Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, London
Services
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Sunday 26 May 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 352 Crown him with many crowns 116 O praise our great and gracious Lord 117 The day of Resurrection 296 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor
(tune 1)First Lesson: Acts 16. 9-15 Gospel: John 14. 23-29 Mass Setting: Communion Service in G - Charles Hutchings Motet: We have heard with our ears - Herbert Howells Voluntary: Saraband for the Morning of Easter - Herbert Howells
Role People Clergy Fr Gerald Beauchamp Sidesman Michael Mohammed
Reader Michael Mohammed
Server
Refreshments Annie Ee (Tassinari)
Sunday School Session Leader Laymon Thaung
Sunday School 8+ Leader Children Stay in Church
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator Sherry Robbins
Sunday School Music Steve Phillips
Children's Church Attendance Gavin Monk
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 28 May 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 2 June 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 128 Eternal Monarch, King most high
(tune 2)130 Hail the day that sees him rise 134 The head that once was crowned with thorns 135 The Lord ascendeth up on high First Lesson: Acts 16. 16-34 Gospel: John 17. 20 - end
Role People Clergy Sidesman Helen White
Reader Helen White
Server
Refreshments Annie Ee (Tassinari)
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader Thomas Vester
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 4 June 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 9 June 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 139 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come 142 Sing to him in whom creation 421 O King enthroned on high 137 Come down, O Love divine First Lesson: Acts 2. 1-21 Gospel: John 14. 8-17 & 25-27
Role People Clergy Sidesman Muminur Choudhury
Reader Muminur Choudhury
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader Fiona Milligan
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 11 June 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 16 June 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 343 Bright the vision that delighted 148 The God of Abraham praise 146 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty 360 Firmly I believe and truly First Lesson: Romans 5. 1-5 Gospel: John 16. 12-15
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader Priya Dhingra
Sunday School 8+ Leader Rebecca Sebastian
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 12:30pm
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Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 23 June 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 334 All people that on earth do dwell 485 Thy hand, O God, has guided 205 Christ is made the sure foundation
(Westminster Abbey)272 All for Jesus, all for Jesus
((if needed))First Lesson: Ephesians 2. 19-end Gospel: John 2. 13-22
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader Laure Boizard
Sunday School 8+ Leader Margaret Gold
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 25 June 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
News
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Friday 24th May 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (26 May)
… is the Sixth Sunday of Easter.
The gospel reading moves us beyond the resurrection appearances and begins to look forward to what is coming next especially Pentecost on 9 June. The Holy Spirit is our Counsellor, the one who guides us in making good judgements.
At Confirmation the bishop prays that the candidates will have ‘the Spirit of counsel and inward strength’. I’ll be exploring what that means in my sermon on Sunday.
It’s a bank holiday weekend. A lot of people are away so there’s no special class for the 8+ Group. I would like the older children please stay upstairs on Sunday. Thank you.
Last Week
Congratulations to all of the candidates who were confirmed at Hampden Gurney School on Thursday by Bishop Stephen Platten. The children confirmed were: Marios Ashdjian, Parmis Azadegan, Ava-Marie Barron-Harvey, Sophia David, Loretta Kane, Ebrel Monk, Riaan Sebastian, Zara Sebastian, Niek Tabibi, Nieke Tabibi; and the adults, Berik Otemurat & Raushan Izimova, Wyatt Wong & May Leung and Lee & Yin Wu.
This Week
There is no Children’s Choir on Tuesday or A Capella Music Group on Thursday as it’s half term.
Looking Ahead
The next Community Dinner will be Tuesday 4 June. The speaker will be Thomas Vester Africa’s story told in different way; catering by the Marriott Hotel. £25 per head including wine. Please let me know if you will be coming by Friday 24 May.
It should be a fascinating evening. Thomas says: ‘A bit by coincidence, I have spent most of my adult life working with Africa. I would like to share the Africa’s story and prospects through a different lens compared to the one general media will provide you with. 15 years of travelling the continent shall also allow for one or two anecdotes that will make you scratch your head.’
National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk on Monday 27 May. There is a coach from All Saints Margaret St that leaves at 7.30am and gets back in the evening. I’ll be going so if you would like to go as well please let me know.
Westminster Ecumenical Pentecost Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 9 June 2019, 6.30pm. The service includes Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields reflecting on Pentecost through traditional choral, and gospel music. All welcome.
On Sunday 23 June we will have an emergency evacuation drill during the mass. More details nearer the time.
Thursday 27 June, 6.00pm – 9.00pm Prosecco Party at the Vicarage. Please let me know if you would like to come. Thank you.
Pilgrimage to Armenia in 12-21 May 2020. Price: £1675 per person in a single room. Please let me know if you might be interested.
