ONLINE NEWS
Services
For information on our services please visit our worship page
Church opening times this week:
Monday 11.00 - 13.00
Tuesday 10.00 - 13.00
Wednesday church closed for organ tuning after the morning services
Thursday 10.00 - 13.00
Friday 10.00 - 13.00
Saturday 10.00 - 13.00 Repair Café, 14.00 Memorial Service for Dorothy McDowall
Thursday Eucharist Livestream
The Thursday 10am Eucharist will not be live streamed during August.
Monday Lunchtime Concerts will resume on 5 September
Programmes for the Autumn 2022 series are available in church.
The Vacancy
Over the next few months we will be seeking and appointing a new Rector for High Wycombe. We are seeking a Priest who feels called by God to this place, and can lead us as we move forward. Our first step is to gather views from those who worship here or visit during the week.
We’d like your answers to four questions:
· What do we do well?
· How do we need to improve?
· How can we make a bigger difference in Wycombe?
· What might stop us making a bigger difference in Wycombe?
You’ll find places set up in church to contribute, and if you get News by post or online, you’re welcome to send views by email to office@allsaintshighwycombe.org too.
We hope that you will feel able to get involved, by sharing your views, helping out at church where you can, and praying regularly for God to bring the right person to serve the people of High Wycombe. Thank you, Lis and Jenny, Churchwardens.
Save The Date – Summer Church Big Clean
The Fabric Committee will be holding a summer church big clean on Saturday 20th August from 10am and we are looking for volunteers to help. Please let the Churchwardens know if you will be able to attend.
You don’t need to bring anything with you as cleaning supplies will be provided.
A light lunch will also be provided by the Churchwardens
Jenny and Lis
Masks
Please note that we invite people to wear masks while in the building
Growing Hope Charity sponsorship
The Revd Wendy Bull, vicar of St Anne’s and St Peter’s, High Wycombe is running “The Big Half”, a half marathon in London, for ‘Growing Hope’ High Wycombe, a charity run in partnership with St James’ Downley that offers free therapy to children and young people (0-18) with additional needs, and provides support for parents, carers, and siblings. You can sponsor Wendy online: www.givey.com/wendyfromwycombegrowinghope
Wycombe Homeless Connection need cake!
The Beaconsfield Country Fayre is a wonderful community event held on bank holiday Monday 29th August. Wycombe Homeless Connection are running a fundraising and awareness-raising stand and we need donations of lots of cakes and bakes, preserves, sweets, treatsand allotment produce.
This is a simple, generous way you can help us serve people who are homeless in our community. Anything you make, bake or grow we will willingly take – we will be arranging drop off points and collections of donations. Please let us know if you are able to donate by emailing communications@wwns.org.uk or call 01494 447699 and we’ll be back in touch with details. Thank you. Heather Stanley
Led by the Spirit at All Saints’ High Wycombe Sunday 18 September 5pm
Join us onsite and online as we gather to celebrate Eucharist together, with contemporary music and prayer ministry. Our president will be the Revd Jody Stowell, Vicar of St Michael's Harrow, and our preacher is the Revd Alice Watson, Chaplain of Queen's College Oxford. All are welcome!
Ukrainian refugees
For those of you who are involved with welcoming and hosting Ukrainian refugees, All Saints has joined the Welcome Churches network. They have set up a new website: ukrainewelcome.org. If you would like a copy of the following resources, please contact the church office: 01494 527526 or office@allsaintshighwycombe.org
· Ukraine Welcomer training - Slides for delegates
· Useful information on Ukraine
· Tips to help Ukrainian guests feel welcome.
Fairtrade Church
As you will see from the new poster in church, we are now officially a Fairtrade church. This means that we are using Fairtrade tea, coffee, and sugar, and that some of the food we serve is also Fairtrade.
Finance Half Year update
It's great to have so many activities, concerts & the Café thriving in church. These are good for the whole community & many also raise much needed funds. We are however about 5% below budget on regular giving & donations. Although new members have joined or increased their Planned Giving, this is not yet covering the gaps from those who have moved, or had to reduce due to the financial situation. We are limiting spend where we can, but continue to provide regular support for local & wider community needs. There is also a lot of work to do on the church building! Currently, we are running £6,590 behind budget, which would imply a deficit of £10-15,000 for the year. We do still have some reserves, but need more help with: supporting activities, organising fundraising events, inviting others to join events & services, as well as providing regular financial support.
