The Parish of Great Berkhamsted

St Peter’s Church

Registered Charity No. 1130108

The Baptism of Christ

10^th January 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, Pathfinders and Crèche run in the Court House from 9:30am. Children are welcome to stay in the service. There are activity bags available for children to take with them to the pews.

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.
Anthem A New Year Carol Benjamin Britten

Voluntary Sundance Bob Chilcott

6:00pm Choral Evensong service details:

Responses Plainsong Psalms 46, 47 Hymns NEH 58, 44

Canticles Plainsong Anthem From the Rising of the Sun FAG Ouseley

Voluntary Chorale Prelude Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern Dietrich Buxtehude

For all pastoral matters please contact

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

Fr John Pritchard Assistant Curate tel. 01442 870016 email johnapritchard@hotmail.co.uk

Notices

§ Gwen Roberts would like to thank the many people who have expressed sympathy, and those who attended Tony Roberts’ Requiem Mass last Tuesday or contributed in any way, especially the choir who sang so beautifully

The Cowper Society presents COWPER SOCIETY WINTER TALKS
8:00pm in THE COURT HOUSE (except *)
MONDAY 25^th JANUARY
FORTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHING ANTIQUES JP GATES

Also Monday 1^st February A Local Parish Scandal Michael Soole QC
*Tuesday 9^th February
John Henry Newman Monsignor Roderick Strange in St Peter’s
Monday 22^nd February Geographical Globes Bill Willett
Monday 8^th March Stonehenge-Its Archaeology & Geology CP Green

§ All Saints’ FEB/MAR NEWSLETTER copydate tomorrowMonday 11^th January. Please 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. The Newsletter is produced with the help of Audrey Hope and Ruth Treves Brown

§ FAIRTRADE: At St Peter’s the monthly stall is being discontinued. Henceforth there will be occasional Fairtrade stalls at St Peter’s. Angela is happy to bring previously ordered Fairtrade items to church on any Sunday. Angela Morris 866992, e-mail angela.morris17@tiscali.co.uk. The new catalogue will available next month

§ CHESHAM BOIS CATHOLIC PLAYERS Beauty and the Beast
16, 17, 22 & 23 January at The Elgiva, Chesham. Box Office 01494 582900

§ GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUP MONTHLY LUNCH 12:30pm Wednesday 21^st January 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

§ SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE in the Court House
MORE HELPERS NEEDED please to help one Sunday a month.
Please speak to Barbara Conway 865798

§ PARISH REPORTS The APCM is not until Sunday 18^th April this year and the deadline for reports will be Monday 1^st March.

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 10^th Baptism of The Lord Sick & Bereaved RIP Memorial	+Rowan Cantuar, +Alan, Bishop of St Albans, The Church of Bangladesh The Rt Revd Paul Sishir Sarkar Moderator, Church of Bangladesh & Bishop of Kushtia Chris Billington, Judith Hill, Marjorie Bowden, Ron Peggs, Keith Dawson, Lynette Morris Hilary Talbot-Ponsonby Mary Draper, Fr Stephen Wells, Paul Beard
Monday 11^th Sick & Bereaved	Aguata - (Province of the Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Christian Ogochukwu Efobi Rotary Berkhamsted Bulbourne Relationships between Israel and Palestine Ron Peggs
Tuesday 12^th St Aelred of Rievaulx Mark 1: 21-28 Sick & Bereaved	Ahoada - (Province of Niger Delta, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Clement Ekpeye Ashlyns School, James Shapland – Head Teacher War zones and places of conflict Judith Hill
Wednesday 13^th St Hilary Mark 1: 29-39 Sick & Bereaved	Ajayi - Crowther - (Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Olukemi Oduntan Thomas Coram Middle School - Ed Delasalle – Head Teacher Those going through divorce proceedings or whose relationships are breaking down Chris Billington
Thursday 14^th Mark 1: 40-end Sick & Bereaved	Akoko - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Gabriel Akinbolarin Akinbiyi Victoria First School – appointment of Head Teacher Youth work in the Parish of St Peter’s Great Berkhamsted Keith Dawson
Friday 15th Mark 2: 1-12 Sick & Bereaved	Akoko Edo - (Province of Bendel, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Jolly Oyekpen The Royal British Legion Berkhamsted – The Reverend Mike Eggleton - Chaplain The Roman Catholic Church, Benedict – Bishop of Rome
Saturday 16^th Mark 2: 13-17 Sick & Bereaved	Akure - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Michael Ipinmoye All Saints Church Berkhamsted – The Reverend Caroline Weaver The People and Church in Zimbabwe Marjorie Bowden
Sun 17^th 2 of Epiphany	Readings Isaiah 62:1-5 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 John 2: 1-11

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 10^th January	Next week Sunday 17^th January
SIDESMEN	8:00am Geoff Dell 9:30am Michael & Barbara McKenna Barbara Conway, Liz Bellamy 6:00pm Choral Christopher Green	8:00am Elizabeth Jackson 9:30am Elinor & Michael Mumford Tony & Mandy Bailey 6:00pm John Cook
INTERCESSOR	9:30am Carolina Bowie	9:30am Margaret Burbidge
CHALICE	9:30am Rachael A, Jane B, Carolina B	9:30am Michael Anderson, Tony B, Barbara C
SERVERS	8:00am David Northcott 9:30am Alan Conway MC, Alex Evans Cr Ron Fisher, Ted Lewis	8:00am Mike Hart 9:30am Peter Mathews MC, Simon Good Cr Madelyn Dell, Katya Khazaneh`
READINGS	8:00am Geoff Dell 9:30am Joanne Byrne, Dennis Bellaby	8:00am Patrick Lepper 9:30am Alan & Barbara Conway
CRÈCHE	9:30am Karen Walker, Nicola B, Hilary O	9:30am Kate Rennie, Rebekah P, Zoe Doyle
CHURCH CLEANING 11-16 Jan Carole Dell, Wendy Thompson, Graham Bashford, Edmund Clarke, Miles Nicholas

PEW LEAFLET notices, copy ready: 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.

