Music Setting Missa Brevis-CASCIOLINI (Gloria- Thorne )

Sunday 23rd October 2016 Last after Trinity 08.00 BCP Holy Communion – St Mark’s 09.15 Family worship – St Mark’s 11.00 Choral Eucharist with Sunday Club – St Andrew’s 18.00 Compline– St Andrew’s

NOTICES: Sunday 16th October 2016 Tuesday evenings, continues at Glass room at St Andrew’s at 8pm: The Rough Guide to Christianity. This Trinity 21 week: God in general. There is a good group going but feel free to join. Services Today Children’s Choir: Rehearsals continue on Fridays at 4.30pm. See Robert or Simon for more details. First performance will be at the 9.15am Eucharist on November 6th. 08.00 BCP Holy Communion – St Andrew’s 09.15 Family worship with baptism – th Pot Luck supper on Wednesday 19 October at 8pm in St St Mark’s Mark’s Hall hosted by the Mothers’ Union, all are welcome. Please speak wo Audrey Eldridge to see what you can bring. 11.00 Choral Eucharist with Sunday Club – St Andrew’s Invitation to entertainment at St Andrew and St Mark 18.00 Service of wholeness and healing – St Junior school. The children at SASM Junior school would like Andrew’s to invite visitors in to be entertained: each class is deciding on a way of entertaining visitors and making them happy(!) They especially envisage this being for over 60s, but actually all are Monday Parish Sabbath Office Closed th welcome if you are free on a Thursday 20 October, Open normal hours the rest of the week. 11.15am- 12 noon. It promises to be great fun, though people may need a lie-down afterwards. The school is on Maple Road. Ask Robert for more details. Monday

The Great Surbiton Bake Off, Sunday 23rd October at St. Tuesday 08.50 Morning Prayer – St. Mark’s Andrew’s Church. Bring cakes for 2pm judging and 3pm 20.00 Rough guide to Christianity –St afternoon tea in aid of our October Charity of the Month Andrew’s USPG.The theme of the cakes is Africa. Everyone is invited to make a cake for the competition with children and adult Wednesday 08.30 Morning Prayer – St. Andrew’s competition. There is a suggested donation of £5 for adults 10.00 Sunbeams – St Mark’s and £2 for children.

Flying Circus Group on Thursday 27th October will visit Thursday 08.30 Morning Prayer – St. Mark’s The Victoria and Albert Museum to view their Georgian 10.30 Holy Communion– St Mark’s period Gallery with its many fine examples of furniture and musical instruments. Meet at 10.00am in Wetherspoon’s Friday 08.30 Eucharist – St Andrew’s Coronation Hall, St Mark’s Hill, even if only for a pre-travel 10.00 Friday Coffee for Charity- St coffee. All welcome, no booking – just turn up. Contact Harry Andrew’s on 07773 060 233 or John on 07963 878 217 for any more info. Saturday 15.00 Wedding of Sandrine Brasier & ‘’Oh no not St. Paul again!’’ course on Tuesday 22nd and Paul Billing– St Andrew’s 29 November and 6 December 8pm till 9.15pm in St Mark’s Church. Is St. Paul only a hopeless woman and gay Sunday hater or does he have more to say than his reputation allows? This course will take a deeper look at the controversial leader of the early church and explore Paul the man and his world, A very warm welcome to our Church some of the difficult texts and current interpretations of Paul. today. We especially welcome the All are welcome to any or all of these sessions. No prior family and friends of Hugo and Millie as knowledge necessary. they are baptized this morning at St Very advanced notice: The Christmas Fair will take place on Mark’s. We hope that you will find th Saturday November 19 at St Andrew’s church. 11am something of the presence of God in start. See Irene O’Malia for details. our worship and among those you meet. th FOR YOUR PRAYER: Requests for Healing Prayer to be made to Sunday 11 FebruaryContacts 2007 the parish office; names will remain on the list for one month TheSECOND Rev’d Robert SUNDAY Stanier BEFORE 020 8399 LENT0639 unless a new request is made. Vicar [email protected] For healing: Sue Paine Rosa Panton Iain Jones 8.00 am THE EUCHARIST [ORDER TWO] John Barnes Moira Frau Richard Davies David Joel Jill Joel Clare Chesterman,Val Cory Parish at ST AdministratorMARK’S Jo Norman Harry Cornell Mary Rice Theodore Shah Tracy St Mark’s Church, St Mark’s Hill, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 4LS Calviou Michael Naylor Daniel White Robin Pellatt 9.30Office AM S Hours:UNG E Tues-ThursUCHARIST [O9.30RDER am O-12.30pmNE] - ST andMARK 1.30pm-’S Lucy-May Watson Nancy Vlasto Jean Wrench Celebrant3pm Fri 9.30am - Val Cory– 12.30pm: & Preacher please -note Janice closed Price in the Susan Hagar afternoon. Telephone: 020 8390 9129 e-mail: [email protected] Year’s Mind: Lucy Sulman Winifred Fuce Brian Winspar 10.00 AM SUNG EUCHARIST [ORDER ONE] - ST ANDREW’S Celebrantwww.surbitonchurch.org.uk - Val Cory & Preacher - John Kelly Birthdays: Diana Lewis Anthony Airey Audrey Peay John Kelly Evelyn Lewis 6.30 PM BCP EVENSONG - ST ANDREW’S Officiant & Preacher - Gabrielle Ayerst There is an induction loop in both churches - please turn Second Reading 2 Timothy 3.14-4.5 your aid to the ‘T’ setting. Reader Eleanor O’Neill You can follow the service in the Liturgy Service Booklet; this pew sheet will give you information about the readings But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly and hymns; you will also need a New English Hymnal believed, knowing from whom you learned it, and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to Hymns NEH instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for Music Setting Missa Brevis-CASCIOLINI (Gloria- reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that Thorne ) everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, Introit FOX–Teach me thy way, O Lord who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: proclaim the Introit hymn 357 Father, hear the prayer we offer message; be persistent whether the time is favourable or unfavourable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost Collect patience in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will Grant, we beseech you, merciful Lord, accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own to your faithful people pardon and peace, desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and that they may be cleansed from all their sins wander away to myths. As for you, always be sober, endure and serve you with a quiet mind; suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, fully. who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Gospel Luke 18.1 - 8

