MISSION COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
There is a depth to the simplicity of the Act of Remembrance each year, exemplified by the simple commitment 'We will remember them'.
Of course so much is implied by those four words: a commitment to honour the sacrifice of others; a commitment to learn the lessons of the past in order to build a better future; a commitment to peace in our own daily lives as the outliving of our words.
Please do join us on Sunday, or next Tuesday, or both, - details below:
There will be a service at 9.30am at St Margaret's, 10am at St Luke's, and both will observe the Act of Remembrance at 11am.
There will also be a short Act of Remembrance at St Margaret's, by the war memorial on Tuesday 11th at 11am; and an Act of Remembrance and service at Watermeadow Grange at the same time. All are welcome.
We will remember them.
Louise
Louise’s email address: [email protected]
Safeguarding
For any safeguarding concerns, please contact :
Katie Gray: [email protected]
For issues with rough sleepers:
Elizabeth Reed: [email protected]
Please send all contributions for the newsletter to Gill Yates by Thursday evening.
Services and calendar for the week
Sunday 9th November
9.30am… Ecumenical Service…St Margaret’s
10am…Holy Communion…St Luke’s
11am…Act of Remembrance…Topsham War Memorial
3pm…Family Event…St Margaret’s
6.30pm…Evensong…St Margaret’s
Monday 10th November
10am…Stay and Play…St Margaret’s
2.30pm…Julian Contemplative Prayer…St Margaret’s
7pm…Compline…Zoom
Tuesday 11th November
9am…Morning Prayer…St Luke’s
3.30pm…Anna Friends Support Group…St Margaret’s
Wednesday 12th November
10am…Morning Worship…Zoom
2.30pm…Tea and Cake…St Margaret’s
Thursday 13th November
10am…Stay and Play…St Margaret’s
11am…Funeral…St Luke’s
Friday 14th November
9am…Morning Prayer…St Margaret’s
Sunday 16th November
8am…BCP Holy Communion…St Margaret’s
10am…Joint Holy Community & Baptism…St Margaret’s
The Zoom links and meeting IDs for all the Zoom events are on our pages on ACNY (A Church Near You)
Watch this space for details of the next Forest Church in November
Bookings
St. Margaret’s bookings are managed by Caryll Ingerslev.
Contact: [email protected]
Please book in for any use of the church including church meetings and events.
St. Luke’s Church and Church Rooms bookings are managed by Sandra Greedy:
Contact: [email protected]
St. Luke’s churchwardens can be contacted on:
[email protected] or phone 01392 271458
Our St Luke’s Churchwarden, Mrs Jackie Crozier, is currently not available for her warden duties. Mrs Sandra Greedy will respond to emails sent to the above email address.
St. Luke’s church will re-open on Wednesday afternoons in the New Year.
St. Margaret’s is open every day between 9.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m.
Ecumenical Events
During a meeting of the Ecumenical Group who represent the three churches in Topsham, St. Margaret’s, St. Nicholas and Holy Cross (the new Baptist Church has not responded yet), it was agreed that the hand of friendship should be extended to local multi-faith groups. It was felt that there really needed to be greater understanding and deeper connection to counterbalance the divisions that are deepening within our communities. Louise will be organising a visit to the Exeter Mosque, via a contact who teaches at the university. Also a visit to the Exeter synagogue.
Please contact Louise directly, if you are interested.
Christmas!
Countdown to Christmas: there are three ways to engage with the themes of Advent this year:
1. Elders in the Christmas story. Join in two study sessions, which will be a chance to explore together the role of elders in our Christmas story. On Tuesday 9th December we will look at Elizabeth and Zechariah, who were parents to John the Baptist, and took care of the newly pregnant Mary.
Then on Tuesday 16th, we will look at Simeon and Anna, who greeted the Holy Family in the temple after the birth of Jesus.
Watermeadow Grange will host both of these sessions, beginning at 11 a.m. It's essential to register that you will be attending. please let me know on [email protected]
2. There will then be a Carol Communion on Thursday 18th December at 11 a.m. when we will have chance to join the Watermeadow Grange congregation.
3.Bethlehem - Beacon of Hope.
Anne Plested, for whom the benefice has been praying, and who has been supported for many years now, will return to give us first hand witness accounts of the great needs of Christians and other vulnerable groups in that area; and equally important the signs of hope amongst the dispossessed, so clearly linked with our Advent and Christmas stories. Anne will preach at St Luke's on 14thDecember at 10 a.m. and will hopefully join one of our midweek Zoom worship services.
Watch this space for when exactly.
Angels!
Wool is available in a box at the back of church for those wishing to knit/crochet Christmas angels.
Coffee and Cake
Every Wednesday at St Margaret's Church everyone is welcome to look in between 2.30-3.30 - not just for coffee, tea and an array of cakes, but also for friendly chat and a warm welcome. There's no charge, and we'd love to see you, whether you're Christian, or of a different faith, or of none at all!
♥️ 🧁
Dream Big: Local support
The Salmon Supper on Thursday evening was a great success, raising well over £1100 from ticket sales and a raffle. Full marks to Liz Hodges for the idea, and for masterminding the cooking, supported by a team of friends and family. They served up a delicious meal, and a great time was had by all. Particular thanks to Joe and Kate Hodges, owners of Route 2, for allowing us the use of their café and kitchen, and to all those who bought tickets.
We are also expecting to receive over £500 from the charity quiz nights held at The Old Firestation, so many thanks to the team there for their support. The Charter Day committee have also given us £500 from the takings of the refreshments served in the church in the summer.
A further £500 was raised from the leaflet campaign around the town in September, and let’s not forget the £10,000 already pledged by the Topsham Market House Trust. All this generosity from the local community is both encouraging and vital to our project.
Thanks
Paul Jakeman
Exmouth Food Bank
This month we would welcome donations of the following items:
Tinned meat meals (e.g. stew, meatballs)
Tinned cold meat (e.g. ham, corned beef)
Porridge oats & instant porridge
Pasta
Stir in pasta/pasta bake sauces
Tinned fruit
Fruit squash/juice
Longlife whole milk
Thank you so much ❤️
For further information email: [email protected] 07787758511
Prayers
For those who are ill or in need of our prayers:
Jill and Adrian, Kirsten, Jan, Jeremy, Marlene Gardner, Pam Wormald, Mary, Peter, John Heal, Rosemary Henry, Gail Miller, Carol Walker
Housebound or in nursing/care homes:
Alfred Wonnacott, Janet Mutter, Georgina Lear
Please pray for Anne Plested supporting the work of Bethlehem Bible College, and Ben and Katy Ray in Tanzania, St. Luke’s CMS mission link.
Anne Plested visited us at the end of September. Please pray for Gaza in the light of the latest news: she said for Christians there it is now a matter of just survival. Also for a new course at Bethlehem Bible College this autumn in trauma counselling, with 23 students signed up.
Anniversaries
John Lear, Dorothy Price, Tony and Vivienne Counter
Joan Ashford, George Simey, James Fricker
Recently departed
Diana Gwendoline Carnell
Gospel Readings for the coming week
Sunday 9th November Luke 20: 27-38
Monday 10th November Luke 17: 1-6
Tuesday 11th November Luke 17: 7-10
Wednesday 12th November Luke 17: 11-19
Thursday 13th November Luke 17: 20-25
Friday 14th November Luke 17: 26 - end
Saturday 15th November Luke 18: 1-8
Sunday 16th November Luke 21: 15-19
Collect and reading for Sunday 9th November
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule: who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Luke 20.27-38
Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Last of all the woman died also.
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
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