Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, London
Services
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Tuesday 20 November 2018 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Thursday 22 November 2018 at 10:00am
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Sunday 25 November 2018 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 345 Christ is the King, O friends rejoice 258 O Christ the same, through all our story's pages 447 Sing praise to God who reigns above 296 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor
(tune 1)First Lesson: Revelation 1. 4b-8 Gospel: John 18. 33-37 Mass Setting: Missa Brevis - Grayston Ives Motet: O nata lux de lumine - Thomas Tallis Voluntary: Hymne d'Action de Grâce: Te Deum - Jean Langlais
Role People Clergy Fr Gerald Beauchamp Sidesman Marie Sarkis El-Hage
Reader Jad El-Hage
Server
Refreshments Raushan Izimova
Sunday School Session Leader Nete Vester
Sunday School 8+ Leader Niel Pama
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 27 November 2018 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Thursday 29 November 2018 at 10:00am
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Sunday 2 December 2018 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 9 Lo, he comes with clouds descending 11 O come, O come Emmanuel 7 Hills of the north, rejoice 8 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
(tune 128 ii if needed)First Lesson: Jeremiah 33. 14-16 Gospel: Luke 21. 25-36
Role People Clergy Fr Gerald Beauchamp Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader Laymon Thaung
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Thursday 6 December 2018 at 10:00am
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Friday 7 December 2018 at 18:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Sunday 9 December 2018 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 10 Long ago, prophets knew 14 The advent of our God 3 Come, thou long-expected Jesus
(tune 2)7 Hills of the north, rejoice First Lesson: Baruch 5 Gospel: Luke 3. 1-6
Role People Clergy Fr Gerald Beauchamp 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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Monday 10 December 2018 at 19:00pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Thursday 13 December 2018 at 10:00am
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Saturday 15 December 2018 at 18:30pm
Liturgy Details Worship Tag: christmas
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Sunday 16 December 2018 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 12 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
((Lent Prose - Motet))17 When came in flesh the incarnate Word 5 Hark, a thrilling voice is sounding 8 Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates
(tune 128 ii if needed)First Lesson: Zephaniah 3. 14-end Gospel: Luke 3. 7-18
Role People Clergy Fr Stephen Flatt Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments
Sunday School Session Leader Benoit Brousson
Sunday School 8+ Leader Fiona Milligan
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
News
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Thursday 15th November 2018Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
Greetings from the Baltic
Last Monday I arrived in Estonia. Next stop: Latvia.
1918 is significant because it marked the end of World War 1. But for the Baltic States, it saw the continuation of hostilities as they sought to become independent from German control and resist Russian influence.
On Saturday night I will be at a concert in the opera house in Riga marking the centenary of Latvia becoming a separate nation state.
Since 1918 the flame of independence in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has never died although another war and subsequent Soviet domination did much to challenge it. For the past 30 years however the Baltic States have regained sovereignty and cheerfully joined the EU, the Euro zone and NATO.
Our navy played a vital role in warding off Russian ships in 1918 & 1919 and there were British casualties. The UK also encouraged the Baltic States to join the EU in 2004. People here look on what is happening in Britain currently with incomprehension.
This Sunday (18 November)
The gospel continues the theme of war but this time its apocalyptic conflict – war at the end of time. For Jesus, however there is never a final destruction. Whatever the challenge, the negative should always be the prelude to a positive. It is, he says like ‘birth-pangs’.
Heating
The final element in the new heating is the recommissioning of radiators below the east window. These haven’t worked for years. They are meant to decrease the condensation at that end of the building so bringing them back into use should benefit the overall condition of the church.
Because the works haven’t quite finished there will be scaffolding around the high altar on Sunday so please keep children away from this area. The sanctuary won’t be in use. Instead, Fr Stephen will say mass at the small altar in front of the screen.
If anyone would still like to make a donation for the works, please let me know. Thank you.
Facilities Downstairs
The kitchen is now operational and there are two toilets. The newer one has baby-changing facilities.
News
I forgot to say last week that Cecilia Thorne and Wai Tang Wong were both confirmed at St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday 4 November by the Bishop of Willesden. That brings the total number of people confirmed this year to 20 - the largest number for many years. We wish Cecilia and Wai every blessing in their Christian life.
This Week
On Tuesdays the A Capella Coffee Group meets at 9.30am and the Children’s Choir at 3.45pm - both in church.
Miles apologises that he was unwell last week and so had to cancel both sessions. An email will go out on Monday to confirm that both music groups will be going ahead.
Coming Up
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 November: Westminster Inter Faith Bike Rides, both starting at 2.00pm. These are leisurely family-friendly three-mile bike rides that a e professionally marshalled going to various places of worship. For more information see cycleconfident.com/contact
Tuesday 27 November, 7.15pm at All Saints Margaret Street Parish Room: A meeting to explore the possibility of going on a pilgrimage in May 2020. Following the success of the trip to Italy in May this year we’re thinking of doing something similar the year after next. Armenia is a frontrunner at the moment but this is only the first meeting in the planning stage so its all up for grabs. If you would like to know more but can’t come to the meeting please email me to indicate your interest. Thank you.
