A warm welcome to you on this Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Please do join us after the service to share in a cup of tea or coffee. All ages are welcome at St. Mary’s, children included. There is also a crèche in the Octagon for the very young if you need it. If this is your first time with us, please do fill in the slip at the end of the newsletter, so that we can keep in touch with you. St Mary’s is fitted with a hearing loop system. Members of the congregation who have a hearing aid with a ‘T’ switch will find that they can hear better when it is switched to ‘T’.

The flowers in the Lady Chapel this week are in memory of George McMurray.

Thanks today to Geoff Cowley who is standing in for Reg (as he returns from his son-in-law’s funeral). Geoff has to leave at 11 am to get to Shilton but if Margaret is well she will play the last hymn - alternatively it may have to be unaccompanied if the service is a bit long!

Thank You … to everyone who contributed so wonderfully to Harvest last week-end. The recipients of the cans were most grateful.
and …. on the Harvest theme, St John the Divine Willenhall are having a Songs of Praise for Harvest today at 4.30 pm to which we are all invited.

Pennie Hartopp
Pennie will be licensed as Team Vicar at St Mark’s Godalming on Thursday 18th October at 8pm. We have arranged a coach at £11 a seat to take people to that service which will leave St Mary’s at 4pm. If you have booked a seat, please make sure you let Ann Walker have your money as soon as possible.

Coffee Club
The Coffee Club meets next on Wednesday 17th and 31st October at 10.45 am. All Welcome.

Children’s Society Boxes
It is once again time for the Children’s Society boxes to be emptied. Will those who hold boxes please bring them to church during the month of October. Thank you. Audrey Curtis

Salvation Army Band Concert
Those who attended this concert, experienced a really good evenings music. The combined income from the ticket sales, raffle and refreshment donations was £489, which will be shared equally between St Mary’s Refurbishment Fund and the Salvation Army. A sincere thank you to those who supported the concert in any way.
Gary Croshaw

Quiz Night
There will be a quiz night here on Friday 26th October and our Christmas Fayre will be on Saturday 24th November. Please put these dates in your diary now - more details will be published later.

Church Centre Cleaning
PCC have decided that we can no longer afford to pay to have the Church Centre cleaned and have asked two of the church groups who use the centre to help with the cleaning week by week. Whilst they are happy to do this some jobs remain, particularly the cleaning of the windows (on an occasional basis) and the regular (weekly) cleaning of the internal glass and finger plates. If anyone would be willing to help with this, would they please speak to Malcolm, Barbara or John please.

Alan Robinson has also said that he would like to retire from organising both the coffee and cleaning rotas. These rotas have several months to go before they need to be done again but if anyone would be willing to take this on it would be very helpful. Also, if anyone would be happy to go onto a new rota please speak to Malcolm, Barbara or John.

Mission
Please see the Mission noticeboard for the latest information from Global Care, Yeldall and USPG. Sue Morton for Mission Group

Tote
1st Prize No. 4 M. Garlick £28
2nd Prize No. 57 J. Home £9

Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

Collect: God, our judge and saviour, teach us to be open to your truth and to trust in your love, that we may live each day with confidence in the salvation which is given through Jesus Christ our Lord.

First Reading: Lamentations 1. 1-6 Barbara Hancox

Second Reading: 2 Timothy 1. 1-14 Karen French

Gospel Reading : Luke 17. 5-10 Margaret Davoll

Intercessor: Tony Thistlewood

Hymns: 129 120 466 201 125 186

Post Communion Prayer: We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast: for here we receive you, here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace, and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign with all your saints for ever.

This week beginning 7th October 2007

Sunday 8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion
6.30 pm Evening Prayer
Monday 9 am Morning Prayer
7 pm Parish Office
7.45 pm Standing Committee
Tuesday 9 am Morning Prayer
Wednesday 10 am Holy Communion
Thursday 9 am Morning Prayer
Saturday 9.30 am Morning Prayer

Sunday 14th October

8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Communion, Junior Church and Lazers
6.30 pm Evening Prayer