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Be Dishonest!

Posted on 19/09/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Liar, Liar, Liar!

Dear Friends,

According to Forbes Magazine, even though voters hate it when a newly elected candidate reneges on campaign promises, and constituents want politicians who follow through and are fundamentally honest, a new paper suggests that the more honest a politician, the less likely they are to succeed.

Jesus knew all about dishonest leaders and powerful people, in this week’s Gospel passage he tells a story about a dishonest manager, and then makes this extraordinary statement:

I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes.

What did Jesus mean? I shall be trying to unpack this at All Saints this Sunday – or will I?

The scripture readings at All Saints this Sunday will be from Amos 8:4-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-7,and Luke 16:1-13, and we will be singing the hymns Let All the World in Every Corner Sing, Take My Life and Let it Be, Let us Break Bread Together, and A Mighty Fortress!

Use this link to join our Sunday service on YouTube Live!

Last Week’s Service!

Video of last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage – Last Saturday!

At First Church, Chiang Mai

Last Saturday we marched with different faith leaders and representatives in the Wat Ket area (Baha’i, Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian – including All Saints). We began in front of First Church (Nawarat), where we gathered for a welcome and introduction. Inside the church, we heard a presentation and joined in a short Protestant prayer.

At Masjid Altaqwa

From there, we walked to Masjid Altaqwa for a presentation and Muslim prayer. The journey then took us to Green O’Clock Garden, where representatives of the Bahá’í Faith invited us to sing and pray in their tradition. Around 11:30, we paused for a vegetarian lunch together.

In the garden at Green O’Clock

At noon, people came to All Saints to learn more about our community and share worship in our tradition. The walk then went on to Wat Ket, a Buddhist temple, before we crossed the pedestrian bridge whose history is closely tied to the local Sikh community. We then stopped at a Chinese Shrine for an introduction to their tradition.

Together at All Saints

The Choir leading Worship

Singing their hearts out!

At All Saints we had a fantastic short sung Eucharist led by the All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation. You can watch the children singing via this link!

In the Chinese Shrine

Mini Recital II – Saturday, September 13

Later on Saturday afternoon, the All Saints’ Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation performed at the AUA Theatre. They were amazing! You can watch their performance via this link!

NEW!!!! Theology on Tap – First Thursday of Each Month!

Beer, Pizza and … The Bible?

Join us the first Thursday of the month to explore your questions—and problems—with the Bible over delicious food and stimulating conversation. We’ll watch a video exploring a spiritual theme, followed by group discussion. Bring a friend, or meet new ones. People of all faiths and no faith are welcome.

6:00-8:00 pm at Bella Madre Pizza (next to Food4Thought East)
First Thursday of the month
A variety of beverages and food are available for purchase.

Suggested donation: 100 Baht

No RSVP required. Contact Christa with questions.

Harvest Festival—Sunday 5th October

This year’s Harvest Festival will be held at All Saints Church as many of the Youth Charity Foundation children will be away. It will be followed by a potluck at the vicarage.

Festival of Carols—Advanced Notice

This will be on Saturday 20th December at Thammapratheep Church

All Saints’ Book Club

Book Club meets 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 3:30-5:30. Location to be confirmed each week. We’re working our way through The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper. Contact Christa or Gene for details.

Chili Night

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

Please make a THB 100 donation.

Weekly Offering to All Saints

You can still donate in person or online – and now you can use our QR code!. Thank you for your support and love for All Saints and all we are trying to do together. God has shown that God is mighty and we are in God’s hands!

God bless you,

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Sing to the Lord!

Posted on 10/09/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

The All Saints Choristers

Dear Friends,

This week we have a week of song – two concerts and two services!

First we have the Lannacapella Choir concert this Thursday afternoon. They will be singing at Thammapratheep Church at 2 p.m. and the concert should last around an hour.

Then on Saturday we have a special half-hour sung Eucharist for the Interfaith Pilgrimage organised by the Payap University Peacebuilding Department. This will be at All Saints at 12 noon and will be led by the All Saints Choristers.

Then later on Saturday afternoon, the All Saints Choristers will be performing at the AUA Theatre at 4 p.m. in an entertaining presentation of fun songs.

Finally, we have our regular Sunday morning worship at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. This week, instead of using Zoom we are going to use YouTube Live. This should give better sound quality and easier access.

It should be a great week!

