The Parish Church of Immanuel and St Andrew, Streatham

For Prayer....

• Pray for our paid staff - including musicians, administrator, caretakers and those who clean and maintain our building.
• Pray for our Junior Church, children and leaders.
• Pray for the other churches in South Lambeth Deanery and the Area Dean, Revd Simon Gates.
• Pray for the Spires Centre, Emmaus South Lambeth and other local community groups.
• Pray for our local council and all who serve the community in public services.

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Admission to Communion and Confirmation/Reception preparation classes

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A big Thank You!

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A Love Streatham Community Action Day

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Christmas Cards

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The Quiz with a twist!

Don't forget to visit the Diary page to see what else is on - and when!

Our Giving

We are unable to give up to date figures partly because of delays to receiving bank statements. We hope to update this information shortly.

Some members give to support Immanuel and St Andrew through the collections each Sunday; others give directly through the bank by Standing Order.

A big 'Thank you' to all who give! If you give through a standing order or the envelope scheme it helps us with financial planning and is essential if we are to recover tax under Gift Aid. Please use one of these methods if you can. Further details from David Gray, Treasurer, Caroline Hewitt, Gift Aid Secretary, or Joyce Lynch, Envelope Secretary - or visit the Giving to Immanuel and St Andrew page. Thank you.

The collection for the Children’s Society at the Christingle Service on Advent Sunday 27th November raised £157.00. Many thanks to all who gave, and to the Junior Church Leaders for organising the Service.

• Saturday 3rd March 2012 - Has Immanuel got talent?
• Saturday 28th April 2012 - Table sale
• Saturday 19th May 2012 - Day trip to Ostend (see above)
• Saturday 7th July 2012 - Coach outing to the seaside

Friday evenings at 7.00pm at Immanuel and St Andrew School. Open to young people aged 12-18 years of age. Featuring cool things: Music Zone, Sport Zone, Net Zone, Game Zone and of course a Chill Zone! For more information see Catherine Cooper or Elizabeth Shearcroft or pick up a flyer in the church foyer.

Sunday 9th October was our annual Gift Day, when we supported God's work in other parts of the world, locally and overseas, in particular

• the Church in Zimbabwe, through the link between Kingston Area and the Diocese of Matabeleland
• our CMS Mission Partners (Ben and Katy Ray in Tanzania and Tony and Katherine Paton and their family in South East Asia)
• the work of Emmaus South Lambeth, a charity working with homeless people, based in West Norwood.

£1166 has been collected, which will be increased by Gift Aid - further details in due course.

How Immanuel & St Andrew supports the wider church

As you know David, Jenny and I are Readers. This is a national ministry for which people have to be selected and then trained through a 3-year training course. To become a Reader you have to go through a rigorous selection procedure, and it is part of my ministry to act as Director of Reader Selection for Southwark Diocese. My responsibilities include appointment and training of selectors, arranging and running the selection conferences (usually 4 a year) and dealing with all the correspondence and paperwork, as well as encouraging candidates to come forward and helping them through the process. The year starts in September with an Open Evening for anyone interested in learning about Reader ministry, and continues through to August when the last bits of admin are completed after the final selection conference.

For the last nine years, since I was licensed, I have been part of the Reader Training staff team. I teach three modules of the course – History of Mission, History of Anglicanism, and Christian Doctrine. This means being present on Thursday evenings and an occasional Saturday, during term time, in the autumn and summer terms. There are also assignments to mark and lecture preparation to deal with. Since the course became accredited by Christ Church Canterbury University there are also Board of Studies meetings several times a year.

As Director of Selection I am a member of the Southwark Diocesan Readers Board. We meet half a dozen times a year and also organise the annual licensing and re-licensing events. At the insistence of the Board I stood for election to the national body for Reader ministry, the Central Readers Council. In 2010 I was elected to serve a 5-year term of office, so now have the opportunity to contribute at national level to the debate regarding the future of Reader ministry in this country. This year I was asked to take over as Chair of the Editorial committee of the CRC – we are responsible for the production of the national Reader magazine, which is issued quarterly.

This all adds up to a lot of work, which I am thankful to be able to do in the name of Immanuel & St Andrew.

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Activities and events at Immanuel

This page was last updated on
07 January 2012.

This page is normally updated every 1-2 weeks, although that may not always be possible, and updating may be less frequent in holiday periods, when there are usually fewer changes. Some events may therefore be past when you visit the site.

If you notice errors, or know of changes or have additional dates or information for this page, please e-mail the webmaster. (This link will take you to the Who's Who page, where there is an e-mail address. Please note that most e-mail links have been removed from this site to reduce the risk of unsolicited bulk e-mail ('spam').)

Activities sometimes take place at the homes of members. However, to protect individual privacy, private addresses and telephone numbers of members are not normally shown.
If you need help finding the venue for an event, or if you need to contact an individual and do not have the information you require, please refer to the Home Page or the "Who's Who" page for general contact details, or call the Parish Office on 020 8679 6888 (24-hr answering service).
'OPEN DOOR', the weekly news and notice sheet available at the church, contains telephone numbers of Ministry Team members.

For help in getting to us, visit the 'Getting there & Access' page.

Our Worship.

Immanuel's normal pattern of services is shown on the services page, where you can also find more information about our worship and other activities. Our main service on Sunday is at 10:00am. For more details of services in the coming week and any changes to the regular pattern go to Immanuel Parish Diary. See also 'OPEN DOOR', the weekly news and notice sheet, available at the church. A copy is usually posted beside the church door.

Please note that the 10:00am All Age Service (and the 9:00am Holy Communion which precedes it), are normally on the THIRD Sunday of each month. On the other Sundays (1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of each month) we have Holy Communion at 10:00am. The arrangements are shown on the services page.

Junior Church groups normally meet during the first part of the 10:00am service on the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of each month in school term time (i.e. NOT during school holidays). All children are welcome to come along to the Junior Church groups. If any children have allergies or special needs please would parents/guardians make sure that the Junior Church leaders are made aware of them. Thank you.

If you began coming to Immanuel and St Andrew's only recently and would like to know more, please ask one of the clergy, wardens or stewards for a 'Welcome Card'.