The Parish of Great Berkhamsted

St Peter’s Church

St Bartholomew

24 August 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,” or 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.

There will be no Sunday School, Pathfinders or Crèche today, but 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, Collect, Readings, & Post Communion Prayer will be found on the Insert.

6:00pm service details: Meditative Evening Worship

Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

Notices

§ CONFIRMATION at St Peter’s, 9:30am Sunday 26^th April, with Christopher Bp Hertford. Please sign the list on the notice board if you are interested. Fr Michael Bowie 864194 or John Malcolm 874993 will be happy to discuss. (Fr John Pritchard is not on duty this week)

§ REVIEW OCTOBER COPYDATE is Friday 5 September but earlier receipt of copy would be appreciated. Copy to Christopher Green 17 Cowper Rd, HP4 3DE (863241), email: greenc@waitrose.com

§ FAIRTRADE STALLS at St Peter’s & at All Saints’ – Sunday 7 September. Come and buy fairly traded goods after morning services. Orders can be taken from the Traidcraft catalogue. Angela Morris 866992, Julie Wakely 875504

§ Join ST PETER’S CHOIR and enjoy exciting prospects for foreign travel! A Tuesday 9^th September onwards would be the ideal time for NEW BOY OR GIRL CHORISTERS to join. Practices for children (6+) are 5.15-6.15pm Tuesday 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, 875674 or Jean Wild, Assistant Director, 866859

§ BEDS & HERTS HISTORIC CHURCHES SPONSORED BIKE’N HIKE 10am-6pm Saturday 13^th September. Ride or Walk: sponsorship gives half to named church and half to the Trust. Please apply NOW. Forms and details available from Chris Clegg 875818

§ There will be a PASTORAL VISITORS TRAINING COURSE taking place in the Court House on four consecutive Sunday afternoons in October/November. The course will cover many aspects of Pastoral Care and will give participants a chance to decide if they are suitable for this work. If you are interested in hearing more, please contact Philippa Seldon - 871534, or Richard Hackworth - 863990.

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

§ THE 1066 CLUB for the partially sighted which meets in the Court House 2.30-4.30pm on the first Monday of each month, is looking for HELP to make tea and wash up. One or two more volunteers are needed. Please contact Kathie Lally 863526

§ SECURITY AT OUR CHURCHES If you are passing the church during the day, please do go in at any time and especially now 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.

§ ARE YOU CONSIDERING PUTTING CASH IN THE OFFERTORY PLATE Today? If so, Please remember an additional 28p for every pound given by a tax-payer can still be reclaimed? Do please use and complete a Gift Aid envelope – available in church.

PEW LEAFLET notices, in writing: The Parish Office, The Court House, Berkhamsted HP4 2AX
email ChurchOffice@greatberkhamsted.org.uk tel.878227 & rota swaps by 12nn Wednesday please
PARISH OFFICE hours this week: mornings only – Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 24^th

St Bartholomew

Sick, Anxious & Bereaved

Memorial; RIP

Rowan Williams, Christopher Bp of St Albans & Staff

Thabo Makgoba, Archbp of Capetown in the Anglican Church of SA

Harry James Townshend, Harry George Andrew Turpin & Lily May Campbell who are being baptised at St Peter’s today. Please remember their parents and godparents

Rhiannon McCarthy, Tom Montague, Rene Dunford, Alex Wright, Judith Hill, Arthur Williams, Harry Arnfield, Christina Billington, Angela Morris, Geraldine Wright, Nigel Franklin, Nancy Lawrenson, Joan Gregory, John Davison, baby Miles Underwood

Christopher Naisbett, Emrys Jones; Peter Bartrum

Monday 25^th

Matthew 23: 13-22

Sick, Anxious & Bereaved

Francis Perham, Bp of Gloucester

Preparations for London 2012

All Saints Church, Berkhamsted

Arthur Williams, Judith Hill

Tuesday 26^th

Matthew 23: 23-36

Sick, Anxious & Bereaved

Henry Ndukuba, Bp of Gombe, Nigeria

Association of Christian Teachers, all teachers

Those people preparing to attend University

Tom Montague, Harry Arnfield

Wednesday 27^th

Saint Monica

Matthew 23: 27-32

Sick, Anxious & Bereaved

Keith Slater, Bp of Grafton, Australia

Retired Clergy Association

Those who serve St Peters and vergers and assistants

Christina Billington, Alex Wright, John Davison

Thursday 28^th

St Augustine

Matthew 24: 42-end

Sick, Anxious & Bereaved

Bp of Grahamstown South Africa to be appointed

Ambassadors appointed to the United Kingdom

Those who continue to keep New Year resolutions

Angela Morris, Rene Dunford, Nigel Franklin

Friday 29^th

Beheading of John the Baptist

Matthew 14: 1-12

Amando Soria, Bp of Guatemala, Central America

Those who receive communion at home in Berkhamsted

Prisoners of Death Row or serving life imprisonment

Those of our family & friends departed this life

Saturday 30^th

Matthew 25: 14-30

Sick, Anxious & Bereaved

Christopher Hill, Bp of Guildford

Sportsmen and women, trainers and athletes

Pet owners, pets and animals who assist in rehabilitation

Rhiannon McCarthy, Geraldine Wright

Sunday Trinity 15

Readings: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Romans 12:9-end Matthew 16:21-end

For all pastoral matters please contact Fr Michael Bowie 01442 864194
Fr Michael takes Thursday off. Fr John is not on duty this week.

