The Anglican Church of All Saints

PLEASE NOTE:  the schedule below was planned while Tenerife is at Covid Level 1.  Should this change, there may be modifications to this list.  If there is a change in Level, please check back for any changes to the schedule.  Masks remain compulsory during church services and concerts.

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Upcoming Services and Events

NOVEMBER
30th Chaplain takes Eucharist in La Palma

DECEMBER
1st Wednesday – 10am Eucharist followed by Bible Study
4th Saturday – 11am, Car Boot Sale
5th Sunday – 11am, Advent 2, Sung Eucharist
7th Tuesday – 2pm, Christmas Quiz in the parsonage grounds
8th Wednesday – 10am, Eucharist followed by Bible Study
9th Thursday – 7pm Music Service
11th Saturday – 1pm, Christmas Lunch, Orchid Garden
12th Sunday – 11am, Advent 3, Sung Eucharist (Poinsettia Sunday)
15th Wednesday – 10am, Eucharist followed by Bible Study
16th Thursday – 6pm, Carol Service
18th Saturday – 11am, Car Boot Sale
19th Sunday – 11am,  Advent 4, Sung Eucharist
22nd Wednesday – 10am, Eucharist followed by Bible Study
23rd Thursday – 7pm Concert, Trio Atenea, entrance fee €12
24th Friday, 11AM Sung Eucharist for Christmas Eve (Please note this is a morning service, not evening)
25th Saturday – 11am, Christmas Day Sung Eucharist
26th Sunday – 11am, Holy Communion by Extension.
29th Wednesday – 10am Morning Prayer
30th Thursday – 7pm Concert, Reyes Bartlet

JANUARY
1st Saturday – 12:30pm Concert, Reyes Bartlet
2nd Sunday – 11am, Sung Eucharist, 2nd Sunday of Christmas
5th Wednesday – 10am, Morning Prayer
9th Sunday – 11am, Sung Eucharist for the Epiphany
11th Tuesday – 1 for 1:30pm, Epiphany Buffet Lunch

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24th November 2021

Dear Friends,

After achieving a small goal of planting a lemon, an orange, an avocado, and a banana in the back garden I realised on my daily watering of these tender plants that a blackbird was joining me every morning who loves to root around with its bright yellow beak in the freshly dug soil. Then this afternoon a devoted pair of Barbary Partridge decided to do the same thing.  If we tend the earth here it can produce not only wonderful fruits but also create a place for the birds to take an interest. But watch out for there is real danger for also hidden in the cacti there was a cat a predator no bird can survive. It is the same with us, as we approach Advent Sunday the Advent Collect advises us to root around in the Word of God and to engage in prayer and to cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light. Advent reminds us that although we may have little glimpses of heaven like me with my trees and birds, we are in a place that is riven with difficulty and danger. We are to prepare for the returning Christ at the same time as preparing for the celebration of Christmas and the first coming of the Christ child.

Until the day of Christ we are caught in the “in-between.” We are in this life, as Luther famously said, “Sinner and Saint.” Through baptism, we have been gifted with the impenetrable armour of Christ’s righteousness. But even still, the darkness of our flesh still wages war against us. Therefore, the Collect for the First Sunday of Advent is so important. It calls us to return again to the fountain of baptism so that, having drunk deeply of God’s grace, mercy, and victory, we would fight the good fight against sin and the flesh. Put on your armour, Church! Remember your baptism!

Jesus calls us to be clothed in the armour of light. Prayer is an essential part of the spiritual life. It can also be the hardest part but thankfully, the catechism reminds us that “prayer is a battle”. This is a reminder that we are called to persevere, not be perfect in prayer. God will perfect us through our discipline and faithfulness. The Holy Spirit will guide us to a deeper prayer life, but we must spend regular time in prayer throughout our day. The next few weeks will be full of parties, events, and requirements. If we allow our calendar to control us, then our prayer life will suffer and we will not have the disposition necessary for a deep joy and charity when the Christmas season actually begins, which is at the Christmas Eve Communion.

St. Therese reminds us:
…prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

We must surge towards Heaven during this Advent season and allow God to take us deeper into the great mysteries of this season.

Blessings,
Fr Ron Corne, Chaplain