The Parish of Great Berkhamsted

St Peter’s Church

Mothering Sunday

22^nd March 2009

Welcome to St Peter’s Berkhamsted. If you are new to the parish or this service please introduce yourself to a “welcomer” or to 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 and Pathfinders are in church this morning, but the Crèche will 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,
Post Communion Prayer will be found on the Insert.
Choir Anthems: All Night, All Day (Spiritual) ; Prayer of Henry VI: Henry G Ley

Voluntary: Toccata from Douze Pièces Théadore Dubois

6:00pm service details: Meditative Evening Service

SOLEMN EUCHARIST OF THE ANNUNCIATION 8pm next Wednesday 25^th March

Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

Notices

DURING LENT: The last Talk of the series given by the Rector in the Lady Chapel Pillars of the Church - What is Anglicanism? Episcopacy 8:00pm Wednesday 1^st April preceded by 7:30pm Eucharist. (No Talk this Wednesday, but 8pm Eucharist– see 1^st page)
Lent Courses include the York Course 8pm Tuesdays in the Lady Chapel, led by John Malcolm.

§ The Archbishop of Canterbury’s LENT BOOK, Why go to Church? by Timothy Radcliffe (price £10) Please speak to Fr Michael 864194 if you would like a copy.

§ HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS invites you for a coffee next Friday 27^th March 10:30-12noon at The Hospice, Spring Garden Lane (off Shootersway). Come for a chat, or to find out more about us and our services. Tours & groups now need to be booked in advance (869550)

MEETING OF PARISHIONERS FOR THE ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS
11:00AM NEXT SUNDAY 29^th MARCH IN THE COURT HOUSE
immediately followed by the ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING at 11:05am. 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 09/10 PCC. Nomination forms are now 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)

PARISH REPORTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN CHURCH Please take one.
Also the completed 2009 ELECTORAL ROLL is available to view. No new names may be added until after the APCM. All sidesmen should be on the roll.

§ ANNUAL ROTA REVISIONS If you would like to be a sidesman or know that you cannot continue as sidesman until April 2010 please tell the Churchwardens before the APCM, 29^th March. Cleaning rota: It would be greatly appreciated if you would call the office (details at foot of opposite page) to add your name to one of our six teams.

§ CHRISTIAN AID LENT LUNCHES. Second Lunch: Tuesday 31^st March in the Court House from 12:00 – 1:30pm. Come for lunch and support the work of Christian Aid. "We believe in life before death". Margaret Burbidge 862139

§ REVIEW MAY copydate Friday 3^rd April - earlier receipt of copy would be appreciated. Copy to Christopher Green, 17 Cowper Rd, HP4 3DE (863241) greenc@waitrose.com

§ St Peter’s & All Saints’ EASTER HOLIDAY CLUB Tuesday 7^th April 9:30-3pm at All Saints’ Church Hall. Places limited! Book now! Pick up the form in Church & return it to Kathy Beaumont. Contacts Kathy 879565 or Helen Nicholls 873162. Cost £3.50 per child.

§ SATURDAY COURT HOUSE COFFEE BAR More help is needed either cake baking or helping in the kitchen 9-12noon. Join one of the teams one Saturday a month. Please phone to find out more. Kathie Lally 863526

The Cowper Society Presents in St Peter’s
Chiltern Chamber Choir JS BACH ST JOHN PASSION 6:30pm Sunday 5^th April
with The Bridgewater Sinfonietta leader Stuart James and Kate Semmens soprano, Jeanette Ager alto, Harry Bagnall tenor (arias), Phillip Conway-Brown tenor (Evangelist), John Bernays bass (Christus) Tickets £12/£10 under 18 free from Cole Flatt or any choir member

