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THE PARISH OF BERKHAMSTED

St Peter’s with All Saints’

TODAY’S

HYMNS & PSALMS

8.00am
Eucharist

(Canon Basil Jones)

9.30am
Sung Eucharist

(The Revd Luke Geoghegan)

NEH

457

481

367

282

12noon Holy Baptism

(The Revd Tricia Gibson)

6.00pm Evening Prayer - said

(Jenny Wells)

Ps 74.1-10

ALL SAINTS

10.00am
Holy Communion

(The Revd
Paul Timmis)

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 30 July 2006

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: Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same; 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: 2 Kings 4:42-end Ephesians 3:14-end John 6:1-21

Post Communion: Lord God, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life, ever giving himself that the world may live: may we so receive within ourselves the power of his death and passion that, in his saving cup, we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love; for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. AMEN

We pray this week

within the Anglican Communion for the Episcopal Church in the Philippines and Bishop Ignacio Soliba

for our Diocese of St Albans, Christopher our Bishop and for all his staff

for all who are afflicted by leprosy and for the work of The Leprosy Mission

for Jonathan Bowler and Judith Burbidge (daughter of David & Margaret) to be married at St Michael & St Mary Magdalene, Easthampstead on Saturday.

for Alice Maia Akosua Amankwah and Daniel Jake Oakley Robb being baptised today at St Peter’s and for their parents and godparents

for the lonely, the anxious, the bereaved, and amongst the sick for Douglas Hartley, Judith Hill, Angela Morris, Phil Day, Fred Monnington, Muriel Norman, Joan Cook,

for those who have died recently: Lawrence Thomas (Dusty) Miller

and at their anniversaries pray for: Eileen Shepherd, Rita Euden, Mary Winter, Frank Grottick, Biddy Shacklock

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 Greenway (from Cross Oak to Finch Road)

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 Voluntary: Gabriel Pierné Prelude Op 29

Notes & Notices

NEXT EUCHARIST WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING is 8.00pm Monday 7 August 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

REVIEW SEPTEMBER COPYDATE is next Friday 4 August but earlier receipt of copy would be appreciated. Please ensure copy reaches Christopher Green 17 Cowper Rd, HP4 3DE (863241), email: greenc@waitrose.com by Friday of this week. Thank you.

FAIRTRADE STALLS at St Peter’s & at All Saints’ – next Sunday 6 August Please come and buy fairly traded goods after morning services. Orders can be taken from the Traidcraft catalogue. Angela Morris 866992, Julie Wakely 875504

NEEDLECRAFT EXHIBITION 4, 5, 6 August open daily 11-5pm.
Beautiful needlework presented by Threads of Amersham at Oak Trees, Wood Lane, South Heath, Great Missenden (on B485 Chesham to Great Missenden road turn opposite Annie Bailey’s into King’s Lane. Wood Lane is 300 yards on right & Oak Trees is first house on corner). Light refreshments & donations in aid of The Children’s Society

ALMSHOUSE VACANCY – Do you know of anyone who might wish to take up the vacancy in the John Sayer Almshouses (Berkhamsted High Street, opposite the Way Inn Post Office)? Please see further details on the notices in St Peter’s, the Court House and All Saints’ Hall.

HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS thanks all who sponsored their Chaplain, the Revd Liz Hughes, who successfully completed the British 10K Run and will have raised at least £417. Sponsors please pay Barbara or Rachael as soon as possible – don’t forget to include Gift Aid if you can. Barbara Fisher 865846, Rachael Anderson 871997.

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.

STEWARDSHIP – If you would like to join our Stewardship scheme or to up-date your stewardship please look for the Standing Order Forms, Gift Aid forms & return envelopes which are in church. Thank you Miles Nicholas, Stewardship Recorder 871598

WHEELCHAIR available for loan from June Douglas 862860

SECURITY AT OUR CHURCHES
If you are passing either church during the day, do please go in at any time, in the lunch hour or in the late afternoon, especially during the holidays, when the open door can welcome our less well-intentioned visitors. Thank you

Notes & Notices

HAVE YOU WALKED THE EMMAUS ROAD?
A new ‘starter’ Emmaus Course will begin in October, starting Wednesday evening 4^th Oct. The course is very suitable for adults considering Confirmation, those who want to explore what Christianity is about and, importantly, those regular members of our congregations who wish to ‘brush-up’ their knowledge of Christianity in a non-threatening environment.
Further details from John Malcolm 874993

