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

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Sunday 19 July                7th Sunday after Trinity

  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, Margaret B.
The long term sick and infirm:-
Diana, Liz & Keith N, Rob.
The Ministry Team:-
Ruth and Marilyn.

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 19 July            7th Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist & Baptism of Kit
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas

Wednesday 22 July
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 26 July            8th Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Brian Wood
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas
1130 PCC Meeting

WELCOME
To Kit and his family as they join us at Stoke
Damerel for Kit’s baptism.

PASTORAL REORGANISATION
There have been discussions for some time
regarding the transfer of the parish of St. Aubyn
from St. Michael and St. Barnabas to Stoke
Damerel to form a new united benefice. A draft
pastoral scheme has been prepared and sent to us
by the Diocese and a copy is available to read on
the welcome table.
The matter is now for public consultation with a
deadline of 3rd August. Please read the notice on
the church door. If you have any comments, for or
against, the notice explains how to make your
views known.

SUMMER FAIR
Here is the breakdown from Debbie
of the money made at the recent Summer Fair:-
Kitchen            £233.90
Raffle                £218.00
Bric/Brac        £140.05
Plants               £425.35       
Cakes                £58.50
Books                £17.75
Table rents     £135
Donation         £6.60

Total income   £1235.15
Less receipts - £64.44
Total profit      £1170.71

MARILYN'S MEMOS

Baptism
We welcome a new member, Kit William Walker
Taylor, into our church family on Sunday. Rev’s
Sue will be leading our worship and will remind us
all of the significance of baptism. Father Keith
baptised his brother a few years ago.

Devon Chorale concert

Well on Saturday we had a great treat with two
musical giants plus a superb choir. It was a truly
splendid concert.
Timothy Noon has been the Director of Music at
Exeter Cathedral since 2016. His career is amazing
and illustrious. He started as an organ scholar at
Canterbury Cathedral and moved on to Christ
Church at Oxford where he took a degree in
music. In a nutshell, as musical director, he moved
to Liverpool, Dublin, back to Canterbury, on to
Auckland Cathedral and then back to Exeter. He is
a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and
Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians. He is
just an outstanding organist and you can hear him
play if you look on our Facebook page
The choir’s musical director, Michael Graham, is
equally outstanding in his field. He is Director of
the University of Exeter Chapel Music, and a
singer, teacher, conductor and keyboard artist. He
has also worked at the Liverpool Metropolitan
Cathedral, St Davids and is now at Exeter. He runs
the chorister programme at Blundell’s school and
is a vocal tutor at Exeter Cathedral School.

Levowan concert FREE next Friday 24th July 7.30pm
Our summer programme is a fabulous mix of
classical, contemporary and popular songs. From
Henry Purcell's Hear My Prayer to Eric Whitacre's
Sing Gently and Sting's Fields of Gold, there really
is something for everyone. We are also proud to be
premiering Ave Verum by our very own baritone
and resident composer Hugh Walkington. Among
the set will be a choral arrangement of the
beautiful Homeward Bound by Marta Keen, the
solo version of which, sung by Sir Bryn Terfel,
reached the Classic FM's Hall of Fame for the first
time this year.
About Levowan
Founded in 2015, Levowan Chamber Choir
performs several concerts each year at venues
across Devon and Cornwall, captivating audiences
with its signature sound. The singers all have a
strong musical background and bring a broad
range of experience and versatility. Levowan
presents an extensive repertoire, comprising sacred
and secular choral works from the fields of both
classical and contemporary music. With a core
ethos of promoting accessibility to the world of
beautiful choral music, the choir commits to
delivering a number of free performances as part
of its busy schedule.
For more information, please visit our website:
www.levowan.com

Tower updates
The new oak door is in place and the steps are
scheduled for completion on Tuesday. The
lightning conductor was checked on Friday.
The new stainless steel flagpole is being priced.

Grass Cutting
This will be a drawn-out email trail until we can
get some understanding between the Diocese and
Plymouth City Council’s new policy.

The map of the extensive graveyard area shows a
pink and blue colour for grass cutting. Pink is to be
cut regularly and blue rarely. We argue that whilst
the Diocese owns the land the council is duty
bound to consult with our Parish Council regarding
its maintenance and not dictate what they will or
will not do. In the meantime, I have asked for two
areas to be swapped over as the grass is a mess
adjacent to Paradise Road.
To be continued..................

Tavistock Visitation
I attended the Archdeacon’s visitation at
St. Eustachius church last night accompanied
by Mary, who was assured she would not become
a churchwarden by default!
The church was packed and quite warm.
The Archdeacon spoke of the recent ordination
of 20 deacons and 11 priests, being the highest
number of new parish priests and church ministers
being ordained in many years, all due to the new
Exeter Ordination Pathway initiated by the Bishop
of Exeter.

Bishop Michael says:
“To my mind this is indicative of a movement of
the Holy Spirit and reflects how many people in
Devon are looking to go deeper to find a sense of
meaning and purpose in life.
“These new church ministers will be spread across
the parishes of Devon, from coast to moor, in
urban environments and in rural ones. They will be
resourcing churches ministry and mission and
serving their communities with joy in manifold
ways.”

Archdeacon Jane handed a compass to all those
attending the service and asked us to compare
being guided in the right direction by this
instrument to following Jesus in all aspects of
our daily life, a route with all its twist, turns,
detours and deviations.
Follow His direction as closely as you would
follow and trust in the compass.

Mary and Marilyn in Tavistock.

Eritrean celebration

Our Eritrean Christian community is holding a
celebration tomorrow, which will be led by their
Eritrean-Habesha Community priest who is based
in Bristol. The ladies are busy in the parish centre
kitchen preparing food for around 120 people at
another venue.

ADVANCE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Sep 19 Devon Historic Churches Open Day
Oct 11 Harvest Thanksgiving Service
Oct 18 St. Luke’s Service
Nov 8 Remembrance Sunday
Nov 13 & 14 Christmas Fair

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN JULY
Eric Farrar, Jerry Cresswell.

THE PLANTS SEEM TO BE ENJOYING THE HEATWAVE
I make no apology for continuing this week with
more photographs from our garden. Last week
I delighted in starting with showing the two
variations of Daylily and, even though each
individual bloom only lasts for 24 hours, both
plants are still blooming colourfully.
When writing last week’s article, the first of the
really showy Lilies was just starting to flower.
This plant, pictured below, is in beautiful shades of
pink and, unlike all of the others, has many layers
of petals on each of the flowers, about six inches
across.

I think that this is only the third year since we
planted the bulbs of this specimen. About five
years ago we only had the Daylilies and the yellow
Lily shown below but have added more variations
since then.

The three bulbs of the yellow Lily have this year
produced nine flowers between them, each about
eight inches across and producing such intense
perfume that drifts over much of the garden. It is
still our favourite Lily.
Altogether this time of year is probably the best for
colour and perfume in the garden. The other two,
more recently planted, Lilies pictured below are
equal in the showiness of the large aromatic
flowers.

The maroon-coloured blooms above are also about
eight inches across, with strong perfume. The pink
and white flowers on the Lily below are the
smallest at five inches across but hold their own
against the rest of the Lilies, all well space away
from each other.

Not to be outdone, the first of our three Sunflowers
has now emerged. I sewed about three varieties of
seed, but some didn’t come up. This one is not the
giant version I was expecting – not ‘dinner plate’
size, but about six inches across. The flower still
brightens up the garden more than anything else
though, and the bees are regular visitors.

Nearby is a second, identical Sunflower, which
was recently snapped almost in half, and left
dangling, we think by a leaping Squirrel. Careful
surgery with garden twine, plus daily watering, has
seen this bloom lift itself back through 180O and
will still have a flower soon.
Tony Barnard