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