From Father Iain, All Saints Chiang Mai
All clean – and ready for worship!
Worship back in the church this Sunday!
(My church email is not working! Please use iainbaxter.mail@gmail.com to contact me!)
Dear Friends,
Many thanks to Paddy, Maureen, Chris, and Mark, and our amazing cleaner, Ying! We gathered together on Saturday morning and scrubbed the church clean and all is ready!
This Sunday we will return to our building. We will be “camping out” a bit, with plastic chairs from the vicarage, the YCF piano, and half a sound system, but we will be there and we will be joined by the All Saints Choristers from the Youth Charity Foundation.
Please come and join in our thanksgiving for restoration – along with our choir from the Youth Charity Foundation!
The readings for this Sunday will be from Job 42:1-6, 10-17, Hebrews 7:23-28, and Mark 10:46-52, and we will be singing the hymns Days of Elijah; Give Thanks; Bless the Lord O my Soul; and Lift High the Cross. The All Saints Choristers will also be singing Still and The Lord Bless You and Keep You!
Use this link to join on Zoom on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Meeting ID: 548 801 501
Video of Last Sunday’s Service!
Video of last Sunday’s service at the vicarage is available on the All Saints YouTube channel!
Choir Intensive
The Choir Intensive
This is taking place at the Youth Charity Foundation from Wednesday to Friday this week. Keith Dale is a choir director from the UK who has travelled to Thailand to lead the three-day workshop. Many thanks to Kaew, Peter, Keith, and Claudine, for making this possible.
Paddy and Maureen are also involved in welcoming Keith to Chiang Mai!
The children will be singing for us when we return to our building this week!
Keith also came to the vicarage on Tuesday afternoon and worked with the All Saints Senior Choir!
The Senior Choir
All Saints Flood Appeal
The Church as we found it on the morning of Monday 9th October!
People have been incredibly generous and we have now had donations of around THB 110,000 (£2,500/$3,250) This will enable us to buy the chairs we need, plus contribute to the cost of the cupboards, sound system, and so forth. We feel very blessed! If you haven’t already donated you can still do so, and any money left over will be used to help other victims of the flooding in Chiang Mai. Thank you to everyone!
Meanwhile, we have being playing a game of musical chairs. The proposed chair looked nice and was the best one we could find, but people felt it was a bit hard and also a bit high for people with shorter legs!
Sarah, our Church Council Chair (no pun intended) came to the rescue and found the chair shown below at Office Mate.
They may not be so pretty, but they are much more comfortable and similar to the blue chairs we had previously. (And they are THB 760 – so THB 30 cheaper!!!) We have ordered 50 to be delivered next week.
We have also ordered two metal wardrobes, two metal cupboards, and a combined sound mixer/amplifier.
If you have a Thai bank account you can transfer THB 760 (or an amount of your choosing) by scanning the QR code.
The payment is into the old church account which is in my name, but I do not have access to this account. The account can only be accessed with the authorization of two Church Council members and is fully secure.
Alternatively you can transfer money directly to the All Saints Foundation Bank Account as follows:
Bank: Kasikorn Bank
Account Name: All Saints Foundation
Account Number: 170-3-79007-7
SWIFT code: KASITHBK
Or if you are in the UK you can send your donation via the All Saints Chiang Mai Mission account:
Bank: The Coop Bank
Name: All Saints Chiang Mai Mission
Sort Code: 089299
Account Number: 65877142
You can also donate using your debit/credit card via my UK PayPal Account! (But this incurs higher charges!)
Donate by PayPal to the IainBaxterMinistry UK account.
All Saints Book Group
Will not be meeting this week.
Chili Night Continues!
Chili Night next 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 donation on THB 100 per person!
Weekly Offering to All Saints
You can still donate in person or online – and now you can us 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 he is mighty and we are in his hands!
God bless you,
Father Iain
All Saints' Chiang Mai 