ST ANDREW’S, ROUNDHAY, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

ST ANDREW’S, ROUNDHAY, UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Shaftesbury Avenue, Roundhay, LS 8 1DS
Minister: Rev David Pickering (269 7002)
Welcome to St Andrew’s! If you have any questions or would like to know more about the
life of St Andrew’s, please ask one of the people wearing name badges, who will be happy
to help you. Visitors are invited to sign the Visitor’s Book.
You can learn more about St Andrew’s on www.standrews.cc
WORSHIP THIS WEEK
Sunday 16 November
9.30am Early Communion
10.30am Family Service,
Minister
Minister
Tuesday Evening Prayer Time 7pm
Thursday Morning Prayer Time 9.15am
Sunday 23 November
10.30am Family Service with launch of
Annual Appeal for Others
Andrea Varnavides, Annual Appeal Group
Your offering on behalf of God’s work in
this church and community may be placed
on the plates provided as you come into
church. These gifts will be brought
forward and dedicated during the service.
If you require a large print Bible or
hymnbook and none is available where
you wish to sit, please ask one of the
stewards, who will provide one. Large
print copies of the Order of Service and of
the weekly notice sheet are also available.
Our church services are recorded onto CD
each week and kept. If anyone would like
to borrow a copy please contact Pam
Clark. The CDs date from 1/4/12.
RoCo BOX OFFICE OPEN TODAY
Tickets are on sale today in the car park
vestibule
for
RoCo’s
production
of
Prescription for Murder by Norman Robbins.
Performances take place on Thursday 20,
Friday 21, Saturday 22 November at
7.30pm.
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
A meeting has been arranged at
2.30pm TODAY Sunday 16 November
at St Andrew’s for anyone who would like
to find out more about church membership.
Enquiries to David Pickering tel 269 7002.
THANK YOU, CAKE LOVERS
Thanks to everyone who supported the cake
stall last week – 6th Roundhay Guides and 2nd
Roundhay Rangers made a net total of
£113.68 for the Christmas annual appeal for
others.
CHURCH MEETING
Wednesday 26 November 7.30pm
The next Church Meeting will be held in the
Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday
26 November. All are very welcome to
attend. The agenda and papers for the
meeting will be available for collection from
the front of church on Sunday 23
November. One of the main items on the
agenda will be the national consultation
within the URC on same sex marriage. As
background to this debate please see the
article in this month's church magazine
entitled 'A Question for the Church'. That
article makes reference to the booklet 'One
plus One: thinking together about marriage'.
A few copies will be available at the front of
church for the next two weeks for you to
borrow, read and pass on.
AFTERNOON TEA EVENT
Sunday 30 November 3-5pm
(St Andrew’s Day)
St Andrew’s Social Committee and Scouts
(11th North Leeds) warmly invite you to attend
a Family Afternoon Tea Event in the
Sanctuary. Tickets – £4 Adults, £2 Children,
£10 Family ticket – are on sale in the car park
entrance after morning services or from Hilary
Owens or at socialevents@standrews.cc. The
money raised is to go towards the Explorer
Unit trip to Switzerland in Summer 2015. A
party of around 30 (22 young people +
leaders) is travelling to Kandersteg, in
southern Switzerland, to spend 2 weeks
camping at the World Scout HQ. Whilst there
they will be taking part in a range of
adventurous activities and excursions to
experience the culture of Switzerland.
BUTTONS FOR YOUTH CLUB!
Beverley Gilbert would be very grateful for
any buttons you can spare for a youth club
craft project. Thank you.
CONTACTING CHRIS TORRANCE
For the foreseeable future, if you need to
email Chris Torrance please contact him at
cpjtorrance@gmail.com
2015 CALENDAR
The young people of St Andrew's have
produced a calendar based on the theme of
Creation for 2015. The photographs featured
reflect creation in each of our 1% Appeal
countries: Palestine, India, Kenya and also
from Madagascar, the base of the Opt-In
medical charity. Copies of the calendar will be
available to view and orders taken each
Sunday in October in the car park entrance
after the service. The young people are
asking for a minimum donation of £8 to cover
the cost of printing; however you may give
more if you wish. All the profits will be divided
between the four charities mentioned. For
further information, contact the Sunday
morning youth team Chris Torrance, Helen
Lewis and Tina Wormley.
RESERVE THE DATE
Friday 19 December 7.30pm
at Lidgett Park Methodist Church
A Concert of Carols and Christmas Music
by The Wendel Singers, with guests from the
Lidgett Park Drama Group
All proceeds will be donated to The Oxford
Place Children’s Centre, the Lidgett Park
charity project for this year
Tickets £8 (children free),
including Coffee and Mince Pies
The FUNZI BODO TRUST has been chosen
as the charity to be supported by this year’s
Advent calendars from the Meaningful
Chocolate Company. This will be the charity’s
biggest form of advertising ever. As these
calendars are all Fair Trade, they will be
available from the Fair Trade stall in
December; you can also order them from
Carol Fearn. Please support Fair Trade and
the Funzi Bodo Trust by buying a Real Advent
Calendar this Christmas. Many thanks.
Veronica Hood
CHRISTMAS TOYS COLLECTION
This month’s social justice collection is for
Toys, books, and games, if possible new or
nearly new, for babies up to teenagers. These
will go to St George's Crypt and Pafras who
distribute them to underprivileged families.
Also we collect small gifts of Christmas food,
toiletries and toys for Kidz Klub. All gifts can
be placed into the red box in the car park
entrance until 30 November. Thank you.
SYLVIA WRIGHT TRUST
This year’s cards show children from the
School for the Deaf performing a Nativity
Play. Cards will be on sale in the Hall for the
next few weeks. 1 pack of 20 cards (2
designs) costs £7; 2 packs cost £13.
Barbara Neale
Notices for next week should reach
ANDREA VARNAVIDES (by hand or by
email at: alv@tesco.net) by teatime on
Thursday. Please keep items brief and add
your name to the item. Thank you.
These notices can also be found on our
website: www.standrews.cc