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THE PARISH OF
BERKHAMSTED St Peter’s with All
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news for pews
THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 16 MAY 2004
Eucharistic
Prayer E 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: Risen Christ, by the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples: help your Church to obey your command and draw the nations to the fire of your love, to the glory of God the Father. AMEN
Post Communion: God, our Father, whose Son
Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you, the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever AMEN
We pray this week
for Christopher our Bishop
and for Christopher and Richard his suffragans
for
all the schools in the parish; their
staff, pupils and governors; and our special responsibilities towards
for
the work of Dacorum Rent Aid
for
Matthew David Sainsbury and Thomas & Daniel Pate being baptised
at St Peter’s today and for their parents and godparents
for
Jonathan Lloyd & Julie Watson and Andrew Perryman & Kelly Nicholls who
are to be married at St Peter’s this week
for
Charlotte Booth, Laura
Day, Daniel Drury, Emily Newman and Joshua Wilton being prepared for their First Communion at Pentecost
for
the lonely, the anxious, the bereaved;
and amongst the sick for Judith Hill, Michael Taylor, Brenda Quarmby, Harry Arnfield , Jenny Cracknell, Pamela Christmas, Mavis Haile,
Rod Cottrell, Martin Judd, Christine
Tucker
for
those who have died recently:
and
at her anniversary pray for: Mollie Hearne
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 Tower Close and
Oxfield Close + east end of Shootersway
to
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.
Music
at St Peter’s Anthem: The
Lord bless you and keep you John Rutter
Voluntary: Sundance
Bob Chilcott
Notes & Notices
ASCENSION
DAY PARISH EUCHARIST
8.00pm Thursday 20 May at All Saints’:
Preacher: John Malcolm,
GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12.30pm this Wednesday 19 May at The Old Mill,
BIBLE COURSE Growing In The
Scriptures -
a
short walk through the Old and New Testaments.
8.00pm Wednesdays for five
weeks from 9 June – 7 July at Landswood, Shootersway. Please
contact John Malcolm 874993
A REMINDER FOR BERKHAMSTED WALK SPONSORS: If
you haven’t already paid up, now is the time to do so.
CHAIRS
& (square) TABLES in the Court House are being replaced and having been found unsuitable for ‘re-cycling’ will be taken by house clearance. Does anyone want any of them?
TRY THE CHURCH TIMES FREE - Free
copies of the Church Times are available now in both churches. If you don’t already read it regularly, do
take advantage of this promotional scheme.
MAKE TRADE
WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT Copies of a letter you can
sign and send to the Minister of State for Overseas Development are on the
table by the door at All Saints'. Please join in Christian Aid's campaign to
make trade rules fairer.
THE MEMBERS OF ST PETER'S AND OF ALL
SAINTS' generously support our
various ministries which cost over £3,900 a week. Most of them give a regular proportion of the
income God has given them, either through a monthly bank standing order or by
weekly envelopes. If you are a visitor
and would like to give something to God’s work here, please use one of the
white envelopes provided. If you pay
OUTWARD
GIVING 2003 Thank you letters and
acknowledgements received have been collected and placed in a ring binder. This is now on display in St Peter’s
REMINDER Please remember that at St Peter’s
we only have a car park after 6.30pm on weekdays so please do not park in
what is otherwise the NCH car park on a weekday.
PARISH
RECORDS If you know of any changes
amongst our congregations: address, tel. number or email – do please inform the
Parish Office ASAP (details opposite).
Thank you
PETERTIDE FAIR
10am – 3pm Saturday 26 June
YOU DO HAVE
THE ABOVE IN YOUR DIARY?
STALLHOLDERS MEETING
11.00am today Sunday 16 May
upstairs in the Court House
DIARY
Sun 30 May: Pentecost - First Communion for the Children
& Communion group, at both churches
Sat 5 June: Concert in aid of Ghana
Teaching Resource Centre – Adrian Davis, 7.30pm at All Saints’
Thu 10 Jun: Corpus Christi Solemn
Eucharist, 8.00pm at St Peter’s
Sun 13 Jun: Chandos Ensemble
–short concert with collection for the piano fund, 7.30pm at St Peter’s
Sat 26 Jun: Petertide Fair 10-3pm in and
around St Peter’s
Sun 27 Jun: Bp Randolph George (of
Guyana) to preach at 9.30am at St Peter’s
Tue 29 Jun: Patronal Festival Solemn Eucharist – Preacher: The Revd Canon Jeffrey John, 8pm, St P
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at ST PETER’S |
Today Sunday 16 May |
next week Sunday 23 May |
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SIDESMEN |
8.00am Frank Allum |
8.00am Stephen Wade |
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INTERCESSOR |
9.30am Marjorie Bowden |
9.30am Geoff Dell |
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CHALICE |
9.30am Nicky Evans, Rachael A, Tony Byrne |
9.30am Carole Dell, Mike E, John Addy |
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SERVERS |
8.00am Michael Hart |
8.00am Chris Clegg |
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8.00am Elizabeth Jackson |
8.00am Liz Baxendale |
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CRÈCHE |
9.30am Rachel Below, Elizabeth Geldart |
9.30am Karen Rutherford, Karen Walker |
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CHURCH CLEANING 17-22 May
Marjorie B, Priscilla C, Clare N, Christopher G , Philippa
S, Douglas Downie |
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at ALL SAINTS’ |
Today
10.00am
Sunday 16 May |
8.00pm Thursday 20 May |
next week 9.15am Sunday 23 May |
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SIDESMEN |
Michael Robinson, Sarah
Whale |
Richard Hackworth, John
Banks |
Frank Abrahams, Peter
Drury |
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INTERCESSOR |
Methodist |
Fr Martin |
Tracy Robinson |
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CHALICE |
Penny O’Neill, Methodist |
Jenny Wells, John Malcolm |
Rob Wakely,
Viv Dottridge |
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SERVERS |
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Jenny Wells |
Charlotte B., Alice B.,
Ella B. |
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Gordon Hufford,
Methodist |
Tracy Robinson,
Christopher Hunt, John Malcolm Gospel |
Simon & Helen Black |
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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
Websites:
http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk
and http://allsaintsberkhamsted.org.uk
This Week’s Diary
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ST PETER’S
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ALL SAINTS’ |
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Today Sunday 16 May The Sixth of
Easter |
8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST & HOLY BAPTISM O, Crèche, Sunday School
& Pathfinders 11.30am Holy
Baptism
6.00pm EVENSONG & SERMON
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10.00am Anglican/
Methodist COMMUNION O, |
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Groups Young People’s Fellowship 7.15-9.15pm in the Court
House. Jimmy Young 876736 |
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Monday
17 |
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Groups Grief & Loss Support 7.45pm
in the Court House. June Haile 873087 |
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Tuesday
18 |
5.15pm Choir Practice until
6.15pm
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9.30am EUCHARIST |
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Groups Chuckles Toddlers 10-11.30am in All Saints’ Hall. This week SONGS followed
by plenty of activities & refreshments.
Jenny Wells 870981/Kate Spall 873470 Mothers’ Union 8.00pm Surprise Wedding Evening
at 17 Hall Park. Non- members will be very welcome. Kathie Lally
863526 Hillside Group
8.00pm at 22 Upper Hall Park –
following the study Where the Heart is. St Peter’s Area Committee 8.15pm in the
Court House |
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Wednesday 19 |
7.30am EUCHARIST
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Groups Grief and
Loss Support Group Monthly Lunch 12.30pm at The Old Mill,
Pathfinder Games Quasar
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Thursday
20 Ascension
Day |
11.00am EUCHARIST O 8.00pm Bellringing (access -south door) until 9.15pm
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8.00pm ASCENSION DAY PARISH EUCHARIST O |
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Groups Children & Communion Course 5.00-6.00pm at
All Saints’. Fr Martin
866161 |
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Friday
21 |
9.15am EUCHARIST 2.00pm Wedding – Jonathan Lloyd
& Julie Watson 6-7pm Choir Practice |
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Groups Little Fishes Toddlers 9.30-11.30am in the Court
House with plenty of activities and refreshments. This week’s theme Ascension. Nicole Addy-Varndell
864094 Friday Study Group 1.30 – 3.00pm. Informal
Bible study. Young children
welcome. Kate Semmens
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Saturday
22 |
2.00pm Wedding – Andrew
Perryman & Kelly Nicholls
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Sunday 23 May The Seventh
of Easter |
8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School
& Pathfinders 12noon Holy
Baptism
6.00pm EVENSONG & SERMON
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9.15am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School
& Pathfinders |
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Groups Young People’s Fellowship 7.15-9.15pm in the Court
House. Jimmy Young 876736 |
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O= services where the PA Loop
system is in use
Next Sunday’s Readings:
Acts 16:16-34 Revelation
22:12-14, 16, 17, 20, 21 John
17:20-26
MORNING PRAYER 7.30am at St Peter’s Mon, Tue, (7am Wed), Thu, Fri & 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.