For Your Prayers

The people on our list greatly appreciate your prayers.  Please take time to pray for the following people during the week, according to their needs.   To put a name on the list for the Prayer Group please phone Phyllis on 461691.

In our community

For all those who live in Bucks Avenue and Capel Road.

Those in particular need through sickness and suffering

Martin Carter, Mark Major, Paul and Margot Preusse and Ernie Rosson.

Those who value your ongoing prayer support

John Powell, Eva Griffiths,  Judith Carter, May Skinner and Katie Foster

Years mind

Sarah Leigh

Sid Carpenter

As most of you know I celebrated my 90^th birthday on 19^th May, but my family could not get down from Yorkshire until this week, so after the 9.30am service today we would like to see you all in the hall for cake and wine.  Sid

OVEG Fair, Saturday 7 June, 2.00pm, Oxhey Green, Lower Paddock Road – Cake Stall

St Matthews regularly has a Cake Stall at the OVEG Fair.  We have asked Bushey and Oxhey Methodists to join with us this year but we still need more volunteers to make a cake or cakes.  You make it we can sell it!  It need not be fancy, small cakes and Vicortia sandwiches sell well (remember people have to carry it round all afternoon).  See Margaret if you need a foolproof recipe. Cakes can be brought to the stall on the afternoon or delivered to 3 Eastbury Road or 71 Villiers Road in the morning.

St Albans Pilgrimage – Saturday 21^st June

Some of us tried this one out last year, and it was absolutely fantastic. We are planning to take part in this exciting event which begins with a procession at 10.30am leading to the Eucharist at 11.30am and ending with Evensong at 4.00pm.

We can get free parking tickets if we apply in good time, so if you wish to take your car please let me know so I can order a permit.  However, it may be necessary to walk from Westminster Lodge car park.  There will be a list to sign, requesting and offering lifts. Last year some of us went by train, which worked well. 

There is plenty of opportunity to see the giant puppets and other displays and for feasting.  St Alban (14ft high puppet) is arrested and tried at the far end of the park, and marched in procession, including every child in St Albans in appropriate fancy dress and large quantities of other interested parties (A'Bp Tutu last year) and is put to death in the orchard before the Solemn Eucharist. There is Chariot Racing and Lion Taming, etc..

Hassocks and chairs

The 'help yourself to a hassock' invitation has met with an enthusiastic response and we are now down to the number we need, so please don't take any more! However, we do still have a few of the old wooden chairs if anyone would like one. Please see the Vicar or a Churchwarden.

Items for the weekly notice sheet to Angela Nicholas, Email to newsletter@stmatthewsoxhey.org.uk.
Usually the deadline is Wednesday evening