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The Sunday next before Lent 22 February 2004

Eucharistic Prayer F or G may be used at Holy Communion Services today

We welcome all who worship here today. If you are a newcomer please speak to one of the welcomers or to one of the clergy. We invite you to complete a card which you will find in your pew, or on the table near the door of the church, and hand it to one of the welcomers. Communicant members of all Churches are welcome to receive Holy Communion. If you are not receiving Communion please come to the altar rail for a blessing and carry a book so the minister knows.

Collect: Holy God, you know the disorder of our sinful lives: set straight our crooked hearts, and bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory in Jesus Christ our Lord AMEN

Readings: Exodus 34:29-43 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-43a

Post Communion: Holy God, we see your glory in the face of Jesus Christ: may we who are partakers at his table reflect his life in word and deed, that all the world may know his power to change and save. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN

We pray this week

for Christopher our Bishop and for Christopher and Richard his suffragans

for our Church Crèches, Sunday Schools, Pathfinder and Young People’s Fellowship groups and for Little Fishes & Chuckles toddler groups, for all who attend them and for all who help to run them
for the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (and especially Andrew and Janice Proud working in Addis Ababa)
for the lonely, the anxious, the bereaved; and amongst the sick for Judith Hill, Michael Taylor, Pamela Christmas, Christine Tucker, Mavis Haile, Rod Cottrell, Alice Chambers

for those who have died recently: Beryl Langley

and at their anniversaries pray for: William Billington, Bertie Todd, Tony Barnard, Harry Sheldon

We give thanks for our communion with all the Saints, especially the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Peter our patron.

At All Saints’ the weekly prayers are for everyone who lives in Graemesdyke Rd, Left Hand Side + side roads (going up)

PLEASE TAKE THIS PEW LEAFLET AWAY WITH YOU as a reminder of dates, subjects for prayer etc. Fr Mark’s sermons at St Peter’s are normally available from the church table. Do take copies for anyone not here today.

This Week’s Diary

	ST PETER’S	ALL SAINTS’
Today Sunday 22 February The Next before Lent	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6.00pm EVENSONG & SERMON	9.15am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders
Groups Young People’s Fellowship 7-9.30pm Pancakes in the Court House. Jimmy Young 876736
Monday 23
Groups Emmaus Nurture Course 1.30-3.00pm at the Rectory. Fr Mark Bonney 864194.
Tuesday 24	5.15pm Choir Practice until 6.15pm	9.30am EUCHARIST
Groups Chuckles Toddlers 10-11.30am in All Saints’ Hall. This week 10.15am SONGS followed by plenty of activities & refreshments. Jenny Wells 870981/Kate Spall 873470 Mothers’ Union Prayers 2.00pm with Dorothy Baily at 17 Shaftesbury Court, Valley Road. Please let us know of anyone who needs our prayers . Jenny Wells 870981
Wednesday 25 Ash Wednesday	7.30am EUCHARIST 7.00pm Choir practice for …. 8.00pm Solemn Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes Preacher: Fr Martin Wright	8am – 6pm Day of Prayer
Groups Women’s Fellowship 2.30pm in the Court House for Lent Service . Biddy Shacklock 864574. If you need a lift please ask Biddy the day before the meeting. Junior Confirmation Preparation 5.00-6.15pm at the Rectory. Fr Mark Bonney 864194 Pathfinder Games Club 7.00 – 8.30pm in All Saints’ Hall. Jimmy Young 876736 Children & Communion Course 5.00-6.00pm at All Saints’. Fr Martin 866161 Emmaus Nurture Course next session (at Landswood) 3^rd March. John Malcolm 874993
Thursday 26	11.00am EUCHARIST O 8.00pm Bellringing (access -south door) until 9.15pm
Groups Home Group 8.00pm at 8 Plover Close. Linda Bisset 862115
Friday 27	No 9.15am Eucharist 6.15pm Choir Practice until 7.15pm 7.30pm Bridgewater Band rehearsal
Groups Little Fishes Toddlers 9.30-11.30am in the Court House with plenty of activities and refreshments. Nicole Addy-Varndell 864094 Friday Study Group 1.30 – 3.00pm. Informal Bible study. Young children welcome. Kate Semmens 866531
Saturday 28	Am/1.30pm Staging/rehearsal 6.45/7.30pm Access/Bridgewater Band concert
Sunday 29 February The First Sunday of Lent	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6.00pm TAIZÉ Style Evening Worship	9.15am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders Preacher: John Malcolm
Groups Young People’s Fellowship 6pm at St Peter’s for Taizé Service. Jimmy Young 876736

O= services where the PA Loop system is in use
Next Sunday’s Readings: Deuteronomy 26.1-1 Romans 10.8b-13 Luke 4.1-13

MORNING PRAYER 7.30am at St Peter’s Monday to Friday this week & 8.45am at All Saints’ Sat and EVENING PRAYER 5.00pm at St Peter’s Mon, Wed, Thu, Sat & at All Saints’ Fri

A priest is always available for the sacrament of confession by arrangement 864194
Fr Mark takes time off mid-day Friday - mid-day Saturday Fr Martin takes Monday off.

Music at St Peter’s Anthem: Hilton Lord for thy tender mercy’s sake
Voluntary: JS Bach Fugue in G BWV 577 (Gigue)

Notes & Notices

ASH WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY
DAY OF PRAYER at All Saints’ 8.00am – 6.00pm
SOLEMN EUCHARIST WITH IMPOSITION OF ASHES
Parish Service at St Peter’s 8.00pm NEXT Wednesday 25 February

Taizé style Evening Worship 6.00pm NEXT Sunday 29 February at St Peter’s

WEDNESDAY TALKS IN LENT - 3-31 March at St Peter’s - 8pm in the Lady Chapel
Each evening will involve a talk and then a period of prayer together
(in the tradition of the prayer for the evening).
Please see 3^rd Ignatian Spirituality Sister Winifred Morley;
Lent Talks 10^th Franciscan Spirituality Canon Iain Lane;
leaflet 17^th Praying the Rosary The Revd Jenny Cappleman;
on church 24^th Celtic Spirituality The Revd Ken Dixon;
tables 31^st Praying with Icons The Revd David Ridgeway.

LENT HOUSE GROUPS will begin in the week beginning March 1st. There are groups planned for every day of the week with a choice of morning, afternoon or evening meetings and two different courses of study. Please sign up for when you are available on the sheet at All Saints' or ring Ruth Treves Brown 863268 for further information.

IT’S NOT TOO LATE.. to play a part in one of the local services for the World Day of Prayer on 5^th March. Home-made cakes or biscuits are welcome for the refreshments after each service, and readers are needed either morning or evening. Ring Valerie Clark (862613) to say what you would like to do. Be prepared to leave a message in case she is out with her dog!

CHILDREN & COMMUNION before Confirmation A 10 week preparation, for baptised children [7-11 years] to be admitted to Communion at Pentecost, will take place on Thursdays with Fr Martin and Jenny Wells, 5-6pm at All Saints’ from 4 March.
Please pick up letter & Application from church table. Fr Mark 864194, Fr Martin 866161, Jenny 870981

ELECTORAL ROLL ANNUAL REVISION If you are not already included and wish to be, are over 16, are baptised and a regular worshipper at St Peter’s or All Saints’, you are eligible. The 2003 Roll can be checked in church. Where possible anyone on the Roll should also be in Stewardship. Stewardship forms and Electoral Roll forms are available on the church tables.
The new roll will be published this week, by 27 Feb – last forms by 25 Feb please.

URGENTLY NEEDED: Could you give someone a lift to St Peter’s on a Sunday morning?
Please contact Tony Roberts 865678 Em:robertsseniorgt@onetel.net.uk or Carole Dell 867406
& just one or two more volunteers to fill vacancies in St Peter’s cleaning teams.
Time needed: about ½ hour every 6 weeks on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday.
Please contact the Parish Office 878227 or Marjorie Bowden 871283 and Thank you Philippa, Penny, Christopher, Graham, Edmund, Marion & Wendy who have recently volunteered.

HELP NEEDED NEXT TUESDAY 24^th 2pm upstairs in the Court House please
to collate the Parish Report – just come!

The Bridgewater Band 7.30pm Saturday 28 February at St Peter’s
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Franck Symphony in D minor
Mozart Concerto for flute & harp
with Rebecca Pullman: flute & Katerina Ulehlova: harp
Leader: Julian Cummings Conductor: Adrian Davis
presented by the Cowper Society Tickets £12/£10 (under 17 free) from the Bookstack

REVIEW APRIL COPYDATE is Friday 5 March but earlier receipt of copy would be appreciated. Copy to David Woodward (862723) 3 Murray Road HP4 1JD
email: woodies @ chyverton3.freeserve.co.uk

DIARY Mon 1 Mar: A Service of Wholeness and Healing 8.00pm in St Peter's Lady Chapel
Sun 14 Mar: Parish Service 9.30am - Annual Parochial Church Meeting 10.50am at St Peter’s
Mon 22 Mar: Cowper Society presents An Evening of Historical Curiosities 7.30pm, Old Hall, Coll.Sch.
Sun 28 Mar: Stainer Crucifixion - St Peter’s Choir together with All Saints’ Choir, 6pm at St Peter’s
Sun 4 Apr: Palm Sunday – Blessing of Palms 9.15am at All Saints’; Procession to 9.30am at St Peter’s
Sun 4 Apr: Chiltern Chamber & Madrid Bach Choirs - Bach St Matthew Passion 6.00pm at St Peter’s
Sun 18 Apr: Wendlebury Wind Recital – retiring collection for the piano fund, 7.30pm at St Peter’s

at ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 22 February		next week Sunday 29 February
SIDESMEN	8.00am Patrick Lepper 9.30am Tony & Mandy Bailey Barbara Conway, Geoff Dell 6.00pm Barbara Conway		8.00am Geoff Dell 9.30am Rosemary & Tony Byrne Dorothea Chambers, Pearl Wiggins 6.00pm Michael Robinson
CHALICE	9.30am Libby Grundy, June H, Thelma H		9.30am Rachael Anderson, Jane M., Frank N
CRÈCHE ROTA	9.30am Rachel & Michael Below		9.30am Karen Rutherford, Clare Kaye
	Sunday 22 February	8pm Wed. 25 Feb.		Sunday 29 February
INTERCESSOR	9.30am Judith Limbert	Nicholas Bragge		9.30am Margaret Burbidge
SERVERS	8.00am Libby Grundy 9.30am David Northcott (MC) Ted Lewis (Crucifer) Chris Bragge Natalie Ruffell	David Crawley (MC) Chris Hunt (Thurifer) Alex Evans (Crucifer) Rachel Hill Mark Coleman		8.00am Alan Conway 9.30am Chris Clegg (MC) Ron Fisher (Crucifer) Jenna Nicholls Sam Limbert
READINGS	8.00am Elizabeth Jackson 9.30am Angela & Christopher Morris	Miles Nicholas Gill Malcolm		8.00am Geoff Dell 9.30am Alex & Nicky Evans
CHURCH CLEANING 23-28 Feb Marjorie Bowden, Priscilla Coombs, Libby Grundy, Clare Nelson
at ALL SAINTS’	Today 9.15am Sunday 22 February		next week 9.15am Sunday 29 February
SIDESMEN	Julie & Rob Wakely		Hilary Elliott, Muriel Johnstone
INTERCESSOR	Peter McMunn		Viv Dottridge
CHALICE	Hilary Elliott, Philip Wilton		Kate Hennessey, Gordon Hufford
SERVERS	Alice Dipper, Calum B, Hannah Wakely		Sophia Hennessey, Penny O’N, Tracy R
READINGS	Simon & Helen Black		Simon & Sarah Whale

PEW LEAFLET notices, in writing: The Parish Office, The Court House, Berkhamsted HP4 2AX
email j.green @ c-of-e.freeserve.co.uk tel.878227 & rota swap names all by 2pm Wednesday please
PARISH OFFICE hours this week: 9.30am-5.30pm Tuesday & Wednesday & 9.30-12noon Friday