Newsletter
Below you will find our latest newsletter:
4th October 2026
The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Parish Eucharist
Collect (Prayer):
God, our judge and saviour,
teach us to be open to your truth
and to trust in your love,
that we may live each day
with confidence in the salvation which is given
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Bible Readings:
Isaiah 5.1-7, Philippians 4.4b-14, Matthew 21.33-end
Prayer After Communion:
We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast:
for here we receive you,
here the memory of your passion is renewed,
here our minds are filled with grace,
and here a pledge of future glory is given,
when we shall feast at that table where you reign
with all your saints for ever.
Zoom Morning Prayer - Tuesdays at 9.00am
All are welcome at Morning Prayer online - 30 minutes of calm in the busy week. Come when you can, it doesn't have to be every week. If you would like to join, please contact the Parish Office - standrewstaunton@gmail.com - for the joining details.
Annual Working on the Green Party
I would like to get a group together for our annual working on the Green. Please could you let me know if you would be available and able to help. Thank you, David Budd
Harvest Lunch – Sunday 11 October
The Fundraising Team are still taking names and payment for this year’s Harvest Lunch. This Sunday will be the last day to add your name.
The lunch will be a ploughman’s lunch with dessert and the cost is £10 per person.
Fairtrade Coffee Morning – Saturday, 17 October – 10.00am
Join us on Saturday 17 October at 10.00am at St Andrews for a Fair Trade coffee morning.
Come along and enjoy some delicious cakes made with Fair Trade ingredients, while supporting Fair Trade producers.
Everyone is warmly welcome.
Service of Remembering – 1 November – 5.00pm
We will be marking All Soulstide with “A Service of Remembering” at 5.00pm. Tea will be at 4.00pm.
As before, we invite to afternoon tea those who have been bereaved in the last two years. If you can bring a contribution for the tea on the morning of the service, please sign the list in the Narthex.
If you would like a loved one remembered at this service, please sign the list in the Narthex by the 28 October. Thank you.
Church Hall - Grant Award
Cherry and Lizzie recently attended a Council meeting relating to grant applications and are delighted to report that we have been awarded the full grant of £3,047.
The grant will cover the purchase of a new oven and commercial dishwasher, as well as associated costs such as electrical work, wall amendments and other necessary works.
Many thanks to Cherry and Lizzie for all their hard work in preparing and securing this grant.
*** Light up the Spire Sponsorship ***
Would you like to commemorate a loved one?
Do you have a special occasion to celebrate?
If you would like to sponsor the illumination of the church spire for a month,
please contact Lesley in the Parish Office.
For Your Prayers…
Those who are unwell: Joanna, Julia, Gilly, Les, Joy, Peter, Ruth, Kathy, Karen, Frida, Nathalie
Those who have died recently: Barbara Styles
Years Mind: 04/10 Lorna Oates
05/10 Katharine Balmforth
• For all those affected by the floods in Nepal and Tibet
• For peace with justice where there is conflict- for the people of Iran, Lebanon and the Middle East, Gaza and the West Bank, Ukraine, Sudan, the Congo and Myanmar
• For stability across the international community
• For world leaders that they may act with wisdom and integrity
Sunday, 11th October 2026
Harvest Thanksgiving
10.00am Parish Eucharist
12.00 Harvest Lunch in the Church Hall
Readings: Deuteronomy 8.7-18, 2 Corinthians 9.6-end, Luke 12.16-30
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