Monthly Archives: November 2022

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

All is prepared!

POTLUCK THIS SUNDAY!

Dear Friends,

Christmas is almost upon us: this Sunday, 27th November, is Advent Sunday, and we will be joined by our All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation. We will decorate the church following morning worship and this will be followed by a potluck at the vicarage where we will also decorate the Christmas tree!

Advent is a time for anticipation, preparation, and as we prepare our homes and our church for Christmas, we must also again prepare our hearts for the coming of the Christ-child! So let us prepare ourselves, and rejoice that love is in the world!

Advent Potluck!

Decorating the Tree!

The readings for Advent Sunday will be Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:11-14, and Matthew 24:36-44, and we will be singing O Come, O come Emmanuel; Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus; and Joy to the World!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Last Week’s Service

Highlights of last week’s service for The Transgender Day of Remembrance can be seen here!

The video ends with the reading of the names of those killed in the last twelve months because of their gender expression.

Advent and Christmas Events 

Copies of the poster are available at the back of the church.  Please take one if you have a good place to display it, maybe even in your car window!

You can also download a copy to print or share here:

Poster pdf
Poster jpeg image

Festival of Christmas Carols

This is our wonderful annual Christmas event.  Carol singing is led by the Lannacapella Choir and the All Saints Choristers, who will also perform their own pieces of Christmas music.  Readings will be given by various Consuls and other local dignitaries.

Tickets and posters are available at the back of the church or you can download copies to print or share with your friends by email or on social media:

Poster image
Poster pdf
Tickets image
Tickets pdf

Volunteers are still needed to help with setting-up, refreshments, etc.  Please see Chris Tananone.

Busy times ahead at All Saints!

We  have a very busy calendar for Advent and Christmas 2022.  God has blessed us with many good things are we have much to be thankful for!

Sunday 27th November    
First Sunday of Advent

Sunday 4th December    
Second Sunday of Advent

Saturday 10th December    
Festival of Christmas Carols

Sunday 11th December  
Third Sunday of Advent

Sunday 18th December    
Fourth Sunday of Advent

Saturday 24th December    
Midnight Mass

Sunday 25th December    
Christmas Day Eucharist
Followed by Christmas Lunch

Chili Night 

Some of the group!

Chili Night continues every Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Come and join us at the vicarage as we share chili followed by ice cream! 
 

Weekly Offering to All Saints

You can still donate in person or online.  Thank you for your support and love for All Saints and all we are trying to do together.  God has shown that he is mighty and we are in his hands!

God bless,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Trans people and church members last year!

Dear Friends,

Our annual Season of Remembrance concludes with the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Every year several hundred people are killed, often in the most brutal way, because of their gender expression.  Many are subject to extreme domestic violence and others are targeted by strangers. At a time when trans women themselves, are often portrayed as a threat to society in the western media, we need to stand in solidarity with this persecuted minority.

Of course, domestic violence is not limited to transwomen.  Many women of all sorts are subjected to the most terrible treatment, and we remember them too.

The bible readings for this Transgender Day of Remembrance will be Jeremiah 23:1-6, Galatians 3:23-29, and Matthew 5:1-11, and we will be singing the hymns Stand up stand up for Jesus; Lord, we make this cry for freedom; Beauty for Brokenness; and Let Us Build a House!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Last Week’s Service

Highlights of last week’s service for Remembrance Sunday can be seen here!  This includes the sermon, Last Post, and Two Minutes’ Silence.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

This Sunday, 20th November, is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  We have a special service to remember all those who have been killed this year as a result of their gender or gender expression.  We will be joined by guests from MPlus – the Chiang Mai LGBT advocacy organisation.  All are welcome!

Advent Sunday!

Decorating the church!

Next Sunday, 27th November, is Advent Sunday, and we will be joined by our All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation. We will decorate the church following morning worship and this will be followed by a potluck at the vicarage where we will also decorate the Christmas tree!

There is a sign-up sheet for the potluck at the back of the church!

Christmas Events – Coming Soon!

Copies of the poster are available at the back of the church.  Please take one if you have a good place to display it, maybe even in your car window!

You can also download a copy to print or share here:

Poster pdf
Poster jpeg image

Festival of Christmas Carols

This is our wonderful annual Christmas event.  Carol singing is led by the Lannacapella Choir and the All Saints Choristers, who will also perform their own pieces of Christmas music.  Readings will be given by various Consuls and other local dignitaries.

Tickets and posters are available at the back of the church or you can download copies to print or share with your friends by email or on social media:

Poster image
Poster pdf
Tickets image
Tickets pdf

Volunteers are still needed to help with setting-up, refreshments, etc.  Please see Chris Tananone.

Do I Stay Christian?

Our book study will continue from now until Christmas!

You can join on Tuesday at noon at Bella Goose.  Copies of the book are available from church.

Busy times ahead at All Saints!

We  have a very busy calendar for the last three months of 2022.  God has blessed us with many good things are we have much to be thankful for!

Sunday 20th November    
Transgender Day of Remembrance

Sunday 27th November    
First Sunday of Advent

Sunday 4th December    
Second Sunday of Advent

Saturday 10th December    
Festival of Christmas Carols

Sunday 11th December  
Third Sunday of Advent

Sunday 18th December    
Fourth Sunday of Advent

Saturday 24th December    
Midnight Mass

Sunday 25th December    
Christmas Day Eucharist
Followed by Christmas Lunch

Chili Night 

Some of the group!

Chili Night continues every Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Come and join us at the vicarage as we share chili followed by ice cream! 
 

Weekly Offering to All Saints

You can still donate in person or online.  Thank you for your support and love for All Saints and all we are trying to do together.  God has shown that he is mighty and we are in his hands!

