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

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Sunday 22 June            Trinity Sunday

THIS WEEK'S READINGS 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, Kathy.
The long term sick and infirm:-
George, Peter, Diana, Liz, Keith, Rob, Clive.
The Ministry Team:-
Wendy, Ruth, Fiona, 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 22 June        1st Sunday after Trinity
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce

Wednesday 25 June
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 29 June            2nd Sunday after Trinity
0800 Morning Prayer
Led by Ruth Sayers
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Mike Wagstaff

WELCOME BACK
Welcome to Rev’d Dr Sacha Pearce who will be
taking both of our services today.

NOTES FROM THE CHOIR
The Feast of Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ)
which fell last Thursday, is the Day of
Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy
Communion. The Latin words set to the music of
Mozart being sung today Ave verum corpus natum
de Maria Virgine honour the “body born of the
Virgin Mary” and pray Esto nobis “be with us” to
the end of our lives.
This is the last of the anthems we have sung every
Sunday beginning on Passion Sunday, continuing
through Palm Sunday, throughout the seven
Sundays of Easter, and extending to Pentecost,
Trinity Sunday and today. We hope they have
made a fitting contribution to our worship, with
focus on the theme of each service.
Whilst the hymns chosen Sunday by Sunday will
be relevant to the readings throughout Trinitytide
(which takes us up to Advent Sunday on 30th
November) we don't have plans to sing any special
pieces of music until perhaps our Harvest
Thanksgiving, Patronal Festivals (St Luke and
St Andrew), and the All Souls, All Saints and
Remembrance season. Then will come the hard
work preparing Christmas music!
John Steere

MARILYN'S MEMOS

FAREWELL TO FIONA

Last Sunday we said a very fond farewell to Fiona.
We will miss her terribly but wish her well for her
ordination as deacon on Saturday 28th June and in
her new parish.


WEDDING OF NICOLE AND LIAM
MONDAY 16th
Nicole and Liam were married in church on
Monday at 2 pm. It was a lovely ceremony and
around 120 people present, which gave our lovely
volunteers a lot of work with refreshments and
clearing up.
Huge thanks from the family to Rhona and Oly.

DHSB SUMMER CONCERT
ON THURSDAY 19th
Emma, the music impresario, produced a
wonderful and varied concert, much enjoyed
by parents and students alike.
So many talented young people in our midst.

PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Don’t forget this musical treat next Friday 27th
June at 7.30pm. If you haven’t had the pleasure
of an evening with Plymouth Gilbert and Sullivan
productions, you are in for a great evening.
Tickets from me on Saturday or Sunday or on
the door. Adults £12 and children £10.
Do come along!!
Marilyn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN JUNE
Mac Armstrong, Lesley Morris, Steve Baker,
Terry Hewitt, Marlene Schuster, Margaret Wright.

SO MANY PLANTS
ARE NOW REALLY BLOOMING

At this time of year being outdoors can be
wonderful, when the sun is shining and all the
flowering plants are fresh and so colourful. Thus
far, the varied weather conditions seem to have
been ideal for many of our suddenly fast-growing
plants. Although we are told that reservoir levels
are already below the ideal for this time of the
year, in the garden we seem to have had just the
right combination of warmth, sun, rain, and
occasional cooling breezes, to give the best
conditions for a delightful start to the season.
Not that the young Squirrel pictured above would
agree, having been caught in a heavy downpour
and then finding that there was no food to purloin
from the bird table.
Earlier in the year we noticed that Primroses,
Daffodils and Gorse, amongst other plants, were
more prolific than in other years. Now we have a
similar situation in the garden. We rarely have
much success with Mesembryanthemums, as they
are a favourite food for Slugs and Snails. However,
two large flowerpots are now overflowing with
blooms, even though the annoying Molluscs are
known to come out when it is wet.

We were also delighted to see a couple of very
prolific mounds of white Alyssum, which had self-
seeded from last year.

These last few weeks have seen all our rose plants
blooming in profusion. The paths are now littered
with many small petals from the fading rambler
but the pale floribunda rose is still thick and heavy
with sweet smelling blooms. Most rewarding
though is the one large orange rose which has
appeared on a very slender branch of the ‘Emma
Hamilton’ rose we purchased after seeing one at
Alnwick Castle gardens a few years ago. The
heavy citrus fragrance is just unbelievable.

We are also pleased to see several bright yellow
blooms on the un-named climbing rose we planted
earlier this year, being an impulse buy of a special
offer at Trago Mills.

We are now frantically feeding and deadheading
everything as the flowers fade in order to,
hopefully, prolong the flowering season.
Tony Barnard