Weekly news sheet

09h00 Morning Prayer

10h30 All Age Service led by the Little Arrows Team

 

10h00 Kangaroo Kids

 

09h00 Birds of Pray

14h30 Tuesday Break

20h00 Small Groups (Blonay, Lausanne, La Tour)

 

09h20 Little Arrows

20h00 Small Groups (Villars, St. Legier, Vevey)

 

09h00 Little Arrows

13h00 Little Arrows

19h30 The Alpha Course

 

09h30 Craft Group

19h00 Place2B Juniors

 

09h00 Holy Communion followed by Coffee

10h30 Holy Communion followed by Coffee

16h30 Youth Cell

 

 

 

One hundred and thirty people squeezed into the Haut Lac International
Centre at Les Sciernes last September for the Church Weekend Away. It was
the best attended church weekend in re-cent times and it was the most number
of people the Centre had ever catered for. In fact it would have been
impossible to fit any more people in! They were at
capacity. Throughout the Autumn the Chaplaincy Council have been dis-cussing
potential solutions to the challenge of numbers. In talking to the staff at
Les Sciernes, it was clear that there was no way of sleeping and feeding any
more than 130 people at the Haut Lac Centre.

This led us to look further afield and it soon became clear that in order to
accommodate a number larger than 130, within a reasonable distance of Vevey
and within a manageable budget, we were looking at using a ho-tel. And after
considerable work we have found the Mercure Classic Hotel in Leysin.

What does this change mean for us and for the Church Weekend? Firstly and it
sounds like stating the obvious but it means that we'll be staying in a
hotel and not a residential centre. This means en suite bathrooms,
restaurants, no washing up and the use of the hotel facilities. The Mercure
also offers us a wide variety of conference facilities that are able to
easily accommodate the various programme streams as well as plenty of space
for quiet time. 

 

 

 

Two of our Family Small Groups would love to welcome some new families into their groups. The first, co-ordinated by Andrew and Andrea Bruce have space for two families – ideally children should be between the ages of 6 to 10 years of age. The group co-ordinated by Clive and Yvonne Atkinson are also looking for new families with children of ages 8-12. For more information on both these opportunities, please speak to Clive (cliveatkinson@bluewin.ch).

 

 

 

The Women’s Bible Study will start again on Tuesday 23^rd February at 09h00 (11h00) in the Church Hall. They will be concentrating on 2 Kings and 1 Chronicles. New members more than welcome. For more details please speak to Becky Miller (021 9475264).

 

 

 

The Annual General Meeting of All Saints Anglican Chaplaincy will take place on Wednesday 14^th April at 20h00 in the Church Hall. Electoral Roll forms and Nomination Papers are available at the back of the Church.

 

 

 

If you would be willing to cook for Alpha this winter please contact Maureen Dickson, Maureen@msdickson.com, 021 921 64 45.

 

 

 

John Tyler will not be in church for the next couple of Sundays, should you be in need of Post Office payment slips or Weekly Envelopes, please see Andrea Bruce.

 

 

 

If you are interested in creating a flower arrangement or donating a plant to decorate the Communion Table, please choose a date on the Flower Rota (found on the notice board at the back of church) and write your name in the space. Thank you.

 

 

 

This year’s Holiday Bible Club (VBS) takes us on a whirlwind adventure through the Book of Acts and the experiences of Peter, John and Paul in their amazing adventures serving God. There are just over 60 places available. To sign up please speak to Janine Beringer as soon as possible (pjberinger@bluewin.ch). If you would be interested in serving on the team please to speak to Janine as well!!

 

 

 

Martin Slack is the Pastor of Westlake Church, Lausanne. He and the congregation are going on a Church Weekend from 7^th to 9^th May 2010 at Le Duchet, Prenovel in the French Jura and they are looking for a team to co-ordinate their children’s ministry. Travel, board and lodgings are covered. If you would be interested in leading and/or helping please speak to Clive as soon as possible.

 

 

 

Building on the Church Sale, a new event is being launched on Saturday 29th
May which aims to promote the life of All Saints as widely as possible among
the English speaking community as well as the local Swiss Community.
Alongside favourites such Books, Lunches, Toys, Cakes and Jams there will be
live music, a bouncy Castle, face painting, Dunk the Vicar, a BBQ as well as
some new stalls including plants. As the main purpose of this event is to
promote the life of All Saints I would encourage us all to put this date in
our diaries, plan to invite friends and family and make a point of coming
along! As a Church Family let's take this great opportunity to make this
event and wonderful success and make our community more widely known!!
Finally, there will be lots of opportunities to get involved - more
information to come soon.

Choir for Palm Sunday

We are organising a Choir for Palm Sunday to help lead a sung communion
service. Everyone is welcome to join. For more
information please speak to Christian Thompson
christianthompson@verbierfestival.com.  Practices will be on Wednesday
17th, 24th, at 19h00 and Sunday 28th at 09h00.

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