The Parish of Great Berkhamsted

St Peter’s Church

The Seventh Sunday after Trinity

6 July 2008

Welcome to St Peter’s Berkhamsted. If you are new to the parish or this service, please feel confident to introduce yourself to a “welcomer,” one of the Clergy or sidesmen.

Communicant members of all Churches are invited to receive Holy Communion. If you are not receiving Communion, please come to the Altar rail for a blessing but carry a book so the minister knows.

The Sunday School, Pathfinders and Crèche run in the Court House from 9:30am. Children are welcome to stay in the service. There are children’s games at the back of the church.

Coffee and biscuits are served in the Court House after the 9:30am service. All are invited. Please do come if you have time.

9:30am service details: Hymns, Psalm, Collect, Readings, Anthem & Post Communion Prayer will be found on the Insert.

6:00pm service details: Evening Prayer – said Psalms 56, 57

Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

Notices

§ FAIRTRADE: Victoria School FAIRTRADE COFFEE MORNING 11am-1pm TODAY Sunday 6^th July in school The children are holding a coffee morning to celebrate and promote Fairtrade products. Do join us for a range of Fairtrade refreshments, stalls & displays, designed & run by the children

§ NO FAIRTRADE STALL at St Peter’s today Sunday 6th July as this will be together with Victoria School see above. Angela Morris 866992

§ FAIRTRADE STALL at All Saints’ today Sunday 6th July
Come and buy fairly traded goods after morning service. Orders can be taken from the Traidcraft catalogue. Julie Wakely 875504

§ All Saints’ Aug/Sept NEWSLETTER copydate tomorrow Monday 7^th July. Details of family news or matters concerning All Saints typed or on disc to Christina Billington, 13 Ashridge Rise, HP4 3JT or email chrissybill@ntlworld

§ GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12:30pm Wednesday 16 July at 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 Sylvia Banks 871195

§ WAY INN NOTICES:
Job Vacancy for a cleaner three days a week, for around four hours altogether. Please call Rod 864 751, if you are interested, or drop by for an application form.
16th August at 2pm Workshop Is There a Book in You? Kathy Lee will be hosting a workshop on getting into print as part of a Creative Christians promotion on Saturdays 19^th July-30^th August [please book]. See Notice boards; contact 864751

§ WEEK OF ACCOMPANIED PRAYER 10-17 October 2008
Information sheets and forms on church tables.
Anne Strach 872542 or Jackie Harbron 873012 if interested.

PEW LEAFLET NOTICES needed earlier please
Notices for next week 13^th July and the following week 20^th July
are needed this week please. 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

Prayer Diary

A daily reminder to pray for the Church, Country, Parish & community in Berkhamsted.

Sunday 6^th Trinity 7 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved Memorial / RIP	Rowan Williams, Christopher Bp of St Albans & Staff Alexander Malik, Moderator of the Church of Pakistan & Bp of Lahore Rhiannon McCarthy,Tom Montague, Rene Dunford, Alex Wright, Judith Hill, Arthur Williams, Harry Arnfield, Christina Billington, Angela Morris, Clare Wallington, Bob Essery, Nigel Franklin, Nancy Lawrenson, Joan Gregory Hamish Douglas, Bernard Kempster, James Shirley, Florence Conway, Karen Breakwell, Harry Smith
Monday 7^th Matthew 9: 18-26 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Charles von Rosenberg, Bp of Tennessee, USA Diocesan Advisory Committee, Buildings Committee, Christopher Green Craftsmen, artists and musicians Arthur Williams, Judith Hill
Tuesday 8^th Matthew 9: 32-end Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Naresh Ambala, Bp of Eastern Himalayas, North India The Cowper Society, David Pearce Those couples preparing to be married in St Peters Tom Montague, Harry Arnfield,
Wednesday 9^th Matthew 10: 1-7 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Edwin Leidel, Bp of Eastern Michigan, USA Evangelism and Theological Education St Peter’s Church Choir, Jon Lee, Adrian Davis, Jean Wild Christina Billington, Alex Wright
Thursday 10^th Matthew 10 : 7-15 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Cyrus Pitman, Bp of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada Y-Care International Religious Orders Angela Morris, Rene Dunford
Friday 11^th Matthew 19: 23-30	Bp of Eastern Oregon, USA to be appointed The Anglican Methodist Covenant Association of Berkhamsted Churches Those of our family & friends departed this life
Saturday 12^th Matthew 10: 24-33 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	William Muchombo, Bp of Eastern Zambia, Central Africa Readers within the Diocese of St Albans The Bible Society Rhiannon McCarthy, Bob Essery
Sunday 13^th Trinity 8	Readings: Isaiah 55:10-13; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 131-9, 18-23

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 6 July	Next week Sunday 13 July
WELCOME	9:30am Georgina Matthews
SIDESMEN	8:00am Frank Allum 9:30am Gwen & Tony Roberts Mandy & Tony Bailey 6:00pm none appointed (Evening Prayer)	8:00am Stephen Wade 9:30am John Addy, Ann Wallington, Judith Limbert, Rachael Anderson 6:00pm Christopher Green
INTERCESSOR	9:30am Beatrice Limbert	9:30am Mike Eller
CHALICE	9:30am Barbara Conway, Carole D, Philippa S.	9:30am June Haile, Mike Eller, Paul Jullien
ELEMENTS	9:30am Claire Below, Mark Hill, Jessica M.
COLLECTION	9:30am Matthew Dawson, Charlotte Booth, Sam Limbert, (+1)
SERVERS	8:00am Libby Grundy 9:30am Alan Conway (MC), Will Morgan (Cr) Sam Limbert, Francesca Gurdon	8:00am Mike Hart 9:30am Chris Clegg (MC) Alex Evans, (Cr) Ron Fisher, Ted Lewis
READINGS	8:00am Mike Eller 9:30am Francesca Booth, Tara Chaussalet, Charlotte Booth Gospel	8:00am Janet Eller 9:30am Libby Grundy, Ian Johnston
CRÈCHE	9:30am Nicola Beadle, Hilary Ozcan	9:30am Lizzie Geldart, Rebekah Powell
CHURCH CLEANING Marjorie Bowden, Clare Nelson, Philippa Seldon, Ruth Kemp, Hayley Gerry, Fiona Powell

