NOTICES for the Week beginning 3rd November
Morning Prayer will be said at 8.30am (Tuesday - Friday)
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1.30pm
10.00am –12noon
5.00pm
7.15pm
7.45pm
10.30am
12.15pm
1.30pm
6.30pm
10.00am
5.00pm
7.00pm
8.30am– 9.30am
10.00am
Bright Sparks (carer and toddler group)–Church Rooms
Café – in the Church
Youth Band in the Church
Alpha Course
Open Learning at Far Corner, Seawalls
Gamma at the Servery
Lunch in the Church Rooms
Holy Communion in the Chancel
KidZ Club in the Church rooms
U3A in the Church rooms
Café 4 T in the Church rooms
Youth Alpha in the Church rooms
Prayers for the work and needs of St Mary’s
Local History Group WW1 Exhibition ( Hulbert Room)
NEXT SUNDAY 9th November
9.00am
President:
Preacher:
10.30am
Leader:
Speaker:
6.30pm
Leader:
Speaker:
Holy Communion (CW) (said)
Reverend Angela Cattell
Reverend Hazel Trapnell
Service of Remembrance with Uniformed Organisations
Reverend Mat Ineson
Reverend Mat Ineson
The Joinery – informal worship
Jo Morris
Stephen Yates
PRAYERS FOR THE WEEK
Sunday
For the parents and Godparents of young children baptised at our Church
Monday
With thanks for new born babies and the love of families
Tuesday
We celebrate with those who receive good news
Wednesday We mourn with those who grieve for loved ones
Thursday
We pray for all involved in human trafficking, that exploitation will cease and
help is given to those seeking a new life.
Friday
For all who teach and inspire us by their example of faith.
Saturday
We bring our thanks today for the peace and security we enjoy.
Sunday
We remember all who have died in service of their country.
MISSION TOPIC
Our mission partner Tearfund seeks to follow Jesus where the need is greatest. Please pray
for the communities affected by the current Ebola outbreak. Thousands of families have
lost loved ones. Ask that they will be comforted and kept safe from infection. Pray for
individuals in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea who are infected by the virus. Pray that they
will have access to medical care and be restored to full health. Tearfund’s partner, the
Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone, is using its network of over 1,000 churches to inform
people about preventative measures and tackle superstitious beliefs that can put people at
risk. Pray that they would be successful in establishing trust and best practice to help fight
the disease.
ST. MARY MAGDALENE, STOKE BISHOP
TO KNOW, TO SHOW, TO GROW IN,
THE LOVE OF GOD
Lord Jesus Christ, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly and follow you more
nearly, day by day. Amen.
Sunday 2nd November – Fourth Sunday before Advent
If you are a visitor or newly arrived in the parish we hope you will feel welcome. If you would
like more details about St Mary’s and its activities, please complete a welcome card and ask
for information or visit www.stmarysb.org.uk or contact the Parish Office Tel: 968 7449.
([email protected] ).
9.00am
Holy Communion (CW)
President:
Preacher:
Sermon:
Organist:
Hymns
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Bible Readings
Reverend Jennifer Hall
Brian Richardson
In God’s Hands
Simon Dulson
Awake my soul and with the sun 1-4,8
For all the saints
(Offertory)
The King of Love my Shepherd is
1 Samuel 16: 1-13 (OT, page 288)
Mark 12: 35-40 (NT, page 50)
Keith Sheather
Intercessions:
10.30am
Crossroads All-Age Baptism Service of Isaac Nayler
and Tabitha Atkinson
Leader:
Speaker:
Talk:
Worship Group Leader:
Bible Reading:
Intercessions:
Reverend Mat Ineson
Reverend Hazel Trapnell
In God’s Hands
Colin Smith
1 Samuel 16: 1-13 (OT, page 288)
Andy Gliddon
5.00pm
Bereavement Service
A service of quiet reflection especially for those who are grieving and for their friends,
preceded by tea at 4.00 pm
Leader:
Reverend Jennifer Hall
PRAYER MINISTRY If you would like prayer for yourself, relatives, friends or situations,
members of the Prayer Ministry Team will be available after the 9.00 am and 10.30 am
services.
PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY - For pastoral care concerns please contact Jenny
Baker (9683227) Jason Parker (9686863) or Jennifer Hall (9685959)
Kneelers are available, if required – please collect from either Church entrance.
