The Parish of Great Berkhamsted

St Peter’s Church

A Registered Charity

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity

30^th August 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.

There will be no Sunday School, Pathfinders or Crèche today. 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 Evening Prayer said Psalm: 119:1-40

For all pastoral matters please contact

Fr Michael Bowie Rector tel. 01442 864194 email Rector@greatberkhamsted.org.uk

Fr John Pritchard Assistant Curate is not on duty this week

Notices

HOLY COMMUNION DURING THE SWINE ’FLU PANDEMIC

Following directions given to the Clergy by the Archbishop of Canterbury, only the person presiding at the Eucharist will receive Communion in both kinds (bread and wine). For the foreseeable future, all the Congregation, including those who assist at the altar, will receive only the wafer – the bread. The Clergy want to emphasize that when Communion is received only in one kind, the fullness of the Sacrament is received.

PETERTIDE BAG PHOTO COMPETITION REMINDER
The closing date for the competition is TOMORROW 31^st August! Judith Limbert 873626

§ Tuesday Club 7:45pm Court House : Jill Carey: People of the Canyon Walls Arizona and Colorado. This is our first meeting of the new season and we extend a warm welcome to anyone who would like to join us. Barbara McKenna 871159

§ REVIEW OCTOBER COPYDATE is NEXT Friday 4^th September but earlier receipt of copy would be appreciated. Copy to Christopher Green, 17 Cowper Rd, HP4 3DE (863241), email: greenc@waitrose.com

§ All Saints’ OCT/NOV NEWSLETTER copydate Monday 7^th September Please continue to send 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, for processing. A reduced version is being produced with the help of Audrey Hope and Ruth Treves Brown.

§ FAIRTRADE STALLS at All Saints’ next Sunday 6^th September but not at St Peter’s until Sunday 13^th September. The new Autumn Catalogue is available to borrow at any time. All Fairtrade enquires to Angela 866992

§ CHILDREN’S SOCIETY COFFEE MORNING Please join us for coffee at the Court House on Tuesday 8^th September 10:00am-12noon as part of the National Coffee Morning in aid of The Children’s Society.

BEDS & HERTS HISTORIC CHURCHES SPONSORED BIKE’N HIKE
10:00am - 6:00pm Saturday 12^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

§ RAISE FUNDS FOR THE HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS A few of many ideas - join a Sponsored 'Go Ape' in Wendover Woods, organise a 'Donate Don't Dump D-Day', or sponsor the friend of a former patient to climb a Russian mountain. More information on the Hospice website www.stfrancis.org.uk.

§ LITTLE FISHES need help Friday mornings for a couple of hours to be one of a pair on the rota to provide drinks for children and adults once in 3 or 4 weeks. Tracy R 863559

The Cowper Society presents in September

Saturday 19^th at 7:30pm Berkhamsted Choral Society Pergolesi Stabat Mater.
Programme includes works by Purcell, Stanford, Bairstow. Tickets £10/£5 under 16s free

Saturday 26^th at 7:30pm Bridgewater Sinfonia Mendelssohn Overture: a Midsummer Nights’ Dream, R Strauss Suite for 13 Winds, Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K622 David Campbell clarinet, Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn. Tickets £12/£10 under 18s free

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 30th

TRINITY 12

Sick & Bereaved

RIP

Memorial

+Rowan Williams, +Alan, Bishop of St Albans

The Most Revd Dr John Chew Archbishop of South East Asia & Bishop of Singapore.

Chris Billington, Judith Hill, Debra Young, Marjorie Bowden, Ron Peggs, Kath Allen

Sylvia Curtis

Emrys Jones, Joan Sheldon, Neil Bisset, Ena Smith

Monday 31st

Luke 4: 16-30

Sick & Bereaved

Sittwe - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd Barnabas Theaung Hawi

The Catering Committee: Rosemary Byrne

Those in the property market, buying and selling

Ron Peggs

Tuesday

1st September

Luke 4: 31-37

Sick & Bereaved

Sodor & Man - (York, England) The Rt Revd Robert Paterson

Preparations for Back to Church Sunday

Preparations for 2012 Olympics

Judith Hill

Wednesday 2nd

Martyrs of Papua New Guinea

Luke 4: 38-end

Sick & Bereaved

Sokoto - (Province of Kaduna, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Augustine Omole

Association of Christian Teachers, all teachers

Those preparing to attend university

Chris Billington

Thursday 3rd

S Gregory the Great

Luke 5:1-11

Sick & Bereaved

Soroti - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Charles Bernard Obaikol-Ebitu

