Pew Sheet 5th August 2012 and 12th August 2012

St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough
& St. Peter’s Chapel, Owlswick

Part of the Risborough Team Ministry
www.stdunstanschurch.com
Vicar – The Revd James Tomkins
01844 275944 (day off Tuesday)
jamestomkins@btinternet.com
The Rectory, Mill Lane, Monks Risborough, HP27 9JE

Welcome!
We hope you will enjoy worshipping here with us.

Junior Church (10 o’clock Club) starts again on Sept 9th.
There are colouring sheets and toys in the corner of the church for the children during the 10.00 am service.

Please join us for refreshments in the Church Hall immediately after the 10.00am service.

 

Sunday 5th Aug 2012

9th Sunday after Trinity

Jesus said,” I am the bread of life.” We gather in his name to strengthen our belief in him and to rejoice in his presence with us in this Eucharist.

8.00 am Holy Communion (BCP)
10.00 am   All Age Family Eucharist and Baptism of Sophie Haigh and Eva Scott

Hymns: 450, Wide and Long and High and Deep (see back), 8, 54
Communion hymns: 555, 411, 67 & 386

First Reading                Exodus 16: 2-4, 9-15
The Israelites complain bitterly against the lack of food in the wilderness.  God promises to provide them with both bread and meat.  

Gospel Reading             John 6: 24-35
Jesus confounds the crown by telling them that by believing in him, they are doing the work of God. 

6.00pm             Evensong

Readings: Job 28, Hebrews 11:17 – 31
Hymns: 494, Psalm 88: 1-8, 418, 625

Prayer for the Week

Gracious Father, Revive your Church in our day, and make her holy, strong and faithful, for your glory’s sake in Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen

  

Sunday 12th August 2012

10th Sunday after Trinity

Jesus is the bread of life.  As we share our worship, may we open our lives to the need around us, our eyes to Christ amongst us, and our hearts to God’s word.

10.00 am   Parish Eucharist (Addington Setting)

Hymns: 19, 658, 394
Psalm: 34: 1-8
Communion: 584, 483 & 948
Anthem: Be still for the presence of the Lord

First Reading                1 Kings 19: 4-8
God’s bread and water nourished Elijah on his journey of fear and hopelessness. 

Second Reading           Ephesians 4: 25 – 5: 2
What nourishes us will nourish our lives, transforming even the life lost in the living.  

Gospel Reading             John 6: 35, 41-51
Jesus declares himself to be the bread of life – the one who provides for our basic needs, prepared by God, shared through the Spirit 

11.30am   Owlswick Holy Communion (BCP)
Readings 1 Kings 19: 4-8, John 6: 35, 41-51

6.00pm             Choral Evensong
Readings: Job 39: 1 – 40: 4, Hebrews 12 1- 17
Hymns:   54, Psalm 91: 1-8, 690, 169


Prayer for the Week

God our Father and provider, whose Son has given his flesh for the life of the world, sustain your pilgrim Church on its journey with the word of life and the bread of heaven.  Draw us nearer to him in whose name we gather, that, following his way of sacrificial love, we may come to the banquet of eternal life.  Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.  Amen.

Your prayers are asked this week for:

• The continued success of the Olympic Games with a true sporting spirit by competitors and spectators alike
• Those who experience ill heath on holiday as the body seeks repair itself from the demands and pressures of everyday living.
• Secondary Schools in Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Thame serving this area, their pupils, staff, head and governors.
• The mission, ministry and congregational life of St Mary and St Nicholas Church Saunderton.
• Residents of (5/8)  Meadow Drive (L) Pink Road & Pinkwoods (LG), (12/8) Northmill & Oak Rd (PR) Goodacres Lane , Silver Birch Drive & Woodbank (LG)
• Those in need who are known in our parish:
• and also further afield for:
  • Gordon Haynes, Joan Male, Richard Irvine
• The recently departed:
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time particularly:  
  • (5/8) Jack Barraclough, John Parish, Michael Cotter, Jack Needlands, Flonrence Darkins. Rosemary Granville-Smith. (12/8) Ernie Adams, Ann Duncanson Ethel Higgins, Hilda Rainbow, Brian Pechey.

