Pew Sheet 5th May 2013

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

Churchwardens: Sue Ingram 01844 275287
& Susanne Dodds 01844 342746

Welcome!

We hope you will enjoy worshipping here with us.

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

 

Sunday 5th May 2013

Sixth Sunday of Easter

We serve a God who treats us not as slaves, but as his very own sons and daughters. God gives us the freedom to choose to follow him. May our worship today reflect our readiness to serve God and our willingness for him to work in and through our lives.

08.00am           Holy Communion
Readings: Acts 16 v 9-15, John 14 v 23-29

10.00am           All Age Family Eucharist
and Baptism of Oscar Bushnell

Hymns: 25, 850, 8, 525
Communion: 971, 88, 590, 555


First Reading    Acts 16 v 9-15
During a missionary journey, Paul receives a vision giving him clear guidance about where to go next.

Second Reading    John 5 v 1-9
Jesus goes down to Jerusalem from Galilee to celebrate a religious festival. There, he encounters someone who needs his help.

6:00pm             Choral Evensong
Readings: Zephaniah 3 v 14-end, Matthew 28 v 1-10 & 16- end

Hymns: 96, 227, 144
Psalm 126

Prayer for the Week
Great and loving Father, your will for us in Jesus is the peace the word cannot give; your abiding gift is the Advocate he promised. Calm all troubled hearts, dispel every fear. Keep us steadfast in love and faithful to your word, that we may always be your dwelling place. Grant this through Jesus Christ, the first-born from the dead, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever.

Your prayers are asked this week for:

 The people of Syria amidst the continuing conflict there and those who have suffered as result of the collapsed building in Bangladesh

• Those who have suffered as result of physical, emotional or sexual abuse
• Those recently elected as councillors that they may serve with integrity and for the common good
•  The archaeological dig and plans to extend the churchyard at St. Dunstan’s
•  The mission, ministry and congregational life of St. Mary and St. Nicholas Church, Saunderton
•  Meadow Drive (L) Pink Road & Pinkwoods (LG)
•  We pray for elected leaders of community groups and organisations, for all who run voluntary societies and all who give their time to work as officers of these groups
•  Those in need who are known in our parish:
• and also further afield for:
  • Joan Male, Bill Male, Richard Irvine, Alastair, Marion Mullens
•  The recently departed: David Flint and Margaret Alexander
  •  Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
    Elisabeth McGown, Madeleine Cleaver

Please remember the charities that the parish 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 and offers information, advice, education and training services.

Notices

St. Dunstan's Fellowship
Members Evening: “Poetry Reading” on 9 May, 8.00pm in the Church Hall. Husbands and friends are welcome.
Refreshments    Pam Scott & Pat Kimber
Walk Tuesday 21st May –meet in the layby at 9.15am

Newsletter
Please may we have your contributions for the June/July issue of the Newsletter by 10th May. As usual copy to John McKay (john@jamckay.demon.co.uk) and/or to David Kemp (david@windleshaw.demon.co.uk). Many thanks

Friendship Group
We meet in the church hall on the third Wednesday of the month at 2.30 pm. The next meeting is Wednesday 15th May.

Patronal Festival Barbeque
Our Patronal Festival Barbeque will be held on Sunday 19th May starting at 12 noon. Tickets are available from Jane and Keith Gibbons (01844 344113) priced at £7.00 for adults and £3.00 for the first child in each family aged between 5 and 16 years old. As always the success of this event depends on your generous donations of salads and desserts and as in previous years there is a list on the notice board in the church porch for you to sign if you are prepared to donate a dish. Please bring a chair to sit on outside in the hope of good weather.

Open House’ at The Rectory, Mill Lane
Every six weeks or so people meet as part of an informal group to encourage people in their faith through friendship and by looking at topical issues. A short DVD is shown at the beginning of the evening to start the discussions off. The meetings are held on different evenings of the week over the year so that everyone has the opportunity to participate. The next meeting will be on Monday June 3rd at 8 pm to which everyone is welcome.

‘Pilgrim Tour’ of Westminster Abbey
Following last year’s highly successful tour, I have again managed to make special arrangements for a prayer pilgrimage at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday June 5th. We will meet in the ‘lay-by’ in Monks Risborough at 3.30 pm to travel up to London by coach to arrive at the Abbey as it is closing to the general public. We will join a Canon Steward for a ‘pilgrim tour’ as we are taken around the Abbey hearing about its history and praying in its sacred places. The tour will begin at 6.15 pm, which this time will include the gardens, before ending with Compline at about 7.15 pm. We hope to return to Monks Risborough at about 9 pm. The cost will be £10 for adults, £5 for your first child under 18 (subsequent children free). You may want to bring a ‘snack’ with you. To book a place please contact James.

Thousands of Plants Required
Please can people take cuttings, plant seeds or donate plants for the Flower Festival at the end of June.  If you need greenhouse space this can be arranged. Further details from Noel Murtagh (01844) 344088.

The 2013 Festival of Prayer
When: Saturday 6 July 2013, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: Ripon College, Cuddesdon, nr Wheatley, Oxford OX44 9EX
Cost: £25 per person (discount available - book five places but only pay for four).
Now in its third year, this includes 'taster' sessions of some spiritual traditions and explores their deeper essence. The intention is to make different forms and styles of prayer accessible to beginners and the more experienced alike. Among the riches on offer are workshops on Ignatian, Celtic and Benedictine Spirituality; there are others on silence, healing, and praying with the whole body. They give opportunities to explore in depth how these traditions can feed the inner person.
For more information log on to http://www.brfonline.org.uk/festival-of-prayer/
James

More grass cutters/lawnmowers needed urgently
We need to recruit four more people to cut the grass in the churchyard so that we continue to maintain its fine appearance. People can become part of a team so that there isn’t a need to commit yourself on too regular a basis. If you have a few hours to spare each month during the growing season then please speak to James or Sue/Susanne as churchwardens. Unfortunately two of our three mowers have broken. To avoid expensive repairs or the need to purchase any new lawnmowers if anyone has a reliable and robust machine that they no longer use please can they again let James or Sue/Susanne know as churchwardens. Thank you.

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer takes place on Mondays (except Bank Holidays), Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45 at St. Dunstan’s.

Thurs 9th May Ascension Day	9.30am Holy Communion (outside if fine) 2.00pm Monks Monkeys 2.30pm Monks Risborough School Service 8.00pm Fellowship Meeting (see notices)
Sat 11th May	4.00pm Wedding
Sun 12th May	10.00am Parish Eucharist 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Christian Aid service at PR Baptist Church (no Evensong)
Mon 13th May	8.00pm PCC meeting (church hall)
Thurs 16th May	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys
Sun 19th May Patronal Festival	8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 11.00am All Age Service followed by BBQ 6.00pm Evensong