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 Matabeleland.

FOR ZIMBABWE: for the success of the power sharing talks; for the priests and people of Matabeleland; for Bishop Sebastian as he takes on temporary responsibility for Matabeleland.

THIS WEEK’S DIARY

Vicar’s Surgery – Sunday’s from 11.15am – noon to book baptisms, weddings, etc. There is no surgery on 7^th October, next surgery 12^th October.

Mon 6^th William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Reformation Martyr.

9.15 am Morning Prayer,

Tue 7^th 9.15 am Morning Prayer,

N.B. Evening Prayer is on Wednesday evenings in October.

Wed 8^th 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 9^th 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

jacliff@blueyonder.co.uk

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

www.standrews.coulsdon.net

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 St Andrew

Church of England

5^th October 2008

20^th Sunday after Trinity

Ordinary Time

The kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom.

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: 12^th October

21^st 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 Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?

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 Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting: he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!

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 Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

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 kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.’

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 5^th OCTOBER 2008

A MUSICAL EVENING? Chandos choir present an evening of music by Pergolesi and others at St Andrew’s church, Saturday 18^th October. See the yellow poster in the Narthex for details.

POP IN TEA: Come and enjoy tea, sandwiches, cakes and a bit of Flanders and Swann. Tues 14^th October 2-4pm.

VICAR’S SURGERY: is moving from its Tuesday evening slot. It will now be on Sundays from 11.15am to noon starting 12^th October. No surgery on 7^th 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’ UNION: Members have been invited to a Thanksgiving Service at St John Old Coulsdon on Tuesday 14^th October at 1.30pm followed by refreshments. Please let Jo Denvil know if you would like to go or need a lift, 01737 552246.

TRAIDCRAFT: The next stall will be on Sunday 19^th October, not the usual second Sunday in the month. Samples of the Christian Aid/Traidcraft Christmas cards will be available.

NEXT PCC MEETING: Wed 5^th 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 16^th 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 30^th 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 9^th November.

FIESTA Fundraising HARVEST LUNCH: Sunday 12^th 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.

ZIMBABWE LINK EVENT: Saturday 25^th October, 7.00pm Christ Church Purley. An evening to catch up on the latest news from Zimbabwe and from the Link, Bishop Nick will be speaking, with Canon Chad Gandiya from USPG. Cost is £7.50 (£4.00 concessions) which includes an evening meal. To book your place, contact Ann Wright: wright@btinternet.com or phone 01293 821322.

OBERAMMERGAU: The next passion play takes place in 2010. There are details in the Narthex about a visit sponsored by Southwark Cathedral. This is booking now so if you are interested please take a copy.

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 12^th: Harvest Festival service followed by Fiesta Lunch for USPG.

Tues 14^th – 16^th: Mothers’ Union Diocesan Retreat at Wychcroft.

Mon 20^th: Premises Committee 8.00pm – 28 Warwick Road.

Tues 21^st: Mothers’ Union – Norman & Sarah West talk about their cruise.

NOVEMBER:

Wed 5^th: PCC Meeting

Sun 9^th: Remembrance Sunday - 9.30am Parish Eucharist,

10.50am Remembrance Service with British Legion.

Tues 18^th: Mothers’ Union Guided Meditation

Sat 22^nd: Children’s ‘Stir Up’ Workshop-afternoon.

Sat 29^th: St Andrew’s Day Festivities – 5.00pm ‘Songs of Praise’

6.00pm Supper and Quiz

DECEMBER:

Sat 6^th: Christmas in Coulsdon Town centre Event.

Sat 13^th: Christingle Service.

Wed 24^th: 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.