Monthly Archives: December 2023

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Our first ever Thai Service!

(My church email is not working!  Please use iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com to contact me!)

Dear Friends,
We had a busy and wonderful Christmas at All Saints – with four Christmas services including our first ever Thai service!

The message of joy to the world and peace on earth was loudly proclaimed!

Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this possible!

The readings for this Sunday will be from Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Galatians 4:4-7, and Luke 2:15-21, and we will be singing the carols O Come All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Silent Night; Once in Royal David’s City; and Joy to the World! 

Use this link to join on Zoom on New Year’s Eve
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Thai Christmas Service!



On Saturday 23rd December we had our first ever Thai-language service at All Saints.  We had a full house with children from the Youth Charity Foundation and students from Maejo and Chiang Mai universities attending!
  









Pictures from Midnight Mass










… And Christmas Morning








Christmas Lunch – 25th December



Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this such a success with 42 people attending!  We had a wonderful meal!










Christmas Meal & Worship at YCF – 26th December



On Tuesday 26th December, a group from All Saints went to the Youth Charity Foundation to celebrate Christmas together.  We shared a meal together and then gave the children their presents after a short time of worship.














The Hangman – Begins Thursday Night

Had enough of Christmas?  Come and support All Saint’s own Barbara Franklin as she stars in the Hangman from 28th – 30th December!


New Year’s Eve at the Vicarage



Everyone is welcome to come and see in the New Year together.  Come to the vicarage from 8:00 pm onwards and bring snacks to share!   Happy New Year!
  

No Chili Night this week!

No Chili Night next week!  It will return on Tuesday 9th January!  


Morning Meditation begins in January



(It is in 2024 and not 2004 – time travel not required!)


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, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Join us as we celebrate!

(My church email is not working!  Please use iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com to contact me!)

Dear Friends,
Christmas is suddenly here!  Join us in celebrating the coming of the Prince of Peace!  Whoever you are – you are welcome to join with us!

With the state of the world where civil conflict rages in so many places, we all need the message of Christmas – the message of peace and goodwill, of love and forgiveness.  Even those cheesy Christmas movies have something to teach us!

The message of Christmas is that God is with us, and God loves us, whatever we’re going through, however we may be struggling.  God is with us – and the people of All Saints stand with you too!

Come celebrate – and seek for peace with us – this Christmas!

You are also invited to the vicarage for New Year’s Eve!

We have four services this Christmas – and a fifth at the Youth Charity Foundation!

Saturday 23rd December  6:00 pm
     Christmas Worship in Thai
Sunday 24th December  10:30 am
      Fourth Sunday of Advent Service
Sunday 24th December  11:30 pm
      Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December 10:30 am
      Christmas Morning Eucharist
     (Followed by Christmas Lunch)
Tuesday 26th December 6:00 pm
      Christmas meal & worship at YCF

May I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Gingerbread Christmas Tea


Thanks to Barbara for this wonderful event last Saturday!


Thai Christmas Service!

On Saturday 23rd December at 6 p.m. we have our first ever Thai-language service at All Saints.  We are expecting a full house with children from the Youth Charity Foundation and students from Maejo and Chiang Mai universities attending!  Bring your Thai friends!




Christmas Lunch – 25th December
 

You should have now signed up if you are coming – but don’t spend Christmas alone – contact me if you’d like to come!


Christmas Meal & Worship at YCF – 26th December


On Tuesday 26th December, everyone is invited to the Youth Charity Foundation to celebrate Christmas together.  We will share a meal together and then give the children their presents.  This will be followed by a time of Christmas worship.  Dinner is served at 6:00 pm


The Hangman

Had enough of Christmas?  Come and support All Saint’s own Barbara Franklin as she stars in the Hangman from 28th – 30th December!


New Year’s Eve at the Vicarage


Everyone is welcome to come and see in the New Year together.  Come to the vicarage from 8:00 pm onwards and bring snacks to share!   Happy New Year!

 

No Chili Night this week!

No Chili Night next week!  It will return on Tuesday 9th January!  


Advanced Notice – Morning Meditation begins in January



(It is in 2024 and not 2004 – time travel not required!)


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 and Merry Christmas,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Join us as we celebrate!

(My church email is not working!  Please use iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com to contact me!)

Dear Friends,
Christmas is very nearly upon us – we had a wonderful Festival of Christmas Carols last Saturday, which you can watch below!

This week we have a “normal” Sunday, and then we have four services over the Christmas weekend – five if you count the one at the Youth Charity Foundation. 

Our weekend begins with our first-ever Thai Christmas service on the evening of Saturday 23rd.  Then on Christmas Eve we will mark the Fourth Sunday of Advent in the morning, followed by Midnight Mass that night!  On Christmas Day we will have our Christmas Morning Eucharist!  (Each service will have a different preacher – so know need to worry about repetition!)

Christmas is all about the coming of the Prince of Peace – and our world certainly needs peace today!  It is strange how that title of Jesus is usually confined to Christmas, for forgiveness and reconciliation – which are the prerequisites for true peace – are at the heart of the gospel!

Come celebrate – and seek for peace with us – this Christmas!

The scripture readings for the Third Sunday of Advent will be from Isaiah 61:1-4,      1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, and Matthew 1:18-25, and we will be singing the carols O Come All Ye Faithful; Angels from the Realms of Glory; In the Bleak Midwinter; and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!

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

Our Festival of Christmas Carols!

Video of the full event is available here!

Video of the All Saints Choristers singing In the Bleak Midwinter is available here!

This is our wonderful annual Christmas event.  Thanks to the Lannacapella Choir and the All Saints Choristers who led the singing and performed their own pieces of Christmas music.  Thanks to our pianist, Kaew, for playing so beautifully.  Thanks to Claudine for stepping in at the last minute to lead the Lannacapella Choir when their director, Peter Springer, got Covid!   And many thanks to Thammapratheep Church for letting us use their beautiful building.


Gingerbread Christmas Tea



You are invited to a Gingerbread Christmas Tea at Barbara’s house this Saturday, December 16!!! Come any time 10am – 3pm!  We’ll eat, drink and make fabulous frosted cookie creations to eat or take home. It’s a family tradition!

33 soi 3, Chiang Mai-Lamphun Road. Big green house with a wreath on the gate!


Christmas Gift Wrapping!



Every year the people of All Saints buy Christmas presents for the children of the Youth Charity Foundation.  This year they’ll be given on 26th December.

On Wednesday 20th December we’ll meet at the vicarage at 10 a.m. to wrap the gifts.  With over fifty presents to wrap, many volunteers are needed!  Come if you are free!


Thai Christmas Service!

On Saturday 23rd December at 6 p.m. we have our first ever Thai-language service at All Saints.  We are expecting a full house with children from the Youth Charity Foundation and students from Maejo and Chiang Mai universities attending!  Bring your Thai friends!


Christmas Lunch – 25th December
 


Every year we share Christmas lunch together at the vicarage – nobody need be alone!  Please sign up to indicate  how many people are coming and also to say what you can bring.


Christmas Meal & Worship at YCF – 26th December



On Tuesday 26th December, everyone is invited to the Youth Charity Foundation to celebrate Christmas together.  We will share a meal together and then give the children their presents.  This will be followed by a time of Christmas worship.  Dinner is served at 6:00 pm

 
Christmas Events for your Diary



Saturday 23rd December  6:00 pm
     Christmas Worship in Thai
Sunday 24th December  10:30 am
      Fourth Sunday of Advent Service
Sunday 24th December  11:30 pm
      Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December 10:30 am
      Christmas Morning Eucharist
     (Followed by Christmas Lunch)
Tuesday 26th December 6:00 pm
      Christmas meal & worship at YCF
 

Chili Night continues this week!

Chili Night will continue at the usual time of 6 p.m. this Tuesday, 19th December!  Please join us!


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

Join us this Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

(My church email is not working!  Please use iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com to contact me!)

Dear Friends,
Last Sunday we celebrated Advent Sunday, and this Saturday we have our Festival of Christmas Carols at Thammapratheep Church!  Christmas is almost upon us!!!

But as we prepare to mark this most joyful of occasions, let us remember those who are suffering throughout the world – particularly those in the Holy Land where Jesus was born!  Let us pray for peace and reconciliation as we celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace.

Join us at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:30 a.m. on Sunday as we prepare our hearts for Christmas!

The bible readings for the Second Sunday of Advent will be Isaiah 40:1-5, 2 Peter 3:8-15a, and Luke 1:26-38, and we will be singing the hymns O Come, O come Emmanuel; The Angel Gabriel; Of the Father’s Love Begotten; and Angels we have heard on high!

