St Matthew's RedhillNewsletter
ST MATTHEW’S PARISH CHURCH REDHILL
NEWSLETTER FOR SUNDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Welcome to St Matthew's Newsletter.
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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This week at St Matthew’s
Sunday 14th Sept (Holy Cross / Stewardship Sunday)
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Parish Eucharist (
Hymns: In the cross of Christ I glory; There is a green hill far away (CR); We sing the praise of him who died; O dearest Lord, thy sacred head; There is a Redeemer
Anthem: God so loved the world - John Stainer (1840-1901)
Voluntary: Herzlich
Tut
11:15 am Confirmation class
4 pm Puppet Tiers (now meeting on the 2nd Sunday of each month)
Monday 15th Sept
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
8 pm PCC in the Parish Room
Tuesday 16th Sept
8:30 am Morning Prayer
Wednesday 17th Sept
8:30 am Morning Prayer
10 am Said Holy Communion (Hildegard of Bingen)
Readings: 1 Corinthians 2: 9-13 and Luke 10: 21 - 24
11am – 3pm Foodbank
Thursday 18th Sept
8:30 am Morning Prayer
9:00 am Gardening Group
1:10 pm Lunchtime Music - CATIL Quintet
7:00 pm Choir Practice
Friday 19th Sept
9 am – 3 pm Foodbank
2 pm - 5 pm Setting up for Heritage Open Day
7 pm Curry Night
Saturday 20th Sept
8:30 am Morning Prayer
10am – 4 pm Heritage Open Day
Sunday 21st Sept (St Matthew)
8 am Holy Communion
10 am Community Communion (no
Worship songs: My Lighthouse; Yet not I but through Christ in me; Song for St Matthew; Oh Heavenly Father; Everlasting God
11:15 am Confirmation class
5 pm Choral Evensong
Dates for your diary
4th Oct 10:30 – 13:30 Service of Thanksgiving for Black History Month at Southwark Cathedral
18th Oct Quiz Night
19th Oct 6:30 pm Confirmation service at St Mark’s Reigate
2nd Nov 3 pm Preparing the Remembrance Installation (see below)
22nd Nov Christmas Fair
9th Jan 2026 Ladies Night
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
Barn Dance: Merstham Women's Group
Saturday 04 Oct 2025, 18:45 – 22:00 Merstham Village Hall, Station Rd N, Merstham, RH1 3ED
Join Merstham Women's Group for an evening of folk music and barn dancing with a caller. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be served along with cake. Cost Adults 16+ £15:00 Child 12-15 £10:00 Child 0-11 Free.
Thursday 18th
September – Lunchtime Concert
CATIL
Quintet - Alex Ho (flute), Charis Lai (oboe),
Lily Payne (clarinet), Thaïs Bordes (bassoon), Isabella Ward Ackland (horn)
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) - Humoreske
August Klughardt (1847-1902) - Quintet, Op. 79
Anton Reicha (1770-1836) - Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 88
Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) - Umoja
HERITAGE OPEN DAY 2025 – St. Matthew’s is once again taking part in this event, where historical buildings throw open their doors to the public.
This year, the theme is Architecture and St. Matthew’s is a fine example of a Victorian church, and also one of the few Victorian buildings left standing in Redhill!
We will be open on Saturday 20th September from 10am – 4pm
The local history group will be here with their collection of many pictures of the history of buildings in our town. There will be some children’s activities and a church trail.
In order to provide a welcoming environment for our visitors, we will need some stewards to be available whilst the church is open. There will be a rota at the back of church for you to sign up. You only need to be here for one hour, and there must be at least two people on duty at any one time. Families might like to join together to do this.
Any queries – please see Rev. Anna or Anne Currie.
WINTER GROUP AT ST. MATTHEW’S – Beginning on Wednesday 24th September and every two weeks from then on - we are starting up an afternoon group for fellowship and friendship. Running from 2.30 – 4.00pm in the church. Come along to chat (there’ll be a topic for each meeting), bring a craft project to work on, some puzzles and activities will be available too. And, of course tea and biscuits (or cake if someone would offer to make some). Sign up sheet at the back of church if you are interested in coming along. Any questions please speak to Rev. Anna or Anne Currie.
REMEMBRANCE POPPY INSTALLATION - For Remembrance this year we would like to re-create the poppy fall we did some years ago. It’s a mixture of poppies that are knitted/crocheted or made from paper.
To this end we are inviting everyone to come along to what would normally be our Messy Church afternoon (2nd November) to help make the paper poppies and to install them on the net which will fall from the pulpit. All materials provided – and refreshments too!
This promises to be a fun and productive afternoon for all ages! You don’t need to be a Messy Church attender!
If you’d like to make a head start on making some poppies for us – a knitting and crochet pattern is available here. There’ll be a box at the back of church to collect the completed poppies along with some paper copies of the patterns and some red wool in case you don’t have any or run out!
We will need a lot!
Save the date Sunday 2nd November 2025 – 3.00-5.00pm in the church
Questions? See Rev. Anna or Anne Currie
St Matthew’s Quiz Night: 7.00 pm 18th October Quiz and Jacket Potato Supper
£10.00 (£6 for children aged 7 – 11)
Please pay in advance cash or payment to St Matthew’s bank account: Sort code: 54-30-36 Account no: 02331470 Account Name: St Matthew’s PCC