Those who receive communion at home in Berkhamsted

Ambassadors appointed to the United Kingdom

Kath Allen

Friday 4th

S Cuthbert

Luke 5: 33-end

Sick & Bereaved

South Carolina - (Province IV, USA) The Rt Revd Mark Lawrence

Chrichton Limbert preparing to start ordination training

Government; its integrity and honesty

Debra Young

Saturday 5th

Luke 6: 1-5

Sick & Bereaved

South Dakota - (Province VI, USA) The Rt Revd Creighton L Robertson

The Reverend Penny Nash and her family

Holy Trinity Church, Potten End

Marjorie Bowden

13 after Trinity

Isaiah 35:4-7a James 2:1-10, 14-17 Mark 7:24-end

*ST PETER’S*	*Today Sunday 30^th August*	*Next week Sunday 6^th September*
SIDESMEN	8:00am Stephen Wade 9:30am Barbara & Ron Fisher Helen Pope, Pamela Pennock 6:00pm EP said	8:00am Patrick Lepper 9:30am Bernard & June Haile, Judith Limbert, Simon Lawson 6:00pm EP said
INTERCESSOR	9:30am John Cook	9:30am Baptism – No Intercessor needed
CHALICE	No assistants needed until further notice	9:30am
SERVERS	8:00am Mike Hart 9:30am Rachel Hill MC, Simon Good Cr Francesca Gurdon, James Ruffell	8:00am Alan Conway 9:30am Sam Limbert MC, David Northcott Cr Claire Below, Katya Khazaneh
READINGS	8:00am Patrick Lepper 9:30am David & Marion Crawley	8:00am Janet Eller 9:30am June Haile, Ron Fisher
CRÈCHE	9:30am No crèche	9:30am Nicola Beadle, Hilary O., Kate Rennie
CHURCH CLEANING 31Aug-5Sept Marjorie B’s team: Clare Nelson, Philippa Seldon, Ruth Kemp, Hayley G, Fiona P

PEW LEAFLET notices, in writing: The Parish Office, The Court House, Berkhamsted HP4 2AX
email ChurchOffice@greatberkhamsted.org.uk tel.878227 & rota swaps by am Wednesday please
PARISH OFFICE hours this week: 9:30am-1:00pm Tue & Wed; 9:30am-12noon Thu & Fri.

Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

This Week’s Diary

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

SUNDAY 30^th August

The Twelfth after Trinity

8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie)

9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr John Russell) Pr Fr Michael Bowie
Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders

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

Monday 31^st

BANK HOLIDAY - No Services

Tuesday 1^st September

7:30am Morning Prayer

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

5:00pm Evening Prayer

No Choir Practice

Wednesday 2^nd

The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea

7:30am Morning Prayer

8:00am EUCHARIST

5:00pm Evening Prayer

Thursday 3^rd

St Gregory the Great

No Morning Prayer

11:00am EUCHARIST

No Evening Prayer

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

Friday 4^th

7:30am Morning Prayer

9:15am EUCHARIST

10:00am Service Little Fishes

5:00pm Evening Prayer

7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)

Saturday 5^th

9:30am Morning Prayer

10:00am EUCHARIST

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

5:00pm Evening Prayer

SUNDAY 6^th September

The Thirteenth after Trinity

8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr Michael Bowie)

9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST & HOLY BAPTISM O (Fr John Pritchard)
Pr Fr John Russell. Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders starting with breakfast

6:00pm EVENING PRAYER - said (Fr John Pritchard)

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

Tuesday

Tuesday Club 7:45pm Court House : Jill Carey: People of the Canyon Walls Arizona and Colorado. Barbara McKenna 871159

Friday

Little Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House with Service 10:00am St Peter’s.
Tracy Robinson 863559

Sunday 6^th

Sundays Together Lunch: 1:00pm The Court House. Elizabeth Jackson 864382

Installation of The Revd Penny Nash, new Team Vicar, 3:00pm Holy Trinity Potten End

Future Dates at St Peter’s unless otherwise stated

St 12 Sep 10:00am 10:30am	Beds and Herts Historic Churches’ Sponsored Bike Ride (ends 6pm) Bellringing – District Bellringers (12noon)
St 19 Sep 7:30pm	Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Society
St 26 Sep 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia
Sn 27 Sep 9:30am	Back to Church Sunday
F. 2 Oct 1:00pm	Cowper Society presents: Recital The Rainbow Quintet (John Reader) playing Trout Quintet
Sn 4 Oct 9:30am	Harvest Festival Eucharist followed by Harvest Lunch in the Court House
T.13 Oct 8:00pm	Parochial Church Council, Court House
St 24 Oct 7:00pm	Bellringing – District Bellringers (9:00pm)
M. 2 Nov 8:00pm	All Souls’ Solemn Requiem
F. 13 Nov 1:00pm	Cowper Society presents: Recital Anna Markland piano, Catherine Van der Geest violin
St 14 Nov 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia
St 21 Nov 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Music Society Stephen Osborne piano
Sn 22 Nov 6:00pm	St Cecilia Choral Evensong
Sn 29 Nov 6:00pm	Advent Carol Service
M. 30 Nov 8:00pm	The Consecration of the New Lady Chapel Altar
Sn 6 Dec 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Society
T.8 Dec 8:00pm	Parochial Church Council, Court House
W. 23 Dec 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Chiltern Chamber Choir

SUNDAY The 12^th Sunday after Trinity 30^th August 2009

Hymns NEH

Introit 437

Gradual 456

Offertory 272

Recessional 413

Collect

Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than either we desire or deserve: pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask but through the merits and mediation of 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 Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9

A reading from the book of Deuteronomy.

Moses spoke to the people; he said: So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of the LORD your God with which I am charging you.

You must observe them diligently, for this will show your wisdom and discernment to the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and discerning people!’ For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is whenever we call to him? And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?

But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children’s children.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Second Reading James 1:17–27

A reading from the letter of James.

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. In fulfilment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; for your anger does not produce God’s righteousness. Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.

But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act – they will be blessed in their doing. If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Gospel Mark 7:1–8, 14–15, 21–23

The Lord be with you

(Reply And also with you)

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark

(Reply Glory to you, O Lord)

When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, ‘Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?’

Jesus said to them,

‘Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites,

as it is written,

“This people honours me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from me;

in vain do they worship me,

teaching human precepts as doctrines.”

You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.’

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Post Communion Prayer

God of all mercy, in this Eucharist you have set aside our sins and given us your healing: grant that we who are made whole in Christ may bring that healing to this broken world, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN