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This Sunday - 26th October - Last Sunday after Trinity
8am BCP Morning Prayer led by Revd Margot Suter
10am Holy Communion led by Revd Margot Suter this service will be livestreamedhere. Junior Church are on a half term break. We will be back on Sunday 9thNovember at 9.30am, but please don’t forget our All Age Service next Sunday.
Collect for the Last Sunday after Trinity Merciful God, teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty, that trusting in your word and obeying your will we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayers this week
For Florence Herridge and family and all those bringing her to baptism on Sunday
For the family and friends of those that have recently died: Pauline Thame
British Summer Time ends this weekend Remember to turn your clocks back before going to bed this Saturday, or you’ll be an hour early for Sunday’sServices
Mosaic Celebration On Sunday 2nd November after the 10am All Age Service, everyone is welcome to join us in celebrating and giving thanks for the beautiful Tree of Life Mosaic we now have at the Fitzwilliams Centre. There will be prayers of thanksgiving at about 10.40am followed by coffee and brunch in the hall.
Lest We Forget - 8th November This Remembrance season some local theatre group members are getting together at St Mary’s to perform an evening of readings, poetry and song. Their poster ishere. This is thelink to book.
Reminders and Community News
Lunchtime Recital - 25th October at 12.30pm Hugh Suggett will play music by Franz Strauss and Eugène Bozza on French Horn, accompanied by Juliet Edwards. Free, donations welcome. For poster click here.
Charity Bingo evening Saturday 25th October at St Thomas’. Please come and support. Download the poster with more details here.
Chiltern Rangers are coming back to St Mary's Please join us on Monday 27th October 10am-3pm to help with native bulb planting in the churchyard. We'll also be putting up the bird boxes made last time by pupils from St Mary's Primary School. Please feel free to bring your own trowel and gardening gloves. It's free to join the session but please sign up through the following link. We hope to see you there!
Country Fair total announced Thank you once again to all those who made the 2025 Beaconsfield Country Fair such a success, organising stalls and activities, serving on the bbq and cream teas as well as the all-important planning, set up and tidy up. We are really pleased to announce that the total raised was £13,708.19. Cancer Research UK, Rotary Beaconsfield and the Friends of St Mary’s will all receive £4,500. Wendy & Harriet on behalf of the BCF Committee.
Harvest Thanks We were delighted to take all your generous gifts up to Newham for their food bank on Tuesday morning where they were very gratefully received. Thank you for so many wonderful contributions not forgetting the contributions from each class at Butlers Court School. It was good to celebrate the Harvest together and also share food and fellowship afterwards. Thank you to all who brought delicious cakes, fruit and pastries to make it a happy event. “All good gifts around us…”
Caring for Creation - Ecumenical group We plan to meet as a group of people from across the churches in Beaconsfield to discuss Caring for Creation. The hope is to meet 3 or 4 times a year to share ideas, encourage and work together in caring for God's creation. The first meeting will be 7pm Wednesday 12th November in Room 2, upstairs in the Fitzwilliams Centre. I would be grateful if you could let me know if you would like to come revlucyfj@gmail.com It would be great to have a number of representatives from each of the Beaconsfield churches.
Guess Who’s Coming to Lunch - Sunday 16th November Join us for this fun social mystery mixer, where we join unknown guests over lunch after church. Fill in a form by clicking here or ask the office for more information. Full poster here.
Bekonscot Carols by Twilight - calling all singers! This will be a short Community Carol Service held outdoors at Bekonscot at 4pm on Sunday 7th December and we need a small group to encourage the public carol singing! It will just be favourite carols, accompanied by Rhiannon Scott on keyboard, so no rehearsals required. Please let Sharon know if you would like to be part of this - sharon.roberts433@gmail.com.
Our mailing address is: St Mary & All Saints Church, Beaconsfield Parish Office - The Fitzwilliams Centre Windsor End Beaconsfield, BucksHP9 2JWUnited Kingdom
