St John of Jerusalem

General notices are below the timetable.

Every Sunday there are people who would be happy to pray with you immediately after the service, or offer prayers for healing - just make your way to the side chapel (top right, behind where the organ is played).

Amy is very kindly inviting us all to stay behind after church today for a meal which she is providing to celebrate her birthday. All welcome!

There is a planning meeting in the Parish Room after the meal today for those involved in the Christmas Church Bazaar. (Our Church Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday 2 Dec, 12-3pm. Save the date! We will be collecting donations of raffle prizes, tombola prizes, home produce, jewellery, bottles, good quality toys & bric-a-brac, and all things glittery nearer the time.)

There is Evening Prayer here today at 4pm. For a list of Morning and Evening Prayer times for the week ahead, please see the diary overleaf.

During this coming week Andrew is away. There will be Evening Prayer at 5pm every day, Mon-Fri, but no Morning Prayer or 12 noon Eucharist on Friday.

Hackney Night Shelter organised a sleep out in our churchyard last Friday night (20 October). Nicola Horton from our congregation was one of the people sleeping out in sleeping bags on the night. Its not too late to sponsor her (all funds will go to Hackney Night Shelter). She has set up a Justgiving Page. Please see:

https://www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-horton-1693493285738

Next Sunday (29th October) will be our Harvest Festival, and we will be receiving donations to support Hackney Foodbank. It would be great if we could all stick to the list of things they most need (& please check sell by dates as they cannot accept out of date food):

MOST NEEDED ITEMS: Incontinence Pads (urgent) Washing Up LiquidLong Life Juice Jars of Pasta Sauce Deodorant

Size 7 Nappies Tinned Custard Tinned Meat

Shower Gel Tinned Rice Pudding Biscuits

St Joseph's Hospice (& Barts NHS Trust) Annual Service of Remembrance - Sun 29 Oct at 5.30pm in St Paul's Cathedral. No ticket required. All welcome! The Revd Jane Alty kindly passed on this invitation to all at St J of J.

The PCC is meeting on Monday 30 October at 6.45pm in the Parish Room (in church). This is part of Archdeacon Peter's visitation.

On Thursday 2nd November, 7pm there will be an All Souls' Service here in church. Please put down the names of people who have died who you would like remembered at the 2 Nov service on the list at the back of church.

We'd like to put together a list of trained first aiders in the congregation. If you have up to date first aid training, please add your name to the list at the back of church.

The Parish Council would like to ask - are there members of the congregation who would consider the role of deputy Warden? This would be to assist our two existing wardens and possibly, though not necessarily, with a view to becoming a Churchwarden in the future. If this would interest you, please have a word with Andrew.

If you would be interested in volunteering to help with the occasional Junior Church or Youth Group session, please speak to Estelle, Ibi, Lisa-Raine or Susan to find out more.

Niul has been volunteering in Chennai in India at the Street Child Cricket World Cup. It is organised by a British human rights charity called Street Child United. The charity focuses attention on the plight of street-connected children through sport. Nineteen teams from around the world have been competing. The children participate in a Congress to prepare a charter of rights and demands to take home to present to politicians to improve their lives. If you'd like to know more, look here -

https://streetchildunited.org/cricket-worldcup/

If you'd like to donate, it's here - https://www.justgiving.com/page/niul-dillon-hatcher-1693484246690?newPage=true