Website: http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

This Week’s Diary

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

SUNDAY 10^th January BAPTISM OF THE LORD	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Canon Anthony Lathe) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (F Michael Bowie) Pr Canon Anthony Lathe Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 4:30pm Choir practice for …. 6:00pm CHORAL EVENSONG & Sermon O(John Malcolm) Pr Richard Hackworth
Monday 11^th	9:00am Morning Prayer	5:00pm Evening Prayer 6:00pm EUCHARIST
Tuesday 12^th St Aelred of Rievaulx	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Road.	5:00pm Evening Prayer 5:15pm Choir Practice (6:15pm)
Wednesday 13^th St Hilary	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer
Thursday 14^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 11:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:55pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door
Friday 15^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:15am EUCHARIST 2:30pm Funeral - Dennis Shirley	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 16^th	9:30am Morning Prayer 10:00am EUCHARIST	3:00pm Organ/piano: Jon Lee (5:00pm) 5:00pm Evening Prayer
SUNDAY 17^th January The 2^nd of Epiphany	8:00am EUCHARIST O(Fr John Russell) 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O (Fr Michael Bowie) Pr Fr John Russell Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6:00pm EVENING PRAYER - said with Sermon (Fr Michael Bowie)

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

Monday	Prayers for our Schools 9:00am –10:00am The Breukelman Room, Sunnyside Church. Please let us know of any prayer requests. Marjorie Davies 01494 783034. The Fourth Berkhamsted Brownies start again next Monday 18^thJanuary 6:00-7:15pm in the Court House. Carolina Bowie 864194
Tuesday	Chuckles Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’ with 10:15am Songs Jenny Wells 870981
Wednesday	Pathfinder Games Club (yrs 5-8) 7–8:30pm Court House. The Revd Penny Nash 865217
Thursday	Home Group 8:00pm. Janet & Michael Eller 875466
Friday	Little Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House. Tracy Robinson 863559

Future Dates at St Peter’s unless otherwise stated

M. 25 Jan 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Forty Years of Photographing Antiques JP Gates- Crt Hse
St 30 Jan 10:30am	Bellringing – Full Peal (2:00pm)
Sun 31 Jan 9:30pm	Sung Eucharist for the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
M. 1^st Feb 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: A Local Parish Scandal Michael Soole QC, Court House
T. 9 Feb 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: John Henry Newman Monsignor Roderick Strange-St Peter’s
F. 12 Feb 1:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Lunchtime Recital – Takami Weaver piano
St 13 Feb 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Music Society London Concertante Octet
Sn 14 Feb 6:00pm	Choral Evensong
W. 17 Feb 8:00pm	Solemn Eucharist for Ash Wednesday
M. 22 Feb 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Geographical Globes Bill Willett, Court House
Sat 27 Feb 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Society Fauré Favourites
St 6 Mar 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia
M. 8 Mar 8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Stonehenge-Its Archaeology & Geology CP Green, Crt Hse
St 13 Mar 3:00pm	District Bellringing (8:00pm)
Sn 14 Mar 6:00pm	Mothering Choral Evensong
Sn 28 Mar 6:30pm	Palm Sunday: The Cowper Society presents: Chiltern C. Choir Mozart Mass in C minor
M 29 Mar 7:30/8pm	Monday in Holy Week: 7:30pm Eucharist & 8:00pm Liturgy of Penitence & Healing
T 30 Mar 7:30/8pm	Tuesday in Holy Week: 7:30pm Eucharist & 8:00pm Stations of the Cross
W 31 Mar 7:30/8pm	Wednesday in Holy Week: 7:30pm Eucharist & 8:00pm Tenebrae
Th 1 Apr 8:00pm	Maundy Thursday: Sung Eucharist of the Last Supper
F 2 Apr 12noon	Good Friday: Three hour devotion (3pm)
St 3 Apr 9:00pm	Easter Eve: The Easter Vigil Eucharist with Holy Baptism
Sn 4 Apr all day	Easter Day: 8:00am Eucharist; 9.30am Sung Eucharist; 6:00pm Choral Evensong

SUNDAY The Baptism of Christ 10^th January2010

Hymns NEH

Introit 352

Gradual Psalm 29:1-4, 8-10 see below

Offertory 271

Recessional 339

Collect

Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit, that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children; 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 43:1–7

A reading from the prophet Isaiah Thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up,’ and to the south, ‘Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth – everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.’

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Psalm 29:1-4, 8-10

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R May the Lord bless his people with peace.

Ascribe to the Lord, you powers of heaven, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the honour due to his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. R

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon the mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is mighty in operation; the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.. R

The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe and strips the forests bare; in his temple all cry, ‘glory!’ R

The Lord sits enthroned above the water flood; the Lord sits enthroned as king for evermore. The Lord shall give strength to his people; the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. R

Psalm 29:1-4, 8-10 ¯

10^th January 2010

Second Reading Acts 8:14–17

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Gospel Luke 3:15–17, 21–22

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)

In the wilderness John proclaimed a baptism of repentance. As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’ Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Post Communion Prayer

Lord of all time and eternity, you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son: by the power of your Spirit complete the heavenly work of our rebirth through the waters of the new creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN