From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai
The Rice of Life!
NO SERVICE AT ALL SAINTS THIS SUNDAY!
JOIN US AT YCF FOR OUR HARVEST FESTIVAL
Dear Friends,
Whilst the Lord’s Prayer contains the line “Give us this day our daily bread”, a popular greeting in Thailand is “Did you eat rice?” Rice is the staple food in much of Asia and Jesus may have shared sticky rice has the last supper been in Thailand. Here, the Bread of Life is the Rice of Life. It’s hard for most Thai farmers to make much money from growing rice, but rice will keep you alive whatever else you have to eat with it.
This Sunday we will again travel out to the Youth Charity Foundation for our Harvest Thanksgiving. (Directions below!) It is a time when we can all, rich and poor, give thanks for what we have.
The readings for this Sunday will be from Deuteronomy 8:7-18, Philippians 1:21-30, and Matthew 20:1-16, and we will be singing the hymns Come, Ye Thankful People, Come; Bless the Lord oh my soul; We Plow the Fields and Scatter; and Days of Elijah! The Choir will be singing Still!
Use this link to join on Zoom this Sunday at 10:30 am
Meeting ID: 548 801 501
Last Week’s Sermon
Last week’s sermon, “Don’t Stop Forgiving!”, can be seen here!
Harvest Festival – This Sunday 24th September
We will again be holding out Harvest Festival at the Youth Charity Foundation’s House of Hope!
The service will begin at 11 am, so we will meet at 10am at All Saints for those who can give or need a lift out to YCF. This will also be a change to formally present YCF with the new piano we have bought them.
Directions to YCF can be found here!
Please bring food to share along with the food that YCF will also provide!
All Saints Foundation Banking
On Thursday afternoon Khun Tasnee, the YCF Director, and I will be going to the Kasikorn Bank at Central Festival in order to open a bank account for the All Saints Foundation. We will also be meeting on Friday, along with Father Peter, to discuss the new YCF Child Protection Policy.
Please pray that both activities will proceed smoothly.
October Church Retreat – Change of Plan
The Center of the Universe Pool
Our church retreat at the RungNara Pool Villa Resort in Maejo proved to be too expensive for quite a few people so we have decided to have a day out instead.
On Saturday 14th October, we will go to the Center of the Universe Pool for the afternoon and then share a barbecue at the vicarage, which is nearby.
More details to follow.
Events for your Diary
September 24th – This Sunday!!!!
Harvest Festival at the Youth Charity Foundation
October 14th
Church Day Out
October 29th
All Saints Day Celebration and Potluck
November 12th
Remembrance Sunday
November 18th
Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil
November 19th
Transgender Day of Remembrance Service
December 3rd
Advent Sunday
December 9th
Festival of Christmas Carols
Chili Night continues!
Some of the group this week!
Chili Night continues at the usual time of 6 p.m. Come and join us at the vicarage as we share chili followed by ice cream!
This week the Maejo students treated us to homemade Thai deserts! They spent about two hours in the kitchen!
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
All Saints' Chiang Mai 