ST THOMAS’ MOUNT This beautiful small church overlooks parts of Chennai. Over the door are the words, ‘My Lord and My God’ which

refers to Thomas’s words when he saw the risen Lord. Tradi-tionally it is believed that Tho-mas was martyred here by a spear bearing Brahmin. That is why you often see images of St

Thomas holding a spear, indicating the way he died. The St Thomas Basilica (above) is built over the tomb of St Thomas and was des-ignated a cathedral by the Brit-ish when it was rebuilt in 1893. It is, as you can see, a very beau-tiful building.

FAMILY PRAISE SIGNING Here’s Emily and Emmie signing the words to Give me Oil in My Lamp Keep me Burning. Bentley West School has a deaf unit at-tached to the school and all the pupils there learn sign language to help the children integrate with each other. This is so im-portant in church life too as with have Kirsty and Tayo and other family members who are deaf. How lovely it is when we can help this family feel welcome and at home in St Andrew’s.

ST ANDREW’S CHURCHST ANDREW’S CHURCH CHURCHILL ROAD, BENTLEY, WALSALL, WS2 0AA

MINISTER - BISHOP PAUL HUNT, MSc, DD T: 01902 607335, M: 07830 279744

E: bishoppaul@btinternet.com

PRESBYTERS Revd Mark Spiers BA(Hons) T: 01922 409563

Revd Paul Reynolds T: 01902 603215

Revd Colin Hunter T: 01902 601656

CHURCH WARDENS Mr Daniel Booth Mrs Deanne Yarnall

T: 07432 282983 T: 01902 609879

FAMILY PRAISE LEADER Mr Nigel Dutton

SUNDAY SERVICESSUNDAY SERVICES 10am ~ Morning Service

11:30am ~ Family Praise

6pm ~ Evening Prayer

Holy Communion 1st am and 3rd pm Services

SUNDAY LESSONS LOG

23rd September - Psalm 1 or 54; Proverbs 31:10-31 or Song of Songs 1:16-2:1,12-22 or Jeremiah 11:18-20;

James 3:13-4:3,7-8a; Mark 9:30-37 am L-Bishop, P-Paul; pm L-Bishop, P-Colin

30th September - Psalm 124 or 19:7-14; Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29; James 5:13-20; Mark 9:38-50

Cafe Church at all the Services L-Bishop & Mark

BELIEVE’S BAPTISM What a lovely service to welcome Believe into the church family. She is delightful and we all look forward to seeing her grow up. She is pictured here with her mom and dad, Bunmi and Peter. They have been attending church for quite some time now. Her full name is

‘Believe Ororunkorede Chukwunonye Naomi Nnop-Ofuani’. Bishop Paul had fun with that name as you can imagine! Please pray for the family that they will continue to grow in the Lord. Amen.

Willenhall Musical Theatre Company

PRESENTS : A NIGHT OF

Magical Musicals

SATURDAY 29th SEPT

6:30pm

PRICE ~ £6.50

INCLUDES FISH & CHIPS

(Alternatives available upon request)

YOUTH CLUB WINNERS Last Wednesday’s Youth Club dis-covered the hidden talents of the members. Congratulations to Shan-non who has passed her Bronze

Duke of Edinburgh Award. She has worked for it by volunteering at the Youth Club. Well done, Shannon! She now starts her Silver!

SYNOD The Southern Dio-cese churches all gathered at St An-drew’s Church yes-terday for Synod. Thank you to all those who worked in providing the lovely meal and drinks. It

all went off splen-didly. Bishop Paul included videos from GAFCON in Jerusalem and his India experience in Kottayam and Chennai. There is also an opportu-nity to work for

the Billy Graham organisation welcom-ing people searching for the Lord. Some delegates had trav-elled over 200 mile to be here.

ALL DRESSED UP! Last Sunday Bishop Paul gave a talk about his recent trip to India. The garlands and shawls looked great, especially the hat. Thank you, Terry and Daniel for being such sports.

WEEKLY PRAYER UPDATE

Lord, we pray for Pamela, Chrissie and Finley, and friends - Judy, Pam, Hilary, Elizabeth, Frances, Mrs Ball, Belle (who is now a little better), Peter, Lucy, Iris, Eva, June and Frank.

We pray for Arline and Ernie. Lord, we thank you for them. Please help them and keep them strong in you.

Pray for our leaders Revds Paul, Mark, Colin, Bp Paul & Nigel. Remember the family of Lil Harrison. Her funeral took place in

church on Monday. Remember Jennifer, her daughter, Paul and Grandson, Stephen.

Pray for the Revd Robert and Sarah now returned to France. Give thanks that Revd Colin and Deanne took June & Reg Fos-

ter home Holy Communion last week. June is rather frail. Pray for Bishop Kenneth Powell and Edna. Pray for Dot. She has not been well recently. Pray for Mary Hardwick’s hand (from the am service). Pray the

operation she is to have will relieve the pain. Keep Doris in your prayers. Thank you Lord, she’s stronger. Please pray for all the churches around the Diocese - St Jude’s,

Walsall; Emmanuel, Birmingham; Christ Church, Harlesden; Christ Church, Exeter; Christ Church, Exmouth; Christ Church, Willesborough; St Jude’s, Balham; Christ Church, Broadstairs; St Francis, Shoreham; Emmanuel, Tunbridge Wells, St Peter’s, Croydon and, of course, St Andrew’s, Bentley.

Pray for the Revd Peter Sanlon. Pray also for the Revd James Paice and the trials they are facing for the Gospel and the FCE.

Pray for Janet following an operation to have her gallbladder removed. Thank you, Lord she came to Lil’s funeral although she looked rather pale.

Pray for Alison’s mom, Audrey, and husband Dave who is now recovering well at home.

Pray that the Lord will keep Wesley safe, may he know you, Lord, in his heart.

Please keep Mark (Jenn’s son) in your prayers. Pray for the Revd Jabson Watson who is still in India gathering

information for his PhD. Pray for Revd Colin and his helpers, Deanne and Mike, as he

takes Holy Communion to many too frail to attend church. Please remember Deanne in your prayers. Keep Doreen W and Jimmy in your prayers. She has been in

and out of hospital recently. Give thanks for yesterday’s Synod at St Andrew’s Church. Give thanks for the many adult and infant baptisms we’ve had. Pray for the family of Eileen’s granddaughter, Liz who lost her

father, Les recently. Pray they will be kept strong in You. Give thanks for Daniel’s promotion at work. He is now officially

a Team Leader. Sadly he now has to work some weekends but just manages to get to church for the evening service.

Please pray for Jean Salt. She has been admitted to The Manor and has to have a Pacemaker fitted to control her heart beat.

Give thanks Mark’s job is secure in Wolverhampton Council. Pray for the families of: David Keith Allen who was 78. His funeral took place at Bushbury Crem on Friday. Patricia Myatt who was 66 years old. Her funeral takes place in church on Monday 24th September at 11am.

BE A PRAYER WARRIOR! Prayer is vital for the spiritual health

of our church. Please add all those on this prayer sheet to your own prayers - daily!

The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

(James 5:16)

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Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

23rd SEPTEMBER 2018

ISSUE 585

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