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From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

What do we expect?

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Dear Friends,
In this week’s Gospel reading we see Jesus turning water into wine!  Is this what we expect when we come to church at All Saints?  I don’t mean a literal miracle during the communion service, but a transformation of the ordinary into the extraordinary, the mundane into the exceptional!

Some churches could be accused of turning wine into water – taking the amazing good news and challenge of the Gospel and watering it down so much that there’s nothing left – a Christian homeopathy where the concentration of goodness is so dilute as to be scientifically undetectable!

Why do you come to church?  Habit?  Now, there’s nothing wrong with having good habits – sometimes it is only our regular patterns of life that get us through the dark times – but in the long-run our church-going must be more!  We should go because we are excited to be part of a living, loving, worshipping community – that’s why Zoom or recordings of services can never be a true substitute!

So, come get that wine on Sunday – don’t settle for water alone!

The readings for this Sunday will be from Genesis 14:17-20, Revelation 19:6-10, and John 2:1-11, and we will be singing the hymns All Creatures of our God and King; Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing; I am the Bread of Life; and A Mighty Fortress!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Sermon Video



Every week I spend some hours recording, editing, and uploading the video of the Sunday sermon.  If I include the whole service the time spend is proportionally longer.  Very few people are watching the recordings so in 2024 we will only record some of the sermons and services.

If you do watch the recordings each week and would really miss them, then email me on iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com

We are also thinking of changing from Zoom to YouTube Live as it offers much better quality!


Morning Meditation – Change of Venue



Morning Meditation continues at 9 am but this week it will be held at All Saints!  See Chris or Father Peter for details.  (It is in 2024 and not 2004 – time travel not required!)


Chili Night continues next week!

Every Tuesday everyone in Chiang Mai is invited to Chili Night in the New Vicarage. Chili con Carne, rice, chips, ice-cream, and drinks are provided.  Just come along! (But let Father Iain know in advance if you can!)   All are welcome.  Food is served at 6 p.m.


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 you,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

What are you called to?

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Dear Friends,
At the beginning of this New Year, our scripture readings are all about calling!  We begin with the calling of the boy Samuel in the Old Testament, and in our Gospel reading we hear of Jesus calling Philip and then Nathaniel to be his disciples.

Are we prepared to answer the call of God on our lives?  Can we say with Samuel, “Here I am Lord!”?  Will we say “yes” to Jesus’ call to “follow me”?

Find out more this Sunday at All Saints!

The readings for this Sunday will be from 1 Samuel 3:1-20, Revelation 5:1-10, and John 1:43-51, and we will be singing the hymns Praise my Soul the King of Heaven; I, the Lord of Sea and Sky; I will offer up my life; and Tell Out My Soul!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Morning Meditation begins this Thursday!



Morning Meditation begins at 9 am on Thursday 11th January  at the home of Chris Tananone.  See Chris or Father Peter for details.  (It is in 2024 and not 2004 – time travel not required!)


Chili Night continues next week!

Every Tuesday everyone in Chiang Mai is invited to Chili Night in the New Vicarage. Chili con Carne, rice, chips, ice-cream, and drinks are provided.  Just come along! (But let Father Iain know in advance if you can!)   All are welcome.  Food is served at 6 p.m.


Church Council Meeting

Our next Church Council Meeting is this Sunday!


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 you,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Come and Worship!

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

Dear Friends,
This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany when Magi from the East came to visit Jesus, bringing their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  They are traditionally known as the “Three Wise Men” or “Three Kings”. 

The Wise Men were wise because they came to Jesus – but what about us?  Will we be wise in 2024?  What are our plans for the new year?  What star will we be following?

Let us pray that we follow God’s guidance in the year ahead!

The readings for this Sunday will be from Isaiah 60:1-6, Ephesians 3:1-6, and Matthew 2:1-12, and we will be singing the carols We Three Kings of Orient Are; The First Nowell; As With Gladness Men of Old; and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!

Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Morning Meditation begins next week!



Morning Meditation begins at 9 am on Thursday 11th January  at the home of Chris Tananone.  See Chris or Father Peter for details.  (It is in 2024 and not 2004 – time travel not required!)


Chili Night returns next week!

Chili Night returns next week on Tuesday 9th January!  

Every Tuesday everyone in Chiang Mai is invited to Chili Night in the New Vicarage. Chili con Carne, rice, chips, ice-cream, and drinks are provided.  Just come along! (But let Father Iain know in advance if you can!)   All are welcome.  Food is served at 6 p.m.


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 Happy New Year,

Father Iain

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Our first ever Thai Service!

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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

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Jesus reigns – despite appearances to the contrary

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

Dear Friends,
When we see the state of the world, it’s hard to believe, as Robert Browning wrote, that “God is in his heaven, and all’s right with the world!”  But, as Christians, we do believe that God has won the victory and that, in the end, all will be well!  Meanwhile, we work to build God’s kingdom on earth and to try to make the world a better place for all.

