The Parish of Great Berkhamsted, St Peter’s Church

Registered Charity No. 1130108

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

9^th May 2010

Welcome to St Peter’s

We aim to give glory to God through Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit

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.

Tea and coffee are served in the Court House after the 9:30am service.  

All are welcome.

9:30am service details  Hymns, Psalm, Collect, Readings,
Post Communion Prayer will be found on the Insert. 
Anthems O Beatae Viae  Claudio Monteverdi
                     O Lord, increase my faith  Henry Loosemore

6:00pm Choral Evensong service details:
Responses  Ayleward Psalm 126, 127
Hymns        NEH 101, 251     Canticles  Stanford in C
Anthem O Lord, increase my faith  Henry Loosemore

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

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 9^th Easter 6 Sick & Bereaved RIP Memorial	+Rowan Cantuar, +Alan, Bishop of St Albans The Anglican Church of Korea The Rt Revd Solomon Jongmo Yoon Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Korea & Bishop of Busan Chris Billington, Judith Hill, Marjorie Bowden, Ron Peggs, Keith Dawson, Len Bennett Gwyn Rowlands, Kristin MacEwan Margaret Naisbett, Jean Meyer, Margaret Barnard, Thea Chambers
Monday 10^th John 15:26-16:4 Sick & Bereaved	Chubu - (Japan) The Rt Revd Francis Toshiaki Mori The Parish Stewardship Committee Association of Berkhamsted Churches – David Russell (chairman) Ron Peggs
Tuesday 11^th John 16: 5-11 Sick & Bereaved	Clogher - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt Revd Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson All who work in communication and in the media Teachers in our Church Schools – Victoria School and Thomas Coram School Judith Hill
Wednesday 12^th John 16: 12-15 Sick & Bereaved	Coimbatore - (South India) The Rt Revd Manickam Dorai The Swan Foyer and Youth Project Encouragement in our prayer life Chris Billington
Thursday 13^th Ascension Day Luke 24: 46-53 Sick & Bereaved	Central Philippines - (Philippines) The Rt Revd Dixie Copanut Taclobao Pilots, astronauts and those involved in aviation Those who are engaged in teaching and studying theology Keith Dawson
Friday 14^th St Matthias, Apostle John 15: 9-17 Sick & Bereaved	Colombia - (Province IX, USA) The Rt Revd Francisco Jose Duque-Gomez St Peter’s Parish Pilgrimage to Walsingham Those who suffer for their Christian belief Len Bennett
Saturday 15^th John 16:23-28 Sick & Bereaved	Colombo - (Ceylon) The Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera The Sunday School Leaders – Helen Nicholls Christian Aid collectors Marjorie Bowden
Sunday 16^th – Easter 7	Readings: Acts 16:16-34     Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21     John 17:20-26

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 9^th May		next week Sunday 16^th May
SIDESMEN	8:00am   Patrick Lepper 9:30am   David & Victoria Booth               Elizabeth Young, Ann Wallington 6:00pm   Choral Christopher Green		8:00am   Geoff Dell 9:30am   Rosemary & Tony Byrne               Joan Tierney, Anne Stead 6:00pm   Gordon Hufford
CHALICE	9:30am   Christopher Green, Ron Fisher		9:30am   3 - Paul & Beverley J, Frank Norman
CRÈCHE	9:30am   Luisa & Matthew Size, Lucy A.		9:30am   Karen W, Nicola B, Hilary O
	Sunday 9^th May	Ascension 8pm Th 13^th		Sunday 16^th May
INTERCESSOR	9:30am   Carolina Bowie	Christopher Hunt		9:30am   Mike Eller
SERVERS	8:00am   Mike Hart 9:30am   Rachel Hill MC               Alan Conway Cr               Frank Amankwah               Ted Lewis	Sam Limbert MC Chris Clegg Th Alex Evans Cr Rachel Hill Peter Matthews		8:00am   Mike Hart 9:30am   Rachel Hill MC               James Ruffell Cr               Claire Below               Francesca Gurdon
READINGS	8:00am   Anthea Lepper 9:30am   David Pearce, Joan Tierney	Christopher Green Eric Brown		8:00am   Geoff Dell 9:30am   Nicky & Alex Evans
CHURCH CLEANING 17-22 May Carole Dell, Wendy Thompson, Graham Bashford, Edmund Clarke, Miles Nicholas

Websites

Our own St Peter’s site  http://stpetersberkhamsted.org.uk

Petertide Fair site  http://www.petertidefair.org.uk

We are a Fairtrade Parish  http://www.fairtrade.org.uk

This Week’s Church Diary 

O= services where the PA Loop system is in use

SUNDAY 9^th May The Sixth of Easter	8:00am      EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr Michael Bowie 9:30am      SUNG EUCHARIST O Pr:  Fr Michael Bowie Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 4:30pm      Choir rehearsal for 6:00pm      CHORAL EVENSONG OPr: John Malcolm
Monday 10^th	9:00am      Morning Prayer	5:00pm     Evening Prayer 6:00pm     EUCHARIST
Tuesday 11^th	7:30am      Morning Prayer 9:30am      EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Road.	5:00pm     Evening Prayer 5:15pm     Choir Practice (6:15pm)
Wednesday 12^th	7:30am      Morning Prayer 8:00am      EUCHARIST	5:00pm     Evening Prayer
Thursday 13^th ASCENSION	7:30am      Morning Prayer No 11:00am Eucharist	5:00pm     Evening Prayer 7:00pm     Choir rehearsal before…. 8:00pm     EUCHARIST for the Ascension of the Lord O
Friday 14^th St Matthias	7:30am      Morning Prayer 9:15am      EUCHARIST 2:00pm      Memorial Service – Gwyn Rowlands (Canon Dick Clarkson)	5:00pm     Evening Prayer 7:00pm     Guides visit the Tower – Mike Below (9:00pm) 7:00pm     Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 15^th	9:30am      Morning Prayer 10:00am    EUCHARIST 3:00pm     Organ/piano: Jon Lee (5:00pm)	5:00pm     Evening Prayer
SUNDAY 16^th May The Seventh of Easter	8:00am      EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr John Russell 9:30am      SUNG EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr John Russell Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6:00pm      EVENSONG & Sermon Pr: John Malcolm

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 Fourth Berkhamsted Brownies 6:00-7:15pm Court House. Carolina Bowie 864194
Tuesday	Chuckles Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’ with 10:15am Service Our Hidden Friend. Jenny Wells 870981
Wednesday	Julian Meeting 11:30am 57 Meadow Rd.  Half hour of quiet prayer.  Jenny Wells 870981 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
Saturday	Association of Berkhamsted Churches Prayer Breakfast  8:00am at Sunnyside Church
Sun 16^th	Donutz  after the 9:30 service in the Court House

Future Dates at St Peter’s unless otherwise stated

St 22 May    7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Dacorum Symphony Orchestra (Tom Loten)
T 1 Jun       8:00pm	Occasional Secret Lives Talk: Chrichton Limbert Look behind you, Lady Chapel
Th 3 Jun      8:00pm	Corpus Christi  Solemn Eucharist
St 5 Jun       7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia concert
St 12 Jun     10-3pm	Petertide Fair
St 19 Jun     8:00pm	The Cowper Society presents:  Petertide Event - Chris Garrick Jazz Quartet concert
St 26 Jun     7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents:  Petertide Event - The Chandos Chamber Choir
Sn 27 Jun     9:30am	Patronal Festival Eucharist;  Patronal lunch;             6:00pm Patronal Festival Choral Evensong
St 3 Jul        7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents:  Petertide Event - Ashlyns Big Band. Retiring collection
Fr 9 Jul        1:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Recital Fiona Duncan violin, Kevin Vockerodt piano
St 17 Jul      2:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Workshops concert (Yvonne Brener)
Sn 22 Aug   1:00pm	Parish Picnic in Thomas Coram School grounds
St 4 Sep       7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Berkhamsted Choral Society concert

Notices

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD 8:00pm Eucharist next Thursday 13^th May

§ Christian Aid Week 9^th – 15^th May House-to-house collection and a
Market Stall on Saturday 15^th May.   Please support these and give generously.  
Together we can bring an end to poverty.  Margaret Burbidge 862139

§ BUPA London 10000 on 31^st May Sarah Dawson is running in aid of the Petertide Fair causes and looks for sponsorship either online at   http://www.justgiving.com/sarah-dawson10km
or from sponsor form available at the back of church after the 9:30am service.

