Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, London
Services
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Sunday 18 August 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 374 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds 137 Come down, O Love divine 310 We hail thy Presence glorious 368 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah First Lesson: Hebrews 11. 29 - 12. 2 Gospel: Luke 12. 49-56 Mass Setting: Missa "O Magnum Mysterium" - T.L. de Victoria Motet: I was glad - Henry Purcell Voluntary: Fugue in E minor ("The Wedge", S. 548) - J.S. Bach
Role People Clergy Fr Gerald Beauchamp Sidesman Marie Sarkis (El-Hage)
Reader Jad El-Hage
Server
Refreshments Enrico Tassinari
Sunday School Session Leader Julia Duhamel
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator Sherry Robbins
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance Vincent Forestier Boudaoua
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 20 August 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 25 August 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 478 Ye watchers and ye holy ones 104 At the Lamb's high feast we sing 466 Thou, whose almighty word 385 Jesu, the very thought of thee First Lesson: Hebrews 12. 18-29 Gospel: Luke 13. 10-17 Mass Setting: Communion Service in C - C.V. Stanford Motet: Geistliches lied - Johannes Brahms Voluntary: Impromptu - Louis Vierne
Role People Clergy Sidesman
Reader
Server
Refreshments Annie Ee (Tassinari)
Sunday School Session Leader Freya Shankar
Sunday School 8+ Leader
Sunday School Crafts Coordinator
Sunday School Music
Children's Church Attendance Ken Goldsbrough
Sunday School Tables Volunteer
Clearing up
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Tuesday 27 August 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 1 September 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 333 All my hope on God is founded 381 Jerusalem the golden 471 We love the place, O God 464 Thou art the way: by thee alone First Lesson: Hebrews 13. 1-8 & 15-16 Gospel: Luke 14. 7-14
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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Tuesday 3 September 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 8 September 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 185 Sing we of the Blessed Mother 186 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
(if needed)183 O glorious Maid, exalted far First Lesson: Galatians 4. 4-7 Gospel: Luke 1. 46-55
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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Tuesday 10 September 2019 at 12:30pm
Liturgy Details
Role People Clergy Server
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Sunday 15 September 2019 at 10:30am
Liturgy Details Hymns: 436 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven 358 Father of heaven, whose love profound 459 The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want First Lesson: 1 Timothy 1. 12-17 Gospel: Luke 15. 1-10
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
News
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Friday 16th August 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (18 August)
… is the Ninth Sunday after Trinity.
The gospel is an uncompromising blast from Jesus about reading the signs of the times. We see a cloud in the sky and we know that it’s going to rain. So, why don’t we see the ‘clouds’ on other horizons and take the appropriate action?
On the face of it, the divisions that Jesus talks about seem very harsh. Why would he want to pit members of the same family against each other? But the hype is to bring home the tough choices that we have to make in order to realise (make real) what God wants in the world.
Jesus was no lofty theorist. The cross makes clear that he knew the cost of hard decisions and was prepared to pay the ultimate price. Divine courage is in short supply but ever more necessary in a world that seems to be on the brink of some serious shifts in power.
Vincent Forestier is checking-in the children's attendance on Sunday.
Please continue to pray especially for
… Sandeep, Anika and Samara and all of Priya Dhingra’s family and friends as they mourn Priya’s death.
Booking the Church
The Annunciation is increasingly being used for a wide variety of events. So, if you think that there may be something suitable that you would like to see in church, please let me know.
Two New Posts Being Offered
The parish is Looking for a Part-Time Administrator and a Part-Time Youth & Children’s Worker. Please let me know if you would like the details or know of someone who may be interested.
Both posts are being advertised on the Diocese of London website.
Looking Ahead
‘Christians In Media’ is to host a first annual church service. The Bishop-Designate of Dover Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin and the Rt Rev Dr Graham Tomlin, the Bishop of Kensington, will be taking part in the first ever service for Christians working in the media industry on Thursday 10 October at All Souls, Langham Place. Doors open at 6.15pm with refreshments and canapés upon arrival. The service will begin at 7pm and is expected to end no later than 8.30pm. Tea, coffee will be served after the service finishes. The service is a free event and registration is open now via Eventbrite to RSVP.
