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

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Sunday 8 February           2nd Sunday before Lent
 

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, Margaret W, Graham, John S, Kathy, Mo, Matt,
Bertie, Morwenna, David J, Wendy.
The long term sick and infirm:-
George, Peter, Diana, Liz & Keith N, Rob, John and Shirley.
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.

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 8 February         2nd Sunday before Lent
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Brian Wood
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas

Wednesday 11 February
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 15 February         Sunday next before Lent
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Nick Shutt
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Nick Shutt

WELCOME BACK
To Rev’d Sue and Rev'd Brian.

ASH WEDNESDAY DAY OF PRAYER
Wednesday 18th February
Plymouth and Totnes Archdeaconries
Last year, on Ash Wednesday, Bishop James led
a series of times of prayer and reflection in each
deanery of the See of Plymouth. This year he is
planning to do the same and would love people to
join him. He is doing this to focus on repentance
and prayer.
He is hoping to spend 40 minutes in each church,
and spend 30 minutes of that time leading a time of
informal prayer with anyone who comes along.
The programme for the day is:
8:30: St Batholomew’s, Yealmpton
9:50: St Andrew’s, East Allington
11:05: St Mary’s Church, Totnes
12:20: St John the Baptist, Paignton
13:30: St Michael’s, Kingsteignton
15:15: St Michael the Archangel, Chagford
16:35: St Paul’s, Yelverton
18:00: St Pancras, Plymouth
This final session will be for a longer time to
include an informal communion.

At Stoke Damerel there will be two celebrations
of the Eucharist with the imposition of ashes at:
1000: Celebrant Rev’d Brian Wood
1800: Celebrant Rev’d Sue Nicholas

MARILYN'S MEMOS

SHROVE TUESDAY: PANCAKES CHEZ
MARILYN 10.30 – 12 noon
If you are free on Shrove Tuesday, please join us
at 19 Garfield Terrace, opposite 1 Collingwood
Villas, for savoury and sweet pancakes!
A collection will be made in aid
of Shelterbox. Looking forward
to seeing you there. If you could
let me know on Sunday or by
text, I will be sure to have
plenty of pancakes etc.

ASH WEDNESDAY: LENT COURSE
We begin our Lent course on Ash Wednesday after
our Eucharist and ashing.
Wendy has suggested we follow a book by Paula
Gooder SPIRITUAL ESSENTIALS FOR REAL
LIFE, published by Church House Publishing @
£9.99. We do hope those who attend Morning
Prayer will join us and we will happily welcome
others in our congregation to take part. We will let
Oly and John know that we won’t be patronising
Amigos for Lent, although we will be having a
coffee break in church. We estimate that we will
have finished our study and discussion period by
11.45 am. I have purchased 7 books which should
have arrived by next Tuesday. I bought them from
Eden booksellers. They are also available from
Church House Publishing.

BLESSING
We say goodbye for several weeks to Blessing,
Judy’s companion, who is going home to visit
family. We have much enjoyed her presence at
our Morning Prayer sessions and at Amigos!

WENDY
I am sure you will join me in wishing Wendy a
speedy return home, as she has been admitted to
Derriford for a few days to get her back on track.

PRESSURE WASHING:
LOWER PARISH CENTRE GARDEN SLABS
I have a very splendid pressure washer and would
be grateful for help in cleaning the slabs as soon as
possible. I wonder if anyone could help, date and
time to be agreed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN FEBRUARY
Ruth Jordan, Ella Richmond, Tony Barnard,
Fr Keith, Christina Richardson.

THE STAINED-GLASS WNDOW IN THE
SOUTH-EAST CORNER
When entering the church from the south porch,
this is the closest of the four stained-glass windows
in the building. Few would probably notice its
presence, unless they were intending to light a
devotional candle in the stand located in front of
the window. There is far less stained-glass in this
window when compared with the other three.
Apart from the central lancet panel, all other
glazed areas are in plain diamond shaped
‘cathedral glass.’

We can be sure that the stained-glass was inserted
towards the end of the nineteenth century because
of the the inscription in the bottom part of the
window.

This reads: -
“O THOU OF LITTLE FAITH WHEREFORE
DIDST THOU DOUBT
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS SEAMEN & MARINES
WHO DIED ON BOARD HMS DEFENCE
BETWEEN 1868 AND 1872”
However, I cannot find any information (yet) as to
which company created the coloured glazing. The
manufacturers of the two largest stained-glass
windows are known, and I think I may be near to
determining who was responsible for the other
smaller Elwell lancet window in the south chancel
wall.
From the inscription we can be sure that this work
was probably inserted in 1872 or 1873, five or six
years before the first Parish Magazine. Had there
been a magazine it might have contained some
information.

Looking at the whole window panel, most would
agree that none of the colours stand out as much as
in the other three windows.
The scene depicted relates to the bible quotation
"O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt?", to be found in Matthew 14:31 where
Jesus is berating Peter for his doubt about walking
on water.

There is one small detail in the scene that may not
be noticed but which I enjoyed finding. This is to
the left of Jesus’ white tunic. This lets us know
that the figures are pictured near to water and
shows a small distant sailing vessel and (possibly)
an even smaller lighthouse.
Tony Barnard