Theme: Mission to the
Gentiles
27 Sept- 10.30am Parish Eucharist, Preacher: Gill
Merrick, The Children’s Society
27 Sept – 4.30pm Songs of Praise
2 Oct – 2pm St James School Harvest Festival
4 Oct – 9am Harvest Festival
Welcome to All Saints and St
James
Going Deeper into God and
Are you new to the parish? Please sit wherever
Making New Disciples
you would like! All are welcome at God’s Altar –
either to receive Communion or to receive a
blessing. There are toys and books available for
children. We would like you to feel welcomed.
Prayers
- For the sick and infirm: George Thompson,
Janet Smith, Geoff Smith, Mary Dawe, Miriam
Knowles
- For the departed: Stephen Roff
- For the anniversaries of departed: Nancy Allott,
Gerald Dodson, Frances Brooks
All Saints Diary
13 Sept – 10.30am Baptism of Sienna Varley
14 Sept – 7pm Eucharist then PCC
19 Sept – 3pm Shalom tour of Our Lady of
Ransom Roman Catholic church in Kempston
23 Sept – 7.30pm Confirmation at the
Transfiguration Kempston with the Bishop of
Bedford, all welcome
26 Sept – 10am-4pm Cluster Quiet Day at
Marston Mortaine
27 Sept- 10.30am Parish Eucharist, Preacher: Gill
Merrick, The Children’s Society
4 Oct – 10.30am Harvest Festival
St James Diary
9 Sept – 7pm Eucharist then PCC meeting
13 Sept 9am Baptism of Leah Hope
16 Sept 7.30pm Mission Action Planning Review
at 15 Church End. All welcome.
19 Sept – 3pm Shalom tour of Our Lady of
Ransom Roman Catholic church in Kempston
23 Sept – 7.30pm Confirmation at the
Transfiguration Kempston with the Bishop of
Bedford, all welcome
26 Sept – 10am-4pm Cluster Quiet Day at
Marston Mortaine
Evening services:
1st Sunday: Holy Eucharist at St. James
2nd Sunday: Evening Prayer at All Saints
3rd Sunday: Evening Prayer at St. James
Cluster Quiet Day: The Forest Centre, Marston
Mortaine Sat 26 Sept, 10am-4pm. £12.
Refreshments but bring pack lunch. Pls sign list
'Songs of Praise' at St. James, Sun 27 Sept,
4.30 pm: the sign-up sheet (your favourite/why)
is now at the back of Church until Sun 30 Aug.
David and Suzette Maguire.
PCCs ask both St James and All Saints to
support Bedford Foodbank - need tinned
vegetables, tea bags, sugar and rice, toilet rolls
and shower gel -greatly appreciated.
Natter Club meets on Thurs 17 Sept 2-6pm at
All Saints Hall: 3pm Talk: crime prevention/home
security, 4.30pm Children’s craft work. Elaine.
The Bereavement Ministry, Supporting
Bereaved People Course, Lydia Humphreys
(Transfig, Kempston) Thursdays: 10 and 17
September, 7.30pm St James’s Church Barn.
Caring for all who have been bereaved. Ann M
/Stephen.
Help needed! Please bake for the church cake
stall at the Biddenham Show on Sun 6 Sept and
/or an hour of help on the cake stall or the
human fruit machine Please sign list . Ann M
Pilgrim Course on the Lord’s Prayer: Mondays
21, 28 Sept, 5, 12,19 and 26 Oct at 7.30pm. All
Saints Church Hall. All welcome, please sign list.
Bishop’s Harvest Appeal 2015 supports
children with disabilities in Uganda. Also
collecting items for Bedford Foodbank at St
James and for Prebend Street Day Centre at All
Saints
St. James's church choir urgently needs new
members. Practise: Fridays 7-8pm. We are a
friendly team and would love to welcome new
members. Anne C (214805), Fran M (217685).
Concert (Friends of St James): Bedford Gallery
Quire St James’s Church 7.30pm Sat 17 Oct.
£10 (£7 for members) Chris Jones (211759) or
Anthea Slark (350644), or sign list.
St James Mission Action Planning Review on
Wed 16 Sept 7.30pm at 15 Church End. All
welcome.
Flower Festival Bunyan Church 25-27 Sept
Job vacancy at Holywell Lodge –see website for
more info
Transforming Communities
All Saints Lunch club – All Saints Lunch
Club, Wed 16 Sept 12.30 pm at The Cross Keys.
All welcome, Anita Lowe (857212).
St James Explorers, Church Barn every Sunday
apart from first Sunday of the month and school
holidays. Joe Warren (351761)
Contacts: Ministry team: Stephen Huckle
(852241) huckles@fsmail.net Christopher Dawe
(363890) reader@thedawes.co.uk All
Saints:www.allsaintskempston.com,
Churchwardens: Brenda Walker (851597),
Margaret Leighton (854674) All Saints website:
jeremy@allsaintskempston.com St James:
www.stjamesbiddenham.com Churchwarden:
Laurie Hurn (364251), Edwin Martin (348718) St
James website: June Kuria
junedeprince@hotmail.com Pewsheet:
madeleinefone@hotmail.co.uk