Christmas Services
Please put these dates in your diary now and do come along.
Friday 7 December
6.30pm Chaplaincy Among Deaf and Deaf Blind People Carol Service.
Saturday 15 December
6.30pm Lessons & Carols for Christmas followed by Mulled Wine & Mince Pies
Thursday 20 December
9.30am Hampden Gurney School Mass in Church
6.30pm – 9.00pm Christmas Fizz Drinks Party for Adults at the Vicarage. Everyone in the congregation invited and we’ll be joined by other members of the community. Please Fr Gerald know if you are coming for catering purposes. Thank you.
Monday 24 December Christmas Eve
4.00pm Short Informal Crib Service for Children
11.00pm Midnight Mass
Tuesday 25 December Christmas Day
10.30am Parish Mass
Parish Brunch at the Marriott on Sunday 3 February 2019 after mass. £23 per adult. Children free, dogs welcome. This is a new venture to see if people would like to get together after mass from time to time to have brunch. We’re being offered a deal by the Marriott and they will give us reserved seating. To register your interest please let me know by Sunday 9 December if you hope to come. I’ll then book accordingly.
The Feast of the Annunciation, Monday 25 March 2019. 7.30pm High Mass & Procession. Celebrant & Preacher: The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London. This will be a really important day in the life of the parish so please put in your 2019 diaries.
Useful Information
https://marble-arch.london/ lets the community know about what is going on around Marble Arch. A new page has been added entitled ‘Hidden Heroes’. Anyone you know?
Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs) to Apply for Places at Church Schools
If you are applying for a church primary school place to start in September 2019, I will sign SIFs in the first two weeks of January. So please email me to make an appointment.
If you are thinking of applying to a church secondary school in future then please remember that you will be asked to provide a SIF. This will reflect recent church attendance. Church schools continue to be heavily oversubscribed. Some ask about attendance for up to the previous five years.
Once again, I am very grateful to Gavin Monk for setting up such an excellent system which enables me to give an accurate picture when I give information to schools.
Fr Stephen will be with you on Sunday. I return to London on 23 November.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annunciationmarblearch@gmail.com
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Friday 9th November 2018Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (11 November)
It is poignant that this Sunday marks the exact centenary since the end of World War 1. Much has been said and written about the commemoration but in the face of unspeakable slaughter there is only one fitting response. Silence.
Heating
The works at the east end involving scaffolding will now take place from this Tuesday and should be finished the following Friday. This is why the high altar reredos is closed and much more easily moved candlesticks are in place.
If anyone would still like to make a donation for the works, please let me know. Thank you.
This Week
Saturday and Sunday are the final days of the exhibition in Portman Square showing the effect of World War 1 on Marylebone. Its open 10.00am – 4.00pm and entrance is free. Do take a look. It shows how the conflict was ‘brought home’ in so many ways.
On Tuesdays the A Capella Coffee Group meets at 9.30am and the Children’s Choir at 3.45pm - both in church.
Coming Up
Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 November: Westminster Inter Faith Bike Rides, both starting at 2.00pm. These are leisurely family-friendly three-mile bike rides that a e professionally marshalled going to various places of worship. For more information see cycleconfident.com/contact
Tuesday 27 November, 7.15pm at All Saints Margaret Street Parish Room: A meeting to explore the possibility of going on a pilgrimage in May 2020. Following the success of the trip to Italy in May this year we’re thinking of doing something similar the year after next. Armenia is a frontrunner at the moment but this is only the first meeting in the planning stage so its all up for grabs. If you would like to know more but can’t come to the meeting please email me to indicate your interest. Thank you.
On Tuesday 13 November at 5.30pm the Christmas lights are being switched on, on the Edgware Road. From 6.00pm until 8.00pm there’s a reception to celebrate at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel.
Christmas Services
Please put these dates in your diary now and do come along.
Friday 7 December
6.30pm Chaplaincy Among Deaf and Deaf Blind People Carol Service.
Saturday 15 December
6.30pm Lessons & Carols for Christmas followed by Mulled Wine & Mince Pies
Thursday 20 December
9.30am Hampden Gurney School Mass in Church
6.30pm – 9.00pm Christmas Fizz Drinks Party for Adults at the Vicarage. Everyone in the congregation invited and we’ll be joined by other members of the community. Please Fr Gerald know if you are coming for catering purposes. Thank you.
Monday 24 December Christmas Eve
4.00pm Short Informal Crib Service for Children
11.00pm Midnight Mass
Tuesday 25 December Christmas Day
10.30am Parish Mass
The Feast of the Annunciation, Monday 25 March 2019. 7.30pm High Mass & Procession. Celebrant & Preacher: The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London. This will be a really important day in the life of the parish so please put in your 2019 diaries.
Useful Information
https://marble-arch.london/ lets the community know about what is going on around Marble Arch. A new page has been added entitled ‘Hidden Heroes’. Anyone you know?
Supplementary Information Forms (SIFs) to Apply for Places at Church Schools
If you are applying for a church primary school place to start in September 2019, I will sign SIFs in the first two weeks of January. So please email me to make an appointment.
