Information about church services and other events in the coming weeks
Sunday 16th November.
10.00 am Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.40 am Preparation for worship
10.45 am Morning worship led by Rev. Hazel Forecast, Mrs. Annah Mwadiwa and the Shona Fellowship, as we pray especially for Zimbabwe.
The loose money in the offertory will be given to the Methodist Church of Zimbabwe to support its vital humanitarian work. If you are a tax-payer and therefore able to gift-aid your giving, please put any money for Zimbabwe in one of the gift envelopes available at the back of the church, and sign and date the gift-aid declaration.
The service will include the baptism of Tawana-Aimee Mutsando, Latanya Mugari and William Blankson.
We pray for them and their families.
1.30 pm Worship in Shona
4.30 pm Worship in Urdu
6.30 pm United service at Ledgers Road led by Rev Jan Cotman
Lectionary Readings: Zephaniah 1: 7, 12-18; I Thessalonians 5:1-11;
Matthew 25:14-30
Monday 17 2.30 - 4.00 pm 'Jesus Rediscovered' (3/5) ecumenical study course at 5 Upton Close
7.30 pm in Choir vestry Rev. Hazel is showing the video "Son of Man" - a BBC series exploring the background to the gospel stories.
Tuesday 18 6.15 pm BB Anchor Boys
6.30 pm BB Junior Section
7.30 - 9.00 pm 'Jesus Rediscovered' (5/5) ecumenical study course at 2 St Bernard's Rd.
Weds 19 6.30 pm Brownies
Thursday 20 12 - 1.30 pm 'Soup and a roll' lunches
2.30 pm Network AGM led by Rev Hazel
5.30 pm Rainbows
7.00 pm Guides
Friday 21 6.30 pm BB Company Section
8.00 pm at the West Wing Arts Centre, Stoke Road. The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)
Saturday 22 9 - 11am at Old Windsor 'Christmastide Brunch'
10.30 am Ledgers Road 'Christmas Bazaar'
7.00 pm in the Choir Vestry - Rev. Hazel will show pictures from her sponsored walk along Hadrian's Wall this summer, which has now raised over £3,000 (half of this for the church building development fund).
NEXT WEEK SUNDAY 23rd NOVEMBER
10.00 am Bible Study in the Prayer Room.
10.45 am Morning worship led by Mr Neville Thorman
1.30 pm Worship in Shona
4.30 pm Worship in Urdu
6.30 pm United Circuit service at Ledgers Road at which Rev. Mannie Jacob will be sharing reflections on his Sabbatical earlier this year.
OTHER NOTICES
If you are already thinking about Christmas cards:
Hopefully, you will already have placed a Traidcraft order with Pam Newton...
...and/or you can support Toybox, Tearfund, Leprosy Mission etc by buying your Christmas cards from the Church Bookstall...
...You can also buy some beautiful, good value Christmas & greetings cards at www.add2yourlife.co.uk Click here to see the cards. Order online. All profits to St Andrew's. No postage charges for St. Andrew's congregation!
There are some sample IBRA Bible-reading notes on the bookstall. IBRA notes can be ordered from Carol Palmer. Scripture Union, BRF and CWR notes can be ordered from Liz Tottingham on the bookstall.
Many thanks to all those who contributed to the 'Operation Christmas Child' appeal. With the boxes from St Mary's and St Laurence's, we sent off a total of 144 boxes; over 100 packed by the Brownies and Guides. I have been invited to the URC at Maidenhead to see the next stage of the boxes' journey and I will give Richard the details of that for the next Grapevine. Thank you all for your tremendous support. Joyce.
FUTURE EVENTS
Friday 21 November, 8pm at the West Wing Arts Centre, Stoke RoadReduced Shakespeare Company present
Yes, it's an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological questions:
Did Adam and Eve have navels?
Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston?
And why isn't the word "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?
Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People Eater, you will be tickled by the RSC's romp through old time religion. Tickets £14 (£12 concessions)
Saturday 22 November 9 - 11am at Old Windsor 'Christmastide Brunch'
Tuesday 25 November, 7.30 pm at High Street, Maidenhead: Circuit Conversation on ways of developing our mission, led by Rev. Graham Horsley, a Methodist minister in our District who is part of the ecumenical "Fresh Expressions" Team.
Church Anniversary Events:
Coffee Morning to be held from 9am on Saturday 29 November refreshments and small cakes will be available to buy.
Dont forget in the evening of Saturday 29 November we have a Quiz Night followed by a bring-and-share supper. Come and celebrate our Church Anniversary by testing your general knowledge and sharing a meal together.
Sunday 30 November 10.40 am
Preacher: Rev. Claudette Athea-Douglas,
from the Council of Churches for Britain & Ireland Racial Justice Unit.
Wednesday 3 December, 8.00 pm in the Choir Vestry - join in planning the Carol Service.
Saturdays in Advent, 10.00 - 11.00 am - a series of 3 workshops discovering how people all around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas.
6 December: decorations
13 December: songs
20 December: food
Have a go yourself - however young or old you are!
All notices for next Sunday 23rd November, to Jenny Sturgeon
by 8 pm on THURSDAY 20th November.
01753 521862 or jenny@sturg.co.uk