Our scripture readings this Sunday will be from Exodus 32:7-14, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, and Luke 15:1-10, and we will be singing the hymns The Lord’s My Shepherd (Crimond), Bless the Lord oh my soul, The Lord’s My Shepherd (Townsend), and The King of Love my Shepherd is!

Use this link to join our Sunday service on YouTube Live!

Last Week’s Service!

Video of last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Lanacappella Concert – This Thursday!

Featuring Maureen, Elsa, Chris, and Paddy from All Saints!!!
This Thursday September 11th @ 2:00pm at Thammapratheep Church
No tickets, no charge!
Support us by coming to hear us!

Mini Recital II – This Saturday, September 13

The All Saints’ Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation will be performing at the AUA Theatre this Saturday, 13th September, at 4 p.m. The concert will last about an hour.

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage – This Saturday!

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage – Saturday, September 13

The actual pilgrimage is full, but you can still join us at All Saints at midday.

We will dialogue with different faith leaders and representatives in Wat Ket area (Baha’i, Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian – including All Saints).

Our itinerary will begin at 9:00 am in front of First Church (Nawarat), where we will gather for a welcome and introduction. Inside the church, we will hear a presentation and join in a short Protestant prayer.

From there, we will walk to Masjid Altaqwa for a presentation and Muslim prayer. The journey will then take us to Green O’Clock Garden, where representatives of the Bahá’í Faith will invite us to sing and pray in their tradition. Around 11:30, we will pause for a vegetarian lunch together.

At noon, we will continue to All Saints to learn more about this community and share worship in their tradition. The walk will go on to Wat Ket, a Buddhist temple, before we cross the pedestrian bridge whose history is closely tied to the local Sikh community. We then hope to stop at a Chinese Shrine for an introduction to this tradition.

Our pilgrimage will return to First Church, closing the circle around 3:00 pm—perhaps a little earlier.

At All Saints we will have a short sung Eucharist at noon led by the All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation. If you have not signed up for the pilgrimage, you can still join us at midday to share in sharing our worship with others.

Harvest Festival—Sunday 5th October

This year’s Harvest Festival will be held at All Saints Church as many of the Youth Charity Foundation children will be away. It will be followed by a potluck at the vicarage.

Festival of Carols—Advanced Notice

This will be on Saturday 20th December at Thammapratheep Church

All Saints’ Book Club

Chili Night

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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How much will you pay?

Posted on 04/09/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Gaza – Counting the Cost!

Dear Friends,

In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus says:

What king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.

It seems to be something which Vladimir Putin failed to do when launching his invasion of Ukraine. He thought it would be an easy victory – but it has proved to be nothing of the sort and has lasted years. Likewise, I’m sure the Hamas attackers of 7th October never thought that the Israeli reaction would be so severe and long-lasting amounting to the genocide of their people. If they had known, would they have attacked differently? We must hold both situations in our prayers!

Jesus challenge his hearers, and challenges all people, to count the cost of following him. Is it worth it and a cost worth paying? It’s a question we should ask whenever we’ve an important decision to make.

Our scripture readings this Sunday will be from Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Philemon 1-12, and Luke 14:25-33, and we will be singing the hymns Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; I have decided to follow Jesus; Jesus calls us! o’er the tumult; and To God be the Glory!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Lanacappella Concert – Next Thursday

Featuring Maureen, Elsa, Chris, and Paddy from All Saints!!!
Thursday September 11th @ 2:00pm at Thammapratheep Church
No tickets, no charge!
Support us by coming to hear us!

Mini Recital II – Saturday, September 13

The All Saints’ Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation will be performing at the AUA Theatre on Saturday 13th September at 4 p.m. The concert will last about an hour.

….

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage – Saturday, September 13

Dialogue with different faith leaders and representatives in Wat Ket area (Baha’i, Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian – including All Saints).

Our itinerary will begin at 9:00 am in front of First Church (Nawarat), where we will gather for a welcome and introduction. Inside the church, we will hear a presentation and join in a short Protestant prayer.

From there, we will walk to Masjid Altaqwa for a presentation and Muslim prayer. The journey will then take us to Green O’Clock Garden, where representatives of the Bahá’í Faith will invite us to sing and pray in their tradition. Around 11:30, we will pause for a vegetarian lunch together.

At noon, we will continue to All Saints to learn more about this community and share worship in their tradition. The walk will go on to Wat Ket, a Buddhist temple, before we cross the pedestrian bridge whose history is closely tied to the local Sikh community. We then hope to stop at a Chinese Shrine for an introduction to this tradition.

