We warmly welcome all attending our services today. Please join us for a coffee after morning service.

MISSION FOR SEAFARERS & CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY HOME COLLECTON BOXES. The generosity towards our charities continues and the boxes yielded a total similar to last year despite a falling off in number due to ‘natural erosion’. £144.69 has been sent to the former and £86.68 to the latter. Grateful thanks to all who contributed.
Please consider having a box at home, so that the number of boxes can be built up again. Support for these worthy causes is urgently needed and much appreciated. It all mounts up! Contact Diane Brewster (580 187).

Gift Aided Giving.
If you are an infrequent visitor who uses white envelopes please consider using a set of coloured envelopes – just use the ones needed and throw away the others. It makes filling in the tax reclaimed form a very simple exercise if the white envelopes can be kept for very occasional visitors. If you have not yet received your coloured envelopes or wish to obtain a coloured set please contact Anne Wesley (10872 580043).
Anne has a store of coloured envelopes and has recycled spares from the past by redating/labelling which has saved lots of money!!. If these are used and white envelopes are reduced there will also be a significant saving in printing costs.

CHURCH FLOWERS. The rota for flower arranging at the back of the church still has many gaps. Further volunteers would be welcomed with open arms. I am sure that we would not wish to see the church without fresh flowers. Perhaps you have a friend might be encouraged to display their skills occasionally?!
Please contact Margaret Davis (580 714) for details.

Large Print Hymn Books and Cushions. You are reminded that these are available t the back of the Church

Pew News & Monthly Calendars are available on line Go to search engine and enter gerransparishnews.wordpress.com or roseland-online /groups/societies/St Gerrans Church Home Page and click on pew news.

W/C 16th January

Mon 6.45pm Cluster choir practice Gerrans
Tue
Wed
Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
12-1.30pm Charity Lunch Church
Fri
Sat

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme
ST GERRANS CHURCH

JANUARY 15th THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards
Lesson 1 Samuel 3. 1-20 John Shaw
Gospel John 1. 43-51 Michael Whittall
Intercessor Pat Chaffin
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

6.00pm Reflective Worship Jenny Pascoe Price

18th – 25th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
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 our Son our Lord who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

JANUARY 22nd THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

10.00am Family Worship Anne Wesley
Organist
Lessons tba Martin Williams
tba Elizabeth Tozer
Intercessor
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

3.00pm United Service Portscatho United Church

6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

27th Holocaust Memorial Day

We warmly welcome all attending our services today. Please join us for a coffee after morning service.

MISSION FOR SEAFARERS & CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY HOME COLLECTION BOXES. The generosity towards our charities continues and the boxes yielded a total similar to last year despite a falling off in number due to ‘natural erosion’. £144.69 has been sent to the former and £86.68 to the latter. Grateful thanks to all who contributed.
Please consider having a box at home, so that the number of boxes can be built up again. Support for these worthy causes is urgently needed and much appreciated. It all mounts up! Contact Diane Brewster (580 187).

GIFT AIDED GIVING.
If you are an infrequent visitor who uses white envelopes please consider using a set of coloured envelopes – just use the ones needed and throw away the others. It makes filling in the tax reclaimed form a very simple exercise if the white envelopes can be kept for very occasional visitors. If you have not yet received your coloured envelopes or wish to obtain a coloured set please contact Anne Wesley (10872 580043).
Anne has a store of coloured envelopes and has recycled spares from the past by redating/labelling which has saved lots of money! If these are used and white envelopes are reduced there will also be a significant saving in printing costs.

CHURCH FLOWERS. The rota for flower arranging at the back of the church still has many gaps. Further volunteers would be welcomed with open arms. I am sure that we would not wish to see the church without fresh flowers. Perhaps you have a friend might be encouraged to display their skills occasionally?!
Please contact Margaret Davis (580 714) for details.

LARGE PRINT HYMN BOOKS AND CUSHIONS. You are reminded that these are available t the back of the Church

PEW NEWS & MONTHLY CALENDARS ARE AVAILABLE ON LINE Go to search engine and enter gerransparishnews.wordpress.com or roseland-online /groups/societies/St Gerrans Church Home Page and click on pew news.

W/C 23rd January

Mon Cluster choir practice Gerrans
Tue
Wed
Thu 10.00am Holy Communion BCP Gerrans
Fri
Sat 7.30pm Roseland Music Society Hall
Piatti String Quartet

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme
ST GERRANS CHURCH

JANUARY 22nd THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

10.00am Family Worship Anne Wesley
Organist
Lessons tba Martin Williams
tba Elizabeth Tozer
Intercessor
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

3.00pm United Service Portscatho United Church

6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

27th Holocaust Memorial Day

COLLECT FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
Almighty God, whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of your saving presence:
renew your people with your heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness sustain us by your mighty power;
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 forever.

JANUARY 29th THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
Candlemas
10.00am United Benefice Holy Communion Jill Edwards
at GERRANS
Organist Martin Edwards
Lesson Malachi 3. 1-5 Malcolm Tozer
Gospel Luke 2. 22-40 Janet Axworthy
Intercessor Heather Tylke

6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

28th Jan – 5th Feb, Poverty and Homelessness Action Week

Have you made any New Year’s Resolutions? Whether you have or not I have one that I would like to suggest to us all. It is to

‘see others as God sees them’

For God sees people so differently to the way we do. The New Testament is full of examples.

When Jesus met the woman at the well, people saw a woman who had had 5 failed marriages. But God saw someone who would witness to the people of Samaria.

When people saw a blind man, God saw someone who would receive his sight.

When people saw a lame man, God saw someone who would pick up his bed and walk away.

When people saw Matthew as a hated tax collector, God saw a disciple.

When people saw Zacchaeus as a crook, God saw a searching heart.

When people saw Mary wasting money on perfume to anoint Jesus’ feet, God saw a grateful and generous heart.

When people saw impulsive Peter, God saw the leader of the early church.

When people saw Roman soldiers mocking and violent, God saw blind men who didn’t know what they were doing.

Let us pray that in 2012 God will help us see others as He sees them; to remember that each one of us is created in God’s image and is the object of His love. May we always see the potential in one another and encourage each other to flourish in becoming the people God has created us to be.

ST GERRANS CHURCH

JANUARY 2011

YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT
Priest in Charge Revd Jill Edwards 01872 580117
Churchwarden Jenny Pascoe-Price 01872 580281
Churchwarden Anne Wesley 01872 580043
Verger Pat Chaffin 01872 580854
Pew News Michael Whittall 01872 580688

JANUARY DATES

2 Mon
3 Tue 7.30pm Gerrans Parish Council Hall
4 Wed
5 Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans Jill
6 Fri The Epiphany
7 Sat
8 Sun First Sunday of Epiphany
Baptism of Christ Plough Sunday
10.00am Matins BCP Michael
3.00pm Messy Church Jill
6.00pm Holy Communion CW Jill

9 Mon 7.00pm Prayer Meeting Trelowen
10 Tue 3.00pm Prayer Meeting Gerrans
11 Wed 2.30pm Gerrans & Portscatho WI Hall Annexe
7.30pm Old Cornwall Society
Through Cornwall, Through Time
By Train – Tony Goulding Hall
12 Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
13 Fri
14 Sat
15 Sun Second Sunday of Epiphany

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill
6.00pm Reflective Worship Jenny

16 Mon 6.45pm Cluster choir practice Gerrans
17 Tue
18 Wed
19 Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
12-1.30pm Charity Lunch Church
20 Fri
21 Sat

22 Sun Third Sunday of Epiphany

10.00am Family Worship Anne
3.00pm Service for Christian Unity
Portscatho United Church
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

23 Mon Cluster choir practice Gerrans
24 Tue
25 Wed
26 Thu 10.00am Holy Communion BCP Gerrans
27 Fri
28 Sat 7.30pm Roseland Music Society Hall
Piatti String Quartet
29 Sun Fourth Sunday of Epiphany
Candlemas
10.00am United Benefice Holy
Communion Gerrans Jill
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

30 Mon
31 Tue
28 Wed
29 Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans Jill
30 Fri
31 Sat

EPIPHANY HOUSE
Retreat House and Conference Centre
See Coracle for details or:
Telephone 01872 272249
Email epiphanyhouse@keme.co.uk www.epiphanyhousetruro.co.uk

Friday 20th January 9am-5pm Day for rest, renewal and refreshment
Variety of therapies and spiritual direction. Drinks and lunch provided.

