The Parish of Great Berkhamsted, St Peter’s Church

Registered Charity No. 1130108

Candlemas

30^th January 2011

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 will be found in the Service Booklet.
Anthem: Johannes Eccard [d.1611] When to the Temple Mary went
Voluntary: Augustin Barié Trois pieces (i) Marche

6:00pm service details Evening Prayer

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

Day off Friday

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

Day off Thursday

Prayer Diary

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

Sunday 30^th Candlemas Sick & Bereaved RIP / Memorial	+Alan, Bp of St Albans, +Rowan, Archbishop of Canterbury , The Most Revd Thabo Cecil Makgoba Archbishop of Capetown Christina Billington, Judith Hill, Marjorie Bowden, Keith Dawson, Keith, John Marum, Edna Campkin, Tracy Robinson, Mary Swallow, Mariah Miller, Imogen Roberts. Patricia Russell, Tony Burroughs Eily Smally, Bruce da Cunha
Monday 31^st S John Bosco Mark 5: 1-20 Sick & Bereaved	Lweru - (Tanzania) The Rt Revd Jackton Yeremiah Lugumira Those who work with street children, educating and keeping them safe Preparations in the Parish for Lent and Confirmation Courses Judith Hill
Tuesday 1^st Mark 5: 21-43 Sick & Bereaved	Machakos - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Joseph Mutie Kanuku Those who live alone and the lonely All involved in medical research Christina Billington, Tracy Robinson
Wednesday 2^nd Mark 6: 1-6 Sick & Bereaved	Madhya Kerala - (South India) The Rt Revd Thomas Samuel Victims of natural disasters The Reverend Penny Nash John Marum, Imogen Roberts
Thursday 3^rd S Blaise Mark 6: 7-13 Sick & Bereaved	Madi & West Nile - (Uganda) The Rt Revd Joel Obetia Nursing homes in Berkhamsted The Churchwardens – Philippa Seldon and David Pearce Keith, Mary Swallow
Friday 4^th Mark 6: 14-29 Sick & Bereaved	Madurai-Ramnad - (South India) The Rt Revd A Christopher Asir Rural communities in England Castle Village Keith Dawson, Marjorie Bowden
Saturday 5^th S Agatha Mark 6: 30-34 Sick & Bereaved	Mahajanga - (Indian Ocean) The Rt Revd Jean-Claude Andrianjafimanana Male and female victims of domestic violence The Petertide Fair Committee - Judith Limbert Edna Campkin, Mariah Miller
	Readings: Isaiah 58: 1-9a 1Corinthians 2:1-12 Matthew 5:13-20

ST PETER’S	Today Sunday 30^th January Candlemas	Next week Sunday 6^th February
SIDESMEN	8:00am Elizabeth Jackson 9:30am Elinor & Michael Mumford John Finney, Nicky Evans 6:00pm Susan Holmes	8:00am Frank Allum 9:30am Michael & Rachael Anderson John Cook, Barbara Conway 6:00pm Gordon Hufford
INTERCESSOR	9:30am Margaret Burbidge	9:30am Young People TBA
CHALICE	9:30am Tony Byrne, Barbara Conway	9:30am Carole Dell, Mike Eller
SERVERS	8:00am Alan Conway 9:30am Frank AmankwahMC, Alex EvansCr Chris Clegg Th Claire Below, Helena Urquhart	8:00am Mike Hart 9:30am James Ruffell MC, Jordan Dell Cr Claire Below, Katya Khazaneh
READINGS	8:00am Janet Eller 9:30am Alan Dann (one only)	8:00am Geoff Dell 9:30am Young People TBA
CRÈCHE	9:30am Jenny J, Rachel D, Rachel E	9:30am Luisa & Matthew S, Lucy A
SUNDAY SCH	9:30 Clare with Sally, Helen or Jamie	In church – youth service
CHURCH CLEANING 31Jan-5Feb Catherine Imber, Helen Pope, Rosemary & Tony Byrne, Paul Jullien, Uli G.

Websites

Our own St Peter’s site http://stpetersberkhamsted.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 30^th January CANDLEMAS	8:00am EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr John Pritchard 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr John Pritchard Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6:00pm EVENING PRAYER Fr Michael Bowie
Monday 31^st S John Bosco	7:30am Morning Prayer 10:30am Victoria School Service	5:30pm Evening Prayer 6:00pm EUCHARIST
Tuesday 1^st February	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:30am EUCHARIST, All Saints’, Shrublands Road.	5:00pm Evening Prayer 5:15pm Choir Practice (6:15pm)
Wednesday 2^nd	7:30am Morning Prayer 8:00am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer
Thursday 3^rd S Blaise	7:30am Morning Prayer 12:30am EUCHARIST	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:55pm Bellringing (9:15pm) south door
Friday 4^th	7:30am Morning Prayer 9:15am EUCHARIST 10:00am Little Fishes Service	5:00pm Evening Prayer 7:00pm Choir Practice (8:30pm)
Saturday 5^th S Agatha	9:30am Morning Prayer 10:00am EUCHARIST 3:00pm Organ/piano: Jon Lee (5:00pm)	5:00pm Evening Prayer
SUNDAY 6^th February The Fifth of Epiphany	8:00am EUCHARIST O Pr: Fr Michael Bowie 9:30am SUNG EUCHARIST Youth ServiceO Pr: Fr Michael Bowie Crèche, Sunday School & Pathfinders 6:00pm EVENING PRAYER Fr John Pritchard

