Sunday 12th October

Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

10.30 am    Holy Communion     Revd Joy Rulton

Collect

Gracious God,

you call us to fullness of life:

deliver us from unbelief

and banish our anxieties

with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Readings   Luke 17.11-19

                   2 Kings 5.1-3,7-15c

Hymns       StF 28 Jesus calls us here to meet him

                   StF 397 The Spirit lives to set us free (1st verse)

                   God of hope and God of healing (Tune: Nettleton StF 689) 

                   StF 251 Jesus Christ is waiting

                   StF 20 Be still for the presence of the Lord  

                   StF 662 Have you heard God’s voice

The service will also be live streamed and you can watch it here from 10.30 am.

There is a Junior Church Activity sheet available here.

You can read this week's Newsletter here.

NEXT SUNDAY

Sunday 19th October

Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

10.30 am    Nether Edge Quakers' shared Meeting for Worship

Nether Edge Quakers' shared Meeting for Worship with St Andrews Psalter Lane Church will take place on Sunday 19th October at 10.30am.
We'll be holding it in the church again this year with a circle created around the dais and we will be welcoming the church congregation and all others who wish to join us.
Meeting will be followed by refreshments and the opportunity to meet old friends and new.
Please put it in your diary and support this interfaith event!
Open to all. 

Every Monday

         10.00 am – 12 noon   Knit and Natter Group in Room 1, Shirley House 

Everyone welcome to come and knit, sew, craft or just chat and enjoy a drink and a slice of cake.

Every Tuesday 

           2.00 - 4.00 pm -  Tuesday Café in Shirley House

The café is for those living at home with memory loss or dementia and their carers.  Hot drinks and cakes, music, memories, singing, stories and more.  For further information ring the church office (0114 2678289) or email office@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk.

Every Wednesday 

         10.30 am    Wednesday Service in Church

Wednesday 15th October

         7.30 pm Worship Planning meeting

Thursday  16th October

        10.30 am – 12 noon    Meeting with Highfield Trinity Church Baby and Toddler Group Volunteers – see item in Notices

NEW! You can listen to a podcast of our recent services here!

Same sex marriage at SAPLC

At St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church, we seek to be an inclusive church, and a place in which every person is celebrated and affirmed.

We are delighted to announce that we have now received consent from both the Methodist Church and the Church of England to use SAPLC for the solemnisation of same sex marriages conducted by a Methodist Minister according to the rites of the Methodist Church, and we have made an application for the church building to be registered for such occasions.

We welcome enquiries from anyone who is considering getting married and who would like to explore this further. Please contact the Revd Naomi Cooke:  minister@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk 

You can also donate by BACS: Sort code: 05-08-08 Account Number: 36930499
or by cheque payable to: St Andrew’s Psalter Lane Church, and posted to St Andrew’s Church Office, 31 Psalter Lane, S11 8YL.

Don't forget to Gift Aid your donation if you can, as this will increase the amount we receive by 25%!

Regular Giving to St Andrew's Psalter Lane Church  If you do not give to the church through the envelope scheme or by bank standing order, please have a word with Rodney Godber (tel 0114 266 3893) who will explain how this makes your giving to the church easier and more beneficial. If you would like to join the envelope scheme, please contact Janet Loughridge (tel 0114 258 4164)

NOTICES

Highfield Trinity Baby and Toddler Group - Invitation to meet up and find out more! Thursday 16th October, 10.30 am - 12.00, at Highfield Trinity Church  As you may know, I am working with Highfield Trinity Church to re-open their much loved baby and toddler group. Highfield Stay & Play aims to be a safe place for children to play, and for adults to meet other parents and carers; it is based in the Sharrow area and welcomes people from very diverse cultural backgrounds. The group will open for one morning a week (either Monday or Thursday tbc). However, to re-open the group successfully we need a few more volunteers to join the team - there are a variety of roles available, from offering a warm welcome to guests to setting up and clearing away toys.

You are invited to meet the current volunteers and visit the Church - this will be a good opportunity to find out more, without any obligation. Come to Highfield Trinity Church, lower door on Holland Place, Thursday 16th October, 10.30 am - 12.00. They are very welcoming and good with tea and biscuits!

If you aren't able to come on that day and are interested in supporting young families in the Sharrow area, please do speak with me any time to find out more.

Sophie Peel-Yates, sophie@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk, 07443630571, or talk with me at Church.

Wear your Faith Fortnight: 26th October - 9th November  The Diocese of Sheffield is inviting Christians across South Yorkshire to wear a symbol of their faith for two weeks. As the season changes and the nights get darker, let’s wear our faith and share the hope and light that Jesus brings.

Rather than producing new badges for 2025, we are encouraging people to find their own symbol of faith to wear this year – you can wear any symbol of your faith to take part. People might choose a piece of jewellery, a badge from a previous year, a wristband, a T-shirt, or something else.

Of course, we don’t need to wear a symbol of faith to show that we’re followers of Jesus – our words, actions and attitude speak volumes. But wearing a symbol of our faith can inspire others and let them know that we’re open to conversations about faith.

Save the date: Sheffield carols evening Tuesday 9 December 6.30 - 8.30 pm After great success last year SAPLC's Sheffield carols social evening is back! Simon will provide the music for us to join in singing from Sheffield's folk carol tradition. I will be asking for volunteers to help with refreshments nearer the time but for now just make sure the date is marked in your diaries.                 Rachel Morris

Calling all Crafters!  We are planning to have a few stalls selling hand-made gifts at the Sheffield Carols Evening - if you would be interested in having a stall, please speak to Clare Loughridge (07593 823893, clare@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk)

A message from Nick Jowett  I've just donated to Abigail Jowett's page for The Pituitary Foundation on JustGiving. Obviously it’s a cause close to Hilary and me and it’s a very minority charity, so if you feel you could support, we’d be very happy! 

Can you help by donating to the JustGiving Fundraising Page?                                            Thanks! Nick

Project Christmas Angel – October update How is it October already??? Thank you to everyone who has offered to make Angels, and hope that you’re underway with your projects to help us to give as many as we can to the local community this year from SAPLC.

If you would like to contribute and help by knitting or crocheting or sewing or felting some Angels for us we would love this, there’s plenty of time to get involved – there are some knitting and crochet patterns in the Narthex or simply use your own, anything would work as long as we can hang it up / leave it for people to take home and hang on their trees. You may notice a few in the Narthex already, please feel free to add to them if you’d like to.

We would also like to make some to give away at the carol service on the 21^st December, and maybe have some paper ones to hang in church like bunting.

If you aren’t a knitter, crocheter or sew-er, then would you like to make some paper

Angels instead? Here is a link to a free template for paper angels to download from

Super Fun Printables…..

Many thanks, Jan x

Jan Owen 07776261594 janowen@doctors.org.uk

Cheryl Collins 07740 557944 cheryl62collins@btinternet.com

Mapping our Community  Those of you who were at either of our after-service church meetings will remember we expressed a desire to reach out to the surrounding community more. In order to help us think and plan more knowledgeably I offered to do an ‘audit’ mapping both who lives in our area from available statistics and what is happening in our area from research, interviews and going to have a look. I first did this kind of project back in 1993 when I became curate of the old St Andrew’s and it has been a regular part of my ministry. I would welcome anyone who is interested in working on this with me and also any knowledge or ideas any of you have. You can reach me on 07740 557944 or at cheryl62collins@btinternet.com. The aim is to produce something which collects together all this information and our ideas as well as any opportunities to join in with work other organizations are already doing.                                                                  Cheryl Collins

Calling all Singers at St Andrew's Psalter Lane Church!  We are planning to have a choir to sing at the Advent Carol Service on Sunday, 30^th November, and the Carol Service on 21^st December. More details about rehearsals for these services will follow in due course.  Please let Mary Mitchell (Steward) mary.e.mitchell14@gmail.com or Liz Bentley (Director of Music) elizabethbentley@live.co.uk know if you are interested in joining the choir. The ability to read music is not essential. It would be helpful if you could attend most rehearsals, even if you can’t make every single one.

All We Can Loose Change Appeal

 Thank you so much for all your donations to All We Can. The collection bowl will be out during Sunday service so please bring along any small change. Thank you again.

Clifford All Saints School

Community monthly prayer group If you are unable to attend but would like to share a prayer request for the group please click here. 

The Psalter Lane building is now closed, and the whole school is at the Ringinglow Road site. The Morris School window - originally one of the pair in old St Andrew’s, of which the one in the narthex is the other - has now been installed in the Ringinglow Road building and looks wonderful. There is a photograph of it on the board in the narthex. 

Clifford School Building The old Clifford School building on Psalter Lane is under consultation by Historic England for listing but heavy plant is already on site. It may well get demolished before it is protected. Sheffield could protect it by issuing a Building Protection Notice, but at the moment is not willing to do so. We are being asked to write to the Council’s ‘heritage champion’ at janet.ridler@councillor.sheffield.gov.uk to urge them to protect Clifford. Please do so if you feel inclined.

The Tuesday Café The café is open every Tuesday from 2.00 - 4.00 pm in Shirley House.  The café is for those living at home with memory loss or dementia and their carers.  Hot drinks and cakes, music, memories, singing, stories and more.  For further information ring the church office (0114 2678289) or email office@standrewspsalterlane.org.uk.

Car Parking As an Eco Church we would urge you not to bring your car to Church, but to use public transport, walking, cycling and car sharing if possible. If you do come here by car and need to park in the nearby roads, please do so with due consideration to our neighbours. In particular do not block accesses such as by parking on both sides of Cherry Tree Drive, and leave quietly. Thank You!

If you are parking at church, please take care not to park directly opposite the yellow lines marking the path towards Shirley House and Southcroft, as this blocks pedestrian access for people coming to church from Southcroft