Saturday 21st January 2012 10am to 4pm Quiet Day – “No longer my own”
An introduction to the Methodist Covenant Service, with individual reflection upon the Covenant prayer and ending with the service Led by the Revd Ian Haile.
Cost £10.00. Please bring a packed lunch, drinks will be provided.
To book please telephone the Epiphany House office

We warmly welcome all attending our services today. Please join us for a coffee after morning service.

‘Prayer is the heartbeat of everything. Anything without prayer has no pulse.’
At the beginning of this New Year please join with others to pray for our United Benefice on Monday 9th Jan at 7.00pm at Trelowen, Rosevine or Tuesday 10th Jan at 3pm St Gerrans church. (You are welcome to come to both!)

Gift Aided Giving.
Please find your Gift Aid envelopes for this year at the rear of the church. Sorry for the delay but I have recycled spares from the past and redating/labelling took longer than I expected (but has saved lots of money!!).
If you regularly use white envelopes (even once a month) please consider using a set of coloured envelopes – just use the ones you need and throw away the others. It makes filling in the tax reclaimed form much easier if the collections are collated as I go along which is a very simple exercise with the coloured envelope system. Many thanks. Anne.
To obtain a coloured set please contact Anne Wesley (10872 580043)

Pew News & Monthly Calendar. You are reminded that Pew News can be a useful advertisement for your Community events. However they can appear and be accurate only if Michael Whittall (580 688) is advised.
Thursday is the date when Pew News is finalised.

Pew News & Monthly Calendars are available on line Go to search engine and enter gerransparishnews.wordpress.com or roseland-online /groups/societies/St Gerrans Church Home Page and click on pew news.

Holy Communion at Home. If you know anyone who is permanently or temporarily housebound who would like to receive this please let Jill know.

Large Print Hymn Books and Cushions. You are reminded that these are available t the back of the Church

Lifts to Church. If you know of anyone who might appreciate a lift to Church please advise either Jenny or Anne, churchwardens.

W/C 9th January
Mon 7.00pm Prayer Meeting Trelowen
Tue 3.00pm Prayer Meeting Gerrans
Wed 2.30pm Gerrans & Portscatho WI Hall Annexe
7.30pm Old Cornwall Society Hall
Through Cornwall, Through Time
By Train – Tony Goulding
Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
Fri
Sat
ST GERRANS CHURCH

JANUARY 8th FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Baptism of Christ Plough Sunday
10.00am Matins Michael Whittall
Organist Anton Humphries
Psalm 72
Lesson Romans 12. 1-5 Kevin Pratt
Lesson Luke 2.41-52 Terry Thomas
Intercessor Jenny Pascoe Price
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

4.00pm Messy Church Jill Edwards
Children in mind but adults welcome!

6.00pm CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Lesson Isaiah 60. 1-6 Heather Tylke
Gospel Matthew 2. 1-12 Gill Mace
Intercessor Anne Wesley

COLLECT FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY
O God, who by the leading of a star manifested your only Son to the peoples of the earth:
mercifully grant that we who know you now by faith, may at last behold your glory face to face;
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.

JANUARY 15th THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards
Lesson 1 Samuel 3. 1-20 John Shaw
Gospel John 1. 43-51 Michael Whittall
Intercessor Pat Chaffin
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

6.00pm Reflective Worship Jenny Pascoe Price

18th – 25th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Mon NO Cluster choir practice
7.30pm Cricket Club Christmas Whist Drive Hall
Tue 7.00pm Nine Lessons & Carols St Just
Wed 4-6.00pm Carols & Mince Pies United Church
Thu 10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
Fri
Sat CHRISTMAS EVE
4.00pm Crib Service
11.30pm Midnight Communion Service
Sun CHRISTMAS DAY
10.00am Christmas Day Communion Gerrans
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans
Mon
Tue 2.00-4.00pm Folk Concert with Susan Raven Gerrans
and Ryan Jones. £6 Donations
invited for St Petroc’s Society &
Little Jollity Farm Sanctuary.
Wed 6.00pm Carols for Shelterbox Philleigh
Thu 10.00am NO Communion Service Gerrans
Fri
Sat
Sun FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS
10.00am United Benefice Communion Gerrans
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans
6.00pm Cantabulous choir £6 Philleigh
followed by refreshments Church
6.00pm Fireworks Display Lugger
(Weather permitting)

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme

ST GERRANS CHURCH

PEW NEWS

Our Greatest Need

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator;
If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist;
If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist;
If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer;
But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Saviour.