 
Please remember the charities that St Dunstan's supports, in particular this week:
Cruse Bereavement Care, supporting bereaved people and enabling anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss.  The organisation provides support an offers information, advice, education and training services.                    

 

Notices

 

Triple edition of the pew sheet
The next edition of the pew sheet will cover the Sundays of August 12th/19th and 26th. Space is therefore likely to be limited but hopefully we’ll be able advertise those events taking place in September.

 ‘Open house’, @ the Rectory, August 6th at 8 pm
This informal group provides a space to encourage people in their faith through friendship and to look at topical issues. A short DVD is shown at the beginning of the evening to start the discussions off. The meetings take place about monthly and people are welcome to come along as and when they please. The next meeting will be on Monday August 6th at 8 pm at the Rectory at the top of Mill Lane. No need to book, please just turn up or contact James for further details.

Gloucester Cathedral and Boat Trip: August 8th
The coach will be depart from the Stratton Rd car park (PR) at 8.30am or in the lay-by in Monks Risborough at 8.45.  Please arrive in plenty of time so that we can leave punctually.  Thank you, Rosemary 344417

Fellowship Garden Party Aug 11th 7.00pm
At the home of Rita List, 62 Manor Park Avenue, Princes Risborough

Autumn Concert, St. Dunstan’s, September 15th 7.00 pm
Following a highly successful Spring concert, the musicians from the Royal College of Music are back by popular demand playing music by Haydn, Schubert and Frank Bridge. Tickets are £8.00 (special deals apply) and are available from Rosemary 344417, Pat 273942 or David Shuttle 273388 (Duke Street, Princes Risborough)

Flower Festival (June 28- July 1st 2013), help required
The planning team for this event is looking out for various individuals to take on the key roles of publicity/advertising; organising a team to provide refreshments throughout the weekend; running a raffle with a few, high quality prizes. If you are interested in volunteering or finding out more, please speak with James or Cathy Farquhar

Family service song:

Wide and long and high and deep,
wide and long and high and deep,
wide and long and high and deep,
is the love of Jesus.
Wide and long and high and deep,
wide and long and high and deep,
wide and long and high and deep,
is the love of Jesus to you.

And I pray that you would know this love,
and I pray that you would grow in love,
and I pray that you would be
filled up with the fullness of God.

Wide and long…

The Next few weeks  

Morning Prayer usually takes place on Mondays (except Bank Holidays), Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45 at St. Dunstan’s. However there will be no Morning Prayer on Wednesday August 8th, and from Monday August 13th until Monday August 27th (inclusive) because of the holiday period.

Sun 5th Aug	8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am  All Age Family Eucharist and Baptisms 6.00pm  Choral Evensong
Mon 6th Aug	8.00 pm ‘Open House’ at the Rectory (see notices)
Wed 8th Aug	Gloucester Cathedral Trip (see notices)
Thurs 9th Aug	9.30am Holy Communion
Sat 11th Aug	7.00pm  Fellowship Garden Party (see notices)
Sun 12th Aug	10.00am  Parish Eucharist 11.30am  Owlswick Holy Communion, 6.00pm  Choral Evensong
Thurs 16th Aug	9.30am  Holy Communion (Rev Serena Hutton)
Sun 19th Aug	10.00am  Parish Eucharist (Rev Kevan Royle) 6.00pm  Choral Evensong (Margaret Pitman)
Thurs 23rd Aug	9.30am  Holy Communion (Rev Serena Hutton)
Sun 26th Aug	10.00am  Parish Eucharist (Rev Nick Molony) 6.00pm  Owlswick Choral Evensong (Rev Ivor Cornish)