SHINING STARS
Each year All Saints Parish Church (Westbourne Road, Queen's Park, Bedford MK40 4LD; tel: 01234 290393) celebrates a series of Shining Stars on the Sundays of October to tie in with Black History Month.
This year at our main 10 o'clock worship service we shall celebrate leaders of the civil rights struggle in the United States on the first three Sundays and an early leader in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa on the fourth Sunday. Fusion community choir will help lead the singing for the services and the Mighty Zulu Nation (a dance, drama and singing group from South Africa) will feature on 25 October.
The schedule is as follows:
Sunday, 4 October, 10 am: Martin Luther King
Sunday, 11 October, 10 am: Ruby Bridges
Sunday, 18 October, 10 am: Fannie Lou Hamer
Sunday, 25 October, 10 am: Albert Luthuli (with the Mighty Zulu Nation)
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Shining Stars in 2008
John Howard
Oscar Romero
The Windrush Generation
Steve Biko
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Pooja
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Shining Stars 2007
Mary Prince
Olaudah
Equiano
Harriet Tubman
Iqbal Masih |
Brenda Rattray
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Shining Stars in 2006
Desmond Tutu
Ambrose Reeves
Nelson Mandela
Trevor Huddleston
Dorothy Nyembe |
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Shining Stars in 2005
Sojourner Truth
Mary Seacole
Gladys Aylward
Mahatma Gandhi
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Karamat Hussain and Wendy Bedeau have been nominated for a NatWest OSCA
(Outstanding Service to Cricket Award) and travel to the Awards Ceremony at Lords
Cricket Ground on 15 October 2008. |
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HARVEST FESTIVAL
We celebrate our Harvest Festival on the last Sunday in September and enjoy a Bring & Share Lunch at 12 noon the Community Centre.
All Saints Sunday (4 November) is followed by a 3-course Parish Meal and Family Quiz.
Lynne, Pam, and Neslyn are the chefs, and we bring our own drink.
Our Sunday School Prizegiving is on Sunday, 25 November at the 10 o’clock All Age
Eucharist.
Our Christingle service takes place on Christmas Eve at 4 pm with candles and carols, and
Midnight Mass starts at 11.30 pm. We celebrate an All-Age Eucharist at 10 am on
Christmas Day.
All-night Vigil followed by the dawn Easter Liturgy and champagne breakfast on 22-23
March 2008.
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Parish BBQ - A summer treat not to be missed! |
CONFIRMATION
Preparation for adults and children (Year 6 and above) begins in the new year. Confirmations usually take place in Eastertide, sometimes on Pentecost. Click on Contact us if you are interested in being confirmed.
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OLD NEWS
On 8 July 2005, the day after the London bombings, seventy-five Muslims joined us in church for Compline (Night Prayer). It was a poignant and powerful experience to pray together. We prayed for the victims and for our continued solidarity as neighbours of different faiths.
We hosted His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in March 2006. Prince Charles charmed us all and was impressed by our faith-led community projects. |
In 2006 the congregation of All Saints increased its annual giving to church by £10,000. Thanks to this generosity and a legacy from the late Margaret Makin, we now have a new heating system . The welcome at All Saints is now literally warm (‘tropical’ claims the treasurer).
Queen’s Park Youth Cricket was launched by Karamat Hussain and Jay MacLeod in January 2006. Over 200 players received instruction from our volunteer coaches from the Mosque and Church. We entered six teams in the county league in 2007, and two finished
top of the table!
A Kenyan congregation meets in our Parish Room or Community Centre, and they joined us for a joint service in February at which Pastor Leonard Kibaara preached. |
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