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 22^nd Mothering Sunday Sick & Bereaved RIP Memorial	Rowan Williams, Christopher Bp of Hertford & Alan Bp designate. Mumbai - (North India) The Rt Revd Prakash Dinkar Patole Judith Hill, Frances Pope, Chris Billington, Zoe Doyle, Christopher Morris, Debra Young John Addy, Olive Outram, Alison Jones Ralph Cousins, Florence Payne, Albert King, Richard Wiggins, Stan Dunford
Monday 23^rd John 4.43-54 Sick & Bereaved	Mumias - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Beneas Salalah Okumu Toynbee Hall, Oxford House Jean Green, Kate Perera – The Parish Office Christopher Morris
Tuesday 24^th John 5. 1-3,5-16 Sick & Bereaved	Mundri - (Sudan) The Rt Revd Bismark Monday Northern Ireland Those preparing to be married in this parish Judith Hill
Wednesday 25^th The Annunciation Sick & Bereaved	Muyinga - (Burundi) The Rt Revd Eraste Bigirimana Postal workers The Reverend Penny Nash and her family, Potten End Chris Billington
Thursday 26^th John 5: 31-47 Sick & Bereaved	Mytikyina - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd David Than Lwin Secretaries and Personal Assistants Lent lecture and groups running in the benefice Zoe Doyle
Friday 27^th John 7: 1,2,10,25-30 Sick & Bereaved	Nagpur - (North India) The Rt Revd Paul Dupare Iraq and Afghanistan The Swan Youth Project, Berkhamsted Debra Young
Saturday 28^th John 7: 4-52 Sick & Bereaved	Nairobi - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Peter Njoka Those who live with depression and other mental health problems Ashridge Business College Frances Pope
Passion Sunday 29^th	Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33

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.

NB: British Summer Time starts on 29^th March and the clocks go forward!

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 22^nd March		Next week Sunday 29^th March
SIDESMEN	8:00am Patrick Lepper 9:30am Christopher Green, Liz Bellamy Edmund Clarke, Pearl Wiggins 6:00pm Meditative EP		8:00am Geoff Dell 9:30am Eric Brown, Jane Bartholomew, Michael & Barbara McKenna 6:00pm Philippa Seldon
CHALICE	9:30am Eliz Jackson, Mike Eller, Christopher G		9:30am Paul & Beverley Jullien, John Screen
CRÈCHE	9:30am Nicola B, Hilary Ozcan, Kate Rennie		9:30am Rebekah P, Hayley Gerry, Julie W.
	Today Sunday 2^nd March	8pm Wed 25^th		Next week Sunday 29^th March
INTERCESSOR	9:30am Judith Limbert	John Cook		9:30am N/A
SERVERS	8:00am Chris Clegg 9:30am David Northcott (MC) Ron Fisher (Cr) Ted Lewis, Claire Below	Rachel Hill (MC) Simon Good (Th) Alex Evans (Cr) Mike Hart, Will Morgan		8:00am Alan Conway 9:30am Chris Clegg(MC) Ron Fisher (Cr) Claire Below, Ted Lewis
READINGS	8:00am Elizabeth Prosser 9:30am Beatrice L, June Haile	Pat Hunt		8:00am Geoff Dell 9:30am David P, Tony Roberts
CHURCH CLEANING 23-28Mar Carole Dell, Wendy Thompson, Graham Bashford, Edmund Clarke, Miles N, Paul J

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.

This Week’s Diary

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

SUNDAY 22^nd March Mothering Sunday	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie) Preacher John Malcolm 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie) Preacher John Malcolm Crèche, but Sunday School & Pathfinders in church 11:30am HOLY BAPTISM 3:00pm Confirmation class for young people (4pm), Fr John Pritchard, Jimmy Young 6:00pm MEDITATIVE EVENING PRAYER O (Fr John Russell)
Monday 23^rd	7:30am Morning Prayer	5:00pm Evening Prayer 6:00pm EUCHARIST
Tuesday 24^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Rd.	5:00pm Evening Prayer 5:15pm Choir Practice (6:15pm) 8:00pm York Course (Lady Chapel)
Wednesday 25^th ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST 5:00pm Evening Prayer	7.15pm Choir rehearsal before .... 8:00pm SUNG EUCHARIST of the Annunciation O
Thursday 26^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 11:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:45pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door
Friday 27^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:15am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 28^th	9:30am Morning Prayer 10:00am EUCHARIST 10:30am Bellringing: Full Peal (2:00pm)	3:00pm Organ/piano: Jon Lee (5:00pm) 5:00pm Evening Prayer
SUNDAY 29^th March PASSION SUNDAY	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr Michael Bowie) Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 3:00pm Confirmation class for young people (4pm), Fr John Pritchard, Jimmy Young 6:00pm EVENSONG & Sermon O (John Malcolm)

