PLEASE PRAY FOR: For the sick –
Leslie Jefford, Moira, Nicole, Steve, John,
Christine. For all those being ordained priest at Southwark
Cathedral, especially Caroline, Stephanie, Dele and Linda Williams.
THE RECENTLY DEPARTED: Thelma Jenkins; Bishop Wilson of
FOR
THIS WEEK’S DIARY
Vicar’s Surgery – Sunday’s
from 11.15am – noon to book baptisms, weddings, etc. There is no surgery on 7th
October, next surgery 12th October.
Mon
6th William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr.
9.15 am Morning Prayer,
Tue 7th 9.15 am Morning Prayer,
N.B. Evening Prayer is on Wednesday evenings in
October.
Wed 8th 9.15 am Morning Prayer,
10.00 am Eucharist,
6.15 pm Evening Prayer,
7.00-7.50 pm Read the Bible!
8.00 pm Centenary Working Group – the
Vicarage.
Thu 9th 9.15 am Morning Prayer.
New or visiting? A very warm welcome.
Please make
yourself known to a member of the clergy.
Vickie is covering the 9.15 am Eucharist at St
Edmund’s Riddlesdown.
USEFUL CONTACTS
CLERGY
Rev’d.Vickie Sims (Priest-in-charge)
020 8660 0398
revvickie@tiscali.co.uk
Rev’d.Teresa Munro (Hon.Asst.Curate)
020 8763 2927 teresamunro@hotmail.com
CHURCHWARDENS
Cynthia Stanley 020 8660 1578
Norman West 020 8660 4697
READER
Tony King 020 8660 3269
Susan Goddard 020 8660 5189
CONTACT GROUP
Co-ordinator: Monica Jefford 01737 555 996
Medical lifts: Catherine Atkinson 8668 4984
Pop In Teas: Pat Whiskin 020
8407 1645
SUNDAY SCHOOL Sue Lyon 01737 551443
YOUTH GROUP Rev’d Teresa Munro
PARISH MAGAZINE Jill Cliff 020 8660 5734
PCC SECRETARY Maureen Bashforth
maureenbashforth@hotmail.com
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC John Woodhouse
020 8653 2373 woodhouse@sopten.demon.co.uk
HALL LETTINGS Anne Tholen 020 8763 9259
tholenkennard@btinternet.com
NEWS-SHEET
Email/ring Rosemary Anderson (see notice sheet)
CHILD PROTECTION
OFFICERS
John Linney / Caroline Hosker 020 8660
6805
The church has a hearing loop and LARGE PRINT service Sheets. Please ask a sidesman.
During communion, please avoid talking, if
possible, until after the post communion prayers. The silence is appreciated,
particularly as some people may receive at their places.
Welcome
to the
Church
of England
5th October 2008
20th Sunday after Trinity
Ordinary Time
The
9.45 am Parish Eucharist
President: The Revd Teresa
Munro (Hon Asst. Curate).
Preacher: Tony King (Reader).
Hymns: 1 verses 1-4 &7;
198 verses 1-3; 84 verses 1-4&7; 93.
Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine;
Herbert Howells.
Communicant members of other Churches are invited to receive Holy Communion at this service. Alternatively, please come forward at the time of communion for a blessing, keeping your hands below the rail as you kneel or stand.
All are invited to stay on for Fairtrade coffee/tea and biscuits in the Hall.
11.15 am Refresh! God’s Good Gifts.
5.00pm Evening Prayer
NEXT
SUNDAY: 12th October
21st Sunday after Trinity
9.45 am Harvest Festival Eucharist
11.15 am Communion Woodcote
G/H
11.15 am Vicar’s surgery
12.00 noon
Fiesta Lunch
Sign up today for the lunch
next week!
COLLECT:
God, the giver of
life, whose Holy Spirit wells up within your Church: by the Spirit’s gifts
equip us to live the gospel of Christ and make us eager to do your will, that
we may share with the whole creation the joys of eternal life: through Jesus
Christ your Son our lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 5.1–7
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Let me sing for my
beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile
hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he
built a watch-tower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he
expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
And now, inhabitants of
And now I will tell you what I will do to
my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down
its wall, and it shall be trampled down. I will make it a waste; it shall not
be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will
also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the
Lord of hosts is the house of
This is the word of the
Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
NEW TESTAMENT:
Philippians 3.4b–14
A reading from the letter of Paul to the
Philippians.
If anyone else has
reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth
day, a member of the people of
Yet whatever gains I had,
these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard
everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my
Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a
righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through
faith in Christ, the righteousness from God based on faith. I want to know
Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by
becoming like him in his death if somehow I may attain the resurrection from
the dead.