God bless,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

This week we mark Remembrance Day on Friday 11th November, and Remembrance Sunday on Sunday 13th November.

Remembrance Day began as Armistice Day to mark the end of the First World War on the 11th November 1918 at 11 a.m. UK time.  (Midday Central European Time.)  Since then a minutes silence has been held each year on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.  At the end of the Second World War this became two minutes silence to commemorate the dead of the two world-wide conflicts. It has now become a time to remember all those killed in all subsequent wars and armed conflicts around the world, and to redouble our efforts to work for peace!

From the very beginning the two phrases associated with Remembrance Day are “Lest we forget” and “Never Again!”

This year I have been asked to officiate at the Remembrance Day observances at the Chiang Mai Foreign Cemetery.  The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by refreshments at the Gymkhana Club.  All are welcome! Our observation of Remembrance Sunday at All Saints, will follow on Sunday 13th November, again beginning at 10:30 a.m.

The bible readings for this Remembrance Sunday will be Isaiah 2:3-4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and Luke 21:5-19, and we will be singing the hymns O God our help in Ages Past, Abide with Me, Will Your Anchor Hold, and The Day Thou gavest Lord is Ended!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Last Week’s Sermon

Last week’s sermon “What do you choose?”, can be seen here!

Transgender Day of Remembrance

20th November is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  We will have a special service to remember all those who have been killed this year as a result of their gender or gender expression.  We will be joined by guests from MPlus – the Chiang Mai LGBT advocacy organisation.  All are welcome!

Festival of Christmas Carols – Advanced Notice!

Please put this on your calendar.  Volunteers are needed for setting up, ushering, catering, etc.

Do I Stay Christian?

Our book study will continue from now until Christmas!

You can join on Tuesday at noon at Bella Goose.  Copies of the book are available from church.

Busy times ahead at All Saints!

We  have a very busy calendar for the last three months of 2022.  There is only one “normal” Sunday until Christmas!  God has blessed us with many good things are we have much to be thankful for!

Friday 11th November    
Remembrance Day

Sunday 13th November    
Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 20th November    
Transgender Day of Remembrance

Sunday 27th November    
First Sunday of Advent

Sunday 4th December    
Second Sunday of Advent

Saturday 10th December    
Festival of Christmas Carols

Sunday 11th December  
Third Sunday of Advent

Sunday 18th December    
Fourth Sunday of Advent

Saturday 24th December    
Midnight Mass

Sunday 25th December    
Christmas Day Eucharist
Followed by Christmas Lunch

Chili Night 

Some of the group!

Chili Night continues every Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Come and join us at the vicarage as we share chili followed by ice cream! 
 

Weekly Offering to All Saints

You can still donate in person or online.  Thank you for your support and love for All Saints and all we are trying to do together.  God has shown that he is mighty and we are in his hands!

God bless,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Season of Mists!

Dear Friends,

    Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
    Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass

I didn’t study much poetry at school, and remember even less.  One poem which has stuck in my mind, however, is John Keats’ poem To Autumn, although the literary minded amongst you may realise that the second line I “remembered” is not part of Keats’ poem.  Mr Google tells me it is part of Lysander’s opening speech in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream!

Whatever the case, November in the UK and northern hemisphere is a season of Autumn leaves, apple-bobbing, and the nights drawing in!

However, at All Saints, November is our Season of Remembrance!

It begins with All Saints Day when we remember and give thanks for Christians who have gone before us.  This is followed by Remembrance Day on 11th November, and Remembrance Sunday on 13th November. Then we mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday 20th November.

It is good to remember, and give thanks, but this must spur us on to create change so that war and injustice can cease, and finally these remembrances become remembrances of the distant past!

The bible readings for this Sunday will be Job 19:23-27, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17, and Luke 20:27-38, and we will be singing the hymns Praise my Soul the King of Heaven; Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord); I am the Bread of Life; and Tell Out My Soul!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Last Week’s Service

Video of highlights of our Celebration of All Saints Day can then be seen here!

Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday

I have been asked to officiate at the Remembrance Day observances at the Chiang Mai Foreign Cemetery on Friday 11th November.  The service will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by refreshments at the Gymkhana Club.  All are welcome!

Our observation of Remembrance Sunday at All Saints, will follow on Sunday 13th November, again beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

20th November is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.  We will have a special service to remember all those who have been killed this year as a result of their gender or gender expression.  We will be joined by guests from MPlus – the Chiang Mai LGBT advocacy organisation.  All are welcome!

Festival of Christmas Carols – Advanced Notice!

Please put this on your calendar.  Volunteers are needed for setting up, ushering, catering, etc.

Do I Stay Christian?

Our book study will continue from now until Christmas!

You can join on Tuesday at noon at Bella Goose or Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Crawfords’.

Copies of the book are available from church.

Busy times ahead at All Saints!

We  have a very busy calendar for the last three months of 2022.  There is only one “normal” Sunday until Christmas!  God has blessed us with many good things are we have much to be thankful for!

Sunday 6th November    
Normal Sunday!!!!!

Friday 11th November    
Remembrance Day

Sunday 13th November    
Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 20th November    
Transgender Day of Remembrance

Sunday 27th November    
First Sunday of Advent

Sunday 4th December    
Second Sunday of Advent

Saturday 10th December    
Festival of Christmas Carols

Sunday 11th December  
Third Sunday of Advent

Sunday 18th December    
Fourth Sunday of Advent

Saturday 24th December    
Midnight Mass

Sunday 25th December    
Christmas Day

Chili Night 

Some of the group last week!

Chili Night continues every Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Come and join us at the vicarage as we share chili followed by ice cream! 
 

Weekly Offering to All Saints

You can still donate in person or online.  Thank you for your support and love for All Saints and all we are trying to do together.  God has shown that he is mighty and we are in his hands!

God bless,

Father Iain