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Sunday 4 December

8.00am Holy Communion Romans 15:4-13, Matthew 3:1-12
9.30am Holy Communion Mark 13: 1-13
11.15am Morning Prayer   Mark 13: 1-13
6.00pm Cornerstone* 2 Peter 3:1-18
*Sermon will be live-streamed
Mission Partner Focus: Tearfund

NEWS AND EVENTS

Family Support Work Christmas collection

FSW are collecting Christmas food and small Christmas gifts to package together as Christmas hampers and gifts for families in need. Please see below for the most needed items. We will be collecting at the services THIS Sunday 4 December.

Food: Christmas pudding, tinned custard, cranberry sauce, tinned ham/salmon/tuna, boxes of biscuits/crackers, jars of jams/spreads/marmalades/pickles/chutney, tea/coffee, shower gels, hand soap (no alcohol please).

Gifts: craft/science kits, Lego kits or gift vouchers for older children, ideally for Amazon, supermarket brands or Love2Shop (no under-2s please).
Alternatively, we have a Christmas Amazon wish list available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2DOOUPK6Q7BHQ?ref_=wl_share
If you wish to donate to FSW, but can’t do any of the above, please contact Vic Donougher.

Prayer Meeting

Please join us for our whole church prayer meeting on Wednesday 7 December at 8.00pm in the church. Do join us from 7.45pm to share a drink together. If you can't make it in person, do join us via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 857 7208 0510
Passcode: 144232

Youth Pastor and Senior Pastor appointments

Unfortunately we have been unable to make appointments for these two positions. Please pray as we advertise again in the New Year.

Youth Clubs next week

On Thursday 8 December from 7.00-8.10pm in the Tiger, Engage (school years 6-9, ages 10-14) will be playing 'An Inspector Calls'.
On Friday 9 December Encrypt (school years 10-13, ages 14-18) will be enjoying a three course roving meal, walking to different courses at people's homes. We will be meeting at the Tiger at 7.30pm sharp and returning to the Tiger for puddings all together. We will be finished by 9.30pm.
stuart.silk@lindfield.info / 07866 487535

Youth Weekends Away – can you help?

We are looking for folks to provide hot meals on Saturday evening and Sunday lunchtime for the Engage Weekend Away on 28/29 January at the Westwatch Centre, just past Horsted Keynes. We are hoping to have 20 young people (aged 10-14) and 5 leaders who would be grateful for whatever you can provide! If you can't help on this occasion, the older teens group, Encrypt, are having their Weekend Away at the same venue on 25-26 February, and are also looking for cooks for Saturday evening and Sunday lunch. If you can help in any way, please drop me a line. Many thanks. stuart.silk@lindfield.info / 07866 487535

Christmas Services

Sunday 11 December
8.00am            Communion
9.30am            Morning service with children’s groups
3.30pm            Traditional carol service (1)
5.30pm            Traditional carol service (2)

Tuesday 13 December
10.00am          Tiger@Ten Christmas special with Daytime Choir as special guests

Saturday 17 December
4.30pm            Big Band Carols (1)
7.30pm            Big Band Carols (2)

Sunday 18 December
9.30am           All Saints Kids Nativity
Children are invited to come along dressed as a shepherd, sheep or angel and take part in the All Saints Kids and friends nativity service. The children will be retelling the Christmas story in this enchanting, fun and slightly chaotic service.
11.15am          Communion service
7.00pm            Carols in the Round – an informal service

Christmas Eve
2.00pm            Pre-School Christingle
This Christingle is particularly aimed at families with the youngest children
3.15pm            Christingle
4.30pm            Christingle
5.45pm            Christingle
11.15pm          Midnight Communion

Christmas Day
8.00am            Christmas communion (Book of Common Prayer)
10.00am          Christmas celebration

Sunday 1 January
8.00am            Communion
10.00am          Morning Worship (children will stay in for whole service)
6.00pm            Cornerstone

Service changes to note

We will have 8.00am Communion services on Sundays 4, 11 December (not on 18th) and then on Christmas Day and Sunday 1 January. The 8.00am communion on Sunday 11 December will be held in the Tiger lounge and there will be no 11.15am service on that day.

Come to our Festive Fellowship!

Women Together

If you were unable to come to our event last Saturday but would like to hear the interview with Ali Bourne, please email Antonia and she will send you a link.
Do put our next event in your diaries, a breakfast on Saturday 25 February.

Thank you from Carrie and Nigel

Thank you dear All Saints family and wonderful Tiger@Ten for your generous retirement gifts and send offs. It has been a privilege to lead the Ministry Among Seniors for the past five years and to serve and learn alongside so many senior saints. With much love, Carrie and Nigel

BEYOND ALL SAINTS

Christmas Carol Service

A carol service led by members of the Mid Sussex Dementia Forum on Friday 16 December at 3.30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield followed by Christmas cafe at 4.30pm. Everyone is welcome!
Gordon Scoble

MISSION

Mission Partner Focus: Tearfund

Please give thanks for
Yemen – for the short-lived ceasefire declared in April; this resulted in people’s lives being improved with the number of people forced to flee their homes being nearly halved and the price of food, fuel and other essentials stabilising for the last six months

COP27 – for the positive steps that have been taken at the UN summit including the creation of a “loss and damage fund” to provide reparations to developing countries who have contributed the least to climate change but are being adversely affected the most

Ukraine – for the leadership in the church in Ukraine and across the wider region providing a voice for peace and providing the resources that is needed to help people who are vulnerable.

Please pray for
Yemen – efforts to extend the ceasefire have failed and the country has been plunged back into conflict; we pray that further negotiations will take place to enable another ceasefire to be put in place and lasting peace achieved

COP27 – for leaders of high-income countries that they will turn words into actions and be held to account for their agreement to limit global heating to a relatively safer limit of 1.5°C

Ukraine – for an immediate end to the violence, diplomatic solutions be found which will lead to lasting peace in the region and people who have fled will be able to return home.
Peter Desmond, Tearfund Representative

Family Support Work prayer points

Please pray
For the families who are suffering increasingly complex problems, particularly mental health issues and financial concerns

For the family support practitioners who all have full caseloads and full waiting lists that they don't feel overwhelmed

For the Trustees and senior management team who are looking at a new strategy for the next three years to see how FSW can be as effective as possible

For the Cuckfield Deanery committee as we seek new ways to fundraise and encourage our church families to support and get involved. Also for new committee members to join the committee

For the Christmas food hampers that are being made this week for Christmas parties, that they may give love and light to the families receiving

For opportunities to speak of the gospel at the many FSW Christmas events (carol services, family Christmas parties etc) over the next two weeks

PRAYER
Praying for the church family

Please continue to hold in your prayers those known to you who may be especially in need of God's comfort at this time and especially for:

Rosieta Burton
Please continue to pray for Rosieta.

Al and Sarah Paxton
Please continue to pray for Al

Keith Ward
Keith would like to thank people for their prayers following his recent fall. He is much better now and pleased to be back at church.

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