THE PARISH CHURCH OF STOKE                
DAMEREL (ST. ANDREW & ST. LUKE)

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personal information to third parties.

Sunday 9 November             Remembrance Sunday

  Merciful God,
we entrust to your tender care
those who are ill or in pain,
knowing that whenever danger threatens
your everlasting arms
are there to hold them safe.
Comfort and heal them,
and restore them to health and strength;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

PLEASE PRAY FOR:-
The sick:-
Maureen, John and Shirley, Margaret, Graham, John, Kathy, Mo.
The long term sick and infirm:-
George, Peter, Diana, Liz, Keith, Rob.
The Ministry Team:-
Wendy, Ruth, Marilyn and Rhona.

BLESSED SACRAMENT CANDLE

If you would like to have the candle lit for a week
for a particular prayer / thanksgiving /
commemoration, etc., please send a £5 donation to
Debbie Smith, clearly marking your donation as
being for the candle. Details of your intention can
be emailed to:- sarah.lundstrom@virginmedia.com
so that a mention of the commemoration, etc., can
appear in the Sunday Sheet.
This week the candle has been sponsored by
Maureen Wilson in memory of her mum on 9th
November
and
Lesley Morris in memory of her son, David –
"Miss you every day".

SERVICES THIS WEEK
Stoke Damerel Parish Church is a hybrid church
open for public worship and private prayer and all
services will be live streamed.
By attending a live streamed service, you give
implied permission to have your image captured
on CCTV and to be broadcast as participant in the
liturgy.

Watch our livestreamed services
Please follow the link to make your way to our YouTube page: 

 STOKE DAMEREL YOUTUBE CHANNEL 

Sunday 9 November        Remembrance Sunday
0800 Morning Prayer
Led by Ruth Sayers
1030 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev Sue Nicholas

Wednesday 12 November
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 16 November         2nd Sunday before Advent
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce

WELCOME BACK
To Rev’d Sue for our Remembrance Sunday
Eucharist starting at 10.30am.

SERVICE STREAMING
I am looking for 'volunteers' to be shown how to
operate the streaming of Sunday 10am Services.
During January & February I potentially will not
be able to attend regularly so additional cover is
required to ensure others unable to attend in person
can join in our worship. If you are able to support
this valuable offering please speak to me, but not
all at once! Thanks.
Ian G

JAMES BRIDGWATER Celebration Service
There will be a Service of Celebration for the life
of James Bridgwater in Stoke Damerel church on
Monday 17th November at 10am led by Rev’d Sue.
All are very welcome. There will be teas and
coffees after the service. If you wish to make a
donation in memory of James, it is suggested
either the National Autistic Society, Theatre Royal
Plymouth, Shekinah, the Proprietary Library or
Stoke Damerel church.
All are also invited to a community celebration of
James’ life with bring and share food, music,
poetry and stories in a community space to honour
a person who gave so much to his friends and
neighbours. Probably on the evening of 28th
November, details to be confirmed.

CONFIRMATION
After checking it out with Archdeacon Jane
and both PCCs, I am currently gathering together
the names of those who would like to explore
becoming confirmed from Stoke Damerel and
St. Aubyn churches.
So far, I have four folk, of mixed ages, two from
each church. Please get in touch with me if you are
interested in finding out more:
sue.nicholas@hotmail.co.uk or 07434393286
or come and chat with me after one of the services
this Sunday.
More information can also be found on the Church
of England website:
https://www.churchofengland.org/life-events/
confirmation
Rev. Sue

MARILYN'S MEMOS

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Very sorry to announce that the cadets cannot be
with us this Sunday as Miranda, their CO, has had
some challenges with lack of numbers for various
reasons. She hopes to be with us next year. We
hope our own young ones can help us out with the
reading and also re-positioning the wreaths. Ann
has done us proud with a lovely arrangement of
red carnations.


ST. ANDREW'S NIGHT 29th NOVEMBER
We will shortly be requesting volunteers to
help with cottage and shepherds pie for
Saturday 29th.

CHRISTMAS FAIR DAYS
We will also be pestering our tolerant
congregation for lots of help and support over
these two days plus on the Thursday beforehand to
set up tables.

USE OF PARISH CENTRE
It is so heartening to see the parish centre bustling
with life since the Skills Development team from
City College are using the building for gentle
games with their students. We would really love
them to re-start the cafe but that is not looking
likely! They are planning a big music festival later
in the term.

SCAFFOLDING
The scaffolders have done a great job: boarded up
access to the bell tower and put a pole right across
access to our boiler controls!!!






HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN NOVEMBER
Bevan Wilson, Julia Steere, Matilda Burgess,
Rhona Prichard, Marilyn Goldsborough.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Nov 9 Remembrance Sunday 10.30 Eucharist
Nov 21 Christmas Fair                11am - 3pm
Nov 22 Christmas Fair                11am - 3pm
Nov 29 St Andrew’s Night Supper 6.30pm
Nov 30 World Aids Day Celebration 12.00pm