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 9 November 10.30am Remembrance Sunday Parade Service led by members of Uniformed Organisations and Worship Group 6.30pm Evening Communion Minister Tuesday Evening Prayer Time 7pm Thursday Morning Prayer Time 9.15am Sunday 16 November 9.30am Early Communion Minister 10.30am Family Service, Infant Baptism Minister 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. FILMS @ ST ANDREW’S in a home setting Monday 10 November 10.15 for 10.30am At 37 Lambert Avenue, viewing the DVD Breakfast at Tiffany's!! Bring your own lunch. Lifts and drinks provided. Contact: Pat Walkden. BIBLE STUDY AND DISCUSSION GROUP Tuesday 11 November 7.45-9pm In the Quiet Room, Session 5 'Living with questions.' A Nick Fawcett study. All welcome. Each session stands on its own. Contact: Barbara Mary. SINGING FOR PLEASURE GROUP Wednesday 12 November 2-3.30pm In the Gledhow Room – all welcome! Contact: Betsey Whiting. LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY Wednesday 12 November 7.30-9.30pm Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Road LS7 2PP With Tom Chigbo. For all those interested in honing their listening skills All welcome – no strings attached. BREAD AND ROSES CONNECTING JUSTICE AND JOY Thursday 13 November 7.30pm Leeds Minster LS2 7DJ Sara Maitland is the guest speaker at this year’s Hook Lecture. Sara is the author of books including ‘A Book of Silence’ and ‘Gossip from the Forest’. Admission is free, but by ticket only. To reserve one please contact Leeds Church Institute at events@leedschurchinstitute.org or ring 391 7928. Tickets are also available online at www.LCILeeds.org/sara-maitland. This event is jointly organised by: Leeds Church Institute; Leeds Minster; and Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds. ST ANDREW’S WALKING GROUP The next walk will be on Saturday 15 November, in the Calder valley between Thornes (S. Wakefield) and Horbury. 5¾ miles of easy walking, mostly level, no stiles. See details on the notice board in the vestibule. New walkers welcome. Please notify the leaders, Pam and Jeremy Freeman, if you intend to walk. DROP IN ON OPT IN You and your friends are invited to drop in on Anne Lintott (Chamberlain) at 7 The Drive, Roundhay LS8 1JF on Saturday 15 November between 11am and 4pm. For an entry fee of £15 you will be supporting the work of Opt in, the Leeds charity which trains the health service doctors, nurses and therapists in Madagascar. Our programmes are in Rehabilitation, childhood disability, eyes and nursing (infection control). The entry fee gives you coffee and cakes and a bone china Sushi tray with Maggie Barnes’ unique MESH design. RSVP to Anne Chamberlain. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP A meeting has been arranged at 2.30pm on 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. CONTACTING CHRIS TORRANCE For the foreseeable future, if you need to email Chris Torrance please contact him at cpjtorrance@gmail.com DIRECTORY CHANGE Katie Lambert’s email address has changed to: kclambert81@gmail.com BUTTONS FOR YOUTH CLUB! Beverley Gilbert would be very grateful for any buttons you can spare for a youth club craft project. Thank you. AFTERNOON TEA St Andrew’s Social Committee and Scouts (11th North Leeds) You are warmly invited to attend a Family Afternoon Tea Event in the Sanctuary on Sunday 30 November 3-5pm (St Andrew’s Day) Tickets are on sale in the car-park entrance from after the service on Sunday 9 November £4 Adults, £2 children, £10 family ticket 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. 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