Christmas Services for everyone at All Saints Church, Kenley
All of our Christmas Services are at All Saints, Kenley this year. We look forward to you joining us to celebrate this special season.
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We know that Mothering Sunday isn't a day of celebration for everybody. So, there is a service for everyone this Sunday at All Saints, Kenley
Mothering Sunday can be hard for many people. Sometimes our relationship with our mum isn’t what we might have wanted it to be, or our Mum is no longer with us and a happy service isn’t right for us; or your Mum or Nana might be seriously ill and it all feels overwhelming. Maybe you have experienced miscarriages or the death of a child. Maybe the day makes you think of people you have lost and you want to remember them quietly. Maybe you long to have children but it just hasn’t happened. It can often feel like these thoughts and memories and feelings aren’t allowed. But that's not the case. They are just as important as everything that goes on all the cards and alongside the bunches of flowers and boxes of chocolates. You still might want to do something to mark Mothering Sunday but not with a celebration. Maybe you want to say 'I miss you’ or 'I know you tried your best’ or ‘I forgive you’. Maybe you want to cry for a child you never got to be a parent for as th...
The votes are in! Your favourite Christmas Carol of all time is...
"Hark, The Herald Angels Sing!" And here is the lovely church choir singing it, back in 2020, for our lockdown Christmas service. Pour yourself a little glass of mulled wine, sit back and enjoy! Hark The Herald Angels Sing might have been Top of the Pops, but the voting was tight and the others came very close runners up: At number 2 we had 'Silent Night'; At 3, we had 'In The Bleak Midwinter'; and at number 4, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'. Other fantastic suggestions included: It Came Upon The Midnight Clear; Once in Royal David's City and Ding Dong Merrily On High Whatever you're tapping your toes to this festive season, we wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Special Services during Advent and Christmas
We have a number of special services planned for the season of Advent and Christmas. Everyone is very welcome, whether you're a regular visitor to our churches, or you've never been before. Bring friends, family and come and celebrate this most wonderful of seasons with us. Sunday 3rd December: Remembering Service 3pm at All Saints, Kenley - A Service to Remember Loved Ones Saturday 9th December: Carol singing in the local care homes and around the parishes Further details of the time we’ll meet and our route will follow. Sunday 10th December: Parade Christingle Service for the Scouting and Guiding Units 4pm at All Saints, Kenley Sunday 17th December: Candlelit Carols 6.30pm at All Saints, Kenley Monday 18th December: Christmas Party & Games afternoon 1.45pm – 3pm at All Saints, Kenley Sunday 24th December: Christmas Eve 2pm, All Saints, Kenley – Crib & Christingle Service...
A Prayer For Peace
In this troubling time, we offer a prayer for peace from The Very Revd Canon Richard Sewell of Saint George's College, Jerusalem: O God of all justice and peace, we cry out to you in the midst of the pain and trauma of violence and fear which prevails in the Holy Land. Be with those who need you in these days of suffering; we pray for people of all faiths - Jews, Muslims and Christians, for all people of the land. While we pray to you, O Lord, for an end to violence and the establishment of peace, we also call for you to bring justice and equity to the peoples. Guide us into your kingdom where all people are treated with dignity and honour as your children, for to all of us, you are our Heavenly Father. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. If you would like to donate funds to the Anglican Al Ahli Hospital, to help those being treated there in Gaza, you can do so via The Jerusalem and Middle East Church Association