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THE PARISH OF BERKHAMSTED

St Peter’s with All Saints’

TODAY’S

HYMNS & PSALMS

ST PETER

8.00am
Eucharist

(Fr Michael )

9.30am
Sung Eucharist

( Fr Michael)

NEH

185

Ps 127

461

387

6.00pm Evensong

(Marjorie Bowden)

Ps 30

421

76

244

ALL SAINTS

10.00am
Holy Communion & Holy Baptism

(The Revd Paul Timmis)

MOTHERING SUNDAY 18 March 2007

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 of compassion, whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary, shared the life of a home in Nazareth, and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself: strengthen us in our daily living that in joy and in sorrow we may know the power of your presence to bind together and to heal; 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: Exodus 2:1-10 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Luke 2:33-35

Post Communion: Loving God, as a mother feeds her children at the breast you feed us in this sacrament with the food and drink of eternal life: help us who have tasted your goodness to grow in grace within the household of faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN

We pray this week

within the Anglican Communion for the diocese of Mpwapwa, Tanzania, and for Bishop Simon Chiwanga and Bishop Coadjutor Jacob Chimeledya

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

for all the schools in the parish; their staff, pupils and governors; and our special responsibilities towards Victoria First School and Thomas Coram Middle School

for the Children’s Society

for Daisy Smales and Luke Holloway, who are being baptised at All Saints’ today, and for their parents and godparents

for the lonely, the anxious, the bereaved, and amongst the sick for Judith Hill, Muriel Norman, Martin Judd

and at their anniversaries pray for: Audrey Earl, Ralph Cousins, Jim Pullen

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 Tower Close & Oxfield Close + east end of Shootersway to Cross Oak 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.
Copies of the Sermon preached by Fr Michael at St Peter’s last Sunday [11^th] are available on the St Peter’s tables and also at http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

PARISH REPORTS are now available in church PLEASE TAKE ONE

Music at St Peter’s Anthems O Mysterium ineffabile : JF Lallouette; Panis Angelicus César Franck
Voluntary Paean : Whitlock

Notes & Notices

LENT THIS YEAR:
At St Peter’s on Wednesdays: 7.30pm Eucharist followed by Fr Michael’s Lent talk entitled The Eucharist Makes the Church. One remains: 21 March.
Other churches in the town are meeting together in groups to study
Can we build a better world? - a York course (see poster).
Lent reading There is a selection of books available for personal study in
the lending library at the back of St Peter’s.
Compline - a short service of Night Prayer 9.30pm Mondays at All Saints’.
Next LENT LUNCH Tuesday 27 March in the Court House 12noon – 2pm or as long as supplies of the delicious homemade soups last! Donations for the work of Christian Aid

DAY OF PRAYER 9am-5pm Wednesday 21 March at All Saints'. Prayer stations with different themes & prayer activities. Please feel free to come & go as you want. All welcome

Meeting of Parishioners for the Election of Churchwardens at 11.15am
NEXT Sunday 25 March in the Court House – followed by
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING 11.20am Sunday 25 March in the Court House. This is the meeting that all church members on the electoral roll are invited to attend.
One of its tasks is to elect members to serve on the 07/08 PCC.
Nomination forms are available in both churches.
If you have a question that you wish to bring to the meeting, it would be helpful if you would notify the PCC Secretary beforehand. (Pat Hunt 822607)

ANNUAL ROTA REVISIONS
Sidesmen’s rota If you would like to be a sidesman or know that you cannot continue as a sidesman until April 2008 PLEASE TELL THE CHURCHWARDENS before the APCM.
Cleaning rota: Offer an hour once in six weeks? Your Stewardship talent is needed. Some teams are reduced to just three. Many more names PLEASE to the Parish Office 878227

CONFIRMATION AND FIRST COMMUNION
(including First Communion for Children) will take place 9.30AM SUNDAY 20 MAY at ST PETER’S. CONFIRMATION CLASSES for 12+ year olds are now underway.
THE PREPARATION COURSE for children taking Communion before Confirmation
will be taken by The Revd Tricia Gibson 5pm Thursdays in St Peter’s Lady Chapel starting 19 April. All Names please to Fr Michael 864194

GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12.30pm Wednesday 21 March at different venue this month, The White Horse, Bourne End. 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.