WE WARMLY WELCOME ALL ATTENDING OUR SERVICES.

A HAPPY AND RESTFUL CHRISTMAS TO ALL TOGETHER WITH A HEALTHY AND FULFILLED NEW YEAR

A charity folk concert featuring Susan Raven and Ryan Jones will be held in church on Tues 27th Dec 2-4pm. Proceeds to St Petroc’s Society and Little Jollity Farm Sanctuary. Donations of £6 invited.

Not to be missed! The fabulous Cantabulous Choir are again visiting the Roseland. This time the concert (a modest £6) will be in Philleigh Church on New Year’s Day at 6pm. There will be refreshments after the performance.

MISSION FOR SEAFARERS & CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY HOME COLLECTON BOXES. Please return before Christmas, either to Church or contact Diane Brewster (580 187) who will be happy to collect.

PEW NEWS/CALENDAR. You are reminded that Pew News can be a useful advertisement for your Community events. However they can appear only if Michael Whittall (580 688) is advised. Thursday is the date when Pew News is finalised. The Monthly Calendar is being finalised presently for January.

DECEMBER 18th FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards
Lesson 2 Samuel 7. 1-11, 16 Malcolm Tozer
Gospel Luke 1. 26-38 Jenny Pascoe Price
Intercessor Pat Chaffin
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service
5.00pm Carols in the Square Portscatho Square
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans
6.00pm Christmas Play & Carol Service Veryan
With Roseland Churches choir

COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT
God our redeemer,
who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of your son: grant that, as she looked for his coming as our Saviour,
so may we be ready to greet him when he comes to be out judge;
who is alive and reigns with you,
In the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

DECEMBER 24th CHRISTMAS EVE

4.00pm Crib Service

11.30pm Midnight Communion Jean Rolt
Andy Duff
Music Susannah Sutton
Lesson Isaiah 52. 7-10 Joanna Page
Gospel John 1. 1-14 Anne Wesley
Intercessor Michael Whittall

COLLECT FOR CHRISTMAS EVE
Eternal God, who made this most holy night to shine with the brightness of your one true light; bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth, to see the radiance of 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 forever.

DECEMBER 25th CHRISTMAS DAY

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards
Lessons Isaiah 9. 2-7 Elizabeth Tozer
Luke 2. 1-20 Anne Wesley
Intercessor Heather Tylke
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

COLLECT FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
Almighty God,
you have given us your only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him
and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin;
grant that we, who have been born again and made your children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by your Holy Spirit;
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 forever.

JANUARY 1st THE SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards
Lesson Numbers 6. 22-end
Gospel Luke 2. 15-21 Pat Chaffin
Intercessor Martin Edwards

6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans

COLLECT FOR SECOND SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS
Almighty God, in the birth of your Son you have poured on us the new light of your incarnate Word, and shown us the fullness of your love; help us to walk in his light and dwell in his love that we may know the fullness of his joy;
who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.

We warmly welcome all attending our services.
We are always so happy for visitors to be with us – please introduce yourselves and join us for a coffee and chat after morning service.

Hilary Kilner, a long serving member of St Gerrans church who will be fondly remembered by many, died on 30th Nov. Our condolences to Hilary’s family.
A service of thanksgiving will be held at St Gerrans church on Tuesday 13th Dec at 12.30pm. This follows a short funeral service at the Crematorium at 10.30am. Friends are invited to join the family for either or both.

CAROLS FOR CRISIS 14th DECEMBER 7.00pm. This will follow the usual popular format with St Anthony Noyse and the Roseland Community Choir. There is no charge but donations welcomed and all money raised will go to CHRISTMAS CRISIS – charity for the homeless – who urgently need our support.
Donations of red wine are sought for the mulled wine. There will be a list at the back of the church which you are asked to complete so that arrangements can be coordinated. Alternatively contact Gill Mace 580 149 or Margaret Davis 580714. There is also a raffle and suitable prizes will be gratefully received.

GERRANS SCHOOL NATIVITY CELEBRATION 6pm Monday 12th December. Everybody welcome.

There will be a SHORT CAROL SERVICE AT ESCHOL HOUSE on Thursday 15th December at 1.30pm. If you are able to support this would you kindly let Jill know as she would appreciate help singing the carols with two readings.

MISSION FOR SEAFARERS & CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY HOME COLLECTION BOXES. Please return before Christmas, either to Church or contact Diane Brewster (580 187) who will be happy to collect.

W/C 12th DECEMBER
Mon
6.00pm School Nativity Play, Church
6.45pm Cluster choir practice, Veryan
Tue
2-3.00pm Advent Space, Gerrans
Wed
7.00pm Carols for Crisis with St Anthony Noyse and
Roseland Community Choir, Gerrans
7.30pm Old Cornwall Society
Reminiscences of Early Travellers to Cornwall Hall
Thu
10.00am Holy Communion, Gerrans
NO Charity Lunch
1.30pm Short Carol Service, Eshcol
Fri
10.30-12.30 Portscatho Village Market, Hall
Sat
10.30-12.00 St Anthony’s Noyse, Coffee Morning, Hall

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme

ST GERRANS CHURCH

DECEMBER 11th, THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10.00am Matins Michael Whittall
Organist Anton Humphries
Lesson Isaiah 12 Kevin Pratt
Lesson Luke 1. 57-66 Gill Mace
Intercessor Jenny Pascoe Price
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

4.00pm Messy Church – Nativity Party, Jill Edwards
Children in mind but adults welcome!
Dress in Nativity Clothes

6.00pm NO Evening Service, Gerrans
6.00pm Carol Service with Roseland Churches Choir, Ruan Lanihorne

COLLECT FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
O Lord Jesus Christ,
who at your first coming sent your messenger
to prepare the way before you:
grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries
may likewise so prepare and make ready your way
by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
that at your second coming to judge the world
we may be found an acceptable people in your sight;
for you are alive and reign with the Father
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

DECEMBER 18th FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT

10.00am CW Holy Communion, Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards
Lesson 2 Samuel 7. 1-11, 16 Malcolm Tozer
Gospel Luke 1. 26-38 Jenny Pascoe Price
Intercessor Pat Chaffin
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

5.00pm Carols in the Square, Portscatho Square
6.00pm NO Evening Service, Gerrans
6.00pm Christmas Play & Carol Service With Roseland Churches choir, Veryan

Advent, along with Lent, is traditionally kept by the church as a penitential season as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Advent was introduced into the church’s calendar in the fourth century and was originally kept as a season of fasting and whilst we may no longer fast we are still encouraged to prepare ourselves as we wait in stillness in God’s presence for the Lord’s coming.

For some, stillness is very difficult; maybe because there always seems to be something that must be done. But maybe we find stillness difficult because we find it uncomfortable when our mind wanders in the silence to difficult, challenging or painful areas that we prefer to leave buried.

The season of Advent reminds us that as we wait in stillness, Jesus will come with us into those difficult, challenging or painful areas to heal, to comfort, to forgive, to restore, to strengthen and to bring courage. We need have no fear of the silence when we share it with Him. It will become for us a place of transformation.

Advent is a time where many of us find the pace of life more frenetic than usual. We may find it more difficult to take the time to be still on our own. For that reason at St Philleigh on Wedw 7th Dec between 7 and 8pm and at St Gerrans on Tuesday 13th Dec between 3 and 4pm we shall keep an ADVENT SPACE. This will be a time of quiet stillness for reflection, contemplation, reading, thinking, praying, waiting in God’s presence-or just doing nothing. Please come…to either or both.

(A final thought..set to ‘As with gladness men of old’.)
As with madness we prepare
For this festive time of year
As we rush and count the days
Advent passes in a haze
So may our feet take us to,
Places where we will meet you.

ST GERRANS CHURCH

DECEMBER 2011

YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT

Priest in Charge Revd Jill Edwards 01872 580117
Churchwarden Jenny Pascoe-Price 01872 580281
Churchwarden Anne Wesley 01872 580043
Verger Pat Chaffin 01872 580854
Pew News Michael Whittall 01872 580688

DECEMBER DATES

1 Thu
10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans, Jill
7.30pm Memorial Hall Committee, Hall
2 Fri
10.30-12.30 Portscatho Village Market, Hall
3 Sat
10.30-12.30 Heritage Centre open for Christmas Cards and Gifts, Heritage Centre
4 Sun
The Second Sunday of Advent
10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill
Traidcraft Stall
6.00pm Christingle Jill

5 Mon
6.45 pm Cluster choir practice, Gerrans
6 Tue
3.00pm Prayer Group Gerrans
7.30pm Gerrans Parish Council, Hall
7 Wed
7.15pm WI Christmas Meeting Hall
7-8.00pm Advent Space Philleigh
8 Thu
10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
9 Fri
2.00pm Gerrans School PTA Xmas Fayre, School
7.30pm Big Christmas Sing for Christian Aid, Truro Cathedral
10 Sat
10.30-12.30 Heritage Centre open for Christmas Cards and Gifts, Heritage Centre
11.30am Wedding, Knowles-Eyers Gerrans
11 Sun The Third Sunday of Advent
10.00am Matins Gerrans, Michael
4.00pm Messy Church – Nativity Party Jill
Dress in Nativity Clothes
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans
6.00pm Nine Lessons and Carols + Roseland Churches Choir, Ruan Lanihorne
12 Mon
6.00pm School Nativity Play Church
6.45pm Cluster choir practice Veryan
13 Tue
2-3.00pm Advent Space, Gerrans
14 Wed
7.00pm Carols for Crisis with St Anthony Noyse and Roseland Community Choir, Gerrans
7.30pm Old Cornwall Society
Reminiscences of Early Travellers to Cornwall, Hall
15 Thu
10.00am Holy Communion Gerrans
NO Charity Lunch
1.30pm Short Carol Service, Eshcol
16 Fri
10.30-12.30 Portscatho Village Market, Hall
17 Sat
10.30-12.00 St Anthony’s Noyse Coffee Morning, Hall
18 Sun
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
10.00am CW Holy Communion, Gerrans, Jill
5.00pm Lighting of Christmas Tree, Square
6.00pm No Evening Service, Gerrans
6.00pm Christmas Play & Carols, Veryan
+ Roseland Churches Choir
19 Mon
NO Cluster choir practice
7.30pm Christmas Whist Drive, Hall
20 Tue
7.00pm Nine Lessons & Carols St Just
21 Wed
4-6.00pm Carols & Mince Pies, United Church
22 Thu
10.00am Holy Communion, Gerrans
23 Fri
24 Sat Christmas Eve
4.00pm Crib Service
11.30pm Midnight Communion, Jean Rolt
25 Sun Christmas Day
10.00am Christmas Day Communion Gerrans, Jill
6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans
26 Mon
27 Tue
? Concert with Susan Raven, Gerrans Church
Donations for St Petroc’s and Animal Charity
28 Wed
6.00pm Carols for Shelterbox, Philleigh
29 Thu
10.00am NO Communion Service, Gerrans
30 Fri
31 Sat

January

1 Sun
First Sunday of Christmas

10.00am United Benefice Communion, ,Jill Gerrans
6.00pm NO Evening Service, Gerrans
6.00pm Cantabulous choir £6 followed by refreshments Philleigh Church
6.00pm Fireworks Display Lugger
(Weather permitting)

We warmly welcome all attending our services.
We are always so happy for visitors to be with us – please introduce yourselves and join us for a coffee and chat after morning service.

CAROLS FOR CRISIS 14th DECEMBER 7.00pm. This will follow the usual popular format with St Anthony Noyse and the Roseland Community Choir. There is no charge but donations welcomed and all money raised will go to CHRISTMAS CRISIS – charity for the homeless – who urgently need our support.
Donations of red wine are sought for the mulled wine. There will be a list at the back of the church which you are asked to complete so that arrangements can be coordinated. Alternatively contact Gill Mace 580 149 or Margaret Davis 580714. There is also a raffle and suitable prizes will be gratefully received.

There will be a short carol service at Eschol House on Thursday 15th December at 1.30pm. If you are able to support this would you kindly let Jill know as she would appreciate help singing the carols with two readings.

Can you help? About 8 years ago Timothy Davis completed a project on St Gerrans church and its history. It was loaned to several people who read it and passed it on. Timothy now would like to have the project and wonders if anyone knows where it is now. If you can shed any light on its whereabouts would you please contact Timothy’s grandmother, Pearl Sutton on 580863.

CHURCH CLEANING. REMINDER. Traditionally volunteers meet on the Second Monday of the month at 2.00pm, though access is available at any other time to suit (Contact Pat Chaffin 580 854 – our Verger and Coordinator). Volunteers would be much appreciated to swell the band and lighten the load – particularly with Christmas fast approaching. The more the merrier and the less the commitment. Gender and age is no barrier!!

Pew News & Monthly Calendars are available at the back of the Church and on line. Go to Google and enter gerrans parish news – pew news – date
or roseland-online /groups/societies/St Gerrans Church Home Page and click on pew news.

W/C 5th December
Mon
6.45 pm Cluster choir practice, Gerrans
Tue
3.00pm Prayer Group Gerrans
7.30pm Gerrans Parish Council, Hall
Wed
7.15pm WI Christmas Meeting, Hall
7-8.00pm Advent Space, Philleigh
Thu
10.00am Holy Communion, Gerrans
Fri
2.00pm Gerrans PTA Xmas Fayre, School
7.30pm Big Christmas Sing
for Christian Aid, Truro Cathedral
Sat
10.30-12.30 Heritage Centre open for Christmas Cards and Gifts, Heritage Centre
11.30am Wedding, Knowles-Eyers Gerrans

ST GERRANS CHURCH

DECEMBER 4th SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist John Musgrove
Lesson Isaiah 40. 1-11 Michael Whittall
Gospel Mark 1. 1-8 Janet Axworthy
Intercessor Heather Tylke
Enjoy coffee after the Service and support Traidcraft

6.00pm Christingle Service Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards

COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power and come among us,
and with great might succour us;
that whereas, through our sins and wickedness we are grievously hindered in running the race that is set before us,
your bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be honour and glory,
now and forever.

DECEMBER 11th THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10.00am Matins Michael Whittall
Organist Anton Humphries
Lesson Isaiah 12 Kevin Pratt
Lesson Luke 1. 57-66 Gill Mace
Intercessor Jenny Pascoe Price
Enjoy coffee anchat after the Service

4.00pm Messy Church – Nativity Party Jill Edwards
Children in mind but adults welcome!
Dress in Nativity Clothes

6.00pm NO Evening Service Gerrans
6.00pm Carol Service with Ruan Lanihorne
Roseland Churches Choir

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme

We warmly welcome all attending our services.
We are always so happy for visitors to be with us – please introduce yourselves and join us for a coffee and chat after morning service.

CAROLS FOR CRISIS 14th DECEMBER 7.00pm. This will follow the usual popular format. There is no charge but donations welcomed and all money raised will go to CHRISTMAS CRISIS – charity for the homeless – who urgently need our support.
Donations of red wine are sought for the mulled wine. There will be a list at the back of the church which you are asked to complete so that arrangements can be coordinated. Alternatively contact Gill Mace 580 149 or Margaret Davis 580714. There is also a raffle and suitable prizes will be gratefully received.

There will be a short carol service at Eschol House on Thursday 15th December at 1.30pm. If you are able to support this would you kindly let Jill know as she would appreciate help singing the carols with two readings.

Can you help? About 8 years ago Timothy Davis completed a project on St Gerrans church and its history. It was loaned to several people who read it and passed it on. Timothy now would like to have the project and wonders if anyone knows where it is now. If you can shed any light on its whereabouts would you please contact Timothy’s grandmother, Pearl Sutton on 580863. Thankyou.

CHURCH CLEANING. REMINDER. Traditionally volunteers meet on the Second Monday of the month at 2.00pm, though access is available at any other time to suit (Contact Pat Chaffin 580 854 – our Verger and Coordinator). Volunteers would be much appreciated to swell the band and lighten the load – particularly with Christmas fast approaching. The more the merrier and the less the commitment. Gender and age is no barrier!!

Pew News & Monthly Calendars are available at the back of the Church and on line. Go to Google and enter gerrans parish news – pew news – date
or roseland-online /groups/societies/St Gerrans Church Home Page and click on pew news.

W/C 28th November
Mon 6.45pm Cluster choir practice Gerrans
Tue Intercession &Thanksgiving for the Missionary Work of the Church
Wed
Thu Community Bus-St Austell
10.00am Holy Communion Church
7.30pm Memorial Hall Committee Hall
Fri 10.30-12.30 Portscatho Village Market Hall
Sat 10.30-12.30 Heritage Centre open for Heritage
Christmas Cards and Gifts Centre
2.00-4.00 Roseland Parc Christmas Fair Roseland Parc

ST GERRANS CHURCH

NOVEMBER 27th FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

10.00am Family Worship Anne Wesley
Organist John Musgrove
Lessons tba Martin Williams
tba Chris Emmett
Intercessor Michael Whittall
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

10.30am Benefice Communion Service Philleigh
followed by PHILLEIGH FEAST

6.00pm Choral Evensong with Advent Carols Jill Edwards
and Roseland Churches Choir
Psalm 9
Lesson Isaiah 1. 1-20 Jenny Pascoe Price
Lesson Mark 13. 24-37 Anne Wesley
Intercessor Heather Tylke

COLLECT FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever

DECEMBER 4th SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

10.00am CW Holy Communion Jill Edwards
Organist John Musgrove
Lesson Isaiah 40. 1-11 John Shaw
Gospel Mark 1. 1-8 Janet Axworthy
Intercessor Anne Wesley
Enjoy coffee after the Service and support Traidcraft

6.00pm Christingle Service Jill Edwards
Organist Martin Edwards

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme

We warmly welcome all attending our services.
We are always so happy for visitors to be with us – please introduce yourselves and join us for a coffee and chat after morning service.

The charity lunch on Thursday raised £220 for the RNLIMany thanks to all who helped by cooking or eating! Many thanks too for the kind gift to the church of 2 brand new hot plates which will make catering so much easier.
Our next charity lunch is on Thurs Jan 19th.

Gerrans Christmas Shopping Day – November 26th.

For a variety of gifts, cards, decorations, jewellery, handicraft, Christmas food, and all with easy parking and refreshments Come and support local people and Fair Trade

Car Boot & Fair Gerrans School 10-1
Gifts and Cards, Heritage Centre 10.30-12.30
Fair Trade goods St Gerrans Church 10.30-4pm.

Pew News & Monthly Calendars are available at the back of the Church and on line.
Go to Google and enter
gerrans parish news – pew news – date
or
roseland-online /groups/societies/St Gerrans Church Home Page and click on pew news.

Lifts to Church. If you know of anyone who might appreciate a lift to Church please advise either Jenny or Anne, churchwardens.

Holy Communion at Home. If you know anyone who is permanently or temporarily housebound who would like to receive this please let Jill know.

W/C 21st November
Mon
6.45pm Cluster choir practice Gerrans
Tue
Wed
7.30pm Roseland Flower Arrangement
Society, Hall
Thu
10.00am Holy Communion Church
3.00pm Betty Richards Memorial Service Church
Fri
2.00pm Bill Louttit Funeral Church
Sat
Gerrans Christmas Shopping Day

Community Bus – Exeter Shopper

10.00-1.00 Car Boot Sale
Free Entry to Public, Gerrans School
Pre-book Indoor or outdoor pitch
£5 phone 01872 580 388

10.30-12.30 Heritage Centre open
for Christmas Cards and Gifts, Heritage Centre

10.30-4.00 Fairtrade Christmas Fayre
Church
Refreshments available
including Light Lunch

Gift Aid envelopes at the pews are for donations under the Government Gift Aid scheme

ST GERRANS CHURCH

NOVEMBER 20th SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT
Christ The King

10.00am CW Communion Jill Edwards
Organist Robin Hart
Lesson Ephesians 1. 15-end Chris Emmett
Gospel Matthew 25. 31-end Heather Tylke
Intercessor Martin Edwards
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

6.00pm Reflective Worship Jenny Pascoe Price

COLLECT FOR THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ADVENT
Eternal Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven
that he might rule over all things as Lord and King:
keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace,
and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet;
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever

NOVEMBER 27th FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT

10.00am Family Worship, Anne Wesley
Organist John Musgrove
Lessons tba Martin Williams
tba Malcolm Tozer
Intercessor Michael Whittall
Enjoy coffee and chat after the Service

10.30am Benefice Communion Service Philleigh
followed by PHILLEIGH FEAST

6.00pm Choral Evensong with Advent Carols
and Roseland Churches Choir, Jill Edwards
Psalm 9
Lesson Isaiah 1. 1-20 Jenny Pascoe Price
Lesson Mark 13. 24-37 Anne Wesley
Intercessor Heather Tylke

Nov 29th Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the
Missionary Work of the Church