ST PETER’S CHOIR welcomes NEW BOY OR GIRL CHORISTERS at any time. Practices for children (6+) are 5.15-6.15pm Tuesday starting 5 Sept. and 7-8.30pm Friday. Adults welcome too particularly Tenors and Basses (practice 7.30-8.30pm Friday). Please contact Adrian Davis, Director of Music, 864722 or Jean Wild, Assistant Director, 866859

PETERTIDE FAIR FINAL RESULT? It is believed that there are still several people who have yet to claim their expenses – will they please do so without further delay!
Michael Robinson 863559 Hon Treasurer

at ST PETER’S	*Today* Sunday 30 July	*next week* Sunday 6 August
SIDESMEN	8.00am Frank Allum 9.30am Jane Bartholomew, Eric Brown Graham Bashford, Edmund Clarke 6.00pm Michael Ogilvy-Stuart	8.00am Stephen Wade 9.30am Rachael & Michael Anderson Dorothea Chambers, Pearl Wiggins 6.00pm Michael Robinson
INTERCESSOR	9.30am Geoff Dell	9.30am Elizabeth Jackson
CHALICE	9.30am Paul Jullien, Philippa S. Elizabeth J.	9.30am Jane Morgan, Frank N. Chris H.
SERVERS	8.00am Mike Hart 9.30am Libby Grundy (MC) Ron Fisher (Crucifer) Chris Clegg, Ted Lewis	8.00am David Crawley 9.30am Rachel Hill (MC) Simon Good (Crucifer) Sam Limbert, Charlotte Nelson
READINGS	8.00am Liz Prosser 9.30am Gregory Seaman, Mary Swallow	8.00am Patrick Lepper 9.30am Patrick & Anthea Lepper
CRÈCHE ROTA	No crèche	No crèche
CHURCH CLEANING Catherine Imber, Helen Pope, Christopher Green, Pearl Wiggins, Richard Davies
at ALL SAINTS’	*Today* 10.00am Sunday 30 July	*next week* 10.00am Sunday 6 August
AT THE DOOR	Graham Doggett & Sue Doggett	Bernard & Silvia Grigg, David Woodward
INTERCESSOR		Tracy Robinson
CHALICE	Gordon Hufford, Fay Cuthbert	Cecilia Cole
SERVERS		Tracy Robinson
READINGS	Jo Bryant, David Pain	John Banks, Jill Lumb

PEW LEAFLET notices, in writing: The Parish Office, The Court House, Berkhamsted   HP4 2AX
email ChurchOffice@greatberkhamsted.org.uk   tel.878227 & rota swaps by 2pm Wednesday please
PARISH OFFICE is working ‘flexi-time’ this week.   Messages will be picked up regularly
Websites: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk and http://allsaintsberkhamsted.org.uk

This Week’s Diary

	ST PETER’S	ALL SAINTS’
*Today* Sunday 30 July The Seventh after Trinity	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders 12noon HOLY BAPTISM 6.00pm EVENING PRAYER - said	10.00am HOLY COMMUNION O Methodist led No Crèche or Explorers
Monday 31	No Eucharist
Tues 1	9.30-10.30am Organ – Bill Thom		9.30am EUCHARIST
Wednesday 2	No Eucharist
Thursday 3	11.00am EUCHARIST O 8.00pm Bellringing (access -south door) until 9.15pm
Friday 4	9.15am EUCHARIST 12.30pm Funeral – Lawrence Thomas Miller
Saturday 5	No Eucharist 3-5pm Organ – Jon Lee
Sunday 6 August Transfiguration	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders 6.00pm EVENING PRAYER - said	10.00am SUNG EUCHARIST O No Crèche or Explorers Anglican led
Groups No Sundays Together Lunch

O= services where the PA Loop system is in use
Next Sunday’s Readings: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Peter 1:16-19; Luke 9:28-36;

No Morning or Evening Prayer at St Peter’s this week
at All Saints’ Evening Prayer 5pm Friday & Morning Prayer 8.45am Saturday.

For pastoral matters this week please contact The Revd Tricia Gibson 252672 or The Revd John Kirkby 865217 Fr Michael is not on duty this week.

THE FOLLOWING NEXT MEET as shown above or see below

ST PETER’S

ALL SAINTS’

12noon HOLY BAPTISM

6.00pm EVENING PRAYER - said

No Eucharist

9.30-10.30am Organ – Bill Thom

No Eucharist

8.00pm Bellringing (access -south door) until 9.15pm

No Eucharist

3-5pm Organ – Jon Lee

6 August

6.00pm EVENING PRAYER - said