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SUNDAY 4th DECEMBER
SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT

Trusting in your word, O Lord, we wait for your Spirit. Send her forth from your holy heaven to sanctify our hearts: to bring strength to the weak, peace to the troubled, light to our darkness, warmth to our coldness. That we all may share in the holy gifts which God bestows.  

 

Giving this Advent
 

We have two ways to give to those in need this Advent season.  The first is to donate to the Bishop´s Advent Appeal, which will help poor communities in Kenya to get better access to education by building an ablutions block for a primary school in Mombasa. 

The second is to provide warm clothing for local families in need.  This can be thick socks, scarves, gloves, hats, jumpers or coats which don´t need to be new, just in good condition. 

Other practical items to help fight cold are also welcome, such as hot water bottles or heaters.  These will be collected on - or under! -  our Warming Trees at both churches and be distributed at the end of the season through The Lisbon Project.  

Usually, it is Maj-Lis who distributes our warming gifts.  Maj-Lis is a missionary here from Sweden,  and with her family, established the Maj-Lis Philanthropic Foundation which over many years has reached out to the poor in Portugal with practical help and the love and good news of Jesus.  She has been an inspiration to many and our Chaplaincy has supported her foundation through our Advent and Harvest gifts on many occasions but due to ill-health the charity is no longer accepting gifts.   We received just last week some news from her family:

 

 'A few weeks ago we helped mother travel to Sweden for care when her health clearly began to deteriorate. We have seen no improvement since then, but rather a continued deterioration every day. It's about getting older, so no specific disease. Now the family's focus is on supporting Maj-Lis'.

 

'We know that mom never wanted to be a traditional pensioner, but wanted to continue doing what she lived for her whole life - to show God's love to the most vulnerable, and she has done that every day'.

 

'Now please pray for Maj-Lis, that God eases her pain and that His will be done'.

 

As a chaplaincy in a large European city we need to be doing more to reach out to young people that make Lisbon and its environs their home. Nomads, international students, young professionals. It can be a lonely, difficult time for people and as a church we are in the perfect position to help.

But often we don't have the resources or experience for reaching out. And this is where the Ministry Experience Scheme helps. A young adult spends 9 months in the chaplaincy, mentored by a chaplain, gaining an understanding of what ministry in Europe looks like. As part of this we hope that they can begin to help in developing mission opportunities to support the work of the chaplaincy reach into the community. 

We are exploring whether to be part of this scheme and that depends on whether there is support from within the chaplaincy. 

Isaiah 35 : 1 - 10

 

Telephone: 932 101 805
Email:padre@lisbonanglicans.org
Beth's email: bethbendrey@hotmail.co.uk

Assistant Chaplain : The Rev'd Iain Bendrey 
Telephone : 911 979 007
Iain's email : assistantchaplain@lisbonanglicans.org
Church House landline number 211 306 293

Additional Clergy with permission to officiate:
The Rev’d Frances A. Le Blanc
The Rev'd Paula Rennie
           Email :  anarennie1@gmail.com
The Rev'd David Hawthorn
           Mobile : 913 850 259
           Email :   d.hawthorn@icloud.com

Congregational Worship Leaders:
Joao De Castro Soares
Pamela Patten

 
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