Sunday worship podcast and other news: Nov 6

 

Dear friends Join us for worship online, on the phone or in the building today.  with best wishes Anne Le Bas Online Worship podcast     Order of service You can also access this podcast by phoning 01732 928061

In the church building today - Nov 6. Third Sunday before Advent 10 am  Holy Communion 6.30pm Evensong During the week Monday              2-3.30pm Talking Village drop in at Deniz' Cafe in the High Street. Wednesday       10am Zoom Church                            4.30-5pm Children's Choir in the church hall                             7.15-8.15 pm Adult Choir in the church hall, not in the church                          Friday                9.30 am Morning Prayer                            11 am Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial                            10.30-12.30 Friday Group in the church hall Next Sunday  10 am   Remembrance Service (not Holy Communion) 6.30pm Breathing Space Holy Communion Third Sunday before Advent In today's Gospel reading, Jesus is presented with a hypothetical problem which seems to be either about a quirk of marriage law, or about the nature of heaven. In reality though, like so many of our debates and arguments there is a hidden agenda. In the sermon I explore what that might be, and the light it sheds on our own arguments.  What did you last argue with someone about? How do you feel about that argument now? In Stanley Spencer's painting (right) he imagines the resurrection of the dead happening in the churchyard of a traditional English village. What do you believe about life after death, and why?

ALL AGE IDEAS In today's Gospel reading, a group of people come to Jesus and ask him a complicated question. They are called Sadducees (pronounced "sad-you-sees". Their beliefs are slightly different from another group we often hear about in the Gospels, called Pharisees (pronounced "farisees"). Sadducees and Pharisees didn't get on with each other. The Sadducees want to catch Jesus out and make him say things that show whose side he is on, but Jesus doesn't want to take sides. He doesn't think it is good to have pointless arguments just to see who is stronger. Instead we should be learning to love each other so that we can all live good lives. Draw a lot of stars on a piece of paper. Think of all the people you have met over the last couple of days (or do this each day next week) Write each person's name on a star and something you think is good about them. It might be easy to do this for some people who you like and get along with, but much harder to do for people you don't get along with. Pray for all the people you name in your stars.

WHAT'S ON IN SEAL... SEAL COMMUNITY LUNCH IS BACK. Wed Nov 16th  From 12.30, lunch served at 1pm.  Free two course lunch of soup and hot pudding, followed by coffee and mints. Come along and join us! Everyone welcome. OPEN MORNING AT FRIDAY GROUP NOVEMBER 25th. Are you concerned about your energy bills this winter?  Citizens Advice Bureau are going to visit Friday Group on Friday 25th November, and deliver a Big Energy Saving Project workshop to explore ways of keeping our costs as low as possible.  This is then being followed by an origami workshop, delivered by our own Nicole from Nimiś in the High Street. This will give us the opportunity to make some origami Christmas decorations, so another money saving project and possibly a chance to learn a new skill! Everybody is welcome to this open morning, and we look forward to meeting you at the Church Hall for coffee, tea, refreshments and learning. What more could we ask for?  The session will start earlier on Friday 25th, so watch this space for more information.  SEAL CHURCH CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING IS BACK!  FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25th.  Either 3pm or 7.30pm. £30 to include all materials needed, wine and mince pie. Contact Chris on 01732 763585 to book. Places get snapped up quickly, so don't delay! 🎅🎅🎄🎄🕯🕯 SEAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR🎄🎄🕯🕯🎅🎅 Return of last year's successful event with stalls offering a range of unique Christmas gifts -  SEAL VILLAGE HALL SUN NOV 27th 10.30am-3pm  Teas and cakes, Tombola, Raffle, Unique Christmas Gifts, Many Crafts and Sweet Stalls. Come and join us!! UPDATE ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTING - HELP NEEDED PLEASE! Know Your Neighbours have been able to make plans  regarding the street lighting for this Christmas. Resoundingly, the results were in favour of having icicle lights in the High Street, with reduced daily lighting (4pm-7pm)  and reduced timespan from lighting up to turning off.(Dec 11th to January 5th)  As we are having the lighting in the High Street for a shorter period this year, we are hoping to get a band of merry street lighters (helping with the hanging of the lights) on the mornings of the weekend December 3rd and 4th. Please could you let Marion Gilchrist (marionjgilchrist@gmail.com) know over this weekend, if you could help on either of those mornings, so that we can see whether this would work. We will need at least 5 ladder climbers, 5 on the ground to unravel and 5 at bottom of ladders. This is always a good fun activity, but we do need to see who can commit now please. KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS FAMILY PARTY IN EARLY JANUARY We will also need help to organise this please, so again, please let Marion know if you can offer your assistance in any way.