This Week’s Diary

In Church O= services where the PA Loop system is in use

SUNDAY 6^th July The Seventh Sunday after Trinity	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie, Pr Jimmy Young) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST Youth ServiceO (Fr Michael Bowie, Pr Jimmy Young) Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders Coffee at Fairtrade event at Victoria School and NOT in the Court House 6:00pm EVENING PRAYER - said (Fr Michael Bowie)
Monday 7	7:30am Morning Prayer	5:00pm Evening Prayer 6:00pm EUCHARIST
Tuesday 8	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Rd.	5:00pm Evening Prayer 5:15pm Choir Practice (6:15pm)
Wednesday 9	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer
Thursday 10	7:30am Morning Prayer 11:00am EUCHARIST O	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:45pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door
Friday 11 St Benedict	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:15am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 12	9:30am Morning Prayer 10:00am EUCHARIST	3:00pm Bellringing: Bellringers’ District Meeting (8:00pm) 4:30pm Bellringers’ Evensong
SUNDAY 13^th July The Eighth Sunday after Trinity	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr John Pritchard) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr Michael Bowie) Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 4:30pm St Peter’s Choir practice (5:30pm) for…. 6:00pm CHORAL EVENSONG O (Fr Michael Bowie, Pr Richard Hackworth)

Other Church Activities

Monday	Prayers for our Schools 9:00am –10:00am in The Breukelman Room, Sunnyside Church. Please let us know of any prayer requests. Marjorie Davies 01494 783034 Mothers’ Union Wave of Prayer Service 3:30pm All Saints’ Church. Margaret 862139
Tuesday	Chuckles Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’. This week: Songs Jenny Wells 870981
Wednesday	Julian Meeting 11:30am 1 Montague Rd. Half hour of quiet prayer. Ruth T-B 863268 Pathfinder Games Club (yrs 5-8) 7–8:30pm All Saints’ Hall. Jimmy Young 384929
Thursday	Home Group 8:00pm at 8 Plover Close. Linda Bisset 862115 T.E.s (youth club for yr 9+) 7–9pm Court House. Jimmy Young 384929
Friday	Little Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House. Carrie Wegener 877404

Future Dates

6 July 11-1pm	Fairtrade Event, coffee, stalls, displays of children’s work, Victoria School [no Crt Hse coffee]
12 Jul 3-8pm	Bellringers’ District Meeting, St Peter’s
13 Jul 6:00pm	Choral Evensong, St Peter’s
19 Jul 8:00am	Association of Berkhamsted Churches Prayer Breakfast, Northchurch Baptist Church
23 Jul 10:00am 12noon	Victoria Church of England First School, End of term service, St Peter’s Thomas Coram Church of England Middle School, End of term service, St Peter’s
2 Aug 10:30am	Bellringing: Universities Association of Change Ringers ringing tour, St Peter’s
16 Aug 8:00am	Association of Berkhamsted Churches Prayer Breakfast, Berkhamsted Baptist Church
29 Aug 8:00pm	Bellringing: Quarter Peal, St Peter’s

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.

For all pastoral matters please contact Fr Michael Bowie 01442 864194 or Fr John Pritchard 01442 870016.

Fr Michael takes Thursday off and Fr John takes Tuesday off.

SUNDAY The Seventh Sunday after Trinity 6^th July 2008

Hymns NEH

Processional 388

Offertory 375

Recessional 420

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

First Reading Zechariah 9:9–12

A reading from the book of the prophet Zechariah

Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!

Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!

Lo, your king comes to you;

triumphant and victorious is he,

humble and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim

and the war horse from Jerusalem;

and the battle-bow shall be cut off,

and he shall command peace to the nations;

his dominion shall be from sea to sea,

and from the River to the ends of the earth.

As for you also,

because of the blood of my covenant with you,

I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.

Return to your stronghold,

O prisoners of hope;

today I declare that I will restore to you double.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Psalm 145.8-15

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R I will bless you and praise you for ever, O God my King

The Lord is gracious and merciful,
Long-suffering and of great goodness.

The Lord is loving to everyone
and his mercy is over all his creatures. R

All your works praise you, O Lord,

and your faithful servants bless you

They tell of the glory of your kingdom

and speak of your mighty power, R

To make known to all peoples your mighty acts and the glorious splendour of your kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;

your dominion endures throughout all ages. R

The Lord is sure in all his words

and faithful in all his deeds.

The Lord upholds all those who fall

and lifts up all those who are bowed down. R

Psalm 145.8-15 ¯

Second Reading Romans 7:15–25a

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans

I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue

me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Gospel Matthew 11:16–19, 25–30

The Lord be with you

(Reply And also with you)

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.

(Reply Glory to you, O Lord)

At that time Jesus said, ‘To what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another, “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.” For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.

I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Choir Anthem

John Blow: Praise the Lord, ye servants

Post Communion Prayer

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