All Saints Church Woodham
564 Woodham Lane, Woking, GU21 5SH 

WELCOME TO ALL SAINTS, WOODHAM

"A hidden gem in Woking"

A place where hearts find peace and souls are nourished.

We would love to welcome you to our church, we're a diverse family of people,

united by our faith and the love of God through Jesus Christ.

We place a great importance on hearing the word of God through the bible

and seek to worship God in a very special way every Sunday and during the week. 

We have beautiful music, a choir, a welcoming team and a children's area.

We are a warm and friendly family of people.

We hope you will come and experience the wonders of a special place.

We aim to be welcoming and inclusive to all.

Join us as we worship, learn and grow together!

 

THIS WEEK   St Luke the Evangelist (20th October 2024)

 

Sunday       10:00 Sung Mass with baptism of Llewyn Jones

               

Tuesday      10:30  Mass with songs from

                            Taize

 

                  7:30pm Loveday Singers

                              Autumn Concert

 

Thursday     7pm   Confirmation Class

 

Receiving Communion or Blessing

If you are in good standing with your own church, you are very welcome to receive with us.  If you wish to have a blessing, please come forward and the priest will give you a blessing.  We encourage all in church to come for Holy Communion or a blessing. 

We have gluten free wafers on request.

 

INTERCESSIONS

Those who require ongoing prayer:

HM King Charles III & HRH Catherine, Princess of Wales. 

Alison, Angela, Ivor, Winnie, Lorna, Eileen, Ed, Julia, Lulu, Tony, Patricia, Mary & Alex.

 

Repose of the Soul:

Joan Leftley

Sue Fryer

Alan Taylor

John William Lucas

 

Years’ Mind at this time:

Myfanwy Read

Royston George Sewell

Tomas Huertas

Wyndham Gillard

Canon Dudley Tassell

John Francis Bennett

Eileen Seaton

George West

Isabel Mary Gatehouse

Elizabeth Thomas

Richard William Daniel Smith

 

General Requests:

For the people of the Ukraine, Russia, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Lebanon, Haiti & Myanmar.

 

Special Prayers:

Llewyn’s parents, Huw & Emily, Thomas & Emma, his Godparents and all the family and friends who have come to his baptism this morning.

 

Personal Prayer & Healing:

People are available to pray with you in the Lady Chapel following the service, if you

wish.  Please speak to a sidesperson.

 

 

DATES FOR THE DIARY & INFORMATION

 

LOVEDAY SINGERS’ AUTUMN CONCERT

Our resident choir are back for another wonderful concert THIS Tuesday at 7:30pm.   Tickets are available on the door at £10 per adult (children free).

 

CHILDREN’S SOCIETY BOX COLLECTION

Jenny McMahon will be collecting your CS Boxes during October for those that have them. If any newcomers would like to have a collection box, please see the information sheet in the Narthex or speak to Jenny for more info. 

 

ALL SAINTS’ DAY PATRONAL FESTIVAL & CONFIRMATIONS

Please can we have volunteers to help clean the church on the morning of Saturday 2nd November and on the Sunday morning to help with Welcome and with Coffee.  Please let the Parish Office if you can help.  We are expecting a full church, so will need as much help as possible.

Donations for flowers to decorate the church for this weekend would also be gratefully received.

Lastly, if you would like to attend the Patronal lunch with Bishop Paul, following mass on Sunday 3rd November, please put your name on the list in the Narthex. Please do this by Monday 28th October latest for numbers for catering.

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LITURGY FOR ALL SOULS

This year’s All Souls service will also be on Sunday 3rd November at 4pm. If you would like a loved one’s name remembered at this service, please give their names to the parish office by Monday 28th October at the latest. (Names are not carried forward from year to year.  A new list is created each year depending on requests received).

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FUNERAL SERVICE FOR ALAN TAYLOR RIP

Alan’s funeral service will be held here in the church on Wednesday 6th November at 1pm, followed by his committal at Woking Crematorium at 2pm.

 

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY (10TH NOVEMBER)

Please be advised that there is a change to the services on this Sunday:

At 9am there will be a Said Mass, which will then be followed at 10:30am with a Service of Remembrance with Act of Remembrance in the church.    You may come to either or both services.  Coffee will be served between the services. Readers are needed for the Remembrance Service.  Please see Sandy if you are able to help with this.

 

LULUKAN’S CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA & CHRISTMAS CAFE

Lulu is holding a Christmas Extravaganza on Saturday 23rd November from 1pm to 6pm in the church hall.  All Saints will be running a stall selling Advent Calendars and Tree Decorations from the Meaningful Chocolate Company along with our Christmas cards.   If you can offer to help run the stall, please contact Tracy in the Parish Office.

If you know anybody who may want to book a stall at this event, please contact Lulu at Lulukan@hotmail.co.uk for more information.

 

Lulu will also be running her Christmas café in the Parish Room (as last year) on Saturday mornings from 30th November to 21st December from 9am to 1pm.  Profits to be shared with the church.

 

FUTURE SERVICES & DATES

Saturday 30th November

9am onwards. Decorating the church for Christmas. Volunteers requested please.

 

Sunday 1st December – Advent Sunday

4pm Advent Carol Service.