§ The Hospice of St Francis urgently needs more WALKERS for their annual Fundraiser Walk With The Stars Women-only Midnight Sponsored Walk
on 19^th June.  Choice of 5 or 11 mile route.  
Please encourage friends, groups, schools etc.  Men also needed as marshals.  
Call 869555 for details or visit www.walkwiththestars.org.uk

§ St Peter's youth newsletter SPY  May edition available today.  Please pick up a copy from a Welcomer or from the church tables.  Contributions for next month to Fiona Powell   spy@greatberkhamsted.org.uk before the end of this month please.

§ All Saints’  JUNE/JULY NEWSLETTER copydate Monday 10^th May  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.

§ Saturday Coffee Bar still needs more help for about three hours once a month to help serve and clear up.   Please contact Kathie Lally 863526. 

§ The Parish Collection for Christopher Bishop of Hertford totalled £200. 
Many thanks.

§ The Petertide May Dinner held at the Gatsby last Tuesday 4^th May raised £1,300.
Thanks to all those who took part.

The Cowper Society presents at St Peter’s:
THE DACORUM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SATURDAY 22^nd  MAY AT 7:30pm
Elgar ’Cello concerto,  Dvorak Symphony no. 8   Conductor Tom Loten.
tickets: £10/£7 under 18s free from B’sted Arts & Crafts, Lwr Kings Rd, or Tkt Sec 01525 229330

Parish Administrator Due to a retirement, we shall shortly be looking for a new Parish Administrator.  Please see the notice board in the West End for details

PEW LEAFLET notices, copy ready& rota swaps by 2pm Wednesday please: 
The Parish Office, The Court House, Berkhamsted   HP4 2AX
 email ChurchOffice@greatberkhamsted.org.uk tel 878227
PARISH OFFICE hours this week:  9:30am-5pm Tue & Wed;  9:30am-12noon Thu & Fri.

SUNDAY   The Sixth of Easter                                        9^th May 2010

Hymns NEH

Introit   401

Gradual   Psalm 67  see below

Offertory   310

Recessional   381

Collect

God our redeemer, you have delivered us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:  grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy;  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 Acts 16:9-15

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

During the night Paul had a vision:  there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying,  ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’  When he had seen the vision,  we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.  

We set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony.   We remained in this city for some days.   On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there.   A certain woman named Lydia, a worshipper of God, was listening to us;  she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth.   The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul.   When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying,  ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,  come and stay at my home.’  And she prevailed upon us

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply  Thanks be to God)

Psalm  67

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R Let the peoples praise you, O God, let all the peoples praise you

God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us,

that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations. 

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. R

O let the nations rejoice and be glad, for you will judge the peoples righteously and govern the nations upon earth. 

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. R

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase, and God, our own God, will bless us.

God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. R

Psalm  67    ¯

Second Reading  Revelation 21:10, 22- 22:5

A reading from the book of Revelation

In the spirit the angel carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.   And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.   The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.   Its gates will never be shut by day – and there will be no night there.   People will bring into it the glory and the honour of the nations.   But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,  bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb  through the middle of the street of the city.   On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month;  and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.   Nothing accursed will be found there any more.   But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him;  they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.   And there will be no more night;  they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign for ever and ever.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply  Thanks be to God)

Gospel  John 14:23-29

The Lord be with you 

(Reply  And also with you)

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

(Reply  Glory to you, O Lord)

Jesus said to his disciples:  ‘Those who love me will keep my word,  and my Father will love them,  and we will come to them and make our home with them.  Whoever does not love me does not keep my words;  and the word that you hear is not mine,  but is from the Father who sent me.

I have said these things to you while I am still with you.  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,  whom the Father will send in my name,  will teach you everything,  and remind you of all that I have said to you.  Peace I leave with you;  my peace I give to you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled,  and do not let them be afraid.  You heard me say to you,  “I am going away, and I am coming to you.”  If you loved me,  you would rejoice that I am going to the Father,  because the Father is greater than I.  And now I have told you this before it occurs,  so that when it does occur, you may believe.’

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply  Praise to you, O Christ)

Post Communion Prayer

God our redeemer, you have delivered us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:  grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life, so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy;  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