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

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Sunday 1 February         Presentation of Christ in the Temple
 

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.
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 1 February            Presentation of Christ
                                                    in the Temple
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce

Wednesday 4 February
1000 Morning Prayer

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

WELCOME BACK
To Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce who leads our services
this weekend.

MARILYN'S MEMOS

BURNS NIGHT
We had a really great evening last Friday at our
annual Burns Supper.

Organising the occasion is quite a logistical
challenge. We have many people to thank:
Shopping     Mags Bell, Oly Skulsky
Preparation     Oly Skulsky
Vice MC, music and dance director    Andy Bell with Harry Vosper
Raffle     Janet Vosper
Culinary magnificence and dishes duty    Russell Bayne, Emma B, Lemmy, Mags Bell
Next day clear up     Oly Skulsky
Address to the haggis     Alasdair McNaughtan
The pipes     Patrick Patterson
Selkirk grace     Fiona Lang
Toast to the Lassies     Jerry Cresswell
Response from the Lassies     Rosanne Hodin
We also had a few renditions from Martin Hazell
and a joke from Ron Smith.
If I have left anyone off who helped, profuse
apologies! With 64 people at table we have been
able to put £814 into our funds.
Thank you all for supporting us.




PHIN HEAD
Phin gave us a fascinating talk and demonstration
of his electronic music maker. I will write more
next week. We had about 50 in the audience. The
Plymouth Concert Series audiences are always
very generous towards the church with their
refreshment donation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN JANUARY
Liz Neil, Ross Weekes.

THE RSPB BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH
Last weekend the RSPB organised their annual
bird count when members of the public are invited
to spend an hour identifying and counting all the
birds seen landing in their garden, or other chosen
location.
In Victorian times feathers were used in women’s
fashion and, in the search for the most unusual
feathers, more exotic species such as Birds-of-
Paradise, Little Egrets, and Great-Crested-Grebes
were driven close to extinction. Because of this, in
1889, the Society for the Protection of Birds was
created by Emily Williamson, and the movement
soon attracted other caring women, gaining a
Royal Charter in 1904. In 1921 an Act of
Parliament banned feathers from being imported.
This year marks 47 years since the first Big
Garden Bird Watch was held. We have been
undertaking a count for only about five years but
are blessed by the proximity of a small area of
woodland at the end of the garden. This brings in a
reasonably wide selection of British birds,
although nothing exotic. This year we counted
thirty-five visitors in total, made up from
Blackbirds, Bluetits, Bullfinches, Chaffinches,
Coaltits, Dunnocks, Goldfinches, Great-Tits,
Herring Gulls, Magpies, Nuthatches, Robins,
Wood Pigeons, and a Wren, a few of which are
pictured below.






And finally, although we have suffered a few
storms recently, we have also been able to enjoy a
few colourful sunsets.

Tony Barnard