First Sunday of Advent - St George's Church, Beckenham
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St George WELCOME A very warm welcome to St George’s Parish Church for o u r F a m i l y S e r v i c e Eucharist. There is no Junior Church today. Large Print service-books are available. There is a loop system; please adjust the setting of your personal hearing aid. Please join us for coffee and conversation after the service. ADVENT The Season of expectation and preparation, a time of divine birth and divine judgement. The new Church year begins today as we say farewell to St Luke and welcome again St Matthew. The Gospel passage today speaks of the Parousia (the second coming of Christ, in the NT). SUPPORT Thank you for supporting St George’s Church. You can make your donation even more valuable if you use the envelopes provided as we are able to reclaim the tax on your gift, but only if you fill in the details on the front of the envelope. ‘Pray for the peace of Jerusalem’ First Sunday of Advent 1 December 2019 Isaiah 2.1-5 Isaiah’s vision of a world at peace based on a common faith, at a time when Israel was being threatened with violence. The vision also appears in Micah (4.1-5), a contemporary of Isaiah. Romans 13.11-14 Paul urges the Christians in Rome to prepare for the imminent return of Christ by adopting not just hopeful anticipation, but a Christ-like moral character. Matthew 24.36-44 St Matthew’s account of the ‘Little Apocalypse,’ which closely follows earlier Jewish writings, depicts the time when Christ will come to establish God’s reign. For St Matthew, this would be at an unexpected time.
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WELCOME A very warm welcome to St George’s Parish Church for o u r F a m i l y S e r v i c e Eucharist. There is no Junior Church today. Large Print service-books are available. There is a loop system; please adjust the setting of your personal hearing aid. Please join us for coffee and conver sa t ion a f t e r t he service.
ADVENT The Season of expectation and preparation, a time of divine bir th and divine judgement. The new Church year begins today as we say farewell to St Luke and welcome again St Matthew. The Gospel passage today speaks of the Parousia (the second coming of Christ, in the NT).
SUPPORT Thank you for supporting St
George’s Church. You can
make your donation even
more valuable if you use the
envelopes provided as we
are able to reclaim the tax
on your gift, but only if you
fill in the details on the front
of the envelope.
‘Pray for the peace of Jerusalem’
First Sunday of Advent 1 December 2019
Isaiah 2.1-5 Isaiah’s vision of a world at peace based on a common faith, at a time when Israel was being threatened with violence. The vision also appears in Micah (4.1-5), a contemporary of Isaiah.
Romans 13.11-14 Paul urges the Christians in Rome to prepare for the imminent return of Christ by adopting not just hopeful anticipation, but a Christ-like moral character.
Matthew 24.36-44 St Matthew’s account of the ‘Little Apocalypse,’ which closely follows earlier Jewish writings, depicts the time when Christ will come to establish God’s reign. For St Matthew, this would be at an unexpected time.
hymnsProcessional: Lo! He comes, with clouds descendingGradual: Come, thou long-expected JesusOffertory: O thou who at thy Eucharist Recessional: Praise to the Holiest in the height (omit vv 3&4)
music by Janey and Junior Choir
psalm 122(8am service)I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem;Jerusalem, built as a city that is at unity in itself.Thither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as is decreed for Israel,to give thanks to the name of the Lord.For there are set the thrones of judgement, the thrones of the house of David. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you.‘Peace be within your walls and tranquillity within your palaces.’For my kindred and companions’ sake, I will pray that peace be with you.For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek to do you good.
Junior Church back in the hall on the 8 Dec our theme will be “Prepare the way”.
Advent wreath Prayer Blessed are you, sovereign Lord, God of our ancestors:to you be praise and glory for ever. You called the patriarchs to live by the light of faith and to journey in the hope of your promised fulfilment. May we be obedient to your call and be ready and watchful to receive your Christ, a lamp to our feet and a light to our path; for you are our light and our salvation. Blessed be God for ever.
Sunday 8 December 2019- Second Sunday of Advent - (Year A) 8.00am Holy Communion (said)9.30am Sung Eucharist5.30pm Choral Evensong
Eucharist 5.30pm Choral Evensong First Reading: Isaiah 11. 1-10 1 Kings 18. 17-39 Second Reading: Romans 15. 4-13 John 1 . 19-28 Gospel: Matthew 3.1-12
5.30pm Advent Carol Service with Service Book
NoticesAdvent and Christmas - details of our services are available at the back of the church.
Wibberley Funerals Christmas Memorial Service Tue 3 Dec at 7.45pmNicholas & Rachael Wibberley warmly invite members of the parish of St George’s to attend a service of carols, readings and an act of remembrance. The service will be led by Fr Jeremy and will be followed by light refreshments. All are most welcome.
CTiB Carol Singing at Waitrose for Christian Aid 7 Dec - St George’s singers 11.30am to 12.15pm or attend another session if you can. The event begins at 10am.
Alb Washing for Christmas Sun 8 Dec after the 9.30am please collect Albs from the font.Altar vessels cleaning Wed 11 Dec at 11.15am - help needed.
South East London Orchestra next concert at St Barnabas Church, on Sun 8 Dec at 4.00pm.
Welcare in Bromley at Christmas – We have been asked to provide vouchers (not toys) for the Service Users this year. Please be generous to those less fortunate, who would like to get gifts, or even food, for their children. No voucher should be more than £10. One4All from the Post office (these cost £10 minimum) are useful as they can be spent at a large number of shops. Others suggested are Tesco and Sainsbury vouchers (£5 or £10). (NOT WHSmith). If you prefer you can give money and we can buy the vouchers. Please give vouchers or money to Mary in the office before Monday 9 Dec. Thank you Pamela Stuart, Parish Rep.
Bromley Homeless Shelter are looking for volunteers for this winter. If you can help contact them via their website www.bromleyshelter.org or speak to Revd. Maggie or David Davies for further information.
Tickets The Strawbs and the Pantomime are now on sale from the Parish Office.
The choir is making its first foray into the central London concert scene on Sat 8 Feb 2020, with a concert at St John’s Smith Square. They will be performing alongside Russian pianist Arina Lazgiian and the Chameleon Arts Orchestra in a programme comprising Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor and Haydn’s Nelson Mass. Tickets are now on sale both from the SJSS box office, and from Mary in the church office. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Junior Church Christmas initiative 2019 IMPORTANT UPDATE
Thank you for the many donations of items and money for both of our initiatives to date. Keep on collecting and donating Our first charity is Bromley Homeless Shelter. It is open for Christmas and throughout the winter months. Our plan is to collect and wrap 12 shoe boxes and fill them with toiletries, underwear, socks, nibbles, scarves, gloves and hats to give to those who are in the shelter over Christmas. We will continue this initiative until the shelter closes.
Secondly we will collect and wrap 10 to 12 shoe boxes and fill them with toys, books, stationery, chocolate and sweets for Bromley Children Project which helps disadvantaged families with advice and support including parenting courses.
Finally - Bromley Brighter Beginnings. We managed to deliver 6 children’s boxes this week to go in the hampers that the charity is making up for the Bromley and Croydon Women’s Aid Domestic Violence Refuge. They were very gratefully received. Many thanks. June Mackenzie************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Bring and Share a Prayer An album containing copies of the prayers brought and shared in August now resides in the library corner, for browsing. We hope to hold another series of Bring and Share a Prayer in the New Year.
calendar Sunday 1 December First Sunday of Advent 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Family Service Eucharist 5.30pm Advent Carol Service
Monday 2 Dec Feria 9.00am Holy Communion
Tuesday 3 Dec Feria 10.00am Holy Communion (at St Barnabas Church)
7.45pm Wibberley Funerals Christmas Memorial Service
Wednesday 4 Dec Feria 10.30am Holy Communion
Thursday 5 Dec Feria 12.30pm Holy Communion
Friday 6 Dec Nicholas Bp of Myra 12.30pm Recital 8.00pm The Strawbs
Saturday 7 Dec Ambrose, Bp of Milan 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Recital 7.00pm BYMT
Monday to Friday 8.00am Morning Prayer
contact us Parish Office: 020 8663 [email protected]@StGeorgeBeck
intercessions For those who are sick:
collect Almighty God,give us grace to cast away the works of darknessand to put on the armour of light,now in the time of this mortal life,in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; that on the last day,when he shall come again in his glorious majestyto judge the living and the dead,we may rise to the life immortal;through him who is alive and reigns with you,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever. Amen
‘He is God not of the dead, but of the living’
‘The Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour’
Rodney Brook
Pearl Clark
John Emly
Jennifer Hudd
Leslie McLetchey
Sid Paine
Doreen Russell
Nick Sales
Christian Strover
Frank Thompson
Louise Williams
