our Services in Summer when we have had beautiful Sundays, the doors have been left open and passers by can hear our singing. We have had reports that it sounds O.K. Why not come inside and share in our services

Do you look at this web site? What do you like? What don’t you like? Do you rely on any of the information found there? What kind of info? We would like to know, so please email or telephone your comments to Ann Hinrichs or Rob Gaskell.

For those who work and attend Bedford General Hospital, St. John’s Moggerhanger and the Manor, Biddenham.

For the vacant parishes of Keysoe w/ Bolnhurst & Little Staughton, praying for those responsible for the parishes during vacancy

For Stevington, praying for those responsible for this parish during its vacancy

Please pray for the sick

Clifford Goodwin, John Saunderson, Heather Harris

Please remember the long-term ill in your prayers

Prim and Tom Vaughn, Stephen Giggle, Valda Gilbert, John and Irene Terry, Sheila Townley, Evelyn Gilbert, Sheila Brett, Gordon Wainwright, Ernest Roach, Tiny Hinrichs, Louise Crawford, Ann Hartup, John E. Nicholson, Pat England, Linda, Jon, Danny Spain, Stephen Kaestner, Liz Adams, Alison, Marjorie Shorley, Marge Robinson, Norma Khandke, Jake,

And for the departed

Violet Wright, Peggy Deverell, Steve

We remember and pray for the bereaved

And those whose anniversary falls this week

Marjorie Gurney, Gerald Gaskell, Marie Staughton, James Brooke, Arthur Clarke, Leonard Wright, Thomas Harvey

Prayers for the sick:

Please contact our Parish Priest, the Rev Sarah Burrow, or Ann Hinrichs if you would like the name or a relative or friend included on the list