feast of christ the king - at the heart of the beckenham
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WELCOME A very warm welcome to St George’s Parish Church for our Sung Eucharist. There is Junior Church today in the hall. Large Print service-books are available. There is a loop system; please adjust the setting of your personal hearing aid. Please join us for cof fee and conver sa t ion a f t e r t he service.
KING The Feast of Christ The King brings the Church’s year to an end. The year that begins with the hope of the coming Messiah ends with the proclamation of his un iversa l k ingsh ip; t he tr iumph of God in and through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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‘This is the King of the Jews’
Feast of Christ The King 24 Nov 2019
Jeremiah 23.1-6 After condemning Israel’s leaders for failing to provide care for God’s flock, a monarch is promised who will return Israelites from foreign lands and rule in peace and prosperity.
Colossians 1.11-20 The passage is a joyous affirmation of what Jesus Christ has done for humanity and declares that Jesus is the full revelation of God’s love and purpose for all of creation.
Luke 23.33-43 The Church year ends with the story of Jesus’ promise of eternal life to the repentant thief crucified alongside him. The reign of Christ is a gift to all who choose to be his subjects.
hymnsProcessional:352Crown him with many crownsGradual:377 Immortal, invisibleOffertory: 338 At the name of JesusRecessional:332 All hail the power of Jesu’s namemusicSetting: Caesar St Mary’s MassPsalm: 46Motets: Purcell In God’s Word will I rejoice Bryan Litany to the God of LoveVoluntary: Françaix Mère Marie de Saint Augustin
psalm 46(8am service)God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble;Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the mountains tremble in the heart of the sea;Though the waters rage and swell, and though the mountains quake at the towering seas.There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place of the dwelling of the Most High.God is in the midst of her; therefore shall she not be removed; God shall help her at the break of day.The nations are in uproar and the kingdoms are shaken, but God utters his voice and the earth shall melt away.The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Come and behold the works of the Lord, what destruction he has wrought upon the earth.He makes wars to cease in all the world; he shatters the bow and snaps the spearand burns the chariots in the fire.‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations;I will be exalted in the earth.’The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold. God of Jacob,when the earth shakes and the nations are in uproar,speak, and let the storm be still; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Junior Church today, Sunday 24 Nov in the church hall, theme A criminal King?
Sunday 1 December 2019- Advent Sunday - (Year C) 8.00am Holy Communion (said)9.45am Family Service Eucharist5.30pm Advent Carol Service
Eucharist 5.30pm Advent Carol ServiceFirst Reading: Isaiah 2. 1-5 Second Reading: Romans 13. 11-24 Gospel: Matthew 24. 36-44
5.30pm Choral EvensongResponses: TomkinsPsalm: 72First Reading: 1 Samuel 8. 4-20Second Reading:
John 18. 33-37Canticles: Howells Collegium RegaleAnthem: Stanford For lo, I raise upHymn: 443 Rejoice the Lord is KingVoluntary: Howells
Psalm Prelude Set 2 No 3
Notices Advent and Christmas - details of our services are available at the back of the church.
Archdeacon of Bromley and Bexley Paul Wright, will lead Choral Evensong today Sun 24 Nov at 5.30pm, during which Fr Jeremy will be commissioned as Area Dean for Beckenham.
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.
Wibberley Funerals Christmas Memorial Service Tue 3 Dec 7.45pm all are welcome (see noticeboard)
CTiB Carols at Christmas 7 Dec - the event will be at Waitrose Beckenham.
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.
Prostate Cancer appeal - see Steve regarding sponsorship.
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 from 2 Dec 2019.
Junior Church Christmas initiative 2019 IMPORTANT UPDATE
Thank you the shoeboxes, wrapping paper and donations of items and money for both of our initiatives to date. We delivered 6 children’s boxes to Brighter Beginnings this week to go in the hampers for the Bromley and Croydon Women’s Aid Domestic Violence Refuge.
Achieving our aim to provide 12 boxes for Bromley Homeless Shelter is looking encouraging - we still need toiletries, underwear, socks, little nibbles, scarves, gloves and hats to give to those in the shelter over Christmas and into the New Year.
Our second charity, Bromley Children’s Project, helps disadvantaged families with children and our aim is to provide 10 to 12 boxes containing toys, books, stationery, chocolate and sweets. We need a lot more items. Financial donations for either charity will be gratefully received as will wrapping paper to cover the boxes.
To deliver in time for Christmas, please bring in your donations before Sun 8th Dec immediately after the 9.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist. We will need help on that day.
If you can take one or two shoeboxes home to wrap in Christmas paper in advance, please help yourself - at the back of the church. This will save time on the day. Many thanks. June Mackenzie
********************************************************************Bring and Share a Prayer An album with copies of the prayers brought and shared in August are now in the library corner. We hope to hold another series of prayer in the New Year.
calendar Sunday 24 November Feast of Christ the King 8.00am Holy Communion 9.30am Sung Eucharist 5.30pm Choral Evensong
Monday 25 Nov Feria 9.00am Holy Communion 2.00pm Funeral
Tuesday 26 Nov Feria 10.00am Holy Communion (at St Barnabas Church)
Wednesday 27 Nov Feria 10.30am Holy Communion 11.30am Advent Course
Thursday 28 Nov Feria 12.30pm Holy Communion 8.00pm Advent Course
Friday 29 Nov Feria 12.30pm Recital
Saturday 30 Nov Andrew the Apostle 9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am Recital 6.00pm Beckenham Chorale
Monday to Friday 8.00am Morning Prayer
contact us Parish Office: 020 8663 [email protected]@StGeorgeBeck
intercessions For those who are sick:
collect Eternal Father,whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaventhat he might rule over all things as Lord and King:keep the Church in the unity of the Spiritand in the bond of peace,and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;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’
‘When you come into your Kingdom’
Jonathan Choat
Pearl Clark
Mary Doyle
John Emly
Tricia O’ Brien
Sid Paine
Doreen Russell
Nick Sales
Louise Williams
Jennifer Hudd