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The revision of the Electoral Roll has now been completed.  A copy is on the noticeboard at the back of the church and at the Chapel if you wish to check your entry.

The 2024 Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held on Sunday 21^st April in All Saints’ Church starting at approx. 12.15/12.30 pm, following the 10.30am Mass.  This meeting usually lasts for about an hour, and refreshments will be served in All Saints Church Hall before the meeting.  Those wishing to join by Zoom should stay on-line following the service or log-in using the same details.

If you are over 16 years of age, and your name has been on the Electoral Roll more than 6 months, you are eligible to be nominated for election to the PCC.  Parish Church Councils support the clergy in the running and management of the parish. 

Meetings take place every other month and are currently being held via Zoom. They generally start at 7.00 pm and last for approximately 2 hours.  The term of membership is normally three years and members are eligible for re-election for two further three-year terms. The role of the PCC is an important ministry and if you feel that you might be called to help our church in this way please contact Fr Darrell rector@all-saints-ascot.org or Sheila Sparks (PCC secretary) sheila.sparks@all-saints-ascot.org for further information and a nomination form.

Attached here are 1) the report for the meeting which includes the agenda, minutes for last year’s meetings and updates from our various organisations,

2) All Saints 2023 Trustees Annual Report and Accounts

Mini All Saints

Our new toddler group commences on Friday 15th March at 9.30am at All Saints Church.

For babies, toddlers and young children and their carers. Songs, bible stories and play. Fridays during school term time.

Contact childrensministry@all-saints-ascot.org for more information.

Time for Coffee!

Do you take your children to Ascot Heath Primary School? Would you like to chat with other parents/friends over a coffee following drop off? If so, we have just the thing.

Join us for coffee at King Edwards Hall after the school drop off from 8.30am to 10am every Tuesday in term time. All welcome.

The Obituary of John Swingler, a member of All Saints in the early 2000's, and who died earlier this year, can be found here.

John was a regular member of the church band, playing the clarinet. He was also deeply involved in preparing the current church guidebook, and kindly left a bequest to The Friends of All Saints, for which we are most grateful.

As we pray for the people of Ukraine and a peaceful outcome, please consider making a donation towards the DEC Humanitarian Appeal. This will aid the agencies working to provide support for refugees in desperate need.

https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal

DEC charities are in Ukraine and neighbouring countries meeting the needs of all refugees and displaced people:

• £30 could provide essential hygiene supplies for three people for one month
• £50 could provide blankets for four families
• £100 could provide emergency food for two families for one month
• By donating to the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, you'll help DEC charities provide food, water, shelter and healthcare to refugees and displaced families.

Archbishops' statement on Ukraine  - “The horrific and unprovoked attack on Ukraine is an act of great evil. Placing our trust in Jesus Christ, the author of peace, we pray for an urgent ceasefire and a withdrawal of Russian forces. We call for a public decision to choose the way of peace and an international conference to secure long term agreements for stability and lasting peace. We invite Christians to make this Sunday a day for prayer for Ukraine, Russia and for peace. We also give our support to the call from Pope Francis for a global day of prayer and fasting for peace on Ash Wednesday, March 2.”     

Archbishop Justin Welby & Archbishop Stephen Cottrell

Bishop Steven shares a message and a prayer for peace in Ukraine  on the Diocesan website
https://www.oxford.anglican.org/news/prayers-for-ukraine-and-for-peace.php

God of compassion,
Have mercy this day on the people of Ukraine.
Restore to them the gift of peace.
Grant wisdom to the governments of the world.  
Bring good in the midst of evil and suffering,
For the sake of Jesus Christ your Son,
Who gave his life to bring peace to your world.
Amen.

Loving God,
We pray for all those who are suffering because of the coronavirus, may they know your healing power.
When we are afraid for ourselves and our loved ones, give us your strength and courage.
When we feel alone and isolated, reassure us with a sense of your presence.
Give wisdom to those in authority and may our community work together for the good of all.
We give thanks for those who care for others and ask you to bless them in all they do.
We ask this in the name of Jesus, healer and physician.
Amen

Revd Gill Wiggins

A memorial plaque was installed in the Lady Chapel at All Saints' Church on 28th January 2018.

From the Candlemas service that day -

"Candlemas is the linchpin of the Church's year, the day on which we turn from our celebration of Christmas to our celebration of Christ's passion and resurrection. Today we look back and we look forward. As we look back, it is right and proper that we should remember Gill Wiggins, a faithful lay minister and then associate priest in this parish. Gill herself would want our focus to be not on her, but on Christ.  Nonetheless, as we keep our celebration of Simeon and Anna's joyful reception of the Christ-child in the Jerusalem temple of old, it is also right that we remember and celebrate Gill's faithful service in this temple here in Ascot."

"Almighty God, we remember before you today your faithful minister and priest Gill; and we pray that, having opened to her the gates of larger life, you will receive her more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past, she may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."