BULLETIN                                                         2 OCTOBER 2005                    

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR 1


CHURCH SERVICES

Saturday 1 October
Confession on request from 4.45 to 5.15 pm
Vigil Mass at 5.30 pm
Sunday 2 October
Sunday Mass at 10.00 am
Sunday Mass at 12.00 noon
Monday 3 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Mary Clarke
Tuesday 4 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Clare Shanks
Wednesday 5 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Special Intention
Thursday 6 October
Mass at 7.00 pm for a wedding anniversary
Friday 7 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Stuart McDonald
Saturday 8 October
Mass at 10.00 am for Jimmy Grant


PARISH CENTRE EVENTS

Sunday 2 October
11.00 am Tea and Coffee after Mass
Monday 3 October
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
11.30 to 6.00 pm
5.30 to 6.30 pm
6.30 to 8.00 pm
7.00 pm
7.00 to 8.00 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Rainbows
Brownies
Saint Vincent de Paul Society
Weight Watchers
Tuesday 4 October

8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
1.30 to 3.30 pm
7.00 pm
7.30 pm
7.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Country Dancing
Saint Anne's Guild
Keep Fit
Saint Peter's Parent Teacher Association
Wednesday 5 October
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
11.30 to 6.00 pm
5.00 to 6.00 pm
6.30 to 8.30 pm
7.00 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Street Dance for 13 to 18 year olds
2 B Slim
Special Religious Development (SPRED)  
Thursday 6 October
8.00 to 5.30 pm
9.00 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm
11.30 to 6.00 pm
1.00 to 3.00 pm
6.00 to 7.00 pm
6.00 to 7.30 pm
7.30 to 9.00 pm
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Kindergarten
Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Thursday Club
Rainbows
Brownies
Girl Guides
Friday 7 October

8.00 to 9.00 am
9.00 to 11.30 am
9.30 to 11.30 am
12.30 to 2.30 pm

Wrap-around Care for 3 to 5 year olds
Nursery
Parents and Toddlers
Kindergarten

Saturday 8 October
7.30 to 12.00 pmPrivate Party

PRAYERS
Please remember in your prayers:
   Charles Coulter 1992, John Connor 1983, Hannah Burns 2002,
   Robert Paterson 2004, Hugh O'Hare 2004, Terry O'Neill 2002,
   James Martin 1997, Eunice Ward 2002, Catherine McHugh 1977,
   and Vera McMaster 2004
whose anniversaries occur at this time;
   Kristyna Elizabeth Anne Scott who was baptised recently;
   and those who are sick.

SUNDAY COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection amounted to £812.52 - many thanks.
Banker's Orders amount to an average of £4000 per month. Each month £4000 is repaid to the Diocese for the building loan and levy.

PARISH CENTRE COLLECTION
Last weekend's collection for the Parish Centre amounted to £393.11 - many thanks.

BANKER'S ORDERS
Paying your collection by monthly or quarterly banker's order makes money handling much safer. Banker's Order forms are available in the porch.

FATHER MATT
Father Matt will be away from the parish from Monday 3 October until Saturday 15 October. Father Gabriel will celebrate Mass during the week
and Father McLean at the weekend.

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION
Primary 4 pupils begin their preparation for the Sacraments this Sunday at 10.00 am Mass. During Mass, there will be a Presentation Ceremony. Dates for the Celebration of the Sacraments are 7, 14 and 21 May 2006 at 10.00 am Mass.

SAINT ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
There will be a Rock Service on Sunday 2 October at 7.00 pm in Saint Andrew's Espiscopal Church. All are welcome.

SAINT JOHN'S CHURCH, STEVENSTON
As part of the centenary celebrations of Saint John's Church, Stevenston, there will be a performance by local students and musicians from the Royal Academy of Music on Friday 7 October. Tickets cost £4 and £3 concession.

SAINT ANDREW'S ACADEMY
Copies of Saint Andrew's Academy Newsletter are available at the stall.

THE PARISH PARTY
Father Matt thanks everyone involved in Saturday night's party. It was a great night and I am trying to think of an excuse for another. So many people and such a happy atmosphere make for real community. Many thanks for the gifts: the money will be used for something in the new house. The sheep, the blankets and the goat are already on their way to poor families in Africa. The other presents will be eaten, drunk or used appropriately. The most important gift was so much friendship and a real welcome to Saint Peter's.

PARISH SOCIAL
The next Parish Social will take place on Saturday 19 November at 8.00 pm in the Parish Centre. There will be music, a quiz, a light supper, raffle and so on. Tickets, costing £2.50, are available from Kate or Donna.

THURSDAY CLUB COFFEE MORNING
The Thursday Club is having its annual coffee morning on Saturday 22 October at 10.30 am in the Parish Centre. There will be the usual stalls with bric-a-brac, books, fancy goods, toys, home baking and so on. Tickets cost £1.00.

AGNES BURNS
Agnes Burns, who has been a parishioner since 1969, is moving from Bridgepark to stay with her daughter, Geraldine and her husband, David in York.



You can learn things from children - how much patience you have, for instance.

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.



READINGS
The readings for this weekend's Masses are shown below in English. They are available in eleven other languages
including French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish by clicking on this link.


First
Reading           Isaiah 5:1-7
Let me sing to my friend the song of his love for his vineyard. my friend had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug the soil, cleared it of stones, and planted choice vines in it. In the middle he built a tower, he dug a press there too. He expected it to yield grapes, but sour grapes were all that it gave. And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I ask you to judge between my vineyard and me. What could I have done for my vineyard that I have not done? I expected it to yield grapes. Why did it yield sour grapes instead? Very well, I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge for it to be grazed on, and knock down its wall for it to be trampled on. I will lay it waste, unpruned, undug; overgrown by the briar and the thorn. I will command the clouds to rain no rain on it. Yes, the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the House of Israel, and the men of Judah that chosen plant. He expected justice, but found bloodshed, integrity, but only a cry of distress.

Second Reading           Philippians 4:6-9
There is no need to worry; but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving, and that peace of God, which is so much greater than we can understand, will guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, fill your minds with everything that is true, everything that is noble, everything that is good and pure, everything that we love and honour, and everything that can be thought virtuous or worthy of praise. Keep doing all the things that you learnt from me and have been taught by me and have heard or seen that I do. Then the God of peace will be with you.

Gospel           Matthew 21:33-43
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people, "Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug a winepress in it and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad. When vintage time drew near he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his servants, thrashed one, killed another and stoned a third. Next he sent some more servants, this time a larger number, and they dealt with them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them. "They will respect my son" he said. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, "This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him and take over his inheritance." So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" They answered, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will deliver the produce to him when the season arrives." Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: It was the stone rejected by the builders that became the keystone. This was the Lord's doing and it is wonderful to see? I tell you, then, that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit."