DIARY DETAILS
Sunday 10th November [Remembrance Sunday]
9:45am Communion Service (St Botolph’s)
followed by the Act of Remembrance
10:50am Morning Service (St Peter’s)
6/6:30pm Rock Solid (in St Peter’s Church Hall)
Monday 11th November 7:15pm Women’s Get Together (at Castle)
Wednesday 13th November
10:30am Communion Service (St Peter’s)
12 noon Vicarage Hour (at the Vicarage)
2:30pm PCC Meeting (at the Vicarage)
Saturday 16th November
7:30pm Colchester Choral Society concert (St Botolph’s)
Sunday 17th November
9:45am Morning Prayer (St Botolph’s)
11:00am Communion Service (St Peter’s)
CYCLE OF PRAYER
Parish Prayer Cycle: for all in our Parish who live or work in Osborne Street, St John’s Street, Abbeygate Street and St John’s Avenue.
Daily Prayer Cycle: for ground staff and visitors to Castle Park.
Diocesan Prayer Cycle: Ever-living God, We remember those whom you have gathered from the storm of war into the peace of your presence; may that same peace calm our fears, bring justice to all peoples and establish harmony among the nations, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A prayer from the Church of England.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Wherever God rules over the human heart as King, there is the Kingdom of God established.
Paul W. Harrison
CHURCH NOTICES
Children’s Society Boxes. Please bring in your boxes for the opening. Thank you very much. Jackie Haylett
Operation Christmas Child — Shoeboxes. A simple shoebox gift packed with love and fuelled by prayer can have a huge impact, reaching hard to access communities around the world and really can change lives. Today is the last day for ‘dropping-off’ in church, but there are several other locations around Colchester accepting shoeboxes for the next few days.
“Rock Solid” is an informal evening for people of all ages, with contemporary worship songs and relevant Bible teaching. All are welcome. The next Rock Solid is this evening, 10th November, in the St Peter’s Church Hall — 6 for 6:30pm.
The next Women’s Get Together is tomorrow, Monday 11th November, at 7:15pm at Castle Methodist Church. The topic is Remembrance (WGT). For more information, please contact Gill Poppleton (570725).
The Vicar’s Vestry Hour is now at the Vicarage. Please feel free to drop into the Vicarage any time between 12 and 1pm to ask Mark a question, to raise a concern, or just for a chat!
The Parochial Church Council meets on Wednesday 13th November, at the Vicarage, at 2:30pm.
Light a Candle Service. Hunnaball of Colchester Funeral Service invites you to a ‘Light a Candle Service of Remembrance’ on Saturday 16th November, 11:00am, at St James the Great (East Hill). This ecumenical service aims to bring together those who have suffered bereavement in their lives, and to offer them the opportunity to receive comfort as they remember their loved ones. For more information, phone 760049.
The Army Band (formerly the Band of the PARA’s) are giving their Christmas concert in St Botolph’s on Thursday 5th December at 7:30 pm. Tickets £12.00 each are available from David Poppleton. See poster and fliers in the Welcome Area.
First Bus ‘Safe and Better Journey Cards’. On the initiative of First Bus, there are cards made available, designed to help people use public transport where previously they may have faced difficulties. The cards provide a way of asking for assistance in a simple and discreet way when shown to the driver. There are cards available for you to pick up at the back of the church (please cut out the relevant card). Alternatively, you can download them on https://www.firstgroup.com/uploads/node_images/Safe_Journey_Card.pdf
A Christmas Carol is being recited by Anthony Roberts at St Botolph’s on Sunday 8th December at 3pm. Tickets are £5 for adults available on the door, free for children. Please see the posters for further details.
Services at Castle. There will be a regular 6:30 pm Communion service at Castle Methodists Church on the third Sunday of each month, starting on Sunday 15th December. All are invited, especially members of the Town Centre benefice.
Diaries 2020. There will be no free diaries for 2020 as the company that provided them has ceased trading.