TODAY. You are invited to join us for
tea or coffee, after both morning
services . After 9.00am in the Church
rooms, and after 10.30, for this week
only, at the back of the Church
A leaflet detailing the sermon series for
November and December is available at
the back of the church. You can listen to
past sermons at our website
www.stmarysb.org.uk
Choose Tuesdays Café - Here! @StMarys
Each Tuesday Morning – Come and
enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a chat –
Children welcome - 10.00am – 12 noon.
Can you offer a hospitality lunch on a
Sunday ? Please speak to Bev
Richardson to join the rota.
Today at– 5.00pm Bereavement
service- remembering especially those
who have died during the past year.
This is preceded by tea at 4.00pm at the
back of the Church.
Next Week at 6.30pm
The Joinery in the Church
Rooms led by Jo Morris
with speaker Stephen Yates – one of our
ordinands - continuing a series on the
Ten Commandments – “Do not Steal”
Tickets, at £10 each , are now available
for the Christmas Performance on
Friday 12th December - “The Greatest
Story ever told” .
The local history group invite you to visit
the Hulbert room next weekend to view
the artefacts collected during the
research for Voices of Stoke Bishop –
the exhibition will be open from
10.00am – 4.00pm on Saturday and
Sunday.
Join us for Thursday Lunch at 12.15pm
in the Church Rooms.
Church Contact Directory .This is due to
be revised - If your information is
incorrect or you are not listed- please
complete a form from the back of
Church and put in the Office pigeon
hole, by October 31st. Present listings
can be seen at the back of the Church.
Volunteers to make and serve tea and
coffee after the services, on a rota
basis, are needed – please speak to a
Warden, Jane Newton (for 9.00am) or
Jeremy Barwell (for 10.30am).
LOOKING AHEAD: @ STMARY’S
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Saturday 8th November and Sunday
9th November WW1 Exhibition
Saturday 15th November Changing
Tunes – Cheese and Wine Evening
Saturday 29th November
Winter Warmer
Friday 12th December “The
Greatest Story Ever Told” The
Christmas story in poetry, prose and
song.
15th-21st December
Christmas Tree Festival
Simon Guillebaud has a new book Choose Life: 365 Readings for Radical
Disciples – A unique set of daily readings
which encourages us to live the
Christian life without compromise copies can be purchased through Mike
Stewart .
Gamma Meets on
Thursday at 10.30am at
the back of the Church –
this week with Hazel Trapnell., leading
the study – “Jesus, the Challenging
Saviour.”
Christians in Science on Friday 7th
November 7.30pm at Tyndale Baptist
Church – God and the Big Bang
We would like to have a list of people
who are able to offer occasional
transport to the Church on Thursdays at
12noon for lunch or to services on a
Sunday morning – please would you
contact the Church Office if you feel
able to help in this way.
Stoke Bishop Primary School Fireworks
Saturday 8th November.
Gates open at 5.30pm
and a BBQ and
refreshments are
available. Tickets £3 in advance or £4 on
the gate.
Winter Warmer
Our annual Christmas sale will be held
on Saturday 29th November.
Please offer your help
We need stall holders (either to help on
stalls prepared by the Church or to run
an idea of your own)
We are collecting books and bric a brac
to be sold (please leave in the Church
porch)
We need new items for prizes, for raffle
and Tombola.
We will need help with publicity
Please speak to Yvonne or email at
[email protected]
Sleigh Appeal
The sleigh is at the back of the
Church and will be here until
30th November – each year we collect
toys, toiletries , hats and gloves to be
shared between the Salvation Army and
Sisters of the Poor in St Pauls .
Food for thought :
http://archbishopcranmer.com/how-toprevent-the-extinction-of-the-church-ofengland/
Remembrance
Paul Chesterman
has asked us to let everyone know that
Andrew will be included in a BBC 1
series “The People Remember” on
Friday 7th November at 9.15am –
10.00am – Episode 5: After the War –
we will of course be including Andrew in
our own Remembrance Service next
Sunday.
We have been publishing the dates of
next year’s Lee Abbey weekend, for
some time now. Booking forms are now
available – please reserve your place as
soon as possible. The weekend (17th19th April 2015) will be led by Reverend
Mat Ineson and promises much in the
way of fellowship, fun , reflection,
prayer and spiritual input. Do join us.
If you have not been on a parish
weekend before or not in recent years –
please talk to a warden or member of
the clergy who will tell you more - You
may find that the person next to you in
Church knows all about it!
Tickets for the Changing tunes Wine
Tasting on Saturday 15th November can
be obtained from the Church Office.
The Village Hall invite you to their
Christmas Fair on Saturday 15th
November , 2.00- 5.00pm.
Our traidcraft stall will
be here on Sunday
16th November after
both services.