‘The Quality of Mercy’ is the title of a lecture series being given in St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square during the autumn starting on Wednesday 11 September. Speakers and participants are drawn from a wide range of well-known people from within the Church and the arts including the actors Juliet Stephenson and Simon Russell Beale. There are fliers at the back of the church and there’s more information at www.smitf.org
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 9th August 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (11 August)
… is the Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
The gospel once again brings home the importance of having our sights set not on the material things that pass away but the more nuanced and spiritual world that is eternal. They keyword is ‘watchfulness’. It’s not a million miles from the notion of ‘mindfulness’ that’s enjoying considerable vogue at the moment.
Sunday afternoon
… Margaret Gold, Arjan van Bussel and Isabel invite friends to join them for a bring & share picnic in Portman Square from 2.30pm onwards. They’ve been very much part of the Annunciation community for many years with Margaret a regular member of the Sunday School team. We’ve always enjoyed the visits made by Margaret’s mother from Canada.
The weather forecast isn’t great for this weekend, so Plan B is to have the picnic in church.
Margaret & Co are relocating to Leiden in The Netherlands to begin a new chapter in life. Thank you, Margaret, Arjan and Isabel for all that you have given to the Annunciation in the time that you have been here, and we wish you every happiness and prosperity in the future.
Please continue to pray especially for
… Sandeep, Anika and Samara and all of Priya Dhingra’s family and friends as they mourn Priya’s death.
This Week
… sees the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Thursday 15 August. There’s a High Mass & Procession at All Saints Margaret Street starting at 6.30pm.
People who go on holiday to catholic countries often remark on how moved and impressed they are by church street processions, but they do happen here so if you’re in London please come along on Thursday and be part of the church’s witness in the West End.
Looking Ahead
Pilgrimage to Armenia in 12-21 May 2020. Price: £1675 per person in a single room. Booking for this is now closed. 27 people from four churches (The Annunciation, St Cyprian’s, All Saints Margaret St & All Saints Notting Hill) are going. Over the next few weeks if anyone really feels that they’d like to come please get in touch.
Booking the Church
The Annunciation is increasingly being used for a wide variety of events. So, if you think that there may be something suitable that you would like to see in church, please let me know.
Two New Posts Being Offered
The parish is Looking for a Part-Time Administrator and a Part-Time Youth & Children’s Worker. Please let me know if you would like the details or know of someone who may be interested.
There were no suitable applicants first time round so both posts are being re-advertised.
The Quality of Mercy
… is the title of a lecture series being given in St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square during the autumn starting on Wednesday 11 September. Speakers and participants are drawn from a wide range of well-known people from within the Church and the arts including the actors Juliet Stephenson and Simon Russell Beale. There are fliers at the back of the church and there’s more information at www.smitf.org
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 2nd August 2019Fr Gerald's Weekly Email
This Sunday (4 August)
… is the Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
The Gospel implores us to put first things first. Jesus uses the idea of a farmer who had some good years, built barns and became complacent. It’s a salutary reminder to take nothing for granted.
Ken Goldsbrough is noting the children's attendance on Sunday.
Please pray especially for
… Sandeep, Anika and Samara and all of Priya Dhingra’s family and friends as they mourn her death. I’ve been sent a photo of the packed church in Vellore, Southern India where her funeral was held yesterday. It looks like it was a fitting tribute to a wonderful woman whose life has been tragically cut short.
Times like this can throw us all off balance. It’s good to talk and my door is always open.
Looking Ahead
Pilgrimage to Armenia in 12-21 May 2020. Price: £1675 per person in a single room. Booking for this is now closed. 27 people from four churches (The Annunciation, St Cyprian’s, All Saints Margaret St & All Saints Notting Hill) are going. Over the next few weeks if anyone really feels that they’d like to come please get in touch.
Booking the Church
The Annunciation is increasingly being used for a wide variety of events. So, if you think that there may be something suitable that you would like to see in church, please let me know.
Two New Posts Being Offered
The parish is Looking for a Part-Time Administrator and a Part-Time Youth & Children’s Worker. Please let me know if you would like the details or know of someone who may be interested.
There were no suitable applicants first time round so both posts are being re-advertised.
The Quality of Mercy
… is the title of a lecture series being given in St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square during the autumn starting on Wednesday 11 September. Speakers and participants are drawn from a wide range of well-known people from within the Church and the arts including the actors Juliet Stephenson and Simon Russell Beale. There are fliers at the back of the church and there’s more information at www.smitf.org
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 17th September 2019 at 7:30pm
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Wednesday 23rd October 2019 3:00pm-10:00pm
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Tuesday 12th November 2019 at 7:30pm
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
You can also obtain more information from Childline: 0800 1111
and Westminster City Council (Safeguarding children & Safeguarding vulnerable individuals)
