The Parish of Great Berkhamsted

St Peter’s Church

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity

19^th October 2008

Welcome to St Peter’s Berkhamsted. If you are new to the parish or this service, please 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.

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 & Voluntary will be found on the Insert.

6:00pm service details: Evensong & Sermon
Psalm 142, 143.1-11, Hymns NEH 341, 500, 244

Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

Notices

SOLEMN REQUIEM FOR ALL SOULS 8:00pm Monday 3^rd November at St Peter’s
Fr Michael will preside. The choir will sing from the Rutter Requiem

ALL SOULS’ LIST If you wish for someone to be prayed for at the All Souls’ Requiem and the name to be read out, please post the details in the All Souls’ box in church

§ DINNER BY CANDLELIGHT
The Berkhamsted Committee of The Children's Society is holding another hugely popular Dinner by Candlelight with musical interlude on 8^th November at Sunnyside Church Hall.
If you would like to join us and support the charity's work with disadvantaged young people in the UK please ring Kathie Lally (863526) for an invitation.

§ LEPROSY MISSION BOXES Please can you give these to Judy Ewart today or contact Judy 864860 for collection, or if you would like to request a box for collecting throughout the year.
Support the Leprosy Mission by putting used stamps (trimmed round by ¼ inch if possible!) in the box at the back of the church. Thank you for all your help and support.

§ REVIEW DECEMBER COPYDATE is Friday 31^st October earlier than usual and early receipt of copy would be appreciated. Copy to Christopher Green, 17 Cowper Rd, HP4 3DE (863241), email: greenc@waitrose.com

§ HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS Hot Foot it for St Francis - Thursday 13th November at 6:00pm sponsored Firewalk in aid of the Hospice at the Watermill Hotel, Bourne End. For details call 01442 869555, email firewalk@stfrancis.org.uk or visit www.stfrancis.org.uk.

§ Victoria School Association Benefit performance Saturday 29^th November 8pm at Victoria School A Child’s Christmas in Wales and other Dylan Thomas – an enchanting one-man show featuring Guy Masterson, nephew of the late Richard Burton. Bar opens 7pm. Tickets £10: box office 07946 323360; Fiona Powell 07971 564532; Karen Walker 07876 731539

The Cowper Society presents
FRIDAY RECITAL 1:00pm in the Lady Chapel Free Entry
Friday 31^st October John Reader & Anna Le Hair piano duets Retiring collection

§ THE BISHOP OF ST ALBANS HARVEST APPEAL £1,703 is being sent for the Bishop’s appeal Changing climate, changing lives. This sum includes tax recoverable from Gift Aid, the surplus from the Harvest Lunch and £215 from the Victoria School Collection.

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.

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 19^th Trinity 22 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved Memorial / RIP	Rowan Williams, Archhbishop of Canterbury Christopher Bp of St Albans & Staff Drexel Gomez, Archbishop of the West Indies Toby John Collinson being baptised today at St Peter’s, his parents & godparents Rhiannon McCarthy, Rene Dunford, Alex Wright, Judith Hill, Arthur Williams, Harry Arnfield, Christina Billington, Angela Morris, Geraldine Wright, Nigel Franklin, Rosalyn Yates, Roma Haddock, Zoë Doyle Winifred Dollemore RIP Emily Harris
Monday 20^th Luke 12: 13-21 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Samuel Olayanju, Bishop of Kabba, Nigeria British Service personnel serving in Afghanistan and Iraq The Hospice of St Francis Arthur Williams, Judith Hill
Tuesday 21^st Luke 12: 35-38 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Andudu Elnail, Bp of Kadugli and Nuba Mountains, Sudan Those who work in the media Berkhamsted Council and Mayor Harry Arnfield, Rosalyn Yates
Wednesday 22^nd Luke 12: 39-48 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Bp of Kaduna, Nigeria The Prime Minister and HM Government Little Fishes Toddler Group Christina Billington, Alex Wright
Thursday 23^rd Luke 12: 49-53 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	William Diya, Bp of Kafanchan, Nigeria Those who work on the land Children with parents facing terminal illness Angela Morris, Rene Dunford, Nigel Franklin, Roma Haddock
Friday 24^th Luke 12:54-end	☩Aaron Kijanjali, Bp of Kagera, Tanzania The United Nations The Way Inn Café Those of our family & friends departed this life
Saturday 25^th Luke 13: 1-9 Sick, Anxious & Bereaved	☩Jeremiah Taama, Bp of Kajiado, Kenya Continued Ministerial Education for clergy and laity Holy Trinity, Potten End during the vacancy Rhiannon McCarthy, Geraldine Wright
Last after Trinity	Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-end

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.

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 19^th October	Next week Sunday 26^th October
SIDESMEN	8:00am Elizabeth Prosser 9:30am Michael & Rachael Anderson Joan Tierney, John Screen 6:00pm Marjorie Bowden	8:00am Elizabeth Jackson 9:30am David & Victoria Booth Sue Ruggles, Polly Rafter 6:00pm Meditative
INTERCESSOR	9:30am None - Baptism	9:30am Mike Below
CHALICE	9:30am Barbara Conway, Paul Jullien, Tony B	9:30am June Haile, Mike Eller, Nicky Evans
SERVERS	8:00am Alan Conway 9:30am David Crawley (MC), Alex Evans (Cr) Libby Grundy, Francesca Gurdon	8:00am Alan Conway 9:30am David Crawley (MC), Alex Evans (Cr) Libby Grundy, Francesca Gurdon
READINGS	8:00am Elizabeth Prosser 9:30am Elizabeth Jackson, Kate Goodwin	8:00am Geoff Dell 9:30am Marjorie Bowden, Alan Dann
CRÈCHE	9:30am Lizzie Geldart, Rebekah Powell	9:30am No crèche – half term
CHURCH CLEANING 20-25 Oct Marion Crawley, Ted Lewis, Eliz. Jackson, Liz Bellamy, Sue Ruggles, Rowena Pike