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

Last Week’s Service

Highlights of last week’s Advent Sunday service are available here!

Festival of Christmas Carols – This Saturday, 9th December!



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 local dignitaries.  Invite your friends and come and help!  There will be a collection in aid of the Youth Charity Foundation.

Thammapratheep Church is next to Expat Auto.  Directions can be found here!


Christmas Publicity – Please take and share!









Posters are available at the back of the church!  Please take them if you have somewhere you can display them.  Rimping supermarkets will put them on their notice board for two weeks if you hand them in before the 1st and 14th of the month! 

(You can also copy the images above and send them to your friends!)


Christmas Lunch – 25th December
 


Every year we share Christmas lunch together at the vicarage – nobody need be alone!  Please sign up to indicate  how many people are coming and also to say what you can bring.


Christmas Meal & Worship at YCF – 26th December



On Tuesday 26th December, everyone is invited to the Youth Charity Foundation to celebrate Christmas together.  We will share a meal together and then give the children their presents.  This will be followed by a time of Christmas worship.  Dinner is served at 6:00 pm

 
Christmas Events for your Diary



Sunday 3rd December  10:30 am        
    Advent Sunday
Saturday 9th December  7:00 pm        
     Festival of Christmas Carols
Saturday 23rd December  6:00 pm
     Christmas Worship in Thai
Sunday 24th December  11:30 pm
      Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December 10:30 am
      Christmas Morning Eucharist
     (Followed by Christmas Lunch)
Tuesday 26th December 6:00 pm
      Christmas meal & worship at YCF
 

Chili Night continues this week!

Chili Night will continue at the usual time of 6 p.m. this Tuesday!  Please join us!


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

Join us as we prepare for the coming of Christmas!

(My church email is not working!  Please use iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com to contact me!)

Dear Friends,
Christmas is almost here!  This Sunday is Advent Sunday and as the Fourth Sunday of Advent falls on Christmas Eve, this is the latest Advent Sunday can be!  Thanks so Maejo students Nat, Mark, and F, for doing all the decorating so far!

As usual on Advent Sunday, we will be joined by some of the children from the Youth Charity Foundation who will finish decorating the church Christmas Tree.  We will then go to the vicarage for our Advent Potluck and the children will finish the decorations there!  Thanks to Nat, Mark, F, Oil, Nana, Annah and Annesh, for helping decorate the vicarage!

Advent is a busy time with all the preparations for Christmas, our Festival of Carols on Saturday 9th December, and our first ever Thai service on Saturday 23rd December, but it is most of all a time to prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus!  Take some time in the business to welcome the Prince of Peace!

The bible readings for Advent Sunday will be Isaiah 2:1-5, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9, and Mark 13:24-37, and we will be singing the hymns O Come, O Come Emmanuel; Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus; and Joy to the World!

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

Last Week’s Service

Last week’s service was not recorded.  You can watch previous services and sermons on the church website!


Advent Sunday



This Sunday we will celebrate Advent Sunday.  We will be joined by some of the children from the Youth Charity Foundation as we decorate the church for Christmas and share an Advent Potluck at the vicarage.

Chili Night returns this week!

Chili Night will return at the usual time of 6 p.m. this Tuesday, 5th December!  Please join us!
 

Christmas Publicity – Please take and share!









Posters and Festival of Carols tickets are available at the back of the church!  Please take them if you have somewhere you can display them.  Rimping supermarkets will put them on their notice board for two weeks if you hand them in before the 1st and 14th of the month! 

(You can also copy the images above and send them to your friends!)
 

Festival of Christmas Carols – Next Saturday, 9th December!



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.


Wedding in Chiang Rai



Mum and I had a great time in Chiang Rai for the wedding of a former Youth Charity Foundation student.  May God bless the couple in their future life together!

At Mae Fah Luang University


Christmas Events for your Diary



Sunday 3rd December  10:30 am        
    Advent Sunday
Saturday 9th December  7:00 pm        
     Festival of Christmas Carols
Saturday 23rd December  6:00 pm
     Christmas Worship in Thai
Sunday 24th December  11:30 pm
      Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December 10:30 am
      Christmas Morning Eucharist
     (Followed by Christmas Lunch)
Tuesday 26th December 6:00 pm
      Christmas meal & worship at YCF
 

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