This week we will celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, and the following Sunday is Advent Sunday when we begin our preparations for Christmas by decorating the church and sharing a potluck together.  We long for the coming of Jesus to bring peace on Earth and herald good will to all!

The bible readings for the Feast of Christ the King will be Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24, Ephesians 1:15-23, and Matthew 25:31-45, and we will be singing the hymns  The King of Love My Shepherd Is; When I needed a Neighbour; The Servant King; and Sing We the King Who is Coming to Reign!

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

Highlights of Last Week’s Service

Highlights of last week’s Transgender Day of Remembrance Service are available here!


Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil

The vigil took place at All Saints on the evening of Saturday 18th November.  It was a short ceremony in English and Thai with lighting of candles.


Reading the Names


The Best Christmas Choir Ever – Starts tonight!



Our very own Paddy Davis plays a hapless pastor in this Christmas play!  See Paddy for details and tickets!

Loi Krathong Celebration  – Tuesday 28th November


Meet at the church at 6 p.m. to join the celebrations together.


No Chili Night this week!

There will be no Chili Night on 28th November due to Loi Krathong!  Chili Night will return at the usual time of 6 p.m.  on 5th December!  


Advent Sunday


In two weeks’ time, on Sunday 3rd December, 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.


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!)
 

Coming Soon – Festival of Christmas Carols on 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 will be away in Chiang Rai this weekend as we are going to the wedding of a former YCF student.  We will be back on Monday


Events for your Diary

Saturday 18th November  6:00 pm
    Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil
Sunday 19th November  10:30 am      
    Transgender Day of Remembrance Service
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

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Transgender Day of Remembrance – All is Prepared!

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

Dear Friends,
Our annual Season of Remembrance concludes with the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

A few years ago I helped organise a vigil after a mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub.  I was attacked on social media for organising the event: “Why for them and not other victims of violence?” was the accusation.  I had no answer except to say that this event had particularly touched me personally, and if we organised a vigil for every group of victims in the world, we would hold one every day.

Every year several hundred trans people, mostly transwomen, and mostly transwomen of colour, are killed because of who they are.  This number is small compared to the more than ten thousand innocent civilians killed in Gaza over the last month – this is greater than the number of civilians killed in Ukraine in nearly two years, and the population of Ukraine is twenty times larger.  The daily death rate in Gaza is therefore 400 times that of the Ukraine conflict. We must not forget!  We remember them in our prayers each week, and remembered them in our Remembrance Sunday service last week.  But one death doesn’t cancel another, and we at All Saints have trans members and friends.  We can remember and honour both.

In a slow dispersed ongoing-massacre trans 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.  So at a time when trans women themselves, are often portrayed as a threat to society in the western media, we need to continue 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 the Transgender Day of Remembrance will be Jeremiah 23:1-6, Galatians 3:23-29, and Matthew 25:14-30, 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 this Sunday at 10:30 am
Meeting ID: 548 801 501

Highlights of Last Week’s Service

Highlights of last week’s Remembrance Sunday Service are available here!



And highlights of the Remembrance Day Observance are available here, curtesy of Steve Harrow.


Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil – at All Saints this Saturday!
 


The vigil will now take place at All Saints on the evening of Saturday 18th November.  This will be a short ceremony in English and Thai with lighting of candles.

Transgender Day of Remembrance Service – this Sunday



The following morning, Sunday 19th November, we will mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance in our morning worship at All Saints!


All Saints Foundation Meeting this Sunday



There will be a meeting of the All Saints Foundation Board this Sunday at 1 pm.  We now have a working bank account and there are decisions to be made about the relationship between ASF and the Church Council and handling of finances.  Please pray for all at the meeting as we go forward together.


All Saints South Location



On Wednesday, Father Peter, Pastor Mark, and I looked at three possible locations for All Saints South.  Our favourite one  was near the Grand Canyon water park just off the Canal Road.  Please pray that we find the right place.


Lunch Discussion this Sunday



A group to discuss the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” will meet over lunch after church. Join us if you’ve seen the film and would like to talk!


The Best Christmas Choir Ever!



Our very own Paddy Davis plays a hapless pastor in this Christmas play!  See Paddy for details and tickets!


Advanced Notice – 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.


Events for your Diary

Saturday 18th November  6:00 pm
    Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil
Sunday 19th November  10:30 am      
    Transgender Day of Remembrance Service
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
 

Loi Krathong Celebration  – Tuesday 28th November



Meet at the church at 6 p.m. to join the celebrations together.


Chili Night continues!

Chili Night continues at the usual time of 6 p.m.  Come and join us at the vicarage on Tuesday as we share chili followed by ice cream!  (There will be no Chili Night on 28th November due to Loi Krathong!)


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