Our pilgrimage will return to First Church, closing the circle around 3:00 pm—perhaps a little earlier.

At All Saints we will have a short sung Eucharist at noon led by the All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation. If you don’t want to take part in the whole pilgrimage, you can still join us at midday to share in sharing our worship with others.

….

All Saints’ Book Club

Chili Night

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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True Humility!

Posted on 30/08/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Jesus washes the disciples feet!!!

Dear Friends,

This week’s Old Testament reading is probably our shortest ever. It is posted below in full:

Proverbs 25:6-7

Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great;
for it is better to be told, ‘Come up here’,
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

This is an easily understood passage and Jesus expands on it in our Gospel reading when dinner guests are jostling for the best seats!

We all want to be respected and well-regarded but some of us who are white, wealthy, and western don’t even notice the respect that we already receive just for where we were born.

How can we retain our dignity and yet be humble? Find out more this Sunday!

Our scripture readings this Sunday will be from Proverbs 25:6-7, Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16, and Luke 14:1, 7-14, and we will be singing the hymns Christ is the World’s Light; Lord, You Teach Us to be Humble; Called as Partners in Christ’s Service; and The Servant King!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Mini Recital II – Saturday, September 13

The All Saints’ Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation will be performing at the AUA Theatre on Saturday 13th September at 4 p.m. The concert will last about an hour.

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage – Saturday, September 13

Dialogue with different faith leaders and representatives in Wat Ket area (Baha’i, Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian – including All Saints).

Our itinerary will begin in front of First Church (Nawarat), where we will gather for a welcome and introduction. Inside the church, we will hear a presentation and join in a short Protestant prayer.

From there, we will walk to Masjid Altaqwa for a presentation and Muslim prayer. The journey will then take us to Green O’Clock Garden, where representatives of the Bahá’í Faith will invite us to sing
and pray in their tradition. Around 11:30, we will pause for a vegetarian lunch together.

At noon, we will continue to All Saints to learn more about this community and share a prayer in their tradition. The walk will go on to Wat Ket, a Buddhist temple, before we cross the pedestrian bridge whose history is closely tied to the local Sikh community. We then hope to stop at a Chinese Shrine for an introduction to this tradition.

Our pilgrimage will return to First Church, closing the circle around 3:00 pm—perhaps a little earlier.

At All Saints we will have a short sung Eucharist at noon led by the All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation.

All Saints’ Book Club

Chili Night

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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God’s Calling!

Posted on 22/08/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Here I am Lord, Send Him!!!

Dear Friends,

When God calls us it is easy to think that God must be calling someone else! “I am too young/old” is often our response! Jeremiah complained that he was too young, Abraham complained that he was too old, but God used both of them.

In this week’s Gospel reading, Jesus heals on the Sabbath and is condemned by the head of the synagogue where the healing took place. Jesus calls him a hypocrite!

We are called to bring healing to the world too and to share God’s love with all. Some actions – like caring for the children of the Youth Charity Foundation or helping refugees from Myanmar – will receive praise from all. Other actions – like highlighting the on-going genocide in Gaza or our work with transACTIONrefuge – will receive support from some but condemnation from others! But we are called to do what we believe God is calling us to do!

Let us therefore, each one of us, seek to follow God’s calling on our lives!

Our scripture readings this Sunday will be from Jeremiah 1:4-10, Hebrews 12:18-29, and Luke 13:10-17, and we will be singing the great hymns All My Hope on God Is Founded; I, the Lord of Sea and Sky; Make Me a Channel of your Peace; and Go forth and tell!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Welcome Back Service & Potluck – Last Sunday

We had a special “Welcome Back” service on Sunday 17th August as international schools began the new school year. The church was packed as our choir of children from the Youth Charity Foundation lead our worship.

The service was followed by an equally packed potluck lunch at the vicarage.

The All Saints’ Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation will be performing at the AUA Theatre on Saturday 13th September at 4 p.m. More information to follow!

From the Margins to Empowerment

Payap University’s Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace will be hosting a series of programs throughout August and September around the theme of “From the Margins to Empowerment: Building Inclusive Justice and Peace through Storytelling, Dialogue, and Advocacy”. All programs are free and open to the public. Three are highlighted below. The Interview sessions will take place at the International College (Pentecost Building, Room 419) on the main Payap campus.

Friday, August 22 from 10 – 11:30 with lunch following.
LGBTQIA+ Interview and Storytelling with Rev. Ken Dobson

Friday, August 29 from 10 – 11:30 with lunch following.
Persons with Disabilities Interview and Storytelling with Rev. Dr. Gene Bourquin

For a fuller schedule or more information contact Chris Tananone.

Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage

Saturday, September 13: Interfaith Walking Pilgrimage: Dialogue with different faith leaders and representatives in Wat Ket area (Baha’i, Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian – including All Saints).

The pilgramage will arrive at All Saints at midday and will join in a thirty minute act of worship.
More details to follow.

All Saints’ Book Club

Chili Night

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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Welcome Back!

Posted on 15/08/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Worship with the Choir this Sunday!

AND POTLUCK TO FOLLOW

Dear Friends,

It is good to praise the Lord! And this Sunday the All Saints Choristers will be leading our worship as we welcome people back for the new international school year! Our service will centre around the theme of music and singing as we count our blessings – whatever they are!

We’ll then all proceed to the vicarage for a Welcome Back Potluck! This is all part of being community!

Our scripture readings for this Sunday will be from Sirach 39:12-15; Ephesians 5:18-20 and Colossians 3:15-17; and Matthew 26:26-30, and we will be singing the hymns When in our Music God is Glorified; Lord of the Dance; Bless the Lord oh my Soul; and Lord, for the Years!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Welcome Back Service & Potluck – This Sunday 17th August!

We will have a special “Welcome Back” service on Sunday 17th August as international schools begin the new school year. Our choir of children from the Youth Charity Foundation will be leading our worship and the service will be followed by a potluck lunch at the vicarage.

Chili Night – Back Next Tuesday

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

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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EVER READY!

Posted on 08/08/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Power

Dear Friends,

There’s an old children’s song which you probably know. It goes like this:

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning.
Give me oil in my lamp, I pray.
Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning,
Keep me burning till the break of day

Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
Sing hosanna to the King of Kings!
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
Sing hosanna to the King!

It is based on this week’s Gospel Reading and the parallel passage in Matthew. We also used to sing another “modern” verse – well, modern in the 1970s!

Give me batteries in my torch, keep me shining.
Give me batteries in my torch, I pray.
Give me batteries in my torch, keep me shining.
Keep me shining till the break of day.

Ever ready, ever ready,
Ever ready for the King of Kings!
Ever ready, ever ready,
Ever ready to serve the Lord!

Ever Ready batteries, with their distinctive red logo and blue body, were the ubiquitous source of portable power long before the invention of rechargeable devices and USB leads! If you were going somewhere with a radio or torch (flash light for Americans!) then you’d better take some spare batteries for they could suddenly run out! I suppose powerbanks are the modern equivalent.

The line ‘Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit’ from our Gospel reading, could be rendered ‘Be dressed for action and have your phones charged.’ as a present day metaphor.

The underlying question is the same: are we ready for the Lord’s return? You don’t have to believe in a literal second coming to ask the question. Are our lives up to God’s standard? Would we be ready to meet our maker if we were hit by the proverbial bus tomorrow?

Are we ever ready for the King?

Our scripture readings for this Sunday will be from Genesis 15:1-6, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, and Luke 12:32-40, and we will be singing the hymns Praise my Soul the King of Heaven; Men of Faith; Be Still for the Presence of the Lord; and Onward, Christian People!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Welcome Back Service & Potluck – Next Sunday 17th August!

Chili Night – A Week’s Break!

No Chili Night next week! It will return on Tuesday 19th August!

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Prayer for Gaza!

Posted on 31/07/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Our Lady of Gaza

Dear Friends,

Two years ago armed men burst out of the relatively comfortable prison camp that was Gaza, and killed hundreds of Israeli citizens – some of them innocent civilians – and took over a hundred captive. Undoubtedly, war crimes were committed and any death is a tragedy, but since then the Israeli military has killed over 100,000 people – the majority women and children – and made 2,000,000 people homeless. Now many of them are starving to death.

The picture above is an icon of mother and child based upon a photo of a starving child in Gaza, held in his mothers arms. His name is Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a child in Gaza City. He has a muscle disorder that requires physical therapy and specialized nutrition, and he faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens due to ongoing Israeli attacks and the blockade. Having dropped from 9 to 6 kilograms (approximately 20 to 13 pounds), he struggles to survive in a tent and wears a diaper made from a trash bag. I hesitate to show the actual photo, but we must not look away.

