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

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Sunday 22 February         First Sunday of Lent
 

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, Margaret W, Graham, John S, Kathy, Mo, Matt,
Bertie, Morwenna, David J, Wendy.
The long term sick and infirm:-
George, Peter, Diana, Liz & Keith N, Rob, John and Shirley.
The Ministry Team:-
Wendy, Ruth, 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 February            First Sunday of Lent
0800 Morning Prayer
Led by Ruth Sayers
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Mike Wagstaff
1130 PCC Meeting

Wednesday 25 February
1000 Morning Prayer

Sunday 1 March                Second Sunday of Lent
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas

WELCOME BACK
To Rev’d Mike Wagstaff who presides at our
10am service this morning.
Thanks to Ruth also, who leads a service of
Morning Prayer at 8am.

MARILYN'S MEMOS

SHROVE TUESDAY
We had an enjoyable assembly on Tuesday
morning, consuming savoury galettes and sweet
pancakes prepared the night before and cooked
tirelessly on the day by Oly and assisted by Steve.
Many thanks to all who contributed to a donation
to Shelter Box. £115 will be sent to them. Whilst
we shared a pleasant morning, we were not
actually “shriven”: confessing our sins to a priest
and seeking forgiveness.

ASH WEDNESDAY
Rev’d Brian welcomed eight of us to his Ashing
Eucharist and Rev’d Sue welcomed 22! On both
occasions, we were happy to share our worship
with some of the congregation from St. Aubyn’s,
two visitors on holiday and Kevin from Roborough
and Amelia from the University.

LENT COURSE
Our 5 week course will begin next Wednesday.
All are welcome, after attending Morning Prayer
or by arriving at 10.30 am for coffee, readings and
discussion which we aim to complete in just over
an hour.

WORK ON THE BELL TOWER
John Mitchelmore and I attended a meeting with
Simon, our architect, and Simon, our roofer, earlier
this week. The plan for progressing the work was
presented with costings and we have been given
the go-ahead by the DAC to take advantage of
their fast track/emergency Faculty.

LOWER PARISH CENTRE
The prospective tenants have received the contract
from the Diocesan solicitor. We await instruction
that they have signed and that we have a date for
the commencement.
A visit from Listers resulted in clear indication of
what was expected before the take-over. The
garden/yard has been cleared of leaves and weeds
thanks to many willing volunteers. Russell has
been completing some more specialised work:
replacing a broken work top and re-positioning the
hob, replacing two very warped cupboard doors,
pressure hosing the paving etc, fixing a trip hazard
and generally sprucing things up. We await the
mending of the fencing and installation of a gate,
to enable PCC workers to access the church garden
and to prevent children straying on to the area at
the front of church. The new tenants will be
allocated two spaces in the church car park and
will be requested to avoid permanent parking at the
lower end of the driveway as it is an emergency
vehicle turning point. The Park’s Department has
been requested to prune numerous trees which are
encroaching or overhanging our buildings,
particularly the gutters. Hart Windows are to
replace broken guttering and clear leaves etc but
are severely impeded by the weather.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN FEBRUARY
Ruth Jordan, Ella Richmond, Tony Barnard,
Fr Keith, Christina Richardson.

THE POWNOLL FAMILY


‘THE DEFENCE AT 'THE GLORIOUS FIRST
OF JUNE' by Nicholas Pocock

Whilst carrying out research last week in relation
to the H.M.S Defence window, I discovered that
the first ship to carry the name was built at Dock
in 1763 by a Master Shipwright called Israel
Pownoll.
It was in the sixteenth century that Master
Shipwrights were first appointed to manage the
design and construction of ships on a part-time
basis. Come the seventeenth century the roles
became full-time. Dock naval base, located within
the parish of Stoke Damerel, was established in
1690 and the display board below shows that the
first person to hold the position in that year was
Elias Wasse. The name of Israel Pownoll
confusingly appears twice in ensuing years, in
1720 and 1762 - highlighted in green.



I feel confident that they must have been related,
perhaps father and son. However, the latter entry
is the man responsible for overseeing the
construction of the first H.M.S. Defence. He was
born around 1710, and believed to come from a
local naval family, but the location of his birth is
not recorded. In 1741 he is known to have been
working at Deptford as a Foreman of Shipwrights
as well as a Master Mastmaker. Then, in 1743, he
advanced to be a Master Caulker. In 1752 he
moved to Portsmouth as a Second Assistant
Shipwright followed by the same position at
Chatham later in the same year. First appointed as
a Master Shipwright at Sheerness in 1755 he then
took charge at Woolwich only seven months later.
He moved to Dock in 1762 and finally on to
Chatham in 1775, where he stayed until his death
in 1779.
There were other related Pownolls, some of whom
served the Royal Navy in differing roles and
confusion can be created when the same Christian
names are repeated.
Israel married Mary Roberts in Kent in 1747, and
they had several children including another Israel,
baptised in 1750. He did not join the navy but went
on to become a priest.
Israel’s niece, Sarah Pownoll, married Captain
Charles Proby who was later to be appointed
Commissioner of Chatham Dockyard.


CAPTAIN PHILEMON POWNOLL
by Sir Joshua Reynolds

The most prominent relative was probably
Israel’s nephew, Captain Philemon Pownoll,
who was baptised at Stoke Damerel church on
3rd. September 1735 and named Philemon after
his father. Captain Pownoll was in charge of
H.M.S. Apollo for part of the American
Revolutionary War. In 1780 his ship was in
conflict with the French ship Stanislaus in the
Battle of Cape St. Vincent and he sadly died after
being struck by a cannonball.
Tony Barnard