Christ The King News

Priest-in-Charge Fr John Ainslie (revjohnainslie@gmail.com; 01628 629827)

Do please join us after Mass for Tea, Coffee and Cake in the Vestry Hall - - just ask if you don’t know the way!

SERVICES THIS WEEK: Thursday Mass at 10.30am; Next Sunday is Advent Sunday - Sung Mass at 10.30am

 CHRISTMAS FAYRE NEXT SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER All your favourite stalls, including the fantastic Cake Stall, Craft Stall, Books and Games and more !!!

World-renowned Ploughman’s Lunches

Hamper Raffle, Tombola, guess the number of sweets….. You’ve got to be in it to win it……

And – of course – Father Christmas (12 noon – 2pm)

                  DO COME AND JOIN US – ALL WELCOME – 10AM – 2PM

CHRISTMAS FAYRE: There are boxes near the entrance to the Ascension Chapel ready to receive donations for the various stalls, raffle and tombola. Do please be generous.

St Michael’s School Christmas Fayre – at the Junior School, Friday 28th November 4pm-6pm. You would be welcome to attend. If you do go, no harm in letting them know you are from the church – it helps our St Michael’s School know that we care and want to support them.

FOR OUR PRAYERS: We pray for lasting peace and justice in the world, especially thinking of Ukraine, the Middle East, and Sudan. We pray for the leaders of the nations that they would seek justice and peace for all people. We pray for the forthcoming Budget, for wise discernment and action, for the provision of the essential services that we all rely on; for productive and rewarding employment especially for our young people, and for the protection of the poor and vulnerable. At the close of the COP conference we pray for the stewardship of creation and protection of the environment for the benefit of our children and future generations. In our Church life, we pray for our Christmas Fayre, for all the preparations, and for the day itself, that many from our wider community and friends will come and have an enjoyable time. We pray for our St Michael’s Schools – for teachers and staff, for the pupils, and for their parents and guardians.

We pray for those in need, and especially Glynis Reynolds, Yvonne Young, Lindsay Wheeler, Martyn Nash, Fran, David Green, Norman Farrington, Chris Jenkins, Bridget Humphries, Bob Humphries and Steve Woolnaugh.

We pray for the recently departed. We remember those who have faithfully served God in this Church in previous generations, and we pray for those whose year’s mind occurs this week: Peter France, Kathleen Stewart-Smith, Evelyn Leeson, Michael Smith, Charles Parry, Joan White, Barbara Chare, Geoffrey Stevens, Vi Middleton. SUPPORT ST MICHAELS: to make a donation towards the work and worship of St Michael’s Church go to: www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/maidstone-st-michael-and-aa-maidstone/