*ST PETER’S*	*Today Sunday 24^th August*	*Next week Sunday 31^st August*
SIDESMEN	8:00am Stephen Wade 9:30am Barbara Northcott, Frank Norman Barbara & Ron Fisher 6:00pm EP		8:00am Patrick Lepper 9:30am Helen Pope, Rachael Anderson Bernard & June Haile 6:00pm EP
INTERCESSOR	9:30am Carolina Bowie		9:30am Margaret Burbidge
CHALICE	9:30am Kate Hennessey, Chris H., Elizabeth J.		9:30am Paul Jullien, Jane Morgan, Frank N.
SERVERS	8:00am Mike Hart 9:30am David Northcott (MC), Will Morgan (Cr) Francesca Gurdon, James Ruffell		8:00am Libby Grundy 9:30am Alan Conway (MC), Ron Fisher (Cr) Simon Good, Sam Limbert
READINGS	8:00am Janet Eller 9:30am Tony Roberts, Priscilla Watt		8:00am Anthea Lepper 9:30am Susan Beuttler, Francis Beuttler
CRÈCHE	9:30am No crèche		9:30am No Crèche
CHURCH CLEANING Carole Dell, Wendy Thompson, Graham Bashford, Edmund Clarke, Miles Nicholas, Paul J.

This Week’s Diary

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

SUNDAY 24^th August

St Bartholomew

8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie)

9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr John Russell), Preacher: Fr Michael Bowie
No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders

11:30am HOLY BAPTISM (Fr John Russell)

6:00pm MEDITATIVE EVENING WORSHIP (Fr John Russell)

Monday 25^th

7:30am Morning Prayer

5:00pm Evening Prayer

6:00pm EUCHARIST

Tuesday 26^th

7:30am Morning Prayer

9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Rd.

5:00pm Evening Prayer

No Choir Practice

Wednesday 27^th

St Monica

7:30am Morning Prayer

8:00am EUCHARIST

5:00pm Evening Prayer

Thursday 28^th

St Augustine of Hippo

No Morning Prayer

11:00am EUCHARIST O

No Evening Prayer

7:45pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door

Friday 29^th

Beheading of St John the Baptist

7:30am Morning Prayer

9:15am EUCHARIST

5:00pm Evening Prayer

No Choir Practice

8:00pm Quarter Peal – Visitors (9:00pm)

Saturday 30^th

9:30am Morning Prayer

10:00am EUCHARIST

3:00pm Organ/piano: Jon Lee (5:00pm)

5:00pm Evening Prayer

SUNDAY 31^st August

The Fifteenth after Trinity

8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie)

9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr Michael Bowie)
No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders

12:30pm Holy Baptism (Fr John Pritchard)

1:30pm Wedding Blessing Christopher & Maria Eaton & Holy Baptism (Oliver)

6:00pm EVENING PRAYER - said (Fr Michael Bowie)

Other Church Activities

Wednesday	Julian Meeting 11:30am 1 Montague Rd. Half hour of quiet prayer. Ruth T-B 863268
Sunday 31	Cowper Society 11:00am in the Court House. David Pearce 878809

First Reading Isaiah 43:8–13

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Bring forth the people who are blind, yet have eyes,

who are deaf, yet have ears! Let all the nations gather together,

and let the peoples assemble.

Who among them declared this,

and foretold to us the former things?

Let them bring their witnesses to justify them,

and let them hear and say, ‘It is true.’

You are my witnesses, says the LORD,

and my servant whom I have chosen,

so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he.

Before me no god was formed,

nor shall there be any after me.

I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no saviour.

I declared and saved and proclaimed,

when there was no strange god among you;

and you are my witnesses, says the LORD.

I am God, and also henceforth I am He;

there is no one who can deliver from my hand;

I work and who can hinder it?

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Second Reading Acts 5:12–16

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. Many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem. Yet more than ever believers were added to the Lord, great numbers of both men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mats, in order that Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he came by. A great number of people would also gather from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all cured.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)St Bartholomew

Gospel Luke 22:24–30

The Lord be with you

(Reply And also with you)

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

(Reply Glory to you, O Lord)

A dispute also arose among the twelve as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

You are those who have stood by me in my trials; and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Post Communion Prayer

Almighty God, who on the day of Pentecost sent your Holy Spirit to the apostles with the wind from heaven and in tongues of flame, filling them with joy and boldness to preach the gospel: by the power of the same Spirit strengthen us to witness to your truth and to draw everyone to the fire of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord AMEN

29 Aug 8:00pm	Bellringing visitors: Quarter Peal, St Peter’s
31 Aug 6:30pm	Choral Evensong, Ashridge Chapel
12 Sep 1:00pm	Recital: Angela Brownridge piano
13 Sep 10:00am 7:30pm	Beds & Herts Historic Churches Bike ’N Hike (ends 6pm), over 600 churches & chapels to visit The Cowper Society presents – The Bridgewater Sinfonia, St Peter’s
14 Sep 2:00pm 6:00pm	History Society Tours, St Peter’s Choral Evensong, St Peter’s
19 Sep 1:00pm	Recital: Felicity Vincent ’cello, Dominic Saunders piano, St Peter’s
20 Sep 8:00am 7:30pm	Association of Berkhamsted Churches Prayer Breakfast, Kings Road Church The Cowper Society presents – Berkhamsted Choral Society, St Peter’s