The Church of Saint Laurence, Upminster

15th October 2023 Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

Welcome to Saint Laurence.
Adventurers (groups for children and young people) meet during the 9.30 am Mass.
Leaders will normally invite children to join in with these at the appropriate point in
the service. Activity packs and children’s service books are available from the back of
church.
You are warmly invited to stay for refreshments in the Main Hall after the 9.30 Mass.

Today Holy Communion 8.00 am

15th October Sung Parish Mass 9.30 am
19th Sunday after Choral Evensong with members of the Rose Croix 4.00 pm
Trinity
No Evensong on Zoom today
Monday Organ Teaching 5.15 pm
16th October
Tuesday Morning Prayer, Lady Chapel 9.10 am
17th October Adventurers’ Meeting, Parish Office 10.30 am
CM&FG Meeting, Parish Office 8.00 pm
Wednesday Morning Prayer, Lady Chapel 8.45 am
18th October Staff Meeting, Parish Office 9.00 am
Luke the Evangelist Healing Mass 11.00 am
No Evening Prayer today
Thursday Morning Prayer, Lady Chapel 9.10 am
19th October Choir Practice 8.00 pm
Friday Coffee Morning, Main Hall 10.30 am
20th October
Next Sunday Holy Communion 8.00 am
22nd October Sung Parish Mass 9.30 am
20th Sunday after Evensong on Zoom 6.30 pm
Trinity
Evensong readings this Sunday: Proverbs 3:1-18; 1 John 3:1-15
Mass readings next Sunday: Isaiah 45:1-7; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22
Evensong readings next Sunday: Proverbs 4:1-18; 1 John 3:16-4:6

Coffee: 22nd – Joan, Christine and Julie

Please let Revd Susannah, Revd Catherine or Deborah Masterson know of anyone who
is ill or in need of a pastoral visit, or housebound and wanting to receive the sacrament
at home – or if you would appreciate a conversation or visit for any reason.
Healing Mass for St Luke's Day - The 11am Mass this Wednesday will
include the opportunity to receive laying on of hands and anointing with
prayers for healing and wholeness. This may be received for any physical,
mental or spiritual need. St Luke is believed by many to have been a
physician and thus has a traditional link with healing ministry. For further
information, please speak to Susannah or Catherine.
All Souls’ Service on Sunday 29th October at 4pm - if you would like
someone remembered in our prayers please write their name on the sheet at
the back of church or email Joanne in the Parish Office.
Parish Safeguarding Representative required - a message from Susannah:
Katie Bowman is going to retire from being our PSR at the end of December.
I am very grateful to Katie for everything she has done during the past five
years to promote good safeguarding practices and ensure that we are up to
date with DBS checks, training etc.
It is absolutely essential for us to have someone in this role - without it we
would not be able to function as a parish because everything we offer has
safeguarding implications - so I would be very glad to hear from anyone who
feels that they may be able to take it on and it may be possible for the role to
be shared. The main requirements for the role are an appreciation of the
importance of safeguarding, good organisational skills and a reasonable level
of IT literacy.
Please contact me if you would like to know more. Katie is very happy to do
a full handover and offer guidance to the incoming PSR.
The Course in Christian Studies is an opportunity to explore the Christian
faith with others from the Diocese. The taster sessions for the 2024 course
are detailed on the poster at the back of church. To book please visit:
www.chelmsford.anglican.org/vocations-and-discipleship/discipleship/course-
in-christian-studiesor contact Joanne in the parish office.
Havering Singers at St Peter’s Church, Harold Wood. Autumn Concert,
Saturday 18th November at 7:30pm. Faure’s ‘Requiem’ and Poulenc’s
‘Gloria’. Professional guest soloists accompanied by the church organ. Adults
£15, children no charge. Christmas Concert, Thursday 21st December at
7:30pm. Seasonal carols and choral works with children from St Edward’s
Primary School. Adults £15, children under 11 years £6. To book visit
www.haveringsingers.org.uk or call 07342 883211. Christmas concert tickets
will be on sale after 18th November.
Please consult notice boards under the tower and in the porch for other notices and further information
 15th October 2023
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

Introit 588 And can it be

Setting A New People’s Mass – Murray

Collect of the Day

O God, forasmuch as without you
we are not able to please you;
mercifully grant that your Holy Spirit
may in all things direct and rule our hearts;
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. Amen.

