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

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Sunday 15 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.

In order to watch the livestreamed services please
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make your way to YouTube site:
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Sunday 15 June        Trinity Sunday
0800 Holy Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Sue Nicholas
1000 Sung Parish Eucharist
Celebrant: Rev’d Mike Wagstaff

Wednesday 18 June
1000 Morning Prayer

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

WELCOME BACK
Welcome to Rev’d Sue at 8am and Rev’d Mike
Wagstaff at 10am.

NOTES FROM THE CHOIR
Today we have a double celebration,
it being both Trinity Sunday and Music Sunday.
Our introit this morning is Schubert's Holy, holy,
holy which includes the words Three in sweet
communion, one in unity capturing the loving
relationship within the One, which we are called
to emulate in our lives.
In place of an anthem we shall be singing
Stanford's setting of Psalm 150 O praise God in
his holiness. The psalmist celebrates every
imaginable instrument used to make music to the
Lord. Whilst we only have one instrument here
today, Robin will use it to his usual good effect.
The psalm concludes with the words Let
everything that hath breath praise the Lord, a
stirring invitation for all of us to raise our voices
in praise.
John Steere

FIONA’S FOOTNOTES
The first line of today’s gospel says ‘I have many
things to say to you now, but you cannot bear
them’. Well, I do have many things to say, but I
think it’s me who can’t bear it! Whilst I’m very
much looking forward (with excitement and terror)
to my impending ordination, the fact that I’ll be
leaving you all after this weekend makes it a
bittersweet moment.
Since arriving in the parish three years ago you’ve
all made me feel very welcome and encouraged me
so much in my vocation and training, especially in
this last year. You have all helped me to build
confidence and courage. I remember my first day
walking into the church, sitting at the back behind
a pillar. I think there was a baptism taking place.
This was before Robin became our organist and so
I think I was sat quite close to the choir. I knew
nobody and hadn’t yet done my first residential
weekend. The pillar I was sat behind gave me
courage. It was my invisibility shield! Little did I
realise that within the year I’d be serving at the
10am service. With a massive amount of guidance
and support from Fr Keith my sacramental
knowledge, and my confidence were given
opportunities to start to develop.
Then came the surprise departure of Fr Keith.
Not in my plan; but definitely in God’s plan.
Sometimes He has a funny way of knowing
exactly what we need, enabling us to build up
whatever it is that we lack, for whatever His path
is for us. In my case that surprise departure led to
my confidence having even more opportunities to
grow, assisted by Rev. Sue alongside the numerous
visiting priests we’ve welcomed over the past
twelve months.
And then there is all of you, my church family
which I had been privileged to be a part of. You
have encouraged me, given me feedback
throughout my journey, and by your support have
enabled me to get to this point, where, in two
weeks I’ll be standing in Exeter Cathedral wearing
a dog collar. What a journey!!
I was asked recently if I could see the changes in
myself since beginning training. Most of the time
we change so subtly over long periods of time that
changes are barely discernible to us; it usually
takes someone else to point them out. Not this
time. My formation, academically and through my
time with Stoke Damerel, has been so marked that
even I can see it. I’m no longer the person I was
when I walked through the door.
I am very grateful to all of you. For your
encouragement, for your support, for your humour,
and for your prayers. Please do keep all those who
will be ordained deacon and priest in your prayers.
It’s an odd feeling to realise that you are going to
go from lay to ordained. When you start you
always think that there will be ‘something’ that’ll
stop ordination from happening. That somehow
they’ll realise they’ve made a mistake and that
you’re not up to it. I’m still not sure I actually am,
and so I know that it’s only through God’s help
that I’ll be able to do this.
I’ll be keeping you all in my prayers, that Stoke
Damerel continues to be the open, inclusive,
generous, and welcoming church that I have come
to know and love. And I pray that whoever comes
to be your priest will have the same open heart that
you do and will keep you moving forward as a
family.
Ordination tickets: I’ve still got plenty and will
bring them with me on Sunday. Please come and
grab one if you think you might be able to make it.
Cakes: I’m not yet sure what I’ll be baking for
Sunday, but I sure there will besomething!
With love and prayers
Fiona

MARILYN'S MEMOS

FAREWELL TO FIONA:
WE WILL MISS YOU

Sunday will be our last Eucharist with Fiona
for some time! As you are probably aware, Fiona
will be leaving us to take up her further training
post at St Pancras at Pennycross. You may pass St
Pancras on your way to Bookers or the Sports
Centre further down dale and uphill!! We shall
certainly miss her as she has made a great
contribution to our Sunday worship for a
considerable time now in addition to her weekly
words of wisdom in our Sunday Sheet and her
artwork for our fair posters. She is blessed with a
quiet competence and confidence and we wish her
all the very best in her new placement and, indeed,
her future career. There will be quite a contrast in
churchmanship to embrace and a rather more
modern building, with fewer maintenance
challenges than at Stoke Damerel we hope.
On Sunday, please be sure to stay for coffee
and take part in our presentation to Fiona,
to show how much we have appreciated her time
with us. Fiona won’t be far away as she lives in the
flats just across our churchyard AND quite a few
of us will be attending her very special service at
EXETER cathedral on 28th June.

THANK YOU SINCERELY FIONA.
GOD’S BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU AND
REMAIN WITH YOU.​

SUMMER FAIR
Please fill in the gaps on the church stall rota.
We need helpers at 2pm on Friday to set up tables
and organise the raffle prizes and church stalls.
FOOD HAMPER ITEMS please.
Thank you Team Stoke Damerel. The
fair is for our united benefit!

A WEEK OF CONTRASTS
We have a busy week in church this coming week.
We have a wedding rehearsal on Saturday morning
and the ceremony on Monday afternoon which has
been in the planning for over a year now. Rev Sue
Nicholas will be officiating and joining Nicole and
Liam in Holy Matrimony. On Thursday we
celebrate the life of my dear friend Mel at 13.00,
who sadly died in the early hours on 9th June. Rev.
Dr Sacha Pearce will be officiating, as Derriford
Hospital Chaplain who visited and prayed for Mel
during her time in the stroke unit at Merryvale
Ward.

ARCHDEACONS VISITATIONS AND
AD JANE’S VISIT
On Monday Rhona and I attended Yelverton
church where the Ven. Douglas Dettmer,
Archdeacon of Totnes, was officiating in place
of the Ven. Jane Bakker, who was unfortunately
indisposed. There was much to report on
safeguarding, which will feature next week. On
Monday, providing all is well, AD Jane will meet
the PCC to discuss our future vacancy! Fingers
crossed and prayers please for a positive outcome.

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