Victoria School Quiz Night 7.30pm Saturday 24 March in the school hall. Tickets £7.50 includes fish/chicken/veg.option & chip supper. Please contact Anwen Crosher 386602

Exploring Prayer Day 2007 10am – 3pm 12 May at St Albans Cathedral: A variety of workshops for adults and children and a new Youth Prayer Tent. It is advisable to book early. Details: Booklets in church or www.stalbanscathedral.org.uk, or Jenny Wells 870981

THANK YOU everyone who supported MU Make a Mother’s Day project. Over £100,000 has been raised nationally, far exceeding all expectations.

Notes & Notices

STAINER : CRUCIFIXION 6.00pm next Sunday 25 March at St Peter’s
Sung by St Peter’s Choir at the start of Passiontide
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MUSIC FOR LENT AND PASSIONTIDE 6.30pm SUNDAY 1^st APRIL at St Peter’s
CHILTERN CHAMBER CHOIR and Jon Lee organ: Buxtehude Missa Brevis,
Kodaly Pange Lingua, Scarlatti Stabat Mater, Tallis Lamentations
plus SERENATA: Louise Turner soprano, Hazel Todd oboe, Mary Harris ’cello,
Adrian Davis harpsichord: Buxtehude Cantata; Trio. Directed by Adrian Davis.
Presented by the Cowper Society. Tickets £12/£10 [under 18 free] from Bookthrift or choir

NEXT St Peter’s FRIDAY LUNCHTIME RECITAL 1 – 1.45pm 30 March Trio Artemis
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Cowper Society TALK 8pm Tue. 27 Mar Kate Perera The Art of Translation - Court House

World Vision Famine Sam Limbert thanks his sponsors. He is collecting at 9.30 at St Peter’s TODAY.

DIARY: Wed 4 Apr: Easter Club 9.30-3pm at All Saints’; Sun 8 Apr: Easter Day;
Sun 22 Apr: Service of Thanksgiving 6.00pm at St Peter’s; 27-29 Apr: Pilgrimage to Walsingham;
Sat 12 May: Berkhamsted Choral 7.30pm at St Peter’s; Sun 20 May: Confirmation & First Communion 9.30am at St Peter’s; Thu 7 Jun: Solemn Eucharist for Corpus Christi 8.00pm at St Peter’s; Sat 9 Jun: The Bridgewater Band & CCC Haydn Creation 7.30pm at St Peter’s; Sat 16 Jun: Petertide Fair 10-3pm at St Peter’s; Fri 29 Jun: Patronal Festival Eucharist 8.00pm at St Peter’s; Sun 1 Jul: John Pritchard Ordination (to be deacon/training curate in this parish) 11.15am at St Albans.

at ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 18 March		next week Sunday 25 March
SIDESMEN	8.00am Geoff Dell 9.30am Cecily Coales, Barbara Conway Carole & Geoff Dell 6.00pm Christopher Morris		8.00am Elizabeth Jackson 9.30am John Cook, Barbara & Ron Fisher Christopher Green 6.00pm Philippa Seldon
INTERCESSOR	9.30am Penny Abbott		9.30am none needed
CHALICE	9.30am Chris Hunt, Jane Morgan., Paul J.		9.30am Philippa Seldon, Eliz.J., Frank N.
SERVERS	8.00am Mike Hart 9.30am Alan Conway (MC) Will Morgan (Crucifer) Sam Limbert, James Ruffell		8.00am Rachel Hill 9.30am David Northcott(MC) Alex Evans (Crucifer) Chris Clegg, Simon Good
READINGS	8.00am Geoff Dell 9.30am Joan Tierney, Philippa Seldon		8.00am David Lidderdale 9.30am Jean & Stuart Wild
CRÈCHE ROTA	9.30am No crèche – Mothering Sunday		9.30am Karen Walker, Nicola Beadle
CHURCH CLEANING 19-24 Mar:Alan & Barbara Conway, Marion Allum, Patrick Lepper, Janet & Michael Eller
at ALL SAINTS’	Today 10.00am Sun. 18 Mar.	next week 10am Sun. 25 Mar.		6.30pm Sun 25 Mar.
AT THE DOOR	Muriel J’ston, Rachel S’wart	Felicity White, Lesley B’shaw		David W’son, Cecilia Cole
INTERCESSOR		David Woodward
CHALICE	Ray & Jean Emsall, John W.	David Woodward, David Pain
SERVERS		Tracy Robinson
READINGS	Mary Griffin, Jenny Wells	Chris Dipper, Gill Malcolm		Marnie Taylor, Steve Spall

