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

Email:   info@stokedamerel.church                                          
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Please note: Stoke Damerel Church does not divulge
personal information to third parties.

Sunday 23 August                12th 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.
The long term sick and infirm:-
Diana, Liz & Keith N, Rob.
The recently departed:-
We give thanks for the life of Margaret Bibby,
and we pray for her daughter, Heather, and all
her family and friends at this sad time.
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 23 August            12th Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Fiona Lang
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Fiona Lang

Wednesday 26 August
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 30 August            13th Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas

WELCOME BACK
To Rev’d Fiona who takes both of our services
this Sunday.

MARGARET BIBBY’S FUNERAL
Wednesday 9th September, 2.00pm
at Stoke Damerel Church followed by
refreshments at Devonport Services Rugby
Club, 2nd Avenue, The Rectory.
Rev’d Sue Nicholas will conduct her service.
The family would appreciate an indication of
numbers for catering purposes. Please could
you let Emma know if you plan to attend.

COFFEE TEAM

Many thanks to Anne for volunteering alongside
Matt. More volunteers are needed so please help
if you can.

MARILYN'S MEMOS

THE SCAFFOLDING IS DOWN!!


INTERIM PRIEST IN CHARGE
Several people have spoken to me, voicing their
concern about the word INTERIM. A simplistic
explanation: a three-year grant has been obtained
by the city which is connected to Rev’d Fran’s
appointment, and that of other new priests, and
supports her 50% time allocation to EDUCATION.
So, in effect, half her working week will be
involved with responsibilities for Stoke Damerel
Church, which will later be shared with St.
Aubyn’s. The rest of her time allocation will be in
schools and colleges in our immediate area. It is
worth noting that all new appointments in the city
will be INTERIM.

LEAVES

As you will see from the photo, the back lane is
once again filled with leaves!! Sadly the trees are
shedding much earlier than usual, due to the
drought: a challenge for our intrepid leaf blowing
operatives.

LET’S CELEBRATE: ENID BAILEY

On Thursday afternoon a significant birthday party
was organised in our parish centre by friends and
neighbours of Enid Bailey, who has joined the
octogenarian club. What a lovely occasion: Enid
and David looked splendid in their outfits, and
much fun was had by all.


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 AUGUST
Jack Price, Penny Barnard, Maureen Wilson,
Catherine Gillhespy, Emma Bell, Ann Pitt.

LESS THAN A MONTH NOW TO
HERITAGE OPEN DAY
There are some weeks when I sit down to write an
article for the Sunday News Sheet, and I do not
know what to write about. I then have an idea and
decide to follow an avenue of research, and this
often leads me to produce an article very different
from what I had thought.
A few weeks ago, I looked at the ledger stone in
the south aisle to the memory of Vice Admiral
Thomas Fitzherbert (1727 to 1794), and the
amount of information I unearthed was staggering.
I could not include it all in that article but still
intend to return and write about some of the many
battles he was involved in, at a later date.
Next month, on Saturday 19th. September the
church will be open from 10.00am until 3.00pm
for the annual Heritage Open Day, organised each
year by English Heritage. There will be no charge
for entry and information about our church can be
seen on the English Heritage website at -
https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-
event/stoke-damerel-parish-church-mother-church-
of-devonport-1.html
It would be remiss of me to not mention that on
that day we will also be open as part of the Devon
Historic Churches Trust annual event, when
donations for that organisation will be gratefully
received. They supported this church with a
generous donation towards the recent roof works
so, hopefully, we will be able to send them some
money towards their work supporting churches
throughout Devon.
Over the years I have produced information sheets
which go on display on the Open Day. There are
now 46 sheets, and I might be able to add a few
more this year. Church memorials and stories
relevant to Stoke Damerel church seem to be
almost endless, and there is so much research
which could be undertaken to unearth even more
fascinating information. This can be shown by
looking at just one memorial from each of the
internal walls.
On the east wall can be found the only two brasses
in the church. One is dedicated to relations of
Lieut. Col. Boggis. His name and the locations
listed (Baddow Court, Farley Hill House and
Scaleby Castle) merit further research at some time
in the future. The other brass, reproduced below, is
in memory of a Captain John Erskine Field Risk
Royal Navy (1813 to 1870).

Minimal research has not yet found any
information about his life. However, with such an
unusual name, he may have been related to
Colonel Edmund John Erskine Risk who was a
surgeon and born in Plymouth in 1858.
Moving to the south wall, high above the south
entrance is the memorial to Thomas Taylor and
there is a display sheet for this gent., and it is
worth straining to read the unusual date of 1698/9.
Information about this can be seen on 19th.
September.

Close by, low down on the west wall, is an unusual
gravestone, to John Pope, spelt backwards. The
explanation about this inscription will also be
revealed next month.

Finally, on the north wall, next to the north
entrance, is a memorial recording a charity set up
in 1836 with £2,000, a sum which would now be
worth more than £200,000. This certainly deserves
research for possible preparation of another display
sheet.

Sadly, this stone, unique for this church, is now
showing worrying signs of water damage and will
need serious attention very soon.
Tony Barnard