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All Saints' is a lively and diverse fellowship of people of mixed age and ethnicity. We are open and welcoming to all.

All Saints' is a lively and diverse fellowship of people of all ages and ethnicities. We are an Anglican church where the Eucharist is at the heart of our worship. Here is our usual weekly programme:

- Wednesday at 1030 Said Eucharist (public worship in All Saints, and live streamed)
- Sunday at 1000 Eucharist with Hymns (public worship in All Saints, and live streamed)

All of our services can

be viewed live on our Facebook group page and recordings are available also on our YouTube channel "All Saints Harrow Weald".

If anybody has pastoral needs please contact Fr John at any time either by phone to 07391028956 or by email to [email protected]

07/09/2026

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02/09/2026

Thought for the week: St Aidan: A Life of Quiet Mission

On 31 August, the Church remembered Aidan of Lindisfarne, one of the great missionaries of the early English Church.
Aidan came from the island monastery of Iona and was sent to Northumbria in the seventh century to share the Christian faith.
What is striking about Aidan is not simply what he preached, but how he lived. He travelled from village to village, often on foot, speaking with ordinary people, caring for the poor, teaching children, and freeing those who had been enslaved. His faith was not kept inside a church building. It was seen in the way he treated people.

There is something important here for us. We can sometimes think that mission means having the right words, organising the right events, or persuading people to come to church. Aidan reminds us that mission often begins much more simply: by being present, listening, showing kindness, and allowing Christ to be seen through us.
Aidan’s life asks us to consider what kind of Church we are becoming.

Are we waiting for people to come to us, or are we willing to meet them where they are?

May Aidan’s example encourages us to carry the love of Christ beyond our walls and into the ordinary places of everyday life. Fr Ninus

30/08/2026

Unfortunately we are unable to live stream our service this morning due to technical problems. We look forward to worshipping with you next week. God Bless 🙏

27/08/2026

Thought for the week: Monica, Mother of Augustine (27 August)

Monica prayed for her son for over thirty years. Augustine was clever, but he chased the wrong things. He left the faith Monica had taught him. He lived a wild life, full of pride and pleasure. He hurt her again and again. She cried for him more nights than we can count. She even followed him from North Africa all the way to Italy, because she would not give up on him. One tired bishop finally told her, “A son of so many tears cannot be lost. “He was right. In time, Augustine turned back to God. He became one of the greatest thinkers the Church has ever had.

But this story is not about how clever Augustine became. It is about Monica. She did not nag him. She did not shame him. She did not give up on him either. She just kept praying. She kept loving him, year after year, with no proof that things would ever change.

Most of us know a Monica. Or we have been one. Someone who prays quietly for a child, a friend, a marriage — not knowing if it will ever get better. Monica’s feast day reminds us that faithfulness does not need quick results. Some prayers take thirty years. Keep praying them. Fr Ninus

24/08/2026

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12/08/2026

16th August – We will be holding a bring and share parish lunch in the Blackwell Hall at 12noon on Sunday 16th August.

There is no charge for this event, just bring a plate of food to put on the table. Water and squash will be provided, or you can bring your own drinks.

There will be a raffle and some entertainment. Please let Sue, Linda or Philippa know if you are planning to attend for setting up tables. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

11/08/2026

Thought for the week: Where God Has Placed You

This week the church remembers William Wilberforce, the parliamentarian best known for leading the long campaign to abolish the slave trade. What’s easy to forget is that Wilberforce nearly didn’t become a politician at all. After his conversion, he seriously considered leaving public life altogether to become a clergyman. It was a friend, John Newton — the former slave-trader turned hymn- writer — who told him to stay exactly where he was. God hadn’t saved him to hide in a pulpit. God had placed him in Parliament for a reason.
Wilberforce took that advice, and spent decades using his seat to fight injustice most people had simply accepted. His faith didn’t pull him out of public life — it sent him deeper into it.
That’s worth sitting with. We can assume the “real” kingdom work happens through clergy, or in church buildings, while everything else is just ordinary life. Wilberforce’s story says otherwise.
So, here’s a question for Harrow Weald: where has God actually placed you? In a classroom, a business, a hospital ward, a committee room, a family? Wherever it is, that may be exactly where you’re called to build the kingdom, not despite where you’ve been placed, but precisely because of it. Fr Ninus

05/08/2026

Thought for the week: Not Denying Christ: The Witness of Margaret of Antioch

This week the church remembers Margaret of Antioch, a young woman whose story comes to us wrapped in legend as much as history. Tradition holds that she refused to renounce her faith even under threat of death and was martyred for it in the early fourth century.

Like many early saints, her story grew in the telling - dragons and miracles were added by later generations who wanted to honour her
courage in vivid ways. But underneath the legend is something simple and real: a
young Christian who would not deny Christ, whatever the cost.

Margaret’s story comes from the Eastern Church, which has never stopped producing such witnesses. And sadly, neither has our own time. Christians in various parts of the world today still face imprisonment, violence, and death simply for following Jesus. It’s easy for those of us who worship freely to forget
this. Margaret’s memory asks us not to.

So, this week, perhaps pause to pray for those who suffer for their faith right now - not as a historical exercise, but as solidarity with the living church. Margaret’s courage still has something to say to us. Fr Ninus

Address

Uxbridge Road
Harrow Weald
HA36DQ

Website

http://www.ashw.org.uk/

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