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 hours this week: 9.30am-5.00pm Tue & Wed; 9.30am-12noon Thu & Fri.
Websites: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk and http://allsaintsberkhamsted.org.uk

This Week’s Diary

	ST PETER’S	ALL SAINTS’
Today Sunday 18 March Mothering Sunday	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders 6.00pm EVENSONG & SERMON	10.00am HOLY COMMUNION & HO LY BAPTISM O Methodist led Crèche & Explorers in church
Monday 19 St Joseph	8.00pm Quarter Peal 8.15pm EUCHARIST		8.00pm Choir practice 9.30pm Compline
Groups Confirmation Class 4 – 5pm in the Court House. Fr Michael Bowie 864194 Grief & Loss Support 7.45pm in the Court House. Thelma Harris 865785
Tuesday 20	9.30-10.30am Organ – Bill Thom 5.15pm Choir Practice until 6.15pm		9.30am EUCHARIST
Groups 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 Hillside Group 8.00pm at 22 Upper Hall Park. Rob & Julie Wakely 875504 Mothers’ Union 7.30pm Eucharist for Lent with Revd Janet Ridgeway at 57 Meadow Road All welcome. Margaret Burbidge 862139
Wednesday 21	No 8.00am Eucharist 7.30pm EUCHARIST O 8.00pm Lent Talk: THE EUCHARIST MAKES THE CHURCH O (Fr Michael Bowie)		9am-5pm Day of Prayer
Groups Grief and Loss Support Group Monthly Lunch 12.30pm at The White Horse, Bourne End. Contact Thelma Harris 865785 Pathfinder Games Club (yrs 5-8) 7 – 8.30pm in All Saints’ Hall. Jimmy Young 384929 Emmaus Course 8-9.30pm at Landswood, Shootersway. John Malcolm 874993.
Thursday 22	11.00am EUCHARIST O 8.00pm Trio Artemis rehearsal 8.00pm Bellringing (access -south door) until 9.15pm
Groups T.E.s (youth club for yr 9+) 7 – 9pm in the Court House. Jimmy Young 384929 Lent Group at 8.00pm at 8 Plover Close. York Course. Linda Bisset 862115
Friday 23	9.15am EUCHARIST 7.00pm Choir Practice until 8.30pm
Groups Little Fishes Toddlers 9.30-11.30am in the Court House with plenty of activities and refreshments. This week’s theme Walking on Water Nicole Addy-Varndell 864094
Saturday 24	10.00am EUCHARIST 3-5pm Organ – Jon Lee
Sunday 25 March The Fifth of Lent	8.00am EUCHARIST O 9.30am SUNG EUCHARIST O, Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 4.00pm St Peter’s Choir rehearsal for … 6.00pm Stainer Crucifixion St Peter’s Choir	10.00am SUNG EUCHARIST O Anglican led Crèche & Explorers (including Pathfinders) 6.30pm CIRCUIT SERVICE O Methodist led
Meeting of Parishioners 11.15am followed by A.P.C.M. 11.20am in the Court House

O= services where the PA Loop system is in use
Next Sunday’s Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8

at St Peter’s this week Morning Prayer 7.30am Mon, Tue & Fri; 9.30am Sat; Evening Prayer 5pm Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat. at All Saints’ Evening Prayer 5pm Fri. & & NO Sat. MP at present..

For all pastoral matters please contact Fr Michael Bowie 864194. Fr Michael takes Thursday off.