This Week’s Diary

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

SUNDAY 19^th October The 22^nd after Trinity	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr John Pritchard) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST & HOLY BAPTISM O (The Revd Luke Geoghegan) Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders – followed by Donutz 6:00pm EVENSONG & Sermon O (Richard Hackworth)
Monday 20^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 5:00pm Evening Prayer	6:00pm EUCHARIST 8:00pm Quarter Peal
Tuesday 21^st	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Rd.	5:00pm Evening Prayer 5:15pm Choir Practice (6:15pm)
Wednesday 22^nd	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer
Thursday 23^rd	7:30am Morning Prayer 11:00am EUCHARIST O	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:45pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door
Friday 24^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:15am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 25^th	9:30am Morning Prayer 10:00am EUCHARIST 3:00pm Organ/piano: Jon Lee (5:00pm)	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm District Bellringing (9:00pm)
SUNDAY 26^th OCTOBER The last Sunday after Trinity	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr Michael Bowie) No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders - half term 11:30am HOLY BAPTISM 6:00pm MEDITATIVE EVENING PRAYER O (Fr John Russell)

Other Church Activities Today Sunday Sunday@5 5:00pm Sunnyside Church

Today	Donutz after the 9:30 service in St Peter’s
Monday	House Group 8-9:30pm at 36 Trevelyan Way. Tracy Robinson 863559
Tuesday	Chuckles Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’ with 10:15am Service Jonah and the whale. Jenny Wells 870981 Mothers’ Union. Monthly meeting was last Thursday’s Deanery service at Tring Church
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
Friday	Little Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House. Carrie Wegener 877404

Future Dates

F.31 Oct 1:00pm	Cowper Society presents Lunchtime Recital: John Reader & Anna Le Hair Piano Duets
M.3 Nov 8:00pm	All Souls’ Solemn Requiem
15 Nov 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: The Bridgewater Sinfonia
23 Nov 6:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: St Peter’s Choir, St Cecilia Concert
29 Nov 8:00pm	A Child’s Christmas in Wales & other Dylan Thomas, Victoria Sch. Tkts £10 [07946 323360]
30 Nov 6:00pm	Advent Carol Service
M.1 Dec 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Chroma Strings, Messiaen by candlelight
F.5 Dec 1:00pm	The Cowper Society presents Lunchtime Recital: Adrian Davis Organ
Sn.7 Dec 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Society
T.9 Dec 8:00pm	Parochial Church Council, Court House
F.12 Dec 9:15am	Thomas Bourne Eucharist (with Victoria School attendance)
T.16 Dec 7:15pm	Thomas Coram School Christmas Service
W.17 Dec 7:30pm	Rotary Carol Service
Th.18 Dec 9:30am	Victoria School Carol Service
F.19 Dec 12noon	Thomas Coram School End of Term Service
Sn.21 Dec 9:30am	Sung Eucharist with Sunday School Nativity
T.23 Dec 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Chiltern Chamber Choir, Monteverdi Vespers
W.24 Dec 4:00pm	Crib Service 11:30pm Midnight Mass for Christmas
Th.25 Dec	CHRISTMAS DAY

SUNDAY The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity 19^th October 2008

Hymns

Introit NEH 437

Gradual Psalm 96.1-6 see below

Offertory NEH 52

Recessional see page 3

Collect

Almighty God, who alone can bring order to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity: give your people grace so to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, among the many changes of this world, our hearts may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found; 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 Isaiah 45:1-7

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and strip kings of their robes, to open doors before him – and the gates shall not be closed: I will go before you and level the mountains, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron, I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me.

I am the LORD, and there is no other; besides me there is no god. I arm you, though you do not know me, so that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no one besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other. I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the LORD do all these things.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Psalm 96.1-6

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R O sing to the Lord a new song;
O sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to the Lord and bless his name;
tell out his salvation from day to day. R

Declare his glory among the nations
and his wonders among all peoples.

For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;
he is more to be feared than all gods. R

For all the gods of the nations are but idols;
it is the Lord who made the heavens.

Honour and majesty are before him;
power and splendour are in his sanctuary. R

Psalm 96.1-6 ¯

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity

Second Reading 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.

From Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labour of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead – Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Gospel Matthew 22:15-22

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)

When the chief priests and Pharisees had heard the parables, they realized that Jesus was speaking about them. Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?’ But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, ‘Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax.’ And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, ‘Whose head is this, and whose title?’ They answered, ‘The emperor’s.’ Then he said to them, ‘Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.’ When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Choir Anthem

A Gaelic Blessing John Rutter

Post Communion Prayer

Merciful Father, who gave Jesus Christ to be for us the bread of life, that those who come to him should never hunger: draw us to the Lord in faith and love, that we may eat and drink with him at his table in the kingdom, where he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. AMEN

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity

Recessional Hymn NEP 613

Christ triumphant, ever reigning,
Saviour, Master, King!

Lord of heaven, our lives sustaining,
hear us as we sing:

Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, the eternal name!

Word incarnate, truth revealing,
Son of Man on earth!

Power and majesty concealing
by your humble birth:

Yours the glory . . .

Suffering servant, scorned, ill-treated,
victim crucified!

Death is through the cross defeated,
sinners justified:

Yours the glory . . .

Priestly king, enthroned for ever
high in heaven above!

Sin and death and hell shall never
stifle hymns of love:

Yours the glory . . .

So, our hearts and voices raising
through the ages long,

ceaselessly upon you gazing,
this shall be our song:

Yours the glory . . .

Voluntary

Fanfare Kenneth Leighton