Weekly Bulletin - 1 October
Welcome to our weekly church bulletin, here's what is coming up in the life of St Andrew's and St Bartholomew's!
Services This Sunday -
9am Communion service at St A's
10.30am All age informal worship at St A's
To find out what's happening during the week click here to view our full church calendar.
Readings This Sunday
9am - Isaiah 51:7–16
Matthew 10:24-29
10.30am - Acts 16:19-31
Weekly Prayer Zoom Details
Every Thursday
7.30pm Zoom Prayer
Meeting ID:717 8863 5477 Passcode: STAPRAYER
News and Notices
Cheltenham Pray for Schools Network
Please join us for our
Autumn Prayer Gathering
on Monday 5th October
From 7:15pm-9:00pm
at Cheltenham Bournside School
Warden Hill Rd, GL51 3EF
Car Parking at the front of the school adjacent to Warden Hill Road.
Please enter the school via the main Reception door.
The meeting will be in the main school hall.
If you can, please bring your own reusable mug for refreshments.
This is an opportunity to pray for our local schools with others who long to see
Education Renewed and Lives Transformed.
We're really looking forward to our Impact Church Weekend at Home, when we'll come together to launch our new vision and values for the next four years.
It would be wonderful to have as many of us as possible there as we seek God together and look ahead to all that he has for us. A detailed timetable is attached below...
Impact Timetable.odt
The closing date for signing up is Monday 5th October so please click the events below to sign up:
Impact Weekend Event
St Andrew's Got Talent
Love Your Neighbour
✨St Andrew's Sparkling Superheroes Light Party Sign Up! ✨
Relationships Matter Course starting on Wednesday 4th November - Revd's John and Alice Monaghan warmly invite you to join us for this course as we explore together what it means to build better relationships and grow together in faith. Full details are contained within the attached poster - Spaces are limited to 18 so don't delay in Signing Up
If you would like to include any updates in the weekly bulletin, send them to admin@stastb.church. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday at 1pm.
This week's Green Tip! Are all you light bulbs LED? Once your old ones have gone replace with LED, don't change things before the end of their useful life.
Giving at St Andrew's and St Bartholomew's
Stewardship - Income, Investment, Involvement
In my Stewardship talk at the morning services on Sunday 20 September, I spoke about our giving as an investment in God's kingdom; supporting the growth and health of our church and its members and helping us to reach new children and adults in Churchdown and beyond so that they too would come to know and share the hope we have in Jesus.
If you are an existing giver
Firstly, a huge thank you! Secondly, my ask is that you respond to my message by taking a moment to review your current giving. Is it planned and regular, is it affordable for you, does the frequency and timing of payments work, do you need to make changes? If you do not already do so, it would be helpful to our budgeting if you could adjust your giving for inflation, increasing it by c.3% say, to help us keep up with the cost energy, goods and materials and salaries. If you use the Parish Giving Scheme it is possible to opt-in for this to happen automatically in the PGS portal.
If you are not yet a giver
I hope that my talk inspired you to give to the church and, importantly, to think of your giving not simply as a transfer of money from your bank account to the church's bank account, but as the mechanism for investing our money collectively in something that is precious and valuable. In the look ahead to 2027 I highlighted that we do need new givers to be play a part in the work of our church - that is you! There are flexible options for giving. Our preference is that people give using the Parish Giving Scheme, including opting-in to gift aid (where eligible) and annual inflation index-linking. Alternative options for regular giving are the Ephesian Fund or a simple standing order. Links to all of these can be found on the Giving page of the church website.
For both existing and new givers, if you need any help or advice on giving to our church, or in navigating the PGS or Ephesian Fund online journeys, please feel free to talk to me or contact me in confidence.
Please click here to make a one-off donation or set up a direct debit.
Thank you.
Christopher Phillimore
Volunteer Stewardship Advisor
Pastoral Care
As part of our Christian community, we provide mutual support for one another. Much of this happens informally with friends within the church and through the connect groups. However, sometimes people will require more personal support and encouragement either as a 'one-off chat' or on a more ongoing basis. For a conversation with someone on our Pastoral Care Team contact the office admin@stastb.church or phone 01452 712154 during office hours. For issues concerning safeguarding of Children and Vulnerable adults, see our website https://www.stastb.church/safeguarding For other useful contacts including Gloucester Adults helpdesk, Domestic abuse support services, Samaritans or Gloucester NHS Crisis team, visit https://gloucester.anglican.org/about-us/safeguarding/contacts/
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St Andrew's Church Centre, Station Road, Churchdown, Gloucester, GL3 2JT
www.stastb.church
01452 712154
Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 12.30pm
Closed Tuesday 9.30am - 11.30am
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