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always Today’s themes and not to lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that The Genesis story is much studied: notice how confusing it is city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, who is speaking to whom? This is making a point about wrestling “Grant me justice against my opponent.” For a while he refused; with God. In the Gospel, it is not so much that God needs to be but later he said to himself, “Though I have no fear of God and wrestling, but that there needs to be persistence. This theme of no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering patience comes up in 2 Timothy as well. me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.” ’ And the Lord said, ‘Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to his chosen First Reading Genesis 32.22-31 ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping Reader Hugh Evans them? I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?’ The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise Address Revd Carol Bourne everything that he had. Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did Intercessions Janet Jones not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he Offertory Hymn 381 Jerusalem the golden said, ‘Let me go, for the day is breaking.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go, unless you bless me.’ So he said to him, ‘What is During the offertory hymn a collection is taken for the work of your name?’ And he said, ‘Jacob.’ Then the man said, ‘You shall the church: please give generously. If you are moved to do so, no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with please ask for info about planned giving, if you do not do so God and with humans, and have prevailed.’ Then Jacob asked currently. him, ‘Please tell me your name.’ But he said, ‘Why is it that you ask my name?’ And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the Communion Hymn 288 God everlasting, wonderful and place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet holy my life is preserved.’ The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. Communion Anthem PURCELL-Thou knowest,Lord

Please come forward for Communion if it is your custom, or for Gradual Psalm 121 a blessing as directed by the Churchwardens. We will receive in two lines, as usual. 1 I lift up my eyes ¹ to the ¹ hills;  from ¹ where is my ¹ help to ¹ come? Notices and banns 2 My help comes ¹ from the ¹ Lord,  the ¹ maker of ¹ heaven and ¹ earth. At the dismissal 435 Onward, Christian soldiers 3 He will not suffer your ¹ foot to ¹ stumble;  he who watches ¹ over you ¹ will not ¹ sleep. 4 Behold, he who keeps watch ¹ over ¹ Israel  shall ¹ neither ¹ slumber nor ¹ sleep. 5 The Lord himself ¹ watches ¹ over you;  the Lord is your shade ¹ at your ¹ right ¹ hand, 6 So that the sun shall not ¹ strike you by ¹ day,  nei¹ther the ¹ moon by ¹ night. 7 The Lord shall keep you ¹ from all ¹ evil;  it is ¹ he who shall ¹ keep your ¹ soul. 8 The Lord shall keep watch over your going out and your ¹ coming ¹ in,  from this time ¹ forth for ¹ ever¹more. 9 They have given freely to the poor; their righteousness stands ¹ fast for ¹ ever;  their head will ¹ be ex¹alted with ¹ honour