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

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Sunday 14th September    13th 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, John and Shirley, Margaret, Graham, John, Rev'd Mike.
The long term sick and infirm:-
George, Peter, Diana, Liz, Keith, Rob, Clive.
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 14 September       13th Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: The Ven Jane Bakker,
Archdeacon of Plymouth

Wednesday 17 September
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 21 September             14th Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce

WELCOME 
To Archdeacon Jane who presides and preaches
this Sunday at 10am.
Next Sunday, Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce will be with
us for both services.

CONFIRMATION
Rev. Sue is gathering together the names of those
who would like to be confirmed from Stoke
Damerel and St. Aubyn churches.
This is looking like it might be a mixed age group
of young people and adults. In preparation for
Confirmation, we would meet to explore what
God means to each of us, how important He is in
our day-to-day lives, the relevance of the Bible in
the 21st century, and what exactly is going on in a
communion service.
The date and venue of the Confirmation Service
is yet to be arranged. Hopefully, if we can get a
substantial group together, we might be able to
persuade a Bishop to come to Stoke Damerel!
If you are interested, or would like to know more,
please contact Rev Sue on 07434393286 or email
sue.nicholas@hotmail.co.uk.

PARISH GIVING SCHEME (PGS) UPDATE
I have just been informed that all users of the PGS
will be contacted next week to update them that
the PGS website will be off line in October from
the 13th to 30th.
A new digital platform is being produced and it
will be launched on the 30th October.
I have no other information as to what this all
entails, but hopefully we might learn more next
week.
Christina
PGS co ordinator

WALSINGHAM
Marilyn and Wendy lit candles and said a prayer
for all those on our parish prayer list, those who
have personally asked for prayer and our local
clergy.


MARILYN'S MEMOS

WALSINGHAM WEEK
Just a quick resume of our week.

Wendy, Charles and I have spent Monday to Friday
at the Anglican Shrine at Walsingham in Norfolk,
on the Exeter Diocese Pilgrimage.
We have been blessed with really lovely weather,
in the company of 50 others from Plymouth,
Bovey Tracey, Torbay, Dartmouth and Exeter,
many of whom have become annual friends!
Wendy will write about the significance of
Walsingham in a later issue, but this is just a brief
account of our time here.

Our days are filled with prayers, meals and social
encounters with a wide group of people from all
over the country and as far as Kerala. The
programme of daily worship includes a visit to the
Holy House, various kinds of Mass, Stations of the
Cross, Benediction and Healing Ministries,
Processing the statue of Our Lady, Intercessions
for our parishes: so as you see we are kept very
busy each day.

Yesterday we had a visit to Wroxham and a boat
trip on the Broads, taking in the beautiful
waterways and prolific wild life, followed by
supper and our Pilgrim Party. Today is the long
journey home, following breakfast and Morning
Prayer. The week of fellowship is not necessarily
for everyone but there is always room for new
pilgrims.

Next year the week begins on Monday 14th
September if you feel tempted to join in!
Marilyn


FIRST CONCERT OF THE NEW SEASON 25/26
Margaret Fingerhut will be playing our concert
piano from 3pm on Sunday 14th.
Chopin: Three Mazurkas and Barcarolle, Arnold
Variations on a Ukrainian Folksong.
Tickets available on the door £15.

BLANKETS FOR UKRAINE
    
See how well September is going- three blankets
done so far. A camouflage ( men in the front line).
A bright blanket plus a pastel blanket.
Well done, everybody!
Ruth

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN SEPTEMBER
Jim Richmond, John Steere, Debbie Smith,
Kevin Kelland, Ian Gillhespy.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Sep 13 Heritage Open Day        10am – 3pm
Oct 5 Harvest Thanksgiving and lunch
Oct 19 St. Luke’s Service            10am
Nov 9 Remembrance Sunday 10.30 Eucharist
Nov 21 Christmas Fair                11am - 3pm
Nov 22 Christmas Fair                11am - 3pm
Nov 28 St Andrew’s Night Supper 6.30pm
Nov 30 World Aids Day Celebration 12.00pm

These dates are just some of the special occasions
coming up in the next few months. There will also
be various concerts, details to follow.

MORE GARDEN ACTIVITY
We now seem to be heading into Autumn, with
slightly cooler weather and much more rain
arriving, which is really needed after so much hot
and dry weather. Many trees have been shedding
leaves for a while now, not because of autumn’s
arrival, but because of lack of moisture. This still
makes everything look autumnal though.
One morning during the last hot spell I looked out
to see the young Woodpigeon, which seems to
have made our garden its home, enjoying a good
soak in the smaller of our birdbaths. Unlike the
two parents, and other Woodpigeons that visit, this
one stayed there cooling down for quite some time,
unafraid even at my very close approach to take
the photograph.

With the onset of autumn some butterflies and
moths are changing to the next phase of their lives
to overwinter. On the side of the patio door frame,
we now have a small green chrysalis, probably one
of the many Cabbage-White butterflies that visit.
The chosen spot can be very sunny of an
afternoon, so this butterfly may emerge sooner
than planned, if we get more hot weather before
autumn is over.

One sight we have not seen before was a very long
green caterpillar ‘marching’ at high speed across
the paving slabs. Length about the width of the
palm of my hand, it looked very handsome but
certainly determined. Checking the reference
books, it seems that this will eventually become a
Privet Hawk Moth. Placed on a large flowerpot to
try and avoid it becoming a meal for some local
bird, we saw it immediately burrow into the earth.
No doubt to change into a Chrysalis and
overwinter there.

We are still receiving regular visits from
Damselflies and Dragonflies, sunning themselves
for long periods on one or other of our plants.

It was also pleasing to see the young Woodpecker,
from the adjacent woodland, visit the bird feeder
once again, still sporting the red cap, which will
fade back once the bird becomes an adult.

As the autumn develops, the visiting wildlife will
no doubt change in make-up, but all will be
appreciated, especially if we are up early enough
to hear the dawn chorus.
Tony Barnard