4th December 2022 – 2nd Sunday in Advent All Saints Church, Childwall
Church services
Sunday 4th December – 9.15am Service of the Word 11am Holy Communion
5pm Christingle Service – Please bring a torch with you!
Thursday 8th December – 10.45am Holy Communion
Thursday 15th December – 10.45am Holy Communion
Sunday 11th December – 9.15am Holy Communion Service 11am Toy Service and Parade
6pm – Holy communion with prayers for healing in the church hall.
Sunday 18th December – 9.15am Holy Communion Service 11am Nativity Service
6pm – Carols by Candlelight.
Building work in the church hall
The new kitchen is now finished and is looking fantastic.
The small hall and the large hall will be decorated next during the Christmas break.
VESTRY HOUR – every Tuesday in Church from 7pm – 8pm
To book a Baptism or a Wedding or speak to a member of the clergy, please come to Vestry Hour which is held in the church every Tuesday, no appointment is necessary. Please use the wooden door to the left of the tower. You do not need to knock; just come in, take a seat and you will be seen privately in turn.
School Forms – Primary School Applications
If you need a Primary school form completing, please contact me by email and I will arrange an appointment. Thank you, Andrew
BOOKWORMS – Monday 5th December at 7.30pm
The next meeting is at 7.30pm on Monday December 5th in the Childwall Abbey pub. The book we shall be discussing is A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe. Come and join us. Val Yates
Men’s Night – Friday 9th December from 7pm at the Childwall Abbey
Come and join us on Friday 9th December in the Childwall Abbey Function room from 7pm. It would be great to see you there, it is an opportunity to get to know each other
and have a chat and a drink together. Andrew
MENS BREAKFAST – Saturday 10th December at 8am in the Church Hall
Why not join a group of men for a simple breakfast, a time of fellowship, a short talk, prayer and finished off with a hymn. Our speaker this month is Bill Forster. We should be finished by about 9am. Contact Aidan Holmes aid.holmes@btinternet.com
Christmas Cards for sale
We have Christmas cards available to buy at the back of church £2.50 a pack.
Delivery of Christmas Cards to every home in the Parish
Thank you to all of you who have delivered the Church Christmas Card to the parish. Cards have been delivered to over 3000 homes in the parish detailing our Christmas services.
The Children’s Society
Many thanks to those who have returned their house boxes. I have banked £720.60 so far from the emptied box contents & from some donations. If you still have a house box that needs emptying please bring it to church or let me know so that I can collect it from you. Delia Owen
Morning Prayer – Monday & Friday at 8:00am – Morning prayer service with words on screen. Optional chat after the service. Meeting ID: 948 786 2454 Passcode: 4allsaints
Weekly prayer meeting – Thursday 6.30pm on Zoom for 40 minutes.
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8802380315?pwd=cGxQTnQ0QVRjU1gyUnBrYnJMMzZldz09
Please note joining ID. Meeting ID: 880 238 0315
Passcode: yt76bq
Weekly Prayer requests – Please pray for all those who are unwell at this time particularly praying for Doris Springer, Nicoli Gray (Carole Turner’s daughter) and David Miller. We also pray for the bereaved family and friends of Lorna Leach and Patricia Reilly.
Andrew Colmer – Vicar – Tel: 07305 842257 – vicar.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com Helen Deegan – Curate – Tel: 07984 933467 – curate.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com Bill Forster – Associate Minister – william.forster1@btinternet.com Adeyinka Olushonde – Ordinand – adeyinka.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com
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Crib Service
All Saints’ Church Childwall invite you on an outdoor adventure
with all the characters from the Christmas story.
4pm, 24th December in the church carpark.
Wrap up warm, bring a torch and wear your crowns, halos, ears
and tea-towels!
