Graham Taylor

Services – Sunday 17th January

Eucharist in church at 11am, following government guidelines – Celebrant and Preacher Fr Ron Corne.

Tenerife Virtual Church – This Sunday we are celebrating the calling of the disciples. We will be live at 12 noon on YouTube https://youtu.be/tHAzTSsscIA Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/564485441080665 as well as on all of these websites http://tenerifevirtual.church/ and http://tenerifesouthchurches.com/

As always, the service sheet can be found at http://tenerifevirtual.church/servicesheet.pdf and please be ready with something similar to bread and wine if you’d like to join in with the agape meal part of the service.

We are now back to our ‘regular’ service schedule, of:
11am Sunday – said Eucharist
10am Wednesday – Holy Communion, followed on alternate weeks by Bible Study or Prayer group at 11:15am.

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal

This year’s Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal raised €491.17. Due to the pandemic only 10 poppy tins were distributed which included 2 used by All Saints.

Many thanks to both campuses of the British School of Tenerife, Los Realejos and La Luz, who between them raised over 50% of the total. Breakdown as follows:
British School of Tenerife – Los Realejos campus €57.68
British School of Tenerife – La Luz campus. €198.49
All Saints Church raised €138.12

On top of the above monies will be added the proceeds of the collection from Remembrance Sunday, totaling €233.70, making a grand total of €724.87. Thanks to ALL who contributed!

Wendy Sanderson
Churchwarden

Remembrance Day Service, 8th November

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Today we were blessed to be able to hold our Remembrance Day Service at All Saints. A very poignant Service. Celebrant and Preacher The Revd Ron Corne. The wreath was laid by Peter Lockyer. Flowers by Kath Delgado and Judith Rigby. A beautiful rendition of God Save the Queen by Graham Taylor.

Covid-19 Update

Numbers in Church

As we are receiving more congregational members and we are approaching Remembrance Sunday we have reassessed the maximum capacity within the Church. Using all the seats at both sides of the church, and the choir pews, we consider that we could comfortably seat 50 people whilst still maintaining the social distancing of 2 metres between each person. Couples are permitted to sit side by side on a pew but must ensure that the 2metre distance is maintained between people close by. The maximum capacity notices displayed on the notice boards and church doors have been amended to show the higher figure.

Car Boot Sales

Further to the last announcement re Car Boots on 6th September and the continuing problems with the Corona Virus, the church is not in a position to restart the Car Boots in the near future. The Risk Assessment to be presented to the Health Authority has been delayed until the restrictions in Tenerife are eased. It is proposed, therefore, to consider a restart of the Car Boots in January or February 2021, However this will be subject to approval being received from the Health Authority.

Wendy Sanderson – Churchwarden
24th October 2020

Worship Schedule

Until further notice, our service schedule will be:

Sunday 11am – Said Eucharist in Church (with 40 people maximum, socially-distanced).
Sunday 12noon – Online service – details of the links will be posted here each Saturday.
Wednesday 10am – Said Eucharist in Church, followed (at 11:15am) by Bible Study or Prayer Group on alternate weeks.

Any changes to this schedule will be notified here and on our All Saints Facebook page

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 . . .

13th January 2021

Dear Friends,

The New Year we hoped would be brighter and better than the last, most especially when the last one has proven to be so absolutely dreadful. Indeed, it may be, but the days are still difficult for many and there seems to have been little sign of relief with new restrictions and chilly isn’t the word for it even here in Tenerife! I didn’t bring my winter woollies or my long Johns! I also haven’t had to water anything, the plants on the roof are probably waterlogged! I know it’s a blessing as we need the water, but we do like to see the sun and bathe in its warmth. However, the weather forecast is looking much better as far as warmth and sun goes! These are certainly waiting days, waiting for the vaccine, the chance to worship by singing in church, and receiving the chalice. The wonder of seeing family and friends without restrictions and warmer weather to name but a few things.

The Christian Church through the ages has had to wait, to have patience and to be prayerful, focussed on waiting and longing for the return of the Lord, therefore we need resources to assist us in our waiting. The Psalms are a great source of strength when things are difficult, there are over 150 prayers. The whole range of human emotions are found in the Psalms, from “joy and suffering” to “fullness of life. In these Psalms there are manifestations of the soul and faith, and in which everyone can recognise and communicate the experience of a special closeness to God to which every person is called.

Here are a few of the words from the Psalms that you might well know,
Out of the depths I have cried to Thee O Lord! and Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If Thou, O Lord! wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it? For with Thee there is mercy: and by reason of Thy law I have waited on Thee, O Lord! My soul hath relied on His word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord. From the morning watch even until night: let Israel hope in the Lord. For with the Lord there is mercy; and with Him plentiful Redemption.
Use this prayer book of Jesus throughout these challenging days for as Jesus said in Matthew 6.6, But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Fr. Ron Corne
Chaplain

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 22nd November – Christ the King

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
Eternal Father, whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven that he might rule over all things as Lord and King: keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace, and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet; 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 The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians 1. 15-23

15 I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love towards all the saints, and for this reason ¹⁶I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. ¹⁷I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, ¹⁸so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, ¹⁹and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. ²⁰God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. ²²And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, ²³which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God

PSALM

Psalm 95

O come, let us sing to the Lord
let us heartily rejoice in the rock of our salvation.

Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving and be glad in him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God
and a great king above all gods.
Come, let us worship and bow down.

In his hand are the depths of the earth
and the heights of the mountains are his also.

The sea is his for he made it,
and his hands have moulded the dry land.

Come, let us worship and bow down
and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.
Come, let us worship and bow down.

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 25.31-46
Glory to you O Lord
31 ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. ³²All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, ³³and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. ³⁴Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; ³⁵for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.” ³⁷Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? ³⁸And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? ³⁹And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?” ⁴⁰And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” ⁴¹Then he will say to those at his left hand, “You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; ⁴²for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.” ⁴⁴Then they also will answer, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?” ⁴⁵Then he will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” ⁴⁶And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’

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

Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded; 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.

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