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

Monday	Fourth Berkhamsted Brownies 6:00-7:15pm Court House. Nicola Fulcher 878172
Tuesday	Chuckles Toddlers 10-11:30am All Saints’ with 10:15am Songs Jenny Wells 870981 Tuesday Club 7:45pm Court House. John Cook: The Changing Face of Berkhamsted Members of the congregation are welcome to attend. Barbara McKenna 871159
Friday	Little Fishes Toddlers 9:30-11:30am Court House, with Service 10:00am St Peter’s. Tracy Robinson 863559

Future Dates at St Peter’s unless otherwise stated

Mon 7 Feb 7:30pm	Cowper Society Winter Talk: David Gauke on Life in the Houses of Parliament - in St Peter’s
Mon 28 Feb 7:30pm	Cowper Society Winter Talk: Ian Bartholomew - ‘Experiences in the Arctic’ in the Court House
Fri 4 Mar 2pm	Service for Women’s World Day of Prayer at Sacred Heart Church. Speaker Carolina Bowie
Sat 5 Mar 7:30pm	Cowper Society presents Bridgewater Sinfonia concert in St Peter’s
Tues 8 Mar 9.30am	Fairtrade Big Brew until 12noon in the Court House.
Mon 14 Mar 7:30pm	Cowper Society Winter Talk: Roger Moorhouse - ‘Berlin at War’ in the Court House
Tu 15 Mar 12 nn	Christian Aid Lent Lunch: until 1:30pm in the Court House
Wed 16 March	First session of Lent Course, in St Peter’s
Fri 25 Mar 7:30pm	Petertide Auction of Promises - in the Court House
Thu 31 Mar 7:15pm	The Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John, Dean of St Albans, speaks on The Meaning in the Miracles. Tring Learning Centre, Tring School
Tu 5 Apr 12nn	Christian Aid Lent Lunch: until 1:30pm in the Court House
Fri 8 Apr 12nn	Thomas Coram End of term Service in St Peter’s
Sn 17 Apr 6:30pm	Cowper Society presents Chiltern Chamber Choir Palm Sunday concert in St Peter’s

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: Monday – Friday 10:00am – 2:00pm

Notices

§ 4TH BERKHAMSTED BROWNIES would like to thank everyone who supported the cake sale in the Courthouse last Sunday and the Bring and Buy Sale on Monday. You helped us raise a fantastic £168 for the Petertide Charities.

§ CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF COPY for March’s Your Berkhamsted is Friday 4^th February Copy to Ian Skillicorn: editor@yourberkhamsted.org.uk tel. 862628 or write c/o the Parish Office (see foot of page below).

§ FAIRTRADE STALLS at St Peter’s next, Sunday 6^th February. Come and buy fairly traded goods after morning service. Orders can be taken from the Traidcraft catalogue. All Fairtrade enquiries to Angela 866992

§ DISPOSAL OF FURNITURE The following are offered for sale. Pews (lengths) : 10' 5''; 10' 2''; 9' 11''; 8' 8'';. Pew fronts (lengths) : 10' 7''; 7' 0''; 6' 11''; 6' 4''. Cupboard : W 5' 0'' x H 5' 0'' x D 2' 2''. Prayer desks : Five, assorted. Chairs : Three, Windsor 'Smokers Bow' style. Contact Christopher Green 863241 or greenc@waitrose.com for details.

§ MOONRAKER 12^th /13^th MARCH 2011 The Rotary Club of Langley and Iver 29^th Annual night time charity walk. Teams of 4 take a 10 mile sponsored walk through the Chilterns, answering a fiendish set of questions to find your route, to raise money for Thames Hospice Care, Crossroads, other Rotary charities and charities of your choice. Further details Keith Jacob 01753 862713 www.rotary-lanleyandiver.org.uk

§ COWPER SOCIETY PRESENTS the first of this year’s Winter Talks: David Gauke MP on Life in the Houses of Parliament. St Peter’s Church, Monday 7^th February at 7:30pm

§ WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE: There will be a service at the Sacred Heart Church at 2pm on Friday March 4th at which Carolina Bowie will be giving the address. The service has been prepared by women in Chile. All welcome.

§ THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM celebrates 950 years of vision. Friday 4^th March the Image of Our Lady of Walsingham will arrive in Berkhamsted. At 5pm there will be Ecumenical prayer of the Rosary offered at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. At 7pm Procession to Berkhamsted School Chapel for a Youth Vigil. Saturday 5^th March 11:00am Arrival of the Image and Eucharist in St Albans Cathedral. 4:00pm Evensong and Benediction with the Cathedral Choir

SUNDAY The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) 30^th January 2011

8am only

Collect

Almighty and ever-living God, clothed in majesty, whose beloved Son was this day presented in the Temple, in substance of our flesh: grant that we may be presented to you with pure and clean hearts, by your Son Jesus Christ 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 Malchi 3 1-5

A reading from the book of the prophet Malachi

Thus says the Lord God: See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight - indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. Then I will draw near to you for judgement; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

This is the word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Second Reading Hebrews 2: 14-18

A reading from the letter to the Hebrews

Since the children share flesh and blood, Jesus himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For it is clear that he did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham. Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.

This is the word of the Lord

Thanks be to God

Gospel Luke 2: 22-40

The Lord be with you

And also with you

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according toLuke .

Glory to you, O Lord

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. (as it is written in the law of the Lord, ‘Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord’), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, ‘a pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons.’

Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, ‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.’

And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. 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.’

There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favour of God was upon him.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, O Christ

Post Communion Prayer

Lord, you fulfilled the hope of Simeon and Anna, who lived to welcome the Messiah: may we, who have received these gifts beyond words, prepare to meet Christ Jesus when he comes to bring us to eternal life; for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. AMEN