New Venture
Do you want to enjoy the beauty of nature without the fuss? A member of our congregation, Nete Vester, has started a small business selling beautiful, high quality faux flowers. They are perfect if you have an inaccessible space, a remote home, if you are an allergic person or simply just want to enjoy beautiful flowers with very low maintenance. Please get in touch at hello@braveandblume.com or take a look at www.braveandblume.com if you are interested or have any questions – a 15% discount is available for the congregation with the code DISCOUNT15. A bouquet is also at display on the table by the entrance.
The Diocese of London Looks Forward to 2030
Capital Vision 2020 was a programme designed throughout the diocese to enable the church to be ‘Confident, Compassionate and Creative’. This is now drawing to an end and Bishop Sarah is asking the diocese to think about the decade beyond next year.
So, the diocese has set up a listening exercise including an online survey. Please go to https://www.london.anglican.org/about/discerning-our-2030-vision/ and complete it. You aren’t asked to give any specific personal details and it’s an opportunity to be frank about the church and say what direction you think it should go.
I look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annunciationmarblearch@gmail.com
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Friday 17th May 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (19 May)
… is the Fifth Sunday of Easter.
The gospel reading today takes back to the event to the Last Supper. Judas has now left the room to do his worst and Jesus speaks prophetically and mystically about his future absence and presence. This will come into clearer focus as we move towards the Ascension and Pentecost.
This Week
Tuesday:
3.45pm Children’s Choir in church
Thursday:
There is no A Capella Music Group because the church is in use all day as a polling station.
10.10am Confirmation Mass in Hampden Gurney School. Please pray for the 10 children and six adults who are being confirmed.
Congratulations
… to Evan Williams who won the BAFTA last week in the Current Affairs category for his programme Myanmar’s Killing Fields (Dispatches) shown on Channel 4. Evan was the speaker at one of the dinners last year and showed some excerpts from the programme. It was a powerful and humbling experience. Those who have no voice need people like Evan to reveal their plight.
Looking Ahead
The next Community Dinner will be Tuesday 4 June. The speaker will be Thomas Vester Africa’s story told in different way; catering by the Marriott Hotel. £25 per head including wine. Please let me know if you will be coming by Friday 24 May.
It should be a fascinating evening. Thomas says: ‘A bit by coincidence, I have spent most of my adult life working with Africa. I would like to share the Africa’s story and prospects through a different lens compared to the one general media will provide you with. 15 years of travelling the continent shall also allow for one or two anecdotes that will make you scratch your head.’
National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk on Monday 27 May. There is a coach from All Saints Margaret St that leaves at 7.30am and gets back in the evening. I’ll be going so if you would like to go as well please let me know.
Westminster Ecumenical Pentecost Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 9 June 2019, 6.30pm. The service includes Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields reflecting on Pentecost through traditional choral, and gospel music. All welcome.
Pilgrimage to Armenia in 12-21 May 2020. Price: £1675 per person in a single room. Please let me know if you might be interested.
New Venture
Do you want to enjoy the beauty of nature without the fuss? A member of our congregation, Nete Vester, has started a small business selling beautiful, high quality faux flowers. They are perfect if you have an inaccessible space, a remote home, if you are an allergic person or simply just want to enjoy beautiful flowers with very low maintenance. Please get in touch at hello@braveandblume.com or take a look at www.braveandblume.com if you are interested or have any questions – a 15% discount is available for the congregation with the code DISCOUNT15. A bouquet is also at display on the table by the entrance.
The Diocese of London Looks Forward to 2030
Capital Vision 2020 was a programme designed throughout the diocese to enable the church to be ‘Confident, Compassionate and Creative’. This is now drawing to an end and Bishop Sarah is asking the diocese to think about the decade beyond next year.
So, the diocese has set up a listening exercise including an online survey. Please go to https://www.london.anglican.org/about/discerning-our-2030-vision/ and complete it. You aren’t asked to give any specific personal details and it’s an opportunity to be frank about the church and say what direction you think it should go.
I look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annunciationmarblearch@gmail.com
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Friday 10th May 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (12 May)
… is the Fourth Sunday of Easter.
The gospel reading moves away from resurrection appearances to the result of the reflection on the meaning of the resurrection in the life of the early Church. Christ as the Good Shepherd is a dominant theme picked up by St John.
In a world where it’s easy to go astray, it’s an apt image.
This Week
Tuesday: Children’s Choir, 3.45pm in church.
Friday: Hampden Gurney School Fayre, 4.00pm – 8.00pm. This is always a great event and the PTA put in an enormous amount of effort. Please support it.
Looking Ahead
There will be an election on Thursday 23 May so the church will be used as a polling station that day.
The next Community Dinner will be Tuesday 4 June. The speaker will be Thomas Vester Africa’s story told in different way; catering by the Marriott Hotel. £25 per head including wine. Please let me know if you will be coming by Friday 24 May.