What makes this famine different is that it is deliberate, with mountains of food just a few miles away, and the regime engineering mass starvation continues to receive practical support from our western countries.

What can we do? We can pray – and prayer changes things! But we must act too – we cannot stay silent. Those of us who live in Thailand cannot march in the streets – if we’re not Thai then they’re not our streets to march in – but we can lobby our own governments, we can share on social media, we can be a “voice in the wilderness, declaring ‘Prepare the way for the Lord!'”

As I said in my sermon last week, the second line of the Lord’s Prayer is “Your Kingdom come” and we’re called upon not just to pray for the coming of God’s kingdom, but to work for it – a place where the blind see, the sick are healed, and the hungry are fed!

As we work and pray, our voice is slowly being heard by those in power. Let us continue to build God’s Kingdom and prepare the way for the Lord!

Our scripture readings for this Sunday will be from Ecclesiastes 1 & 2, Acts 8:26-35, and Matthew 2:13-18, and we will be singing the hymns All People that on Earth do Dwell; O Lord, the Clouds are Gathering; Beauty for Brokenness; and Christ, be our Light!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

Cassandra’s Baptism

It was a great joy to witness Cassandra’s baptism at All Saints last Sunday. Please hold her in your prayers.

Goodbye to Clay

Last Service

Also last week, we said goodbye to our intern, Clay. God willing, he’ll be back!

At the Airport

Welcome Back Service & Potluck – 17th August

Chili Night

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

Please make a THB 100 donation.

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Baptism & Goodbye

Posted on 25/07/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Another Baptism this Sunday

Dear Friends,

This Sunday I will have the joy of baptising Cassandra, a young woman who has been attending All Saints for the last few weeks and searching for God for a much longer period.

She will be signaling that she wants to follow the example of Jesus in her life – and that despite the negative example of some Christians she has encountered in the past.

Please join us on this joyous occasion.

This will also be the last Sunday that our intern, Clay, will be with us at All Saints, so we will be saying a fond farewell and thankyou! You can hear the sermon he preached last week via the link below.

Clay, Elsa, and Mark at Chiang Mai Pride

Our scripture readings for this Sunday will be from Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:6-19, and Luke 11:1-13, and we will be singing the hymns Praise to the Lord, the Almighty; Oh Lord, Hear my Prayer; Seek Ye First; and What a Friend We Have in Jesus!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

1946 Movie – Last Monday!

Last Monday we had a screening of “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture,” a new documentary film that traces the origins of the Christian anti-gay movement back to a particularly consequential translation of the Bible in 1946.

It was a great evening with fantastic food before the movie and a great discussion afterwards where people were able to share their personal stories. Many church and non-church people attended.

Heartfelt thanks to Clay and Christa for organising this event.

Welcome Back Service & Potluck – 17th August

Chili Night

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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Mary or Martha?

Posted on 18/07/2025 | Leave a comment

From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai

Which are you?

Dear Friends,
Most of us are doers – we like to get things done! The active people in the church are like that, after all, James said that faith without works is dead.

But when the doer, Martha, complained to Jesus about the listener, Mary, Jesus said that Mary had “chosen the better part!”

Do we find it easier to do than to find time to really listen to Jesus? How can we become better listeners and so better disciples too?

Our scripture readings for this Sunday will be Genesis 18:1-10, Colossians 1:15-28, and Luke 10:38-42, and we will be singing the hymns All Creatures of our God and King; Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee; When the Music Fades; and Lift High the Cross!

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 last Sunday’s service is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!

1946 Movie – Next Monday!

Join us for a screening of “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture,” a new documentary film that traces the origins of the Christian anti-gay movement back to a particularly consequential translation of the Bible in 1946. Deeply researched and movingly told, this film sheds light on the complex history of Christian homophobia and the questionable scriptural foundation upon which it was built.

Watch the trailer here!

Bring a friend and join us to watch, discuss, and eat lots of popcorn.

Snacks are provided, and entry is free, although we recommend a donation of 250฿ to support All Saints Chiang Mai, the first (only?) affirming church in Chiang Mai.

6:00 PM on Monday, 21 July,
at the Mennonite Central Committee.

RSVP to Clay or Christa or by QR Code.

Chili Night Continues Next Week!

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

Please make a THB 100 donation.

God bless you,

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Sing to the Lord!

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How much will you pay?

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True Humility!

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God’s Calling!

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Welcome Back!

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EVER READY!

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