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

Tuesday	Chuckles Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’ with 10:15am Service The Real Story of Easter Jenny Wells 870981 Mothers’ Union Prayers 2:30pm at Audrey Faunce’s, 108 Valley Road, Northchurch. Prayer requests to 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 The Court House. Jimmy Young 384929
Thursday	Home Group 8:00pm. Linda Bisset 862115
Friday	Little Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House. Carrie Wegener 865015
Sunday 29^th	Annual Parochial Church Meeting 11:00am : Court House

Future Dates at St Peter’s unless otherwise stated

Th. 2 Apr 9:30am	Victoria School Palm Sunday Service
F. 3 Apr 12noon	Thomas Coram School End of Term Service
Sn 5 Apr 6:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Chiltern Chamber Choir St John Passion JS Bach
6/7/8Apr 7:30&8pm	Eucharist & Services for Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday in Holy Week
T 7 Apr 10am-3pm	Easter Holiday Club at All Saints’
Th 9 Apr 8:00pm	Maundy Thursday Eucharist of the Last Supper
F. 10 Apr 12nn-3pm	Three hours Liturgy of Good Friday
St 11 Apr 9:00pm	Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil with Holy Baptism
Sn 12 Apr 9:30am	Easter Day – Sung Eucharist 6:00pm Choral Evensong
Th 16 - Sn 19 April	Parish Outing for St Peter’s Choir Easter Week in Venice
Sn 26 Apr 3:00pm	Mayoral Service – Choral Evensong
T. 28 Apr 8:00pm	Parochial Church Council, Court House
F. 1 May 6:15am 1:00pm	Cowper Society presents Madrigals from the tower followed by Court House breakfast The Cowper Society presents: Lunchtime Recital Margaret Richards viola de gamba
Sn 17 May 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Society
Th 21 May 8:00pm	Sung Eucharist for the Ascension of the Lord
St 6 Jun 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia with Chiltern Chamber Choir
Sn 7 Jun 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents – A Charity Concert of Claire Goodwin
Th. 11 Jun 8:00pm	Corpus Christi Sung Eucharist, Procession & Benediction
St.13 Jun 10am-3pm	Petertide Fair
Sn 21 Jun 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Chris Garrick & friends with Jazz in aid of Petertide Fair

SUNDAY Mothering Sunday 22^nd March 2009

Hymns NEH

Introit 381

Gradual Psalm 127 see below

Offertory 137

Recessional 185

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

First Reading 1 Samuel 1:20–28

A reading from the first book of Samuel.

Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, ‘I have asked him of the LORD.’

The man Elkanah and all his household went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and to pay his vow. But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, ‘As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the LORD, and remain there for ever; I will offer him as a nazirite for all time.’ Her husband Elkanah said to her, ‘Do what seems best to you, wait until you have weaned him; only – may the LORD establish his word.’ So the woman remained and nursed her son, until she weaned him. When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh; and the child was young. Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli. And she said, ‘Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the LORD. For this child I prayed; and the LORD has granted me the petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives, he is given to the LORD.’ She left him there for the LORD.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Psalm 127

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R Children are a heritage from the Lord.

Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labour in vain.

Unless the Lord keeps the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain. R

It is in vain that you hasten to rise up early
and go so late to rest, eating the bread of toil, for he gives his beloved sleep. R

Children are a heritage from the Lord
and the fruit of the womb is his gift.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
so are the children of one’s youth. R

Happy are those who have their quiver full of them: they shall not be put to shame when they dispute with their enemies in the gate. R

Psalm 127 ¯

Second Reading Colossians 3.12–17

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians.

As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Refrain for the Gospel Acclamation

Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory

Gospel Luke 2:33–35

The Lord be with you

(Reply And also with you)

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according Luke

(Reply Glory to you, O Lord)

The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about Jesus. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed – and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Post Communion Prayer

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