Please, Gift Aid if you can & if you are in a position to increase your giving, please get in touch (see following).
Financial Support - to enable our work to continue.
For BACS details & online donations, please visit our Support page: https://www.allsaintshighwycombe.org/donate.html. For cash or cheques, if you are a tax payer, then please fill in a yellow Gift Aid envelope (which increases your donation by 25%). Cheques can be also sent via the Parish office. For more information, please contact John Lord (jlord11@sky.com, 07733001787).
Ukraine Update
Thank you to everyone who organised & responded to, the activities supporting those affected by the war in Ukraine. £149 has been raised by the Craft Group, £3,753 from the Ukraine Concert & £1,291 of other donations (including at the Requiem), making a total of £5,193 (including GA), which has been sent to the British Red Cross & Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine humanitarian appeals.
Welcomers needed for Wednesdays
We are still looking for welcomers to the church on Wednesdays. If you are interested in welcoming either occasionally or regularly, please let Steve know in the Church office.
Women's Cultural Arena
Just a reminder that the WCA meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in All Saints from 10am. Come along for Biscuits and Banter.
Conversation Café wants to help English as a Foreign Language students a safe and stress free space to practice their English. As anyone learning a foreign language knows, it’s easy to find lessons, but not so easy to find people to practice with. People who are patient; people who listen; people who care. That is the goal of Conversation Café. We meet on Thursdays just off the café space to welcome people needing to practice their English. It runs from 11:45-1pm. Do you know someone who needs to work on their English? Are you a patient, caring, and listening person who can give 30 minutes to help someone? Let me know. Email Laurie . Prayer support is also gratefully welcomed and needed!
All Saints Plus
Tuesdays at 8pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3507005392?pwd=TklVNlZncTkxc3A5cFZYT1lCalZzUT09
Meeting ID: 350 700 5392
Passcode: 328562
This is a weekly opportunity to get together online and explore the gospel set for the following Sunday. We’ll study the passage and consider what it means for us – and you don’t need any experience or knowledge to join in! Then there will be time to catch up about all that’s going on in our community and we’ll end with a short time of prayer. Join us on Zoom from 8-9pm every Tuesday. You don’t need to commit to joining every week, but we’d love to see a regular group build up to explore our faith together.
Bellringing
After a long period of inactivity owing to Covid restrictions, the bellringers are back to a more normal pattern of service ringing and practices. A couple have moved away during the lockdown period and our numbers are now lower than we would like. We have rung eight bells on a couple of occasions recently but, with a total of 14 bells in the tower, we could do with a few more ringers to enable more of our bells to be rung. We would love to hear from anyone who would like to learn to ring, or from any “lapsed” ringers, or from any ringers who have moved into the area and would be interested in continuing this rewarding activity. If you fall into any of these categories, or know someone who does, please contact Tricia Newton at high-wycombe@ebsb.odg.org.uk or via the church office. A warm welcome awaits you!
Keeping in contact - The Shared Leadership Team want to make sure that no one feels isolated in our church community. If you feel you would like to be included in our “All Saints by Phone” buddy system, or if you are concerned about someone else, please contact the office: office@allsaintshighwycombe.org / 01494 527526
Our Lockdown Cookbook - copies still available! - The Cookbook contains recipes that our congregation have a special fondness for. Copies are available for the bargain price of £5 and the total cost of the book goes to support All Saints’ Church thanks to a generous donation that meets the costs of production. You can order copies here or via email
Fundraising at home – As All Saints continues to play a significant part in the life of the town and its people, Estelle has been thinking of ways we can all help to raise funds for the restoration work. She has suggested that we take time to think and pray about how we can help. Maybe you can talk to friends, colleagues and neighbours, or approach a company or trust. We could all choose a jar or small box and fill it with cash over the next weeks/months. When it is full the jar (sanitised) can be brought into church. Friends and family could join in too – every little helps!
Fundraising while shopping - For those who shop on Amazon, please consider switching to AmazonSmile here and Amazon will donate to The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of High Wycombe All Saints, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is also available in the Amazon Shopping App for customers using supported Android devices.
