PARISH OF ESHER
CHRIST CHURCH with ST GEORGE’S, WEST END
SHARING THE POWER OF GOD’S LOVE IN ESHER
Reconciling - Sustaining - Guiding - Healing
SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
18 JANUARY 2015
WELCOME TO OUR SERVICES
THE COLLECT FOR THE DAY
If you are new to the parish or
worshipping with us for the first time
please introduce yourselves to a member
of the clergy or one of our churchwardens
or sidespeople. This sheet gives some
words that will be needed in the services
and notices about the life of the church
communities. Please do take it home.
Almighty God,
in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by
the riches of your grace,
and in the renewal of our lives
make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
TODAY’S SERVICES
8.00am Holy Communion at CC
led by Stefan
Sides &
Margaret Pask
Reading
Chalice Robert Pask
9.00am Sung Communion at WE
led by David & Stefan
Reading
Gerard Harper
& Prayers
Chalice Peter Lindow
10.30am Parish Communion at CC
led by David & Stefan
Churchwarden Simon Donnan
Sides Debbie Banks, Michael Banks
Colin Martin, Will Stevens
Reading Stewart Henderson
Prayers Martin Fuller
Chalice Martin Fuller, Stewart Henderson
MUSIC
Anthem Eternal light (Libera)
Hymns CC 393, 61, 26, In Christ Alone
WE 393, 26, In Christ Alone
Organist Stuart Whatton/Oliver Macfarlane
FIRST READING Nehemia 10.31-39
And if the peoples of the land bring in
merchandise or any grain on the sabbath
day to sell, we will not buy it from them
on the sabbath or on a holy day; and we
will forego the crops of the seventh year
and the exaction of every debt. We also
lay on ourselves the obligation to charge
ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for
the service of the house of our God: for
the rows of bread, the regular grainoffering, the regular burnt-offering, the
sabbaths, the new moons, the appointed
festivals, the sacred donations, and the
sin-offerings to make atonement for
Israel, and for all the work of the house
of our God. We have also cast lots among
the priests, the Levites, and the people,
for the wood-offering, to bring it into the
house of our God, by ancestral houses, at
appointed times, year by year, to burn on
the altar of the Lord our God, as it is
written in the law. We obligate
ourselves to bring the first fruits of our
soil and the first fruits of all fruit of every
tree, year by year, to the house of the
Lord; also to bring to the house of our
God, to the priests who minister in the
house of our God, the firstborn of our
sons and of our livestock, as it is written
in the law, and the firstlings of our herds
and of our flocks; and to bring the first of
our dough, and our contributions, the
fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil,
to the priests, to the chambers of the
house of our God; and to bring to the
Levites the tithes from our soil, for it is
the Levites who collect the tithes in all
our rural towns. And the priest, the
descendant of Aaron, shall be with the
Levites when the Levites receive the
tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a
tithe of the tithes to the house of our
God, to the chambers of the storehouse.
For the people of Israel and the sons of
Levi shall bring the contribution of grain,
wine, and oil to the storerooms where
the vessels of the sanctuary are, and
where the priests that minister, and the
gatekeepers and the singers are. We will
not neglect the house of our God.
GOSPEL Luke 21.1-4
He looked up and saw rich people putting
their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a
poor widow put in two small copper
coins. He said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor
widow has put in more than all of them;
for all of them have contributed out of
their abundance, but she out of her
poverty has put in all she had to live on.’’
PARISH NOTICES
Parish Funding Programme
The Parish Funding Programme
launches on Sunday 25 January at both
our regular 9am and 10.30am services.
There will be no 8am service that day.
Please do come and hear about; our
parish vision, celebrate God’s work
among us in 2014, what we
understand are God’s priorities for us
for the year ahead, and our associated
funding requirement.
This is an important day in the life of
our community and I would strongly
encourage us to be part of it at all
possible. It will be followed by a
Thanksgiving Service on the Sunday
8 February. It should be a wonderful
occasion.
Confirmation - This involves undertaking
a period of teaching with a view to the
public ownership of our baptism into the
faith, and thereby our participation in the
transformation of the world. May I invite
any interested adults who would like to
be confirmed (there is no obligation at the
end) to sign up on the sheets provided in
each church or drop me an email. The
journey, which I shall lead, provisionally
begins Thursday 26 February for 5 weeks.