Not that I have already obtained this or
have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ
Jesus has made me his own. Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my
own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward
to what lies ahead, I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly
call of God in Christ Jesus.
This is the word of the
Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL: Matthew 21.33–46
Hear
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.
All sing: Glory to you, O
Lord.
Jesus
said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: ‘Listen to another
parable. There was a
landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in
it, and built a watch-tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another
country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to
collect his produce.
But the tenants seized his slaves and beat
one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than
the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them,
saying, “They will respect my son.”
But when the tenants saw the son, they said
to themselves, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his
inheritance.” So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed
him.
Now when the owner of the vineyard comes,
what will he do to those tenants?’ They said to him, ‘He will put those
wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will
give him the produce at the harvest time.’
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in
the scriptures:
“The stone that the builders rejected has
become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our
eyes”?
Therefore I tell you, the
When the chief priests and the Pharisees
heard his parables, they
realized that he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they
feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
This
is the gospel of the Lord.
All sing: Praise to you, O
Christ.
ST ANDREW’S NOTICES FOR 5th
OCTOBER 2008
A MUSICAL EVENING? Chandos choir present an evening of music by Pergolesi and
others at St Andrew’s church, Saturday 18th October. See the yellow poster in the Narthex for
details.
POP IN TEA: Come and enjoy tea, sandwiches, cakes and a bit of
VICAR’S SURGERY: is moving from its Tuesday evening slot. It will now be on Sundays from 11.15am to
noon starting 12th October.
No surgery on 7th October.
HARVEST FESTIVAL: We are supporting the Refugee Centre again this year
and would be grateful for any donations of tinned goods including fruit, but
not baked beans please! Also rice, dried
fruit, nuts etc.
MOTHERS’
TRAIDCRAFT: The next stall will be on Sunday 19th
October, not the usual second Sunday in the month. Samples of the Christian Aid/Traidcraft Christmas cards will be available.
NEXT PCC MEETING: Wed 5th
November at 8.00pm in the Committee Room. If you have any items you wish to be
considered for the agenda, please contact Maureen Bashforth
maureenbashforth@hotmail.com or 01737 555343.
CONFIRMATION: Bishop Nick will be coming to St Andrew’s on Sun 16th
November at 6.30pm to confirm candidates from this church and others in the
Croydon South Deanery. We will be running a confirmation preparation course for
adults starting in October. If you have
not yet been confirmed or are interested in exploring the basics of the
Christian faith, please speak to Vickie today or ring her on 020 8660
0398. Confirmation courses for young
people will begin in January/February for the Easter Vigil confirmation at the
Cathedral.
ST ANDREW’S DAY SONGS OF PRAISE: Have you got a hymn which is special to you? Our worship on St Andrew’s Day (Sat 30th
November) will be a ‘songs of praise’ service.
Please let us know what hymn you would like to sing that day and why it
is special to you. Pick up a form at the
back and return it by 9th November.
FIESTA Fundraising HARVEST LUNCH: Sunday 12th October at
noon. Proceeds will go to USPG:
Anglicans in World Mission. Stella Corney and her crew are already planning the yummy recipes
with a South American flavour! Sign up
today in the Narthex. £7.50
adults/£3.00 for children.
READ THE BIBLE! The Bible readers are now on the first book of Kings. This week they start chapter 9. Do join us in
Church 7.00 pm to 7.50pm.
NOT HERE? If you know someone who is not able to be here today, you might want to
drop a copy of this notice sheet through their letter box.
OCTOBER:
Sun 12th: Harvest
Festival service followed by Fiesta Lunch for USPG.
Tues 14th – 16th: Mothers’ Union Diocesan Retreat at Wychcroft.
Mon 20th:
Premises Committee
8.00pm –
Tues 21st: Mothers’
NOVEMBER:
Wed 5th: PCC Meeting
Sun 9th: Remembrance
Sunday - 9.30am
Parish Eucharist,
10.50am Remembrance Service with British Legion.
Tues 18th: Mothers’
Sat 22nd: Children’s
‘Stir Up’ Workshop-afternoon.
Sat 29th: St Andrew’s Day Festivities – 5.00pm ‘Songs of
Praise’
6.00pm Supper and Quiz
DECEMBER:
Sat 6th: Christmas in
Sat 13th: Christingle Service.
Wed 24th: Christmas Eve –
10.00am Eucharist,
4.00pm and 5.00pm Carols by
Candlelight Crib Service,
10.45pm Midnight Mass of Christmas.
To include a
notice in this sheet please email RoseMJAnderson@aol.com or phone 020 8660 6708.