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THE
PARISH OF BERKHAMSTED St
Peter’s with All Saints’ |
news for pews
TODAY'S HYMNS
& PSALMS
ST PETER
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
(Fr Mark)
327
Psalm
56 omit*
200
6.00pm Evensong
(Jenny Wells)
Ps 96
370
347
245
ALL SAINTS
10.00am Anglican/
Methodist
Eucharist
(Methodist Led)
THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY 18 January 2004
Eucharistic Prayer B 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: Eternal Lord, our beginning and our end: bring us with the whole creation to your glory, hidden through past ages and made known in Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
Readings: Isaiah 62:1-5 1Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11
Post Communion: God of glory, you nourish
us with your Word who is the bread of life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world. We ask
this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN
We pray this week
for Christopher our Bishop and for Christopher and
Richard his suffragans
for our
Church Schools, Victoria First School and headteacher, Janet Robinson and
Thomas Coram School and headteacher Bob Essery
for
the work of Dacorum Rent Aid
for
the lonely, the anxious, the bereaved;
and amongst the sick for Judith Hill, Jenny Luckhurst, Michael Taylor,
Brenda Quarmby, Pat Large, Pamela Christmas, Christine Tucker, Mavis Haile, Rod
Cottrell, Alice Chambers, Peter McMunn, Martin Wright, Rhoda Janes
for
those who have died recently: David
Jackson, Jeffrey Davies
and
at their anniversaries pray for: Sheila Lewis, Anne Mothersole, Grace Brackley
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 Doctors Common Rd and Bay Court
BAM – Iranian Earthquake APPEAL after services today
BUT PLEASE, if you are a taxpayer, USE AND COMPLETE the Gift Aid
envelopes (thus giving the charity an extra 28%)
and make cheques payable to PCC of Great Berkhamsted
PLEASE TAKE THIS PEW LEAFLET
AWAY WITH YOU as a reminder of dates,
subjects for prayer etc. Do take
copies for anyone not here today.
Music
at St Peter’s Anthem Jesu,
the very thought of thee : TL de Victoria
O
love of whom is truth & light : Finn Viderö
Voluntary Trois pièces pour orgue, (iii) toccata
: Augustin Barié
Notes & Notices
The
funeral for David Jackson is 1.15pm Thursday 22 January at St Peter’s
SOLEMN
EUCHARIST FOR THE FEAST OF CANDLEMAS
Parish
Service at St Peter’s 8.00pm
Monday 2 February
DAYTIME
EMMAUS NURTURE COURSE Fr Mark will be leading a
daytime course 1.30-3pm at the Rectory, fortnightly on Mondays beginning 26
Jan 2004. Ideal for those thinking
of confirmation, wanting to find out about the Christian faith or in need of a
refresher course on the basics of the faith.
If you're interested please contact Fr Mark 864194
EVENING
EMMAUS COURSE
with John Malcolm re-commences with session 7
Learning to pray 8.00pm Wednesday 21 January. John Malcolm 874993
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
WORKSHOP
– 8 February
at All Saints': looking at how
we make links between our faith and our working life. More details on p22 of the All Saints’ newsletter. Numbers are needed as soon as possible -
deadline 25 January. Ruth TB 863268
PARISH
PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM
Fr Mark and
Fr Martin will be leading the annual pilgrimage
Friday 5 – Sunday 7 March. If
you would like to join this weekend in a beautiful Norfolk village, devotional
and healing services in the Shrine
Church, good food
and comfortable rooms, walks by the sea and conviviality in the local Pub –
then
contact Fr Mark 864194 for a booking form.
£72 full board for the weekend.
GRIEF
AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12.30pm Wednesday 21 January at The Old Mill, Bank Mill
Lane. Whether bereaved recently or a
few years ago you will be very welcome to join us. If you would like to attend, need help with transport or would
like further details, please contact Thelma Harris 865785 or Sylvia Banks
871195.
HILLSIDE
GROUP is
having an OPEN EVENING 8.00pm 27 January at 22 Upper Hall Park and would very
much welcome fresh faces. Hillside
meets sometimes weekly, sometimes less often, for Bible study and deeper
reflection on what it means to be a Christian. Please pick up a (cream coloured A5) handbill from the church
tables. Rob & Julie Wakely 875504
BERKHAMSTED QUIET PLACES 9.30am-12.30pm Tuesday 20 January This
is the way: walk in it (Isaiah
30:21) at Hill House, Frithsden Copse led by the Revd Keith Green.
Please contact Frances Norrington 871855 to reserve a place.
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.
URGENTLY NEEDED: Volunteers to fill vacancies in St Peter’s
cleaning teams which have arisen through moves from the parish. Time needed: about ½ hour every 6 weeks
on a Thurs – Fri – or Sat. Please
contact the Parish Office 878227 or Marjorie Bowden 871283
DIARY
Wed 25
Feb: Solemn Eucharist with Imposition
of Ashes, 8.00pm at St Peter’s
Sat 28 Feb: The Cowper Society
presents The Bridgewater Band, 7.30pm at St Peter’s
Wed 3 Mar: Lent talk Lord teach
us to pray (also 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st),
8.00pm at St Peter’s
Sun 14 Mar: Parish Service, 9.30am
at St Peter’s followed by
Sun 14 Mar: Annual Parochial Church
Meeting, 11.00am at St Peter’s
Sun 28 Mar: Stainer Crucifixion
- St Peter’s Choir, 6.00pm 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
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at ST PETER’S |
Today Sunday 18 January |
next week Sunday 25 January |
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SIDESMEN |
8.00am Elizabeth Jackson |
8.00am Stephen Halliday |
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INTERCESSOR |
9.30am Marjorie Bowden |
9.30am Mike Eller |
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CHALICE |
9.30am Nicky Evans, Libby G, June H |
9.30am Thelma Harris, Chris H, Jane M |
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SERVERS |
8.00am Rachel Hill |
8.00am Alan Conway |
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READINGS |
8.00am Patrick Lepper |
8.00am Liz Baxendale |
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CRÈCHE ROTA |
9.30am Karen Rutherford, Clare Kaye |
9.30am Hilary Ozcan, Harriet Morris |
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CHURCH CLEANING 19-24 Jan
Carole Dell, Catherine Imber, Helen Pope, Pat Hunt, Pearl Wiggins |
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at ALL SAINTS’ |
Today 10.00am Sunday 18 January
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next week 9.15am Sunday 25 January |
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SIDESMEN |
Muriel Johnston, Methodist
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Simon & Sarah Whale |
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INTERCESSOR |
Methodist |
Peter McMunn |
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CHALICE |
Penny O’Neill, Methodist |
Rob Wakely,
Viv Dottridge |
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SERVERS |
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Alice Dipper |
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READINGS |
Isobel Saffrey, Methodist |
Frank Abrahams, Carol
Newcombe |
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
This Week’s Diary
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ST PETER’S
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ALL SAINTS’ |
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Sunday 18 January The Second
of Epiphany |
8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School
& Pathfinders 6.00pm EVENSONG & SERMON
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10.00am Anglican / Methodist EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School
& Pathfinders |
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Groups Young People’s
Fellowship 7.00-9.30pm in the Court
House. Jimmy Young 876736 |
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Monday
19 |
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Groups Grief &
Loss Support 7.45pm in the Court House. June Haile 873087 Stewardship Committee 8.00pm at 16
Broadwater. Marjorie Bowden
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Tuesday
20 |
5.15pm Choir
Practice until 6.15pm
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9.30am EUCHARIST |
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Groups Berkhamsted Quiet Places 9.30am-12.30pm
This is the way: walk in it (Isaiah
30:21) at Hill House, Frithsden Copse led by the Revd Keith Green. Please contact Frances Norrington
871855 to reserve a place. 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 |
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Wednesday 21 |
7.30am EUCHARIST
2-2.45pm Swing Gate School, year 2, visit
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Groups Grief and Loss
Support Group Monthly Lunch 12.30pm at The Old Mill,
Bank Mill Lane. Contact Thelma Harris 865785. |
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Thursday
22 |
11.00am EUCHARIST O 1.15pm Funeral – David Jackson
8.00pm Bellringing (access -south door) until
9.15pm
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Groups Home Group 8.00pm at 8 Plover Close. Linda Bisset 862115 |
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Friday
23 |
9.15am EUCHARIST 7.00pm Choir Practice until 8.30pm |
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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 |
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Saturday
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Sunday 25 January |
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 7.00-9.30pm 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 9:1-22; Galatians
1:11-16a; Matthew 19:27-30;
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
Fr
Mark takes time off mid-day Friday - mid-day Saturday Fr Martin is on sick leave.