The confirmation service is scheduled for
5 May here at Christ Church.
Winter Shelter 2015 - Transform have
applied to run a homeless shelter in
Walton-on-Thames from Jan - Mar 2015.
They need donations of money, household
goods and time. Please consider this, look
at the poster at the back of the church and
the website, if you are able. Thank you.
Children’s Party - A reminder that the
party is this afternoon at 2.30pm at West
End Village Hall. Looking forward to the
Punch & Judy show! See you there!
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity This is an international event and the
aim is to pray for the unity of all
Christian people as we share in Christ’s
ministry and to meet and pray with
fellow Christians of different
denominations. Christ Church will be
hosting a short service of prayer on
22 January at 12:00pm, followed by a
soup and roll lunch. For full details of
times and venues this coming week
please see overleaf. All are welcome.
Music on the Green - The next lunchtime
concert on Wednesday 21 January will be
performed by Oliver Macfarlane, one of our
organists. Oliver’s programme will include
the major organ ‘blockbuster’, Liszt's
Fantasia & Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem
undam. Enjoy a memorable start to 2015!
Parish Funding Programme
Private Prayer: Please commit to using
this prayer daily over the coming
months as we express our dependence
and trust in God for our common life as
a church community.
Every week Lord we bring gifts of
bread, wine, money and ourselves to
You.
The gifts which come from You are on
their way back to You.
Your gifts to us are making us givers,
which like the circulation of our blood,
keeps us alive in you.
Help us Lord to rejoice in the manifold
gifts You have given us,
returning worthy praise by the offering
of our lives and money in your service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
8am Service - Due to the Parish Funding
Programme launch on Sunday 25 January
there will be no 8am service. It is hoped
regular attendees may be able to join one
of the main services on this especial
occasion in the life of our community.
Lent Course - This year the Lenten Study
Group, Blessings Abound, will be led by
Helen Coulson and Carol & Stewart
Henderson and will look at some of the
Blessings given in the Bible. It will run for
five weeks, at Christ Church, starting on
Wednesday 25 February at 8pm and
Saturday 28 February at 10am. Everyone
is welcome. Come to as many as you can.
Please stay for coffee after the service.
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Those who are ill: Antonio Constantine, Margaret Williams, Dave Ellins,
Sarah Lamb, Felicitas Whatton, Gabriele Major, George Major, Mary Teague,
Joyce Page, Fred Harte, Alex Chapman
RIP: Audrey Orr, Kenneth Brookes, Jim Bath
RIP Anniversaries: David Fairhead, Joan Samuel
BIBLE READINGS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
taken from the Church of England Lectionary – readings for Morning Prayer (MP)
January
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
19
20
21
22
23
Time Reading
Amos 6 ; Ps 146; 1 Corinthians 6.1-11
9.00 - 9.30am Amos 7; Ps 132; 1 Corinthians 6.12-end
Amos 8; Ps 81; 1 Corinthians 7.1-24
9.00 - 9.30am Amos 9, Ps 76; 1 Corinthians 7.25-end
Hosea 1.1-2.1; Ps 27; 1 Corinthians 8
LOOKING AHEAD
January
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunday
25
Tuesday
Thursday
27
29
Time Event
2.30pm Children’s Party at West End Village Hall
6.30pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Evening Service at the
Friends Meeting House, Esher
12.00pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Lunch Prayer Time at
Holy Trinity, Claygate
12.00pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Lunch Prayer Time at
Esher Green Baptist Church, Esher
12.00pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Lunch Prayer Time at
the Friends Meeting House, Esher
12.45pm Music on the Green Concert: Oliver Macfarlane, organ
12.00pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Lunch Prayer Time at
Christ Church, Esher
12.00pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Lunch Prayer Time at
the Church of the Holy Name, Esher
6.30pm Prayer for Christian Unity: Evening Service at the
Church of the Holy Name, Esher
2.00pm Toddler’s Praise
10.00am Thursday Fellowship Group
CONTACTS
RECTOR: Revd Dr Stefan Collier 01372 462611
Email: rector.esher@gmail.com
NB: Rector’s day off is Monday
PARISH OFFICE: 01372 462282
Email: office@esherparish.org.uk
WEBSITE: www.esherparish.org.uk
All main events at Christ Church unless stated otherwise.