After consultation with the Cabildo, it has been decided that next Sunday’s service at All Saints’, the 4th October at 11am will go ahead as usual, with the number restriction of 40 people maximum, socially-distanced in the church. This information will also go out to all our members and friends by email.Tenerife Virtual Church
This Sunday we’re continuing to explore the challenges that Jesus has for us about living a Christian life. We’ll be live at 12 noon on Sunday on YouTube https://youtu.be/
If you like to download the service sheet it can be found at http://www.
Covid-19 Update
Numbers in Church
Due to increasing numbers of Covid-19 cases, we have been concerned that the number permitted for worship might be reduced to 9 plus the chaplain. One of our churchwardens contacted both the Canarian government and the Police to check this, and was informed that the rules remain the same, i.e. 75% of the capacity of the church. However, they recommended an increase in social distancing to 2 metres. This has been carried out, and our capacity has therefore been reduced from 70 to 40 persons. The Church Council feel this is necessary to ensure the safety and protection of the congregation.
Car Boot Sales
As regards Car Boot Sales, a Risk Assessment has to be carried out and presented to the Health Authority for approval. This will be done during the next few weeks, with a view to re-starting in November, if approval is granted. More details on this as progress is made.
Wendy Sanderson – Churchwarden
Sunday 6th September
Events at All Saints
Harvest Festival – Sunday 11th October
All Saints’ Day – Sunday 1st November
Remembrance Day – Sunday 8th November
Donate to All Saints
Dear Friends,
Thank you for visiting our website, we welcome you to our beautiful Church of All Saints Tenerife, to our Website and to online worship, as Jesus said, ‘I was a stranger and you welcomed me’” (Matthew 25:35).
We are here to be as Jesus and so we seek to welcome you as we would Jesus!
These recent times have been most difficult for so many and also for us financially. Nevertheless, we are called to be here for you and although Covid has severely affected our finances we intend to keep our work here going both now and into the future but it has become necessary for us to make an appeal for financial assistance. May I commend to you our Treasure’s message.
With blessings
Fr. Ron Corne.
Chaplain
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
After our recently socially distanced Annual Parochial Church Meeting, I explained to the congregation the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on All Saints finances. One of the outcomes of the lockdown has been our monthly expenditure exceeding our income. Our main source of fundraising income, the monthly Car Boot sales and other events, have been stopped by the new covid-19 safety measures. We hope to resume these as soon as possible, but I doubt this will happen in the near future. If you are able, now would be a good time to take a moment to reflect upon your financial support of the Church and how you give.
As Treasurer, I would like to take this opportunity to encourage those who would normally put a regular donation into the plate to sign up to make their donations online. If you are a visitor to our website and feel called to help us in our mission to minister to God´s people and our wider community, please consider donating to All Saints. You will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Be Blessed and stay safe.
Cheryl Douglas
Treasurer
Fr Ron Writes . . .
23rd September
Dear Friends,
To be a Christian Priest who heads up a church or any other Christian organization today means a dual reliance on the Holy Spirit and those with whom you work and minister. It means dealing with the nitty-gritty of real human life at its most glorious and its most tragic, its most mundane and its most testing. It is both the greatest gift and the most onerous responsibility. It calls on the depths of the soul, and the heights of the spirit. Shepherding Christ’s flock involves most everything a human being has to hand, every skill and every intuitive gift that you possess. As the years go by you may bring with you all the experience of years of service and wisdom, but you soon discover that each new encounter means not just drawing on the past but upon the reliance of the living spirit of Christ, for without that daily encounter your ministry will soon become hollow and empty.
The late Michael Ramsay who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1966 until 1974 wrote the stunningly insightful, The Christian Priest Today and he said about his own ministry, “People ask me, sometimes, if I am in good heart about being Archbishop … My answer is ‘Yes’ … But the phrase ‘in good heart’, gives me pause, because after all, we are here as a church to represent Christ crucified and the compassion of Christ crucified before the world. And, because that is so, it may be the will of God that our church should have its heart broken and perhaps the heart of its Archbishop broken with it.”
I have found these words echo the great truths of a priest and a man who knew the truth, and indeed they can be translated not only to the priest but also to the Christian people who make up the congregation. We as a church are standing on the cusp of the great tragedy of Covid and we are witnessing the most mighty countries being brought to their knees through this pandemic, as we all seek an inoculation to protect us from this vile infection. Our Job as Christian communities is to stand with those whose hearts have been broken and to affirm those who are fearful and yet to hold onto the strength that is of Christ which rises high above all human endeavour and yet returns to strengthen and enrich it like a golden thread with goodness and love.
With blessings
Fr. Ron Corne.
Licensing Service
On 6th August, the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Fr Ron Corne was licensed as Chaplain of All Saints, North Tenerife. The Celebrant and Preacher was the Venerable David Waller, Archdeacon of Gibraltar.
Click here to see a photo album of the occasion
Thanks to our Assistant Priest, the Revd Rachel Ganney, and Paul Ganney for their work in recording the service. Also, thanks to all those who made the occasion so special with arrangements in the church, and for the lunch afterwards.
Sunday 27th September – the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Shortened Holy Communion
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
The Lord be with you
and also with you.
PRAYERS OF PENITENCE
St Paul says, “Be imitators of God; love as Christ loved; do not grieve the Holy Spirit; put away all anger and bitterness, all slander and malice.” So let us confess our sins to God who forgives us in Christ.
We confess to you our selfishness and lack of love: Help us to be like you. Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
We confess to you our fear and failure in sharing our faith; Help us to walk with you. Christ, have mercy
Christ, have mercy.
We confess to you our stubbornness and lack of trust: Help us to learn from you. Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
May the God of love and power forgive you and free you from your sins, heal and strengthen you by his Spirit, and raise you to new life in Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE COLLECT for the day
O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers of your people who call upon you; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
THE FIRST READING
A reading from Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32
The word of the LORD came to me: What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”? As I live, says the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Know that all lives are mine; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is only the person who sins that shall die. Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is unfair.” Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair? When the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity, they shall die for it; for the iniquity that they have committed they shall die. Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life. Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.
Yet the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is unfair.” O house of Israel, are my ways unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair? Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, all of you according to your ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin.
Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord GOD. Turn, then, and live.
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God
PSALM
Psalm 25:1-9
25:1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
25:2 O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
25:3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
25:4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
25:5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.
25:6 Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
25:7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness’ sake, O LORD!
25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
25:9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
THE HOLY GOSPEL
HEAR THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO MATTHEW, 21:23-32
Glory to you O Lord
When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?” And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ we are afraid of the crowd; for all regard John as a prophet.”
So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. “What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went.
The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir’; but he did not go.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you O Christ
ADDRESS
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
(Please stand)
Let us declare our faith in God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
Lord, in your mercy
hear our prayer.
The prayers may conclude
Merciful Father,
accept these prayers
for the sake of your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
THE PEACE
The priest introduces the Peace and then says
The peace of the Lord be always with you
and also with you.
All exchange a sign of peace
HOLY COMMUNION
Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power,
the glory, the splendour, and the majesty;
for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.
All things come from you, and of your own do we give you.
The Lord is here.
His Spirit is with us.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, holy Father, almighty and eternal God. From sunrise to sunset this day is holy, for Christ has risen from the tomb and scattered the darkness of death with light that will not fade.
This day the risen Lord walks with your gathered people, unfolds for us your word, and makes himself known in the breaking of bread. And though the night will overtake this day you summon us to live in endless light, the never-ceasing Sabbath of the Lord.
And so, with choirs of angels and with all the heavenly host, we proclaim your glory and join their unending song of praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
(Please sit or kneel)
We praise and bless you, loving Father through Jesus Christ, our Lord; and as we obey his command, send your Holy Spirit, that broken bread and wine outpoured may be for us the body and blood of your dear Son.
On the night before he died he had supper with his friends and, taking bread, he praised you.
He broke the bread, gave it to them and said: Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.
When supper was ended he took the cup of wine. Again he praised you, gave it to them and said: Drink this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
So, Father, we remember all that Jesus did, in him we plead with confidence his sacrifice made once for all upon the cross. Bringing before you the bread of life and cup of salvation, we proclaim his death and resurrection until he comes in glory.
Dying you destroyed our death,
rising you restored our life:
Lord Jesus, come in glory.
Lord of all life, help us to work together for that day when your kingdom comes and justice and mercy will be seen in all the earth. Look with favour on your people, gather us in your loving arms and bring us with all the saints to feast at your table in heaven.
Through Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honour and glory are yours, O loving Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
As our Saviour taught us, so we pray:
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power,
and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many, we are one body,
because we all share in one bread.
Jesus, Lamb of God: have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins: have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of the world: grant us peace.
Draw near with faith. Receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ which he gave for you, and his blood which he shed for you. Eat and drink in remembrance that he died for you, and feed on him in your hearts with thanksgiving.
AFTER COMMUNION
Almighty God, you have taught us through your Son that love is the fulfilling of the law: grant that we may love you with our whole heart and our neighbours as ourselves; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Almighty God, we thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Through him we offer you our souls and bodies to be a living sacrifice. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen.
BLESSING and DISMISSAL
God the Father, by whose glory Christ was raised from the dead, strengthen you to walk with him in his risen life; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord
In the name of Christ. Amen.
APCM – 17th August
Thanks to all who attended the APCM (Annual Parochial Church Meeting) on Monday in the Church gardens. Cheryl Douglas was elected as second Churchwarden, and Krysia Claxton and Judith Rigby were elected as Archdeaconry Synod Reps. Reports on the previous year were presented by Wendy Sanderson (Churchwarden), Cheryl Douglas (Treasurer), Jane Stewart (Electoral Roll Officer), Kath Cabrera (Church Council Secretary / Safeguarding Officer), and Fr Ron Corne (Chaplain). The meeting opened with the Lord’s Prayer, and closed with the Grace.
Help for the Red Cross
We are making an appeal for donation of items to the Cruz Roja (Red Cross) for desperate families in this area. Not only for non-perishable food items but also toiletries, cleaning products, in fact anything that will help them in their everyday lives. Items can be brought to church on Sunday or Wednesday mornings..