From Rev Iain Baxter, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

Ecclesia a nobis – We have a church!  Of course, the church is the people, but it’s great that we now have our own building.

Yesterday, Elena and I went down to the new church building to get the keys.  We now have our building. She was greatly impressed by the space.  I have a list of paint, brushes, rollers, and cloths to buy, ready for our fixing-up day on Saturday.  We will meet there at 10 am.  Bring old clothes and a happy smile!  Lunch will be provided.

We already have tables, chairs and drawers there, purchased at a very good price.  Thanks to William and Tarntip for transport to the place selling them, and Matt and Noon for assisting in carrying them back to the church!

This Sunday is our last service at 18 Pa Tan Road. After almost one year of worship on the terrace we are moving on.  It has been a great place to praise God in the midst of nature.  We may even get to use the river this week!  Our first service in the new building will be the following week on Sunday 13th July.  The service will also be followed by a potluck.   Directions to the new place are on the website!

This Sunday our readings are taken from Genesis 24, Song of Solomon 2:8-13, and Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30, and we will be singing the hymns Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Alleluia Alleluia Give Thanks, Come Down O Love Divine, and Love Divine all Loves Excelling.  You can find the readings via this link.  Video and audio of our major services can be found on the Audio-Visual page of the All Saints website and as always, directions can be found on the Where and When page.

Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.  All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

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God bless,

Iain

From Rev Iain Baxter, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

We have only two more weeks of worship at 18 Pa Tan Road: this week, 29th June, and the following week, 6th July.  I hope you can join us.  As you know, All Saints is moving and we will have the first service in our the new building on 13th July.  The service will be followed by a potluck.   Directions to the new place are on the website!  We have just purchased a “home cinema sound system” for our new church home, so the music should be louder and clearer.

Everyone is invited to the new building on Saturday 5th July to clean, paint and make things ready for our first service.  We will be there from 10 am onward.  It seems we will then be sharing in a BBQ in the afternoon, to belatedly celebrate 4th July, at Mark’s home.  Apparently, something happened on that day!

Our readings this Sunday are taken from Genesis 22:1-14, Romans 6:12-23, and Matthew 10:40-42, and we will be singing the hymns The God of Abraham Praise, There’s a Spirit in the Air, Will you come and Follow Me?, and All My Hope on God Is Founded.  You can find the readings via this link.

Video and audio of our main services can be found on the Audio-Visual page of the All Saints website and as always, directions can be found on the Where and When page.  Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.

All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

God bless,

Iain

From Rev Iain Baxter, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

A reminder again that we will have the first service in our the new building on 13th July.  The service will also be followed by a potluck.   Directions to the new place are on the website!  Only three more services at 18 Pa Tan Road!  We will go together to the new building on Saturday 5th July to clean, paint and make things ready for our first service, and share pizza for lunch!  More details to follow.

Meanwhile, this Sunday we will be sharing in our weekly Eucharist as usual, and our readings are taken from Genesis 21:8-21, Romans 6:1-11, and Matthew 10:24-39.  We will be singing the hymns Praise my Soul the King of Heaven, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Jesu, Jesu, Fill us with Your Love, and Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah.

God bless,

Iain

From Rev Iain Baxter, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

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Sadly, Ken, our faithful “Church Warden” and coffee maker, will be leaving us on 20th June, so this week will be his last service with us at All Saints.  He will be returning to his wife, Emily, and daughter, Pamela, in Cairo, Egypt.  We will have a potluck following the service to mark his departure.

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All Saints is moving too – though not as far!  We will have the first service in our the new building on 13th July.  The service will also be followed by a potluck.   Directions to the new place are on the website! Last week we again had a special offering towards our new building, and a further THB 4,300 was given.  The total is now THB 16,100.  Envelopes will again be available this week for those who would like to contribute but have not yet been able to do so.  Thanks to all who have so generously given already.  We will go together to the new building on Saturday 5th July to clean, paint and make things ready for our first service.  More details to follow.  Does pizza for lunch sound a good plan?

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Meanwhile, this Sunday we will be celebrating Trinity Sunday and our readings are taken from Genesis 1:1-2:4, 2 Corinthians 13:11-13, and Matthew 28:16-20, and we will be singing the hymns Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, Immortal, Invisible, God only Wise, Let us Break Bread Together, and Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.

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Video and audio of our services, including last week’s Pentecost service, can be found on the Audio-Visual page of the All Saints website and as always, directions can be found on the Where and When page.  Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.

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God bless,

Iain

From Rev Iain Baxter, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of Pentecost when God sent the Holy Spirit on his people!  Our readings are taken from Acts 2.1-13,1 Corinthians 12:3b-13, and John 7:37-39, and we will be singing the hymns On Pentecost They Gathered, Come Down O Love Divine, O Breath of Life, Spirit of God Unseen as The Wind, and O God of Burning, Cleansing Fire.

Ken is safely home from hospital.  Thanks to William and Tarntip who helped us file a police accident report yesterday, to help with the insurance claim.  Anyone who is free tonight after 6pm is warmly invited to the house, 18 Pa Tan Road, to welcome Ken back and to share coffee and snacks together.

Last week we again had a special offering towards our new building. It should be an excellent venue where we will be able to worship for a number of years.   THB 7,000 was given last week and the total is now THB 11,800.  Envelopes will again be available this week for those who would like to contribute but have not yet been able to do so.  We will move into the new building some time in July as the lease begins on the first of the month.  We would like as many people as possible to be present for our first service, which will be followed by a potluck, so please let me know any Sunday in July when you are unable to  worship with us.

Video and audio of our services can be found on the Audio-Visual page of the All Saints website and as always, directions can be found on the Where and When page.  Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.

All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives and celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

God bless,

Iain

From Rev Iain Baxter, All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

Ken has now had the operation to pin his broken leg.  He had the scan he needed on Thursday and was operated on Friday.  All went well and Elena and I visited him yesterday.  Please continue to uphold him and his family in your prayers.

We have been reviewing our weekly events and, due to changes in our congregation, the Wednesday Night Group is no longer meeting the needs of many people. We are therefore thinking of having a different activity each week in addition to our Sunday service.  This could be a meal, a discussion, an outing, and so forth. The time and venue could change too.  Of course, in five weeks time we will have our new building!

Last week we had the first of our Gift Days to help to cover the set up costs for our new place.  THB 2,800 was gratefully received and envelopes will again be available this Sunday for people who have been away.

Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.  All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

Hope to see you soon,

God bless,

Iain

From Ken Chase for All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

Please join us at 18 Pa Tan Road as we continue to worship this Easter Season!

Our exciting news is that we now have a new building!!! We will be moving some time in July.  On Tuesday, Iain signed the lease for the building.  It should be a great new home for All Saints, and we hope to be there for a number of years!

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As many of you know, the lease on the house where we currently worship expires at the end of July. It has been lovely to worship out on the terrace overlooking the Ping river, but the space is getting too small and it would be better to have a “proper church” dedicated for worship.  We are therefore moving to a new venue.  

About a month ago, Ken and I looked at a property near Prince Royal College.  It is a large free-standing hall which would be ideal for a church.  There is also a small kitchen and a bedroom which could be used as the church office / vestry.

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We  looked at a number of other properties and this was by far the best place for space, location, and appearance.

The Building is just opposite the Varee Kindergarten

We will be having a special gift day for the project on Sunday 18th May.

Our Wednesday Night Group will again meet tonight at the home of Joel Akins.  This week we will be discussing Chapter 11, Mercy, from Marcus Borg’s book.  On Sunday we will gather as usual at 11 a.m. to continue to celebrate Christ’s resurrection!

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This week’s readings are taken from Acts 2:42-47,1 Peter 2:19-25, and John 10:1-10, and we will be singing the hymns The Lord’s My Shepherd, Let us Build a House, Let us Break Bread Together, and Thine Be the Glory!

Video of our Easter services can be found on the Audio-Visual page of the website.  As always, directions can be found on the Where and When page.

God bless,

Ken

From Ken Chase for All Saints Chiang Mai

Coffee following Easter Sunday Service!

Dear Friends,

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He is Risen indeed!  Please join us as we continue to worship this Easter Season!

It was great to see so many new people worshipping with us over Easter.  We had 23 different people in attendance over the Easter weekend, and three new people also came last Sunday. Welcome, if you are one of those who have just joined with us!

Our Wednesday Night Group will again meet tomorrow at the home of Joel Akins, when we will discuss Chapter 10 of Marcus Borg’s book Speaking Christian.  The theme is Believing and Faith.  We will continue with Chapter 11, Mercy, if we have time. On Sunday we will gather at 11 a.m. to continue to celebrate Christ’s resurrection!  This week’s readings are taken from Acts 2:14a, 36-41, 1 Peter 1:17-23, and Luke 24:13-35, and we will be singing the hymns The Day of Resurrection, Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord, I am the Bread of Life, and Christ is Alive!

Video of our Easter services can be found on the Audio-Visual page and directions can be found on the Where and When page.

Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.  All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

God bless,

Ken

Dear Friends,

He is Risen indeed!  Please join us as we continue to worship this Easter Season!

Our Wednesday Night Group will again meet this week at the home of Joel Akins, then on Sunday we will gather at 11 a.m. to continue to celebrate Christ’s resurrection!  This week’s readings are taken from Acts 2:14a, 22-32, 1 Peter 1:3-9, and John 20:19-31, and we will be singing the hymns Jesus Christ is Risen Today!,  Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks to the Risen Lord!, I am the Bread of Life, and Thine Be the Glory!

Video of our Easter services can be found on the Audio-Visual page of the All Saints website.  As always, directions can be found on the Where and When page.  Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.

All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

God bless,

Ken

From Ken Chase for All Saints Chiang Mai

Dear Friends,

Sunday is Easter Sunday!  We will meet at 11 a.m. to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, as we rejoice in our risen Lord!  The Easter Sunday readings are taken from Acts 10:34-43, Colossians 3:1-4, and Matthew 28:1-10, and we will be singing the hymns Jesus Christ is Risen Today!, The Day of Resurrection, Christ is Alive!, and Thine Be the Glory!

On Friday we had a moving service as we observed Good Friday followed by a warm time of fellowship, sharing food together.  Our Wednesday Night Group will resume this week!

Most people get to hear about us via the internet or by word of mouth, so please feel free to pass on this email to others.  All are welcome to join us as we share the presence of the risen Jesus in our lives!  We hope to see you soon and that you will enjoy worshiping with us,

God bless,

Ken