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

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Please note: Stoke Damerel Church does not divulge
personal information to third parties.

Sunday 7 December                   2nd Sunday of Advent

  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, David.
The long term sick and infirm:-
George, Peter, Diana, Liz & Keith N, Rob, John and Shirley.
The recently departed:-
We give thanks for the life of Colin Howes, Ruth
Sayers’ brother-in-law. We pray for his family and
friends at this sad time.
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 7 December                2nd Sunday of Advent
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce

Wednesday 10 December
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 14 December             3rd Sunday of Advent
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1800 Service of Nine lessons and Carols

WELCOME BACK
To Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce, who will be with us
both this Sunday and the next.

MARILYN'S MEMOS
Toys for Ukrainian children
A large number of toys and gifts were delivered
to Nightingales Uk in time for their overland
journey to Ukraine. We joined St Paul’s with
our considerable donation of fluffy toys remaining
after our Christmas Fairs. Margy and Tom Keene,
of the Stonehouse Ukraine Association, are
pictured here with the contributions in a large pile.


CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS
The church needs a big clean to make it look its
best for the festive period. As many people as
possible please will be needed on Saturday 13th
December from 2pm. There will be plenty of jobs
for everyone to do – the more, the merrier!
Thank you.

MINCE PIE APPEAL
We have our service of nine lessons and
carols next Sunday evening at 6.00pm.
There will be mince pies and mulled wine
afterwards and we would be very grateful for
donations of minced pies.

FLOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS
Perhaps you might like to contribute to the flowers
in church for Christmas, maybe to remember a
loved one in this Church season. One way to do so
could be to put some money in an envelope
marked “Christmas flowers” and pass the envelope
to either Ann Pitt or Julia Steere. It would help
greatly with the decorations and celebrations.
Thank you.

A SPECIAL REQUEST
Next Sunday at 6pm we have our Carol Service:
Nine lessons and Carols.
We need people to read the lessons and so far,
Wendy has only had three volunteers.
If you feel that you could read a lesson at the Carol
Service, even if you don't want to read at any other
time, please see Wendy after the service today.
She will be very pleased to sign you up!
We also need folk to welcome people, take the
collection and generally be useful so please
volunteer if you can.
Thank you.

BLANKETS FOR UKRAINE
We have provided sixty newly knit warm blankets
over the past twelve months! Thank you all for
many, many knitted six inch squares.
Well done!
Ruth

WORLD AIDS DAY 2025








DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Dec 14     Stoke Damerel Carol Service     6.00pm
Dec 24     Build a Crib Service                       6.00pm
Dec 24 Midnight Mass                                    11.00pm
Dec 25 Sung Eucharist                                    10.00am

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN DECEMBER
David Bailey, Russell Baynes, Judith
Mitchelmore, Gerry Turner, Alison Burgess,
Mary Jago, Alfie Richmond, Graham Dear.