All Saints Tenerife - All Saints Church

We have been blessed with some wonderful Locums since our last priest left, who have helped us all in so many ways. Our last Priest left quite a gap in our worshiping life but with the help of some of our Locums we have come through stronger and are all now looking forward to a new incumbent.

The Revd. Dr. Nigel Scotland was with us from the 1st of August until the 2nd of September, he preached some very inspirational and intellectual Sermons and is a lecturer at Trinity College Bristol.

The Revd. Stewart Timbrell, well-known to us all, is with us once again until September 22nd.

From September 25th until October 22nd, we welcome the Revd. Sandy Montgomerie, a great friend of our previous priest, Mike Smith.

We welcome back again the Revd. Allan Hughes on the 22nd of October; he will be staying with us until the 1st of December.

Finally, we will be welcoming the Revd. Ian Eglin back on the 1st of December and he will be staying with us until February 2016. He will be running an Advent Bible Study while he is here.

All Saints Church

Welcome to the website of All Saints Anglican Parish, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife and our sister church on La Palma.

We are part of the world-wide Anglican Communion, a denomination of churches led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

This Parish is part of the Diocese in Europe, the 44th, largest and latest Diocese in the Church of England.

Our Bishop is the Bishop in Europe. The Archbishop of Gibraltar is the Rt. Revd. Dr Robert Innes, replacing the Rt. Revd Geoffrey Rowell who retired in November. Meanwhile our Suffragan is Bishop David Hamid, Bishop of Gibraltar.

We are in the Archdeaconry of Gibraltar and our Archdeacon is the Venerable Geoff Johnstone. The Diocese extends from Oslo in the north to the Canary Islands in the South and as far west as Kiev in the Ukraine - a very diverse Diocese.

This web-site is intended to give flavour of the kind of life we lead here on Tenerife & La Palma.

We hope that you will find here what you are looking for; if not, write us an e-mail at info@allsaintstenerife.com

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All Saints Church Puerto de la Cuz is 125 years old this year.

A Brief History of our Church

Many visitors to Tenerife are surprised to find an English style Church in Puerto de la Cruz. This small enclave of the Church of England owes its exsistence to a handful of dedicated Christians who in the late 1880s met each Sunday morning for Morning Prayer. These Services were read by the British Cónsul. Donations were given by people of many nationalities and denominations towards the eventual building of All Saints Church.

The first Service was held in the Church on 14th June 1891 but due to an outbreak of smallpox it was not formally opened at that time.

On November1st 1891, All Saints Day, it was dedicated as All Saints Church and on the 15th of January 1893 the Bishop of Sierra Leone formally consecrated All Saints before a congregation of 189 people. A copy of the Deed of Consecration can be seen in the church.

EVENTS:

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH

The licensing of Reverend Jenny Elliott de Riverol as first priest on the island of La Palma, by the Venerable Geoff Johnston, Archdeacon of Gibralter.

CAR BOOT SALES:

The car boot season is once again with us! Here are the dates:

October 3rd - first car boot of the season

November 7th

December 5th - Christmas car boot

DATES FOR 2016

February 6th

March 5th

April 2nd

May 7th

June 4th

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE. Champagne breakfast after the service taking place at the Monasterio Restaurant. Tickets available from Caroline Kirkham - 922381981. The church will be beautifully decorated with flowers and produce, mainly from local schools, and afterwards distributed to the needy in the Parish.

PAST EVENTS

The sewing ladies recently held a Chinese lunch - see photo below. This faithful team led by Carol has raised thousands of Euros for church funds. The ladies bid farewell to two of their members, Joyce and Marie, who were presented with plaques to mark the ocassion.

A very traditional St. George's Day Service was held at All Saints Church led by the Rev. Stewart Timbrell. Many people wore red and white to mark the day and we all sang some wonderful hymns together. After the service a lunch was held in a local restaurant which over 30 people enjoyed.

All Saints Church was host to another local organisation - "Friends of Tenerife" - for their bi-annual Dress Sale held on church grounds in April. Very popular with the ladies! Refreshments were provided after the sale.

On April 26th Prayers were said in The Memorial Rose Garden to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Dan Air Plane Crash in which 146 people lost their lives. This was a very poignant moment for all of us in attendance amid the roses in the recently revamped garden.

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