Dear all
We are looking forward, as always, to welcoming you to our services this coming Sunday (28th). As it is the fourth Sunday of the month, we will have the delight of our professional choir singing at the Eucharist as well as Matins. As we approach the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on Wednesday 22nd May, we are required to make sure that our Electoral Roll records are accurate and up to date. We shall be putting a list of all those on the Roll up in church ahead of this Sunday - the sidespeople will be able to show you where it is. The list will be up for two weeks, before it is closed until after the APCM. On Sunday 12th May we shall be particularly celebrating our Bellringers, who draw us to worship each week with their wonderful ringing and who form, as people have said, part of the familiar “soundscape” of Kensington. Bellringers will be speaking to us briefly at each of the services, and they will also be announcing a date for a visit to the bell tower for those who may be interested. Mother Alice has recently sent us a 'postcard from Lancashire' with some of the challenges and experiences she has had so far in her new parish. The postcard can be read HERE. We are excited about our upcoming joint event with our neighbour, the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Simon Stock on Kensington Church Street. Fr Tony Parsons of the Carmelites and our own Fr Evan will be reflecting together on Easter, Ascension and Pentecost through three works of art on Saturday 18th May (the day before Pentecost) between 10 am and 12 noon. This promises to be an inspiring and very interesting talk; entrance is free, but spaces are limited so do book HERE or contact Leonora. May I also extend warm congratulations to another of our RC neighbours – Mgr Jim Curry, parish priest at Our Lady of Victories on the High Street and chair of Churches Together in Kensington, who has been appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Westminster. O Christ, our true vine, may we your branches be ever fruitful in your service and share your love and peace with all your children, in the power of the Spirit and to the glory of the Father, Amen [Response to Psalm128 Common Worship, Daily Prayer] With my love and prayers Mother Emma 25th April 2024 |
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