The Parish of Great Berkhamsted, St Peter’s Church

Registered Charity No. 1130108

The First Sunday after Trinity

6^th June 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.

There will be no Sunday School, Pathfinders or Crèche today, but 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.
Anthem: All People that on Earth do dwell Thomas Tallis

6:00pm service details Evening Prayer with sermon
Psalm 44 Hymns NEH 241, 239

For all pastoral matters please contact
Fr Michael Bowie Rector tel. 01442 864194 email Rector@greatberkhamsted.org.uk

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 6^th Trinity One Sick & Bereaved RIP Memorial	+Rowan Cantuar, +Alan, Bishop of St Albans La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico The Most Revd Carlos Touche-Porter Presiding Bishop of La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico & Bishop of Mexico Chris Billington, Judith Hill, Marjorie Bowden, Ron Peggs, Keith Dawson, Keith. Theresa Carter, June Lodge Martin Cowley, Ray Curzon-Swallow
Monday 7^th Matthew 5: 1-12 Sick & Bereaved	Delhi - (North India) The Rt Revd Sunil Kumar Singh Those who are bereaved Canon Anthony Lathe, Canon Basil Jones, Canon John Kirkby (Retired Clergy) Ron Peggs
Tuesday 8^th Matthew 5: 13-16 Sick & Bereaved	Derby - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Alastair Redfern The appointment of a Parish Priest to the Gaddesdens and Nettleden Our friends and those who support us in our daily life Judith Hill
Wednesday 9^th S Columba Matthew 5: 17-19 Sick & Bereaved	Derry & Raphoe - (Armagh, Ireland) The Rt Revd Kenneth Raymond Good RNIB – Those who are blind and partially sighted Rosemary Byrne and the catering team at St Peter’s Chris Billington
Thursday 10^th Matthew 5: 20-26 Sick & Bereaved	Dhaka - (Bangladesh) The Rt Revd Michael S Baroi Local Police and Community Support Officers The Samaritans Keith Dawson
Friday 11^th Sacred Heart of Jesus John 15: 12-17 Sick & Bereaved	Diocese in Europe - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell St Albans Abbey, The Dean and Chapter The Church and People of Zimbabwe Keith
Saturday 12^th Immaculate heart of Mary Matthew 5: 33-37 Sick & Bereaved	Eastern Kowloon - (Hong Kong) The Rt Revd Louis Tsui All the volunteers, contributors and supporters of the Petertide Fair BerkoAstro and The Karunashraya Hospice Judith Limbert – Chairman of the Petertide Fair Committee Marjorie Bowden
Sunday – 13^th June	Readings: 2 Samuel 11:26–12:10, 13–15 Galatians 2:15–21 Luke 7:36–8:3

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 6^th June	Next week Sunday 13^th June
SIDESMEN	8:00am Frank Allum 9:30am Barbara & Ron Fisher Mark & Ulrike Grego 6:00pm Susan Holmes	8:00am Stephen Wade 9:30am Kate & Tim Hennessey Liz Pearce, Barbara Northcott 6:00pm Barbara Conway
INTERCESSOR	9:30am Young People	9:30am Elizabeth Jackson
CHALICE	9:30am Michael Anderson, Jane Bartholomew	9:30am Carolina Bowie, Tony B, Mike E (3)
SERVERS	8:00am Mike Hart 9:30am Sam Limbert MC, James Ruffell Cr Francesca Gurdon, Claire Below	8:00am Alan Conway 9:30am David Northcott MC, Chris Clegg Cr Jordan Dell, Katya Khazaneh
READINGS	8:00am Patrick Lepper 9:30am Young People	8:00am Elizabeth Jackson 9:30am Miles Nicholas, June Haile
CRÈCHE	9:30am No crèche – half term	9:30am Julie W, Jenny J, Rachel D
CHURCH CLEANING 7-12 Jun Alan & Barbara Conway, Marion Allum, Patrick Lepper, Fiona Powell, Janet Harris

Petertide Fair is 12^th June and the cleaning group this week is encouraged to help clean up after the Fair or do their stint next week.

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 6^th June The First after Trinity	8:00am EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr John Pritchard 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST Youth ServiceO Pr: Kishore Rao, Non-medical Director of Karunashraya Hospice, Bangalore No Crèche, Sunday School or Pathfinders 6:00pm EVENING PRAYER – said
Monday 7^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 10:30am Victoria School Assembly (11am)	5:30pm Evening Prayer 6:00pm EUCHARIST
Tuesday 8^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Road.	5:00pm Evening Prayer 5:15pm Choir Practice (6:15pm)
Wednesday 9^th St Columba	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer
Thursday 10^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 11:00am EUCHARIST 12noon Funeral – June Lodge	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:55pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door
Friday 11^th SACRED HEART OF JESUS	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:15am EUCHARIST 9:45am Petertide Fair Preparations (all day)	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 12^th Immaculate Heart of Mary	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST 8:30am Setting up Fair (10:00am)	10:00am PETERTIDE FAIR (3:00pm) 3:00pm Clearing the Fair 5:00pm Evening Prayer
SUNDAY 13^th June The Second after Trinity	8:00am EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr John Pritchard 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O Pr: Canon Anthony Lathe Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 4:30pm Choir: Practice for 6:00pm CHORAL EVENSONG Pr: Fr Michael Bowie

Other Church Activities No Sunday@5 5:00pm Sunnyside Church (Half term)

Sunday	Sundays Together Lunch: 1:00pm The Court House. Elizabeth Jackson 864382
Monday	Fourth Berkhamsted Brownies 6:00-7:15pm 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	No Little Fishes Toddlers : Court House occupied for Fair preparation

