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PALM SUNDAY 4 April 2004

Eucharistic Prayer A 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: Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. AMEN

Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Luke 22:14-23:56

Post Communion: Lord Jesus Christ, you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant, and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation: give us the mind to follow you and to proclaim you as Lord and King, to the glory of God the Father. AMEN

We pray this week

for Christopher our Bishop and for Christopher and Richard his suffragans

for the Centre for the elderly at Gossoms End, for the Hospice of St Francis and for the Iain Rennie Hospice at home, for those who need care and for those who provide care in many ways.

for Julie Clarke, David Fettes, Paul Jullien, Natasha Macleod, Michael Newman, David Rutherford & Karen Rutherford who are preparing for Confirmation later this month

for the lonely, the anxious, the bereaved; and amongst the sick for Judith Hill, Michael Taylor, Brenda Quarmby, Pamela Christmas, Mavis Haile, Rod Cottrell, Alice Chambers, Vaughan Meakins, Martin Judd, Christine Woodstock, James Woodstock, Rebecca Lee

for those who have died recently:

and at their anniversaries pray for: Nona Green, Lucy Reeves, Doris Morris, Eleanor Morris, Cyril Langley, Rene Bayliss, Victor Milrath

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 Bourne Road + Marlin Close

Music at St Peter’s Anthem: Hosianna dem Sohne Davids Bartholomaus Gesuis
Voluntary: Fantasie: Valet will ich der geben JS Bach

Notes & Notices

HOLIDAY CLUB at All Saints’ 9.30am for 10am – 3.00pm Wednesday 7 April.
games, music, drama, art/craft, fun £2.50 per child or £5.00 per family.
Reception aged children and younger welcome but must be accompanied by adult carer. Crèche available Please bring a packed lunch.

PLEASE SIGN THE MAUNDY THURSDAY VIGIL LISTS (at either church)

Thanksgiving service for departed family & friends 6.00pm Sunday 25 April at St Peter’s

HELP WITH THE EASTER FLOWER at St Peter’s One or two more people to help next Saturday morning 10^th April would be greatly appreciated. Please call Sarah Dawson 871614

WINTERSHALL - Surrey’s ‘Oberamergau’ Life of Christ performed by the local villagers in the grounds of the Wintershall Estates. Wednesday 23 June 2004 10.00am – 4.00pm. Tickets £12.50 (only 30 available). Leaflets in church or ring Fr Martin 866161

TRAIDCRAFT STALL after the Parish Service at St Peter’s today Sunday 4 April (& at All Saints’ after the Methodist service) – Please come and buy fairly traded goods. Orders can be taken from the Traidcraft catalogue. Angela Morris 866992, Chris Dipper 873006

All Saints’ JOINT CHOIR PRACTICE following the 8pm service on Monday 5 April. Please tell Pat Hearne 871270 if you are able to be present.

EASTER MONDAY PILGRIMAGE (12^th April) TO ST ALBANS ABBEY.
Meet at Court House at 7.45am for breakfast (donation to cover this of about £1.50
would be appreciated) then walk to St Albans for big celebration in Abbey at 2.30pm.
Any offers for lifts home at 3.45pm gratefully received.
Please contact Jimmy 876736 or Fr Martin 866161 for more details.

AREA COMMITTEE ELECTION RESULTS
St Peter’s Julian Dawson, David Ewart, Rachel Hill, Polly Rafter, Bill Stead, Anne Vickers
All Saints’ Andrew Beaumont, Christine Dipper, Isobel Saffrey, Felicity White (1 vacancy)

at ST PETER’S there are NEW SIDESMEN’S & CLEANING ROTAS TO COLLECT

OUTWARD GIVING 2003 Thank you letters and acknowledgements received have now been collected and placed in a ring binder. This is on display in All Saints’ during April and will then be available in St Peter’s

ARE YOU CONSIDERING PUTTING CASH IN THE OFFERTORY PLATE TODAY? If so, are you aware that an additional 28p for every pound given by a tax-payer can be reclaimed? Do please use and complete a Gift Aid envelope – available in church

SECURITY at our two churches If you are passing either church during the day do please go in at any time and especially in a holiday period, in the lunch hour or in the late afternoon, when the open door can welcome our less well-intentioned visitors. Thank you.

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.

Notes & Notices

The Cowper Society presents
WENDLEBURY WIND RECITAL 7.30pm Sunday 18 April at St Peter’s
retiring collection for the piano fund
and
Berkhamsted Choral Society HANDEL MESSIAH, 7.30pm Saturday 24 April at St Peter’s

DIARY
Sat 1 May: May Morning Madrigals 6.15am from St Peter’s tower followed by a Court House breakfast
Sun 9 May: Service for parents & godparents of children preparing for 1^st Communion, 4pm at All Saints’
Sun 9 May: Children’s Society Berkhamsted Walk –sets out from the Court House from 10.30am
Sat 15 May: The Cowper Society presents The Bridgewater Band, 7.30pm at St Peter’s
Thu 20 Jun: Ascension Day Service, 8.00pm at All Saints

Palm Sunday 4 April at St Peter’s - except 9am at All Saints’						Easter Day Sunday 11 April at St Peter’s
SIDESMEN		8.00am Stephen Wade 8.40 for 9.00am at All S (9.30am at St P) Christopher Green, Patricia Hunt, Kathie & Stephen Lally 6.00pm (Bach – St Matthew Passion)				8.00am Patrick Lepper 9.30am Jane Bartholomew, Eric Brown Elinor & Michael Mumford 6.00pm Barbara Conway
INTERCESSOR		9.30am John Cook				9.30am Penny Abbott
CHALICE		9.30am Carole Dell, Frank N, Richard R				9.30am Graham T, John A, Rachel A.
READINGS		8.00am Janet Eller 9.30am Libby Grundy, Peter McMunn				8.00am Anthea Lepper 9.30am Patricia & Christopher Hunt
CRÈCHE ROTA		9.30am Rachel & Michael Below				9.30am Karen Rutherford, Clare Kaye
SERVERS		8.00am Rachel Hill 8.40 for 9.00am at All S (9.30am at St P) David Crawley (MC) John Malcolm (Cr,) Tracy Robinson, Penny O’Neil				8.00am Michael Hart 9.30am Alan Conway (MC) Ron Fisher (Crucifer) Chris & Sarah Clegg banners: Ted Lewis & the MU 6.00pm David Crawley(Th) Alex Evans (Crucifer) | Chris Bragge, Mark Coleman
		At St Peter’s in Holy Week
INTERCESSOR		8pm 8^th Judith Limbert
SERVERS	7.30 for 8pm 8^th David N (MC) David C (Th) Libby Grundy (Cr), Rachel Hill, Chris Bragge 2pm 9^th Chris Clegg, Mark Coleman 8.30 for 9pm 10^th Mark C (MC), Chris H (Th) Alex Evans (Cr), David & Louise Northcott					Easter Day - 9.15am 11 April at All Saints’
						SERVERS		Lucie Monk, Hannah W & Catherine W
						SIDESMEN		Kate & Tim Hennessey
READINGS	8pm 8^th Alan & Barbara Conway 2pm 9^th Beatrice Limbert & Alison McMunn					INTERCESSOR		John Malcolm
						CHALICE		Peter McM., Richard Hackworth
At All Saints’ 8.00pm on Maundy Thursday 8 April						READINGS		Hilary Elliott, Jenny Hackworth
SERVER			Penny O’ Neill	INTERCESSOR	Tracy Robinson			CHALICE	Methodist
SIDESMEN			Richard Hackworth + Methodist		READINGS		Jenny Wells + Methodist
CHURCH CLEANING 5-10 April Marjorie Bowden, Priscilla C., Clare Nelson, Christopher Gr, Philippa Seldon

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 this week: 9.30am-5.30pm Tuesday & Wednesday & 9.30-12noon Thursday

This Week’s Diary

	ST PETER’S	ALL SAINTS’
Sunday 4 April Palm Sunday	8.00am EUCHARIST with Palm Crosses O 9.30am SOLEMN PASSION & PARISH SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6.00pm JS Bach St Matthew Passion	9.00am BLESSING OF PALMS O, followed by procession to St Peter’s
Groups Sundays Together Lunch 12.30pm in the Court House. Joan Morris 863780
Monday 5 in Holy Week	8.30pm Stations of the Cross O	8.00pm United Devotion O
Tuesday 6 in Holy Week	5.15pm Choir Practice until 6.15pm 8.30pm Service of Reconciliation with Laying on of Hands and Anointing O	9.30am EUCHARIST 8.00pm United Devotion O
Groups Tuesday Club 8.15pm in the Court House for Bereavement, Grief & Loss in the Caribbean with Mary Payne Cook. Jean Bray 864532
Wednesday 7 in Holy Week	7.30am EUCHARIST 8.30pm A Meditation on the Seven Last Words O	8.00pm United Devotion O
Groups Pathfinder Games Club 7.00 – 8.30pm in All Saints’ Hall. Jimmy Young 876736
Thursday 8 Maundy Thursday	11.00am Eucharist 7.00pm Choir rehearsal 8.00pm EUCHARIST OF THE LORD’S SUPPER & Vigil of Prayer O Preacher: Canon Michael Sansom	8.00pm UNITED EUCHARIST & Vigil of Prayer O Preacher: Fr Martin Wright
Friday 9 Good Friday	No 9.15am Eucharist 12 – 3pm THREE HOUR DEVOTION including the Liturgy of the Day O Preacher: Canon Michael Sansom
Saturday 10 Easter Eve	9.00pm THE EASTER VIGIL O
Sunday 11 April EASTER DAY	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O & Crèche 11.30am EUCHARIST BCP O 6.00pm Choral EVENSONG & SERMON O Preacher: Marjorie Bowden	9.15am SUNG EUCHARIST O

O= services where the PA Loop system is in use
Next Sunday’s Readings: Acts 15:27-32 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-end

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

GROUPS NEXT MEET AS SHOWN

ABC Breakfast – 17 April at Sacred Heart

All Saints’ Area Committee – 12 May

All Saints’ Sunday Sch’l – 18 Apr. – Carenza 875147

Chuckles Toddlers – 20 April - Jenny Wells 870981

Friday Study – 23 April - Kate Semmens 866531

Grief & Loss Support – 19 Apr. - June Haile 873087

Grief & Loss Lunch – 21 Apr. - Thelma H. 865785

Hillside – 20 April - Rob & Julie Wakely 875504

Home – 22 April - Linda Bisset 862115

Julian – 14 April - Jenny Wells 870981

Little Fishes – 23 April – Nicole Addy-V. 864094

Men’s – 14 April – Guy Dawkins 874108

Mother’s Union - 20 April - Kathie Lally 863526

MU Prayers – 27 April - Jenny Wells 870981

Parochial Church Council – 20 April

Pathfinder Games – 21 April – Jimmy Y. 876736

St Peter’s Area Committee – 18 May (changed)

St Peter’s Choir practice – as above + 20 & 23 April

St Peter’s Sunday Sch’l – 25 April – Sally E 873526

Sundays Together Lunch – as above & 2 May

Tuesday Club – as above & 4 May – Jean B 864532

Women’s Fellowship – 28 April - Biddy S. 864574

YPF – 25 April - Jimmy Young 876736