For information on our services please visit our worship page
Church opening times this week:
Monday 11.00 - 13.00
Tuesday 10.00 - 13.00
Wednesday church closed for organ tuning after the morning services
Thursday 10.00 - 13.00
Friday 10.00 - 13.00
Saturday 10.00 - 13.00 Repair Café, 14.00 Memorial Service for Dorothy McDowall
Thursday Eucharist Livestream
The Thursday 10am Eucharist will not be live streamed during August.
Monday Lunchtime Concerts will resume on 5 September
Programmes for the Autumn 2022 series are available in church.
The Vacancy
Over the next few months we will be seeking and appointing a new Rector for High Wycombe. We are seeking a Priest who feels called by God to this place, and can lead us as we move forward. Our first step is to gather views from those who worship here or visit during the week.
We’d like your answers to four questions:
· What do we do well?
· How do we need to improve?
· How can we make a bigger difference in Wycombe?
· What might stop us making a bigger difference in Wycombe?
You’ll find places set up in church to contribute, and if you get News by post or online, you’re welcome to send views by email to office@allsaintshighwycombe.org too.
We hope that you will feel able to get involved, by sharing your views, helping out at church where you can, and praying regularly for God to bring the right person to serve the people of High Wycombe. Thank you, Lis and Jenny, Churchwardens.
Save The Date – Summer Church Big Clean
The Fabric Committee will be holding a summer church big clean on Saturday 20th August from 10am and we are looking for volunteers to help. Please let the Churchwardens know if you will be able to attend.
You don’t need to bring anything with you as cleaning supplies will be provided.
A light lunch will also be provided by the Churchwardens
Jenny and Lis
Masks
Please note that we invite people to wear masks while in the building
Growing Hope Charity sponsorship
The Revd Wendy Bull, vicar of St Anne’s and St Peter’s, High Wycombe is running “The Big Half”, a half marathon in London, for ‘Growing Hope’ High Wycombe, a charity run in partnership with St James’ Downley that offers free therapy to children and young people (0-18) with additional needs, and provides support for parents, carers, and siblings. You can sponsor Wendy online: www.givey.com/wendyfromwycombegrowinghope
Wycombe Homeless Connection need cake!
The Beaconsfield Country Fayre is a wonderful community event held on bank holiday Monday 29th August. Wycombe Homeless Connection are running a fundraising and awareness-raising stand and we need donations of lots of cakes and bakes, preserves, sweets, treatsand allotment produce.
This is a simple, generous way you can help us serve people who are homeless in our community. Anything you make, bake or grow we will willingly take – we will be arranging drop off points and collections of donations. Please let us know if you are able to donate by emailing communications@wwns.org.uk or call 01494 447699 and we’ll be back in touch with details. Thank you. Heather Stanley
Led by the Spirit at All Saints’ High Wycombe Sunday 18 September 5pm
Join us onsite and online as we gather to celebrate Eucharist together, with contemporary music and prayer ministry. Our president will be the Revd Jody Stowell, Vicar of St Michael's Harrow, and our preacher is the Revd Alice Watson, Chaplain of Queen's College Oxford. All are welcome!
Ukrainian refugees
For those of you who are involved with welcoming and hosting Ukrainian refugees, All Saints has joined the Welcome Churches network. They have set up a new website: ukrainewelcome.org. If you would like a copy of the following resources, please contact the church office: 01494 527526 or office@allsaintshighwycombe.org
· Ukraine Welcomer training - Slides for delegates
· Useful information on Ukraine
· Tips to help Ukrainian guests feel welcome.
Fairtrade Church
As you will see from the new poster in church, we are now officially a Fairtrade church. This means that we are using Fairtrade tea, coffee, and sugar, and that some of the food we serve is also Fairtrade.
Finance Half Year update
It's great to have so many activities, concerts & the Café thriving in church. These are good for the whole community & many also raise much needed funds. We are however about 5% below budget on regular giving & donations. Although new members have joined or increased their Planned Giving, this is not yet covering the gaps from those who have moved, or had to reduce due to the financial situation. We are limiting spend where we can, but continue to provide regular support for local & wider community needs. There is also a lot of work to do on the church building! Currently, we are running £6,590 behind budget, which would imply a deficit of £10-15,000 for the year. We do still have some reserves, but need more help with: supporting activities, organising fundraising events, inviting others to join events & services, as well as providing regular financial support.
Please, Gift Aid if you can & if you are in a position to increase your giving, please get in touch (see following).
Financial Support - to enable our work to continue.
For BACS details & online donations, please visit our Support page: https://www.allsaintshighwycombe.org/donate.html. For cash or cheques, if you are a tax payer, then please fill in a yellow Gift Aid envelope (which increases your donation by 25%). Cheques can be also sent via the Parish office. For more information, please contact John Lord (jlord11@sky.com, 07733001787).
Ukraine Update
Thank you to everyone who organised & responded to, the activities supporting those affected by the war in Ukraine. £149 has been raised by the Craft Group, £3,753 from the Ukraine Concert & £1,291 of other donations (including at the Requiem), making a total of £5,193 (including GA), which has been sent to the British Red Cross & Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine humanitarian appeals.
Welcomers needed for Wednesdays
We are still looking for welcomers to the church on Wednesdays. If you are interested in welcoming either occasionally or regularly, please let Steve know in the Church office.
Women's Cultural Arena
Just a reminder that the WCA meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in All Saints from 10am. Come along for Biscuits and Banter.
Conversation Café wants to help English as a Foreign Language students a safe and stress free space to practice their English. As anyone learning a foreign language knows, it’s easy to find lessons, but not so easy to find people to practice with. People who are patient; people who listen; people who care. That is the goal of Conversation Café. We meet on Thursdays just off the café space to welcome people needing to practice their English. It runs from 11:45-1pm. Do you know someone who needs to work on their English? Are you a patient, caring, and listening person who can give 30 minutes to help someone? Let me know. Email Laurie . Prayer support is also gratefully welcomed and needed!
All Saints Plus
Tuesdays at 8pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3507005392?pwd=TklVNlZncTkxc3A5cFZYT1lCalZzUT09
Meeting ID: 350 700 5392
Passcode: 328562
This is a weekly opportunity to get together online and explore the gospel set for the following Sunday. We’ll study the passage and consider what it means for us – and you don’t need any experience or knowledge to join in! Then there will be time to catch up about all that’s going on in our community and we’ll end with a short time of prayer. Join us on Zoom from 8-9pm every Tuesday. You don’t need to commit to joining every week, but we’d love to see a regular group build up to explore our faith together.
Bellringing
After a long period of inactivity owing to Covid restrictions, the bellringers are back to a more normal pattern of service ringing and practices. A couple have moved away during the lockdown period and our numbers are now lower than we would like. We have rung eight bells on a couple of occasions recently but, with a total of 14 bells in the tower, we could do with a few more ringers to enable more of our bells to be rung. We would love to hear from anyone who would like to learn to ring, or from any “lapsed” ringers, or from any ringers who have moved into the area and would be interested in continuing this rewarding activity. If you fall into any of these categories, or know someone who does, please contact Tricia Newton at high-wycombe@ebsb.odg.org.uk or via the church office. A warm welcome awaits you!
Keeping in contact - The Shared Leadership Team want to make sure that no one feels isolated in our church community. If you feel you would like to be included in our “All Saints by Phone” buddy system, or if you are concerned about someone else, please contact the office: office@allsaintshighwycombe.org / 01494 527526
Our Lockdown Cookbook - copies still available! - The Cookbook contains recipes that our congregation have a special fondness for. Copies are available for the bargain price of £5 and the total cost of the book goes to support All Saints’ Church thanks to a generous donation that meets the costs of production. You can order copies here or via email
Fundraising at home – As All Saints continues to play a significant part in the life of the town and its people, Estelle has been thinking of ways we can all help to raise funds for the restoration work. She has suggested that we take time to think and pray about how we can help. Maybe you can talk to friends, colleagues and neighbours, or approach a company or trust. We could all choose a jar or small box and fill it with cash over the next weeks/months. When it is full the jar (sanitised) can be brought into church. Friends and family could join in too – every little helps!
Fundraising while shopping - For those who shop on Amazon, please consider switching to AmazonSmile here and Amazon will donate to The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of High Wycombe All Saints, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is also available in the Amazon Shopping App for customers using supported Android devices.