It should be a fascinating evening. Thomas says: ‘A bit by coincidence, I have spent most of my adult life working with Africa. I would like to share the Africa’s story and prospects through a different lens compared to the one general media will provide you with. 15 years of travelling the continent shall also allow for one or two anecdotes that will make you scratch your head.’
National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk on Monday 27 May. There is a coach from All Saints Margaret St that leaves at 7.30am and gets back in the evening. I’ll be going so if you would like to go as well please let me know.
Westminster Ecumenical Pentecost Service at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 9 June 2019, 6.30pm. The service includes Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir and the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields reflecting on Pentecost through traditional choral, and gospel music. All welcome.
Pilgrimage to Armenia in May 2020. Again, please let me know if you might be interested.
New Venture
Do you want to enjoy the beauty of nature without the fuss? A member of our congregation, Nete Vester, has started a small business selling beautiful, high quality faux flowers. They are perfect if you have an inaccessible space, a remote home, if you are an allergic person or simply just want to enjoy beautiful flowers with very low maintenance. Please get in touch at hello@braveandblume.com or take a look at www.braveandblume.com if you are interested or have any questions – a 15% discount is available for the congregation with the code DISCOUNT15. A bouquet is also at display on the table by the entrance.
The Diocese of London Looks Forward to 2030
Capital Vision 2020 was a programme designed throughout the diocese to enable the church to be ‘Confident, Compassionate and Creative’. This is now drawing to an end and Bishop Sarah is asking the diocese to think about the decade beyond next year.
So, the diocese has set up a listening exercise including an online survey. Please go to https://www.london.anglican.org/about/discerning-our-2030-vision/ and complete it. You aren’t asked to give any specific personal details and it’s an opportunity to be frank about the church and say what direction you think it should go.
I look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annunciationmarblearch@gmail.com
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Friday 3rd May 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (5 May)
… is the Third Sunday of Easter.
The resurrection appearances continue with St John’s account of the miraculous draft of fish on the Sea of Tiberias.
I’m always struck by how at the beginning of the story St Peter sounds fed up: “I’m going fishing”. So, he does. But St Peter’s ‘resurrection’ is the journey from going back to his day job to becoming an apostle – a leader of the Church which is what that amazing catch of fish is all about.
As it’s a bank holiday weekend, a lot of people are away so although there is Sunday School for the younger children there isn’t a leader for the 8+ Group. The older children will be staying in mass and will play their part by reading and leading the intercessions.
This Week
Tuesday: Children’s Choir, 3.45pm in church.
Wednesday: Informal Prayer Group with Taizé Music, 7.00pm in church.
Looking Ahead
If there’s an election on Thursday 23 May, the church will be used as a polling station.
The next Community Dinner will be Tuesday 4 June. The speaker will be Thomas Vester Africa’s story told in different way; catering by the Marriott Hotel. £25 per head including wine. Please let me know if you will be coming by Friday 24 May.
It should be a fascinating evening. Thomas says: ‘A bit by coincidence, I have spent most of my adult life working with Africa. I would like to share the Africa’s story and prospects through a different lens compared to the one general media will provide you with. 15 years of travelling the continent shall also allow for one or two anecdotes that will make you scratch your head.’
Pilgrimage to Armenia in May 2020. Please let me know if you might be interested.
New Venture
Do you want to enjoy the beauty of nature without the fuss? A member of our congregation, Nete Vester has started a small business selling beautiful, high quality faux flowers. They are perfect if you have an inaccessible space, a remote home, if you are an allergic person or simply just want to enjoy beautiful flowers with very low maintenance. Please get in touch at hello@braveandblume.com or take a look at www.braveandblume.com if you are interested or have any questions. A bouquet is also at display on the table by the entrance.
The Diocese of London Looks Forward to 2030
Capital Vision 2020 was a programme designed throughout the diocese to enable the church to be ‘Confident, Compassionate and Creative’. This is now drawing to an end and Bishop Sarah is asking the diocese to think about the decade beyond next year.
So, the diocese has set up a listening exercise including an online survey. Please go to https://www.london.anglican.org/about/discerning-our-2030-vision/ and complete it. You aren’t asked to give any specific personal details and it’s an opportunity to be frank about the church and say what direction you think it should go.
I look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annunciationmarblearch@gmail.com
Events
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Tuesday 4th June 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 4th June 2019 at 7:30pmCommunity Dinner. Speaker: Thomas VesterOnce again, the catering will be by the Marriott Marble Arch. Tickets: £25 including dinner & wine. Closing date: 28 May.
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Tuesday 11th June 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 18th June 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 25th June 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 2nd July 2019 at 7:30pm
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Thursday 4th July 2019 at 7:00pm
Safeguarding
The Annunciation Marble Arch is committed to Safeguarding Children, Young People, Victims/perpetrators of Domestic Abuse and Vulnerable Adults.
The PCC has adopted the Church of England’s policies and best practice on safeguarding which may be found on the Church of England’s website.
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Niel Pama 07843 663 431
