TIMES OF SERVICES THIS WEEK

Sunday                                11.00am        Solemn Parish Mass

                                               6.00pm        Evensong & Benediction at All Saints Margaret Street

Weekday

Sunday 19 February 2012          Sunday next before Lent        Solemn Parish Mass

Celebrant & Preacher                     Fr Stephen Flatt

Director of Music (dep)                   David Bell

Lesson Reader                               Gavin Monk        

Sidesman                                        Helen White                     

Sunday School Leaders                 Vladka Thwaites & Sherry Robbins           

Refreshments                                 Helen White & Kashani Arney

Mass Setting                                  Communion Service in A minor                               Harold Darke
Motet                                              I was glad                                                                Henry Purcell

Voluntary                                        Prelude in A minor (BWV 543)                                J S Bach                                        

Hymns                                            449, 447, 256

                                                       (Hymn books with LARGE PRINT are available at the back of the church)

BIBLE STUDY on S. MARK Fr Alan Moses (All Saints Margaret St) is running a monthly course starting Thursday 16 February (thereafter Weds 14 March, 18 April, 16 May, 20 June). Programme: 6.30pm Mass, 7.00pm Light Supper in the Vicarage followed by bible study, 8.30pm finish. For more information or to indicate attendance please email astsmgtst@aol.com

SILENT PRAYER begins Tuesday 28 February after the 12. 30pm Low Mass and will last around 20 minutes

LENT STUDY. All Saints, the Annunciation & St Cyprian’s are combining this year for Lent groups. We are reading Ruth Burrows Love Unknown, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book (Continuum Press 2012). The groups are on Wednesdays 29 Feb, 7, 14, 21 28 March, 11.00am at the home of Yvonne Craig in Bloomsbury and Mary Ashwin, Thursdays 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 March, 7.15pm in Marylebone. For addresses and further details please contact Fr Gerald

COMMUNITY DINNER The next one is on Tuesday 6 March, 7.30pm. ‘The Future Community’ Speakers: Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the Royal College of Arts & Bill Moore, Chief Executive of the Portman Estate. Tickets available Londoncallingdinner@yahoo.co.uk or 020 7549 6611

FEAST of the ANNUNCIATION is celebrated this year on Monday 26 March. High Mass & Confirmation with Bishop Michael Colclough (Canon Pastor, St Paul’s Cathedral) is celebrating & preaching. There will be a wine & canapé reception following. Please let Laura Royde know if you can assist (lroyde@gmail.com 020 7262 9941). Thank you

ELECTORAL ROLL The Parish Electoral Roll is now being revised in preparation for the Annual Meeting (Sunday 29 April). If you wish to join the roll please fill in a form at the back of the church. Thank you

APOSTOLATE OF PRAYER: (If you wish to add someone to the lists, please speak to one of the clergy)

Those who are sick: Stanley, Toby, Maria, Judy, Heskey, Maria & Ellis, Anna (age 5)

Year’s mind: John Walters, Gladys Hilton, Alberta MacPherson, Mary Wall, Spencer Maurice, John de Charzal (priest), Louise Sinclair, Eve Coles, Karen Monast.

HAMPDEN GURNEY Church of England Primary School, Nutford Place, W1H 5HA, is our Parish School. All enquiries to the Head Teacher, Mrs Evelyn Chua. Tel: 020 7641 4195. Priority for places is given to Christians and children of parents who support the Christian ethos of the school