Newsletter

ST MATTHEW’S PARISH CHURCH REDHILL

NEWSLETTER FOR SUNDAY 9th NOV 2025

Through worship and outreach, God’s love is revealed in the community it serves.  Together we navigate and explore the fullness of life offered to us through Christ. Whether strong in the faith or filled with questions and doubts, all can find space here with God. Based on the teaching of Jesus, St Matthew’s is an open, inclusive, and growing church. Please contact any member of the staff or welcome teams to get involved in the life of the church.

You can use this link to sign up to receive the newsletter via email.

Health & Safety Notice: Until further notice, please do not use the blue front door to enter the church.  Please use the step free entrance at the West end.

Sunday 9^th Nov (Remembrance Sunday)

8 am             Holy Communion

10 am           Parish Communion (Junior Church starts off in the church)

Readings:     2 Thessalonians 2: 1 – 5, 13 – end and Luke 20: 27 – 38

Hymns:         Judge eternal, throned in splendour; Who would true valour see (CR); Eternal Father, strong to save (CR); For the healing of the nations; O God, our help in ages past

Anthem:        We will remember them - John Madden (Contemporary

Voluntary:     Solemn Prelude 'In Memoriam' - Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Monday 10^th Nov

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

9 am – 3 pm Foodbank

9:30 am        Craft Group in the vestry

9:45 am        Toddler Group in the Parish Room

2 pm             NT Greek Group in the vestry

2:30 pm        Foodbank Committee meeting in church

3 pm – 5 pm Cards for Good Causes

Tuesday 11^th Nov

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

10 pm – 4 pm Cards for Good Causes

Wednesday 12^th Nov

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

10 am           Said Holy Communion

Readings:     Titus 3: 1 – 7 and Luke 17: 11 - 19

11am – 3pm Foodbank

3 pm – 5 pm Cards for Good Causes

Thursday 13th Nov

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

10 am – 4 pm Cards for Good Causes

1:10 pm        Lunchtime Music - Guitar and Flute Recital

2:15 pm       Gardening Group – note new time

7:00 pm        Choir Practice

Friday 14th Nov

9 am – 3 pm Foodbank    

3 pm – 5 pm Cards for Good Causes

Saturday 15^th Nov

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

10 am – 1 pm          Cards for Good Causes

Sunday 16^th Nov (2^nd Sunday before Advent)

8 am             Holy Communion

10 am           Community Communion (no Junior Church)

Readings:     2 Thessalonians 3: 6 – 13 and Luke 21: 5 – 19

Worship Songs:       King of my heart (CR); This is amazing grace; My Jesus, my Saviour (CR); Waymaker (CR); How deep the Father’s love for us

Dates for your diary

22^nd Nov       Christmas Fair

5^th Jan 2026  Lads at Large Twelfth Night meal out at the Toby Carvery

9^th Jan 2026  Ladies Night in the Parish Room

20^th – 22^nd Feb        Parish Retreat to Wychcroft

Rev Anna's contact details - Day Off on FRIDAY

Email here or 01737 511495 / 07960 088613

Parish Administrator Julia Elfred: email or phone 01737 249066

If you would like to include any notices in the weekly newsletter please contact: Tracey Jennings – email or phone 01737 760590 by Wednesdays 10 am but please note that there will be no updated newsletter until Sunday 31^st August.

Pastoral Care And Pastoral Support - If you need any help at all please do contact any member of the Staff Team - we are always ready to do what we can to help.

Rev. Anna (Vicar) As above or 
Anne Currie (Reader) email here or
Julie Knight (Reader) email here

Thank you to everyone who came to the Quiz Evening. We hope you enjoyed it, and £600 was raised which will go into church funds.

Louise 

Christmas Fair – Saturday 22 November 2025 – 10.30-2.30pm – in the Church

Only 4 weeks to go and we need to start collecting for the fair.  Collecting boxes for donations will be in the church from this Sunday (26 Oct) onwards. We need:-

Chocolate (for Chocolate Tombola)

Anything Christmassy (for Christmas Gift Tombola)

Bottles (for Bottle Tombola)

Toiletries (only new)

Nice/good condition Bric-a-Brac

Toys

Jigsaws

Raffle Prizes

Cakes (on the day please)

If you can provide any of the above Louise Hill would love to hear from you.  Email Louise here.

BETHLEHEM BAUBLES

Bethlehem baubles and Peace lights are handblown using recycled glass by Muslim artisans in Hebron, hand-painted by Christians in Bethlehem before being shipped by Israel.

Bethlehem Baubles, founded over ten years ago, was created to bring together communities of different faiths through shared craftsmanship, and it continues to provide vital income for families today.

By working with Bethlehem Fair Trade, they help ensure artisans receive a fair living wage - something that is vital today.  Each design is unique to its year, and every bauble comes with a dated ribbon.

How the church benefits

• For every item purchased with the church code C55, £3.50 will go directly to your church.
• Each sale provides vital employment for families in Hebron and Bethlehem
• Buying these beautiful decorations is an easy way to share the story of Bethlehem and to support both St Matthew’s and Palestinian families.

Please take a leaflet from the back of the church.  NB Postage and packing is quite expensive, so why not buy with a friend?

Thursday 13^th November – Lunchtime Music

The Elegia Consort

Kathy Holloway, Sasha Salinasova (sopranos)

Paul Houston (tenor), Andrew Storey (piano)

Music From the East

arr Houston - Sakura - Japanese folksong

Sahi Ram - bhajan

arr. Houston Mo Li Hua - Chinese Song

Arirang - Korean Folk Song

Yamada arr Houston - Akatonbo - Japanese children's song (duet)

Sai Narayan - bhajan

Charles Griffes - A Feast of Lanterns (Chinese poem)

Gustav Holst - Nine Vedic Hymns  Op.24

Pierre de Bréville - Eyoub (piano piece)

Cyril Scott - Waiting (Chinese poem)

Amy Woodforde-Finden - Less than the dust

Amy Woodforde-Finden - Kashmiri Song

Arthur Sullivan - The sun whose rays (Mikado)

Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov - Song of the Indian Guest (Sadko)

Léo Delibes - Flower Duet - (Lakme)