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TODAY’S HYMNS & PSALMS ST PETER 9.30am (Fr Martin) S 204 Psalm S 79 S 105 6.00pm Choral Evensong (John Malcolm) Ps 97 452 247 ALL SAINTS (Fr Stephen) A&M 221 99 361 470 |
THE SECOND BEFORE ADVENT - Remembrance 14 November 2004 Eucharistic Prayer E will 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: God, our refuge and strength, bring near the day when wars shall cease and poverty and pain shall end, that earth may know the peace of heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN Readings:
Malachi 4:1, 2a; 2
Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke
21:5-19; Post Communion:
Gracious Lord, in this holy sacrament you give substance to our
hope: bring us at the last to that
fullness of life for which we long;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
AMEN We pray this week for
Christopher our Bishop and for Christopher and Richard his suffragans 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 Geoffrey Tristram of the Society of
St John the Evangelist and for all those who are living in a Religious
Community for the work of the Church Army for the lonely, the anxious, the
bereaved; and amongst the sick for
Michael Taylor, Pamela Christmas,
Martin Judd, Mavis Haile, James Woodstock, Jenny Cracknell, Christine Tucker,
Joanne Smith, Bob Essery, Alan Cox for those who have died
recently: Ruth Pike and at their anniversaries pray
for: Bernard Quarmby, Ernest Salter 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
Dellfield Avenue + Billet Lane 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. WEST INDIES HURRICANES
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Music at St Peter’s am/pm Anthem Greater Love : John Ireland Notes & Notices British Legion Service of
Remembrance 3pm today 14 November at St
Peter’s TWO TRAVELLING CRIBS (provided by our Mothers’ Union branch) will set out on Advent Sunday (28 November), one from St Peter’s and one from All Saints’. If you would like to be a host for a night, please add your name to the relevant list. The lists will be available TODAY Sunday 14 November, in each church. At St Peter’s Anne Stead has the list. Any queries please to: Jenny Wells 870981, for All Saints’, or Tracy Robinson 863559, for St Peter’s ALL SAINTS’ JOINT CHOIR
Practice dates: 8pm Mondays
from 15 November for 21 November service & 19 December carol
service. Music will be given out
beforehand. Please let Ruth 863268 or
Pat 871270 know when you can come. 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). GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12.30pm Wednesday 17
November 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 SAVE
THE CHILDREN Annual Christmas Fair
BERKHAMSTED
QUIET PLACES 9.30am-12.30pm Saturday 27 November at Hill House, Frithsden Copse, Christ in the
Comings and Goings led by Judy O’Brien, Spiritual Director & Course
Tutor in Ignatian Spirituality.
Please reserve a place: Frances Norrington 871855 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 THANK YOU all who contributed to the WEST INDIES
HURRICANES DEVASTATION APPEAL last week. The overall total (both churches) raised to date is £397 (including the Income Tax on gift aided
donations) You have another
chance to contribute today.
WHEELCHAIR available for loan from June Douglas 862860 CHURCH TIMES – If you are one of the hundred or so who received complimentary copies of the Church Times earlier this year, could you please complete one of the freepost feedback forms that are available in church? 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 The Cowper Society
presents SERENATA INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE RECITAL & next week 6pm Sunday 21
November St Peter’s Choir with St Ceciliatide Concert PETERTIDE FAIR 2005 - The PCC will be considering charities to support
both at home and overseas at its meeting on 14th December. If you have any suggestions, please let
Chris Clegg 875818 know before the meeting. ADVENT CANDLES and CALENDARS on sale at St Peter’s on Sunday mornings in
November. Candles £1.90; calendars
(no chocolates!) under £3. DIARY: 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
Tuesday & 7.30am Wednesday at All Saints’. [ABC Prayers 8am
Sat;] Fr Martin is off duty on Mondays and from Wed pm this week. |
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