Diary Events The Parish of Oxton St Saviour Mon 15 October Parish Office closed 11.00am Funeral Service @ for the late Ellen Davies with St Andrew Growing Together in Christ Tues 16 October 9.00am Assembly @ Preparatory School 9.30am Toddlers @ St Andrew’s Centre 14 October 2018: 3.00pm Assembly @ Oxton St Saviour’s CE Primary School 7.00pm Holy Communion @ Lady Chapel 20th Sunday after Trinity 8.00pm Worship Together band practice At St Saviour’s At St Andrew’s Centre Wed 17 October 2.55pm Assembly @ Hillside Primary School 8.00am Holy Communion BCP 11.30am Morning Worship 3.30pm Messy Church @ the Parish Centre President & Preacher: Revd Dr Joe Kennedy Officiant: Revd Allen Waller 7.15pm Deanery Synod @ St Catherine’s Tranmere Bible readings as at 9.30am Preacher: Revd Dr Joe Kennedy

Thur 18 October 9.30am Toddlers @ St Andrew’s Centre 9.30am Parish Communion 10.00am Holy Communion Officiant: Revd Allen Waller Today’s Collect 2.00pm Townfield Primary School Harvest Service in Church Preacher: Revd Dr Joe Kennedy God, the giver of life, whose Holy Spirit wells 7.30pm Bell ringing practice @ Bell Tower Isaiah 53: 1-5 (p.596) up within your Church: by the Spirit’s gifts 7.30pm Choir Practice @ Choir Vestry John 20: 19-23 (p.883) equip us to live the gospel of Christ and make Eucharistic Prayer E us eager to do your will, that we may share Fri 19 October with the whole creation the joys of eternal 6.30pm Evensong BCP life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, Sat 20 October Officiant & Preacher: Revd Christine Broad who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity

Joshua 5: 13—6:20 (p.142) of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. The START Course is an opportunity to take a fresh look at what Christians Matthew 11: 20-end (p.792) believe and the claims of the Christian faith. Six meetings on Mondays, Room 4, Parish Centre, 7.30pm till 9.00pm. All welcome: come and bring a friend! Welcome to Church To book places, call Revd Christine, 653 3366 or 512 2679. At the Parish Centre Welcome to everyone here today! 9.30am The Loft A particular welcome if you are with us for Next Sunday, 21 October: 21st Sunday after Trinity Leader: Revd Christine Broad the first time. Please do stay for refreshments after the 9.30am service at St Saviour’s and St Saviour’s Church 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 9.30am Sand, Pebbles & Rocks the 11.30am service at St Andrew’s 9.30am Parish Communion Tracey Williams is leading Sand 11.30am Holy Baptism 6.30pm Evensong St Saviour’s Centre 9.30am The Loft 9.30am No Sand, Pebbles & Rocks - Half term St Andrew’s Centre 11.30am Holy Communion If you’re new to us, we’re glad to welcome you! Please do complete and hand in the ‘Contact Card’ in your pew, and let us keep you up-to-date with what’s on. Please do collect a magazine from the back of church. Children are always welcome in church. We have children’s service books. In addition, in term time, we have age-appropriate Services for children, from birth, in the Parish Centre during the 9.30am service. On the first Sunday of the month, children stay in church for an all-age Service. Parish Office, St Saviour’s Parish Centre, Road, Oxton, Wirral, CH43 2JZ Large print service sheets are available at the back of church. A hearing aid “Loop” system operates at (0151) 653 3366 [email protected] www.oxtonstsaviour.co.uk St Saviour’s. In a Holy Communion service, the Sacrament will be brought to those unable to come to the Registered Charity: St. Saviour’s PCC, Oxton. Charity Number: 1136160 front. Gluten-free wafers are available on request. In both cases, please ask a Churchwarden. TODAY—Sunday 14 October of Remembrance at 10.50am on Sun 11 Nov. from Paul Carpenter, John Roberts or Please contact the Parish Office if you are Caroline Thomson. OUR AUTUMN SERMON SERIES, God’s Justice: setting things right, concludes today. Our able to help. QUIZ: The October Quiz ‘On the Road’ is on theme this-morning is ‘Justice and Peace’. PARISH CENTRE LOST PROPERTY There are sale price £1. STAYING IN TOUCH: A copy of the pewsheet is now available by email—to sign up, simply several items of Lost Property on the coat WIRRAL FOODBANK urgently needs addition- fill in a Contact Card and return it to us. Hymns are available on the hymn boards, or (if you rack and in the box on top in the atrium in al volunteers to serve in its distribution prefer) on a separate sheet. the Parish Centre. Please claim any lost items centres in and . Could ALL SOULS’ LIST: There will be a special Evening Service for All Souls’ Tide on Sunday 4 Nov before Fri 30 Nov: we shall dispose of you do this as part of your Christian service? 6.30pm, at St Saviour’s. If there’s someone you would particularly like to be remembered on unclaimed items remaining after that date. The time commitment required is normally that day, please add their names today to the list at the back of church. The list will be availa- GROUP EMAILS: In order to comply with our one half-day per week, or in some cases less ble for the next two weeks. legal obligations under GDPR, we all need to often. More information at:: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI APPEAL: Retiring collection in church today (Sun 14 avoid unwittingly sharing e-mail addresses. https://tinyurl.com/y84sdrgb Oct). Christian Aid is working with local partners in areas of Indonesia which were devastated For this reason, we request that all group APPLYING FOR ST SAVIOUR’S SCHOOL? Our by the recent double disaster. Vital aid is being delivered to the affected cities but survivors in leaders copy group members into e-mails PCC operates a scheme which allows parents more remote areas are still in desperate need. Please help if you are able to do so. under "bcc" rather than "cc". Many thanks. to record their attendance each week. For HOSPICE CHRISTMAS CARDS will be on sale in church today and until 25 Nov. Please make 100+ CLUB: New members are most details, please speak to a member of clergy. cheques payable to Wirral Hospice St John’s Enterprises. welcome. Membership forms are available NOTICES BBC1 SONGS OF PRAISE is recording at Christ Prayer and Bible Reading Church Oxton this Thurs (18 Oct), commemo- A small group of clergy and lay people meet to say Morning Prayer together at Room 1 of the THANK YOU to our wonderful Social & Music rating the centenary of the death of Wilfred Parish Centre, Monday to Friday at 8.30 am. All are welcome. If you’d like to follow the Church Committee, and to everyone who supported Owen. If you wish to be part of the congrega- of ’s Bible reading pattern, here are the New Testament readings for the coming week: our splendid Harvest Supper on the evening tion, please send your name, postcode, tele- of Sat 6 Oct. £454 was raised for Parish Funds. phone number and number of people attend- Monday Teresa of Avila, teacher, 1582 1 Tim. 1: 1-17 THANK YOU also to all who made our Church ing to [email protected] or Tuesday Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of , Reformation Martyr 1555 1 Tim. 1:18—2:end look so beautiful for Harvest, telephone 0161 873 7073 with this infor- Wednesday Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c. 107 1 Tim. Ch.3 and who were involved in our mation asap. The BBC ask that people arrive Thursday Luke the Evangelist Luke 1: 1-4 Harvest services or in the by 5.45pm and that they’re prepared to stay Friday Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, 1812 1 Tim. 5: 1-16 distribution of Harvest gifts. for the full recording (6.30pm until 9.30pm). Saturday 1 Tim. 5: 17-end To see our Harvest photos use MEN’S LINDISFARNE PILGRIMAGE from this the QR code or visit: https://bit.ly/2QExoeh Fri (19 Oct) till next Sun (21 Oct). The retreat In our prayers this week THANK YOU: Many people have contacted is for any men within our congregation. the Parish Office to express their gratitude for Details from Revd Allen or Phil Smith. The sick and those unable to attend their Harvest Gifts, and ask us to pass on their ADVENT CALENDAR: Looking for an Advent church thanks to all those involved in any way. Calendar which is focussed on Jesus, is fairly Those who have died recently OUR NEW AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM: Phase 1: traded, and contains chocolates? If so, simply Parish Cycle of Prayer: Pagewood Close, Work has begun on the new sound console contact [email protected] Palmer Close, Parr’s Road, Electricians. for our parish church, and for this reason one or via the Parish Office, by Sun 4 Nov, and of the pews has been removed. we’ll order one for you—you’ll be able to pick CONSERVING HEAT: As in previous years, the your calendar at Church later in Nov. Price is south door to our parish church will be closed £3.99 each; cheques payable to St Saviour’s on Sundays from Oct till Mar to conserve PCC. heat. The south door will still to be open for ST ANDREWS: We are seeking a volunteer to services on weekdays and special occasions. play the piano at St Andrew’s for the Service