Future Dates at St Peter’s unless otherwise stated

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 School Orchestra & choir
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
St 18 Sep 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia concert
Fr 8 Oct 1:00pm	The Cowper Society presents: Recital Rainbow Ensemble John Reader piano (6 players)
St 16 Oct 11:00am 7:00pm	Berkhamsted Arts Festival: Come and Sing Berkhamsted Choral Society Visiting Bellringers (9:00pm)
Sn 17 Oct 7:30pm	Berkhamsted Arts Festival: Bridgewater Sinfonia concert with Leon Bosch
Sn 24 Oct 7:30pm	Berkhamsted Arts Festival: Cowper Society Poetry Reading Wartime Poets
St 30 Oct 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Gaudeamus concert
Tu 2 Nov 8:00pm	Service: Requiem for All Souls
St 20 Nov 7:30pm	The Cowper Society presents: Bridgewater Sinfonia concert
Sn 21 Nov 6:00pm	St Cecilia Choral Evensong
St 27 Nov 2-5pm	Advent Workshop

Notices

PETERTIDE FAIR SATURDAY 12^th JUNE 10am-3pm in and around St Peter’s

§ Raffle Mailing – stubs, money or unsold tickets are due back TODAY 6^th June

§ Petertide Art Exhibition to display a painting or drawings please contact Penny Abbott 873205. Bring to church framed or mounted & clearly labelled Friday 11^th from 6:30pm.

§ Electrical items Please bring to the church Wed 9^th or by 10am Thu 10^th for testing on 10^th

§ Plants clearly labelled can be left in church anytime Friday 11^th or early Saturday 12^th

§ Bric-a-brac, Tombola, Toys & games, Books, Bottles: please leave anytime on Friday 11^th

§ Cakes PLEASE BAKE BAKE BAKE BAKE and leave in church from 6pm Friday 11^th

§ FURTHER INFORMATION Please see notice board or website or speak to Graham 876933 or Judith 873626 who would especially appreciate OFFERS OF HELP on the day

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§ Chris Garrick Jazz Quartet Sat 19^th June, 8pm Tickets £15/£10 under 18s free, Cole Flatt

§ Patronal Lunch Sunday 27^th June see flyers Meal Tickets BBQ or quiche+dessert £6 under 12s free from Philippa Seldon 871534, Rosemary Byrne 873001 Or bring your own picnic

§ Congratulations to Sarah Dawson on completing the BUPA London 10K run in 1 hr 2 mins and 19 secs. (9 mins faster than last year). Sarah has raised £1,040 for the Petertide Fair so far but you can still sponsor her at http://www.justgiving.com/sarah-dawson10km

§ Fairtrade Stalls TODAY Sunday 6^th June Come and buy fairly traded goods after the 9:30am service. Orders can be taken from the catalogue. All enquiries: Angela 866992

§ St Peter's youth newsletter SPY June 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.

§ St Albans Festival Pilgrimage Saturday 19^th June – Parking Tickets for those who ordered them will not be available before next week.

o Saturday Coffee Bar please help, about three hours, once a month - Kathie Lally 863526.
YES THEY STILL NEED HELP …………………..

o The Children's Society Committee thanks you for pledged sponsorship of £6,500.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GATHER IN THOSE PLEDGES

§ Forward in Healing Wednesdays 9^th June–14^th July 8pm at St Mary’s, Rickmansworth A course for clergy or anyone interested in the healing ministry. £5 per session / £25 for all six. Refreshments from 7:45pm. For details or to book: The Revd Canon Carl Garner 01707 326677

§ Third St Mary’s Northchurch Parish Lecture 7:30pm Thursday 17^th June A Christian view of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Dr Naomi Pritchard. See notices & flyers

§ The Hospice of St Francis - urgently need Women WALKERS & men as marshals Walk With The Stars 19^th June. Call 869555 for details or visit www.walkwiththestars.org.uk

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 01442 878227
PARISH OFFICE hours this week: 9:30am-5pm Tue & Wed; 9:30am-12noon Thu & Fri.

SUNDAY The First Sunday after Trinity 6th June 2010

For 8:00am only

Collect

O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in you, mercifully accept our prayers and, because of the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without you, grant us the help of your grace, that in the keeping of your commandments we may please you both in will and deed; 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 Kings 17:17-end

A reading from the first book of Kings

While Elijah was living in Zarephath; The son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elijah, ‘What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!’ But he said to her, ‘Give me your son.’ He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the LORD, ‘O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?’ Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the LORD, ‘O LORD my God, let this child’s life come into him again.’ The LORD listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said, ‘See, your son is alive.’ So the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.’

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

Second Reading Galatians 1:11-end

A reading from the Letter of Paul to the Galatians.

I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days; but I did not see any other apostle except James the Lord’s brother. In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie! Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia, and I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea that are in Christ; they only heard it said, ‘The one who formerly was persecuting us is now proclaiming the faith he once tried to destroy.’ And they glorified God because of me.

This is the word of the Lord

(Reply Thanks be to God)

6thJune 2010

Gospel Luke 7:11-17

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)

Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with her was a large crowd from the town. When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, ‘Do not weep.’ Then he came forward and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, ‘Young man, I say to you, rise!’ The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized all of them; and they glorified God, saying, ‘A great prophet has risen among us!’ and ‘God has looked favourably on his people!’ This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

(Reply Praise to you, O Christ)

Post Communion Prayer

Eternal Father, we thank you for nourishing us with these heavenly gifts: may our communion strengthen us in faith, build us up in hope, and make us grow in love; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN