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TODAY’S HYMNS & PSALMS ST PETER 9.30am (Fr Stephen) S43 Psalm S35 S278 6.00pm Evensong (Jenny Wells) Ps
119 1-8 342 431 244 ALL SAINTS (Fr Martin) A & M 336 173 118 172 |
THE LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 24 October 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: Merciful God, teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty, that trusting in your word and obeying your will we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN Readings:
Ecclesiasticus 35: 12-17 2
Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:
9-14 Post Communion:
God of all grace, your son Jesus Christ fed the hungry with the bread
of his life and the word of his kingdom:
renew your people with your heavenly grace, and in all our weakness
sustain us by your true and living bread;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.. AMEN We pray this week for our Churchwardens and PCC as they
try to discern God’s plan for the future of the parish and plans for the
appointment of a new Rector 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
Michael Taylor, Pamela Christmas, Martin Judd, Christina Billington, Mavis Haile,
Jenny Cracknell, Christine Tucker, Joanne Smith, Nancy Lawrenson for those who have died
recently: Donald & Mary Cronk,
Marjorie May and at their anniversaries pray
for: Arthur Lander, Peggy Harris 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
Bridgewater Rd. nos 111-168 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. |
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Music at St Peter’s Anthem: O love of whom is truth and light Finn Viderö Notes & NoticesALL SAINTS’ PATRONAL
FESTIVAL PARISH EUCHARIST *SOLEMN EUCHARIST FOR ALL SOULS 8.00pm Tuesday 2
November at St Peter’s ALL SAINTS’ JOINT CHOIR
Practice dates: 8pm 25
Oct for 6.30pm 31 Oct All Saints’ Day service + Mondays from 15 Nov for
other services. Music will be
given out beforehand. Please let Ruth
863268 or Pat 871270 know when you can come. ALL SAINTS’ DIRECTORY (Updated) Copies available on side table in All Saints’ (one per family please). WINTERSHALL NATIVITY PLAY 4.45pm Sunday 19 December Their Box office has sold out for that performance but this parish has a few tickets left (£12 adult/£6child) - Please hurry to secure yours from Tracy Robinson 863559. Further details on notice boards Admission of Children to Holy Communion before Confirmation – Preparation Course Thursdays, starting 10 February. First Communion, Sunday 15 May. Please collect an Information pack from church. Contacts: Fr Martin 866161, Jenny Wells 870981 CONFIRMATION COURSE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (12+) Ten sessions of
preparation (Children already taking communion to come to the last six) will
start 9.30am Saturday 27 November at All Saints’
(Confirmation 7.00pm Saturday 16 April in St Peter’s). CHILDRENS’ SOCIETY BOX HOLDERS It’s annual box opening time once again and I am looking forward to collecting your boxes at the 9.30am St Peter’s services during October. If you don’t come to this service I shall be happy to visit you at home – Kathie Lally 863526. ADVENT CANDLES and CALENDARS on sale at St Peter’s on Sunday mornings in November. Candles £1.99; calendars (no chocolates!) under £3. YOUNG
PEOPLES FELLOWSHIP (yr 9+) 7-9pm in the
Court House Thursdays REVIEW DECEMBER COPYDATE is Friday 5 November but earlier
receipt of copy would be appreciated.
Copy to Christopher Green 17 Cowper Rd, HP4 3DE (863241),
email: greenc@waitrose.com Next healing service:
EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING 8.00pm Monday 1 November
in the Lady Chapel at St Peter’s. All
are welcome to join us for this simple service. More details from Jenny Wells 870981 or Tracy Robinson
863559 VOLUNTEERS VERY URGENTLY NEEDED to help run the St Peter’s Crèche. Names to Nicola Beadle 874538 or Carole Dell 864760 or the
Parish Office A.S.A.P PLEASE! Notes & Notices HARVEST APPEAL - THANK YOU all who contributed to the Bishop of St Albans Harvest for the Hungry
Appeal. The overall total raised by
our Harvest collections was £x,xxx.
This amount includes the collections at both churches and the Income
Tax on gift Aided donations. NOTA BENE G.M.T. returns next Sunday 31
October. Remember to put
clock/watch back! 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. DIARY: Sun 31 Oct:
All Saints’ Patronal Festival Parish Eucharist 9.15am at All
Saints’ & no 9.30am at St P. Tue 2 Nov:
Solemn Eucharist for All Souls, Bp Christopher +St Albans to preside,
8pm at St Peter’s Sun 14 Nov:
Serenata Recital, collection for Piano Fund, 7pm directly after Choral
Evensong, St P. Sun 21 Nov:
St Peter’s Choir - St Cecilia
Concert, 6pm at St Peter’s Sun 28 Nov:
Advent Carol Service, 6.00pm at St Peter’s Sun 5 Dec:
Taizé style Evening Service, 6.00pm at All Saints’ Sun
5 Dec: Berkhamsted Choral Society Christmas concert, 7.30pm at St
Peter’s Sun
19 Dec: Children’s Nativity, 9.15am
at All Saints’ and 9.30am
at St Peter’s Thu 23 Dec: Praetorius Christmas Mass, Chiltern
Chamber Choir, 7.30pm at St Peter’s
PEW LEAFLET notices, in writing: The
Parish Office, The Court House, Berkhamsted
HP4 2AX This Week’s
Diary
MORNING PRAYER 8.00am at All
Saints’ Tue, Thu, Fri, 7.30am Wed & 8.45am Sat; For all pastoral matters please contact Fr Martin 866161. Fr Martin takes Monday off. |
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