If you are thinking of applying to a church secondary school in future then please remember that you will be asked to provide a SIF. This will reflect recent church attendance. Church schools continue to be heavily oversubscribed. Some ask about attendance for up to the previous five years.
Once again, I am very grateful to Gavin Monk for setting up such an excellent system which enables me to give an accurate picture when I give information to schools.
And Finally
… if you haven’t seen this lesson in ‘try, try and try again’ then you’re in for a treat. Its suitable for children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMJK29y4OfE
I look forward to being with you on Sunday.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annunciationmarblearch@gmail.com
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Friday 2nd November 2018Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (4 November)
I wondered if you marked Halloween. If you did then you’re tapping into an ancient tradition because in this part of the world at the end of October - with its darker nights and the ‘dying of the year’ -peoples’ minds turned to thoughts of mortality.
When the Christianity spread into northern Europe old customs were given a new slant. No longer was death something to be feared. Death is natural because we are part of creation. We are caught up in its cycles. And beyond death is judgement and (hopefully) the gift of heaven.
So, the Church drew people into a different paradigm.
1 November is All Saints Day when we give thanks for all those named in the Christian calendar who have been lights in their own generations. They are examples to us all.
2 November is All Souls Day when we remember the people whose lives have shaped our own and who have now gone to glory.
Pagan religion was scary. The Christian faith is full of hope – a true comfort when we are bereaved.
Because it is difficult for people to commit to marking these festivals on the actual day, the first Sunday of November is kept as All Saints’ Sunday, a time to consciously commit ourselves to being true participants in the household of God.
Heating
The works at the east end involving scaffolding will now take place from Monday 12 November and should be finished the following Friday.
If anyone would still like to make a donation for the works, please let me know. Thank you.
Coming Up
On Tuesdays the A Capella Coffee Group meets at 9.30am and the Children’s Choir at 3.45pm - both in church.
This week in Portman Square Gardens there’s an exhibition called Marylebone Remembered 1914-1918. Its open daily, 10.00am – 4.00pm and commemorates the centenary of the end of World War 1. Do go along. Its sure to be full of fascinating insights into this neighbourhood’s history.
Wednesday 7 November, 7.00pm. Priya Dhingra’s Practice is running a session on understanding anxiety in young people at 23 Harcourt Street W1H 4HJ.
Tuesday 27 November, 7.15pm at All Saints Margaret Street Parish Room: A meeting to explore the possibility of going on a pilgrimage in May 2020. Following the success of the trip to Italy in May this year we’re thinking of doing something similar the year after next. Armenia is a frontrunner at the moment but this is only the first meeting in the planning stage so its all up for grabs. If you would like to know more but can’t come to the meeting please email me to indicate your interest. Thank you.
On Tuesday 13 November at 5.30pm the Christmas lights are being switched on, on the Edgware Road. From 6.00pm until 8.00pm there’s a reception to celebrate at the London Hilton Metropole Hotel.
Christmas Services
Please put these dates in your diary now and do come along.
Friday 7 December
6.30pm Chaplaincy Among Deaf and Deaf Blind People Carol Service.
Saturday 15 December
6.30pm Lessons & Carols for Christmas followed by Mulled Wine & Mince Pies
Wednesday 20 December
9.30am Hampden Gurney School Mass in Church
Thursday 21 December, 6.30pm – 9.00pm
Christmas Fizz Drinks Party for Adults at the Vicarage. Everyone in the congregation invited and we’ll be joined by other members of the community. Please Fr Gerald know if you are coming for catering purposes. Thank you.
Monday 24 December Christmas Eve
4.00pm Short Informal Crib Service for Children
11.00pm Midnight Mass
Tuesday 25 December Christmas Day
10.30am Parish Mass
The Feast of the Annunciation, Monday 25 March 2019. 7.30pm High Mass & Procession. Celebrant & Preacher: The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London. This will be a really important day in the life of the parish so please put in your 2019 diaries.
Useful Information
https://marble-arch.london/ lets the community know about what is going on around Marble Arch. A new page has been added entitled ‘Hidden Heroes’. Anyone you know?
Church Secondary School Supplementary Information Forms
If you are applying for a place at a church secondary school in the next academic year and you would like me to sign a form please contact me asap. I will be away and out of the country, 12 – 23 November.
I look forward to being with you on Sunday.
Yours in Christ
Fr Gerald
vicar.annuciationmarblearch@gmail.com
Events
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Tuesday 20th November 2018 9:30am-10:30am
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Tuesday 20th November 2018 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 27th November 2018 9:30am-10:30am
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Tuesday 27th November 2018 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 4th December 2018 9:30am-10:30am
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Tuesday 11th December 2018 9:30am-10:30am
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Wednesday 12th December 2018 4:00pm-9:00pm
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Tuesday 18th December 2018 9:30am-10:30am
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Tuesday 15th January 2019 at 7:30pm
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Tuesday 15th January 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 22nd January 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 29th January 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 5th February 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
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Tuesday 12th February 2019 3:45pm-4:45pm
