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ST MATTHEW’S PARISH CHURCH REDHILL

NEWSLETTER FOR SUNDAY 11th JANUARY 2026

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.

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Sunday 11th Jan (Baptism of Christ)

8 am             Holy Communion

10 am           Parish Eucharist (Junior Church starts off in church)

Readings:     Acts 10: 34 – 43 and Matthew 3: 13 – end

Hymns:         Songs of thankfulness and praise; The sinless one to Jordan came; When Jesus came to Jordan; Christ, when for us you were baptised; On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry

Anthem:        O come, ye servants of the Lord - Christopher Tye (c1500-1572 or 1573)

Voluntary:     ‘Wie Schon Leuchtet die Morgenstern’ BWV 739 - J S Bach (1685-1750)

Monday 12th Jan

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             New Testament Greek

2:30 pm        Foodbank meeting

Tuesday 13th Jan

8:30 am         Morning Prayer

Wednesday 14th Jan

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

10 am           Said Holy Communion today

Readings:     1 Samuel 3: 1 – 10, 19 – 20 and Mark 1: 29 - 39

11 am – 3 pm Foodbank

Thursday 15th Jan

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

9 am             Gardening Group

1:10 pm        Lunchtime Music - Clarinet and Piano Recital

7 pm             Choir Practice

Friday 16th Jan        

9 am – 3 pm  Foodbank

Saturday 17th Jan

8:30 am        Morning Prayer

Sunday 18th Jan (Epiphany 2)

8 am   Holy Communion

Readings:     1 Corinthians 1: 1 – 9 and John 1: 29 - 42

10 am           Community Communion (no Junior Church)

Songs at this service will be:
In Christ alone (CR); Make me a channel of your peace (CR); My lighthouse (CR); The Lord’s my shepherd (CR); Will you come and follow me.

5 pm:            Choral Evensong

Readings:     Psalm 96, Ezekiel 2: 1 – 3: 4 and Galatians 1: 11 - end

Dates for your diary

20th – 22nd 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 31st 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

The marmalade-making season is nearly upon us and I would be grateful if you could search out and let me have any empty jam-jars you may have.  I prefer the standard 1lb jars (please no oversize or tiny jars), but smaller jars could also be useful for other jams in the summer.  These can be left in the church or handed straight to me, thanks, Janet Woods

 

Thursday, 15 January 1.10pm – Clarinet and Piano Recital
Matthew Wilsher (clarinet), Pavel Timofeyevsky (piano)

Bohuslav Martinů - Clarinet Sonatina, H.356

Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Sonata in Eb Major, op. 120 no. 2

Giacomo Miluccio - Rhapsodie for solo clarinet 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Dumka, op. 59 (piano solo)
André Messager - Solo de Concours