Isaiah 25:1-9
O Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you, I will praise your name;
for you have done wonderful things,
plans formed of old, faithful and sure.
For you have made the city a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the palace of aliens is a city no more,
it will never be rebuilt.
Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
For you have been a refuge to the poor,
a refuge to the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the rainstorm and a shade from the heat.
When the blast of the ruthless was like a winter rainstorm,
the noise of aliens like heat in a dry place,
you subdued the heat with the shade of clouds;
the song of the ruthless was stilled.
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines,
of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear.
And he will destroy on this mountain
the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
the sheet that is spread over all nations;
he will swallow up death for ever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing. He makes me lie

down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters. He shall refresh
my soul and guide me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no
evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me;
you have anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full.
Surely goodness and loving mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Philippians 4:1-9
My brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown,
stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.
I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. Yes,
and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these women, for they have
struggled beside me in the work of the gospel, together with Clement and
the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be
known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is
just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if
there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think
about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and
received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with
you.

Alleluia Celtic

Matthew 22:1-14
Once more Jesus spoke to the chief priests in parables, saying: ‘The
kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding
banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had been invited
to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other
slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared
my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and
everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” But they made light of
it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest
seized his slaves, maltreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged.
He sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then
he said to his slaves, “The wedding is ready, but those invited were not
worthy. Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find to
the wedding banquet.” Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered
all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled
with guests.
But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who
was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, “Friend, how did
you get in here without a wedding robe?” And he was speechless. Then
the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot, and throw him
into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.” For many are called, but few are chosen.’

Offertory hymn 471 We pray thee heavenly Father

Anthem Kyrie and Agnus Dei (from the St. Anne's Mass)
- James MacMillan

Communion hymn 466 The love of God comes close

Final hymn 652 Guide me, O thou great Redeemer

Organ Voluntary Voluntary in D Minor - Samuel Long

Prayer request forms are available at the back of church. Please use them if
you wish us to pray for someone.
Sunday: Florence Collins, Simon Pols, Jean Biggs, Carole Billings,
Mary-Anne Madden, William Holden. Collette Fraser, Anne Hendra.
Wednesday: Rosemary Watkins, Mary Greig, Denise Comer, James Tape,
Rosalind Manley, Brian Shaw, Bob Bossey, Baby Charles, Barbara Akerman,
Glynis Whiting, Michael Folkes, Fr Tom Keighley, Bill and Shirley Gunary,
Frank Kemp, Sylvia Wilson.
All those receiving Home Communion.
Recently departed:
Anniversaries of the departed: Arthur Barwick, Donald Baker (Priest),
Dorothea Baker, Kevin Harris, Lilian Sharp, David Pike, Richard Hennessy,
Sid Cardy, Barbara Mowat, Dora Collins, David Hall, Audrey Comer,
Norman Ward, William Sharp, Betty Reeves, May Lawes.

Donation envelopes are available at the back of church.

Motor Neurone Disease Association
Francis Crick House, 6 Summerhouse Road
Moulton Park, Northampton, NN3 6BJ
Registered charity number 294354
Please scan the QR code if you would like to make
a donation towards the cost of current repairs to this
Grade 1 listed building. All donations are very
gratefully received.

There are no items currently being sponsored. If you would like to know
more about sponsoring please pick up a leaflet from the back of church or
speak to Jean and Cheryl (Churchwardens), Susannah (Rector) or Joanne
(Parish Administrator).

We are always pleased to welcome both visitors and regular attendees to

share our worship in this beautiful Grade 1 listed building. Please feel free
to use our safe and secure card payment machine for confidential
donations, located by the main door exit. Contributions help us maintain
the substantial upkeep of this building for the benefit of the local
community and our broader work as a church in general. Donations help
to ensure that the church can continue to benefit future generations and
the building can remain open to all as a haven of God's peace. Whatever
you feel disposed to give will be thankfully received and faithfully applied.

The church is registered (as St Laurence Church, Upminster) on

easyfundraising.org.uk - if you register an account, select the church as a
cause and download the web browser extension then every time you
spend money on many retail websites and have activated the extension, a
percentage of your spend will be donated to St Laurence at no cost to you.
The individual amounts are small but every little adds up - please help us
via this route if you can.
Rector The Revd Susannah Brasier
01708 220174 [email protected]
Assistant Curate The Revd Catherine Towner
01708 225374 [email protected]
Pastoral Assistant Deborah Masterson
01708 609816 [email protected]
Churchwardens Jean Keen and Cheryl Hale
[email protected]
Safeguarding Representative Katie Bowman
01708 640133 [email protected]
Acting Director of Music Nigel Lockwood
[email protected]
Parish Office Joanne Chapman
01708 220696/07592 [email protected]
Open: Tue. 3.30-6pm, Wed. 9-11am (Staff Meeting), Thur. 9-11.30am.
Hall Bookings Becky Perchard
07341 434798 [email protected]
Planned Giving [email protected]
Website www.upminsterparish.co.uk
Address St Laurence Church, Corbets Tey Road, Upminster, RM14 2BB

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