Pew Sheet 20th July 2014

St Dunstan’s Church, Monks Risborough
& St. Peter’s Chapel, Owlswick
Registered Charity Number: 1153869.

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:
Susanne Dodds 01844 342746 susanne@sunfire-uk.com
Charlie Fairall 07584 264573 crmfairall@yahoo.co.uk

 

Welcome!

We hope you will enjoy worshipping here with us.
Coffee is served in the hall after the 10am service.
Please see our welcome leaflet on the table for all of our services and activities.

The Junior Church (10 o’clock Club) meet in the Church Hall before coming into Church for Communion

Sunday 20th July 2014

Fifth Sunday after Trinity

We come together today as disciples of Christ. Whatever we bring to our worship today, let us remember whose hands guide, form and hold us, and in whose presence we live.

10.00 am          Parish Eucharist

Hymns: 573, 249, 137
Psalm: 86 v11-17
Communion: 610, 342, 947

First Reading        Isaiah 44 v 6-8
We are witnesses to God’s hand on our history.

Second Reading        Romans 8 v 12-25
The Spirit bears witness within us that we are in fact children of God and co-heirs of the kingdom with Christ.

Gospel        Matthew 13 v 24-30 & 36-43
Whilst good and evil exist together in our present world, evil has a limited span of life and God’s victory is in God’s hands, in God’s time.

6.00 pm            Owlswick Songs of Praise
(preceded from 4.30 pm by cream teas)
Hymns: 436, 354, 353, 137, 359, And can it be

Prayer for the Week
O God patient, and forbearing, you alone know fully the goodness of what you have made. Strengthen our spirit when we are slow and temper our zeal when we are rash, that in your own good time you may produce in us a rich harvest from the seed you have sewn and tended. We make our prayer 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 in the coming weeks for:

• Those people and places tragically making the news headlines at this time including: the peoples of Israel and Palestine; the victims of the airliner crash in Ukraine
• Those who teach and train users of new technologies, for local adult education classes.
• Nurses, midwives and other health professionals working in the community
• Children, students, teachers and all those who work in education: that their summer-break be a time of refreshment and renewal.
• Owlswick & Owlswick Lane (MR) Fairway & Firs Court (PR)
• Those who are in need in our parish:
• And also further afield for:
  • Joan Male, Bill Male, Alastair, Matt Elworthy, Uncle Frank, Katy, Albert and Georgina Cole.
• The recently departed: Sylvia Hall
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • David Morris, Beryl Stannard, Ernest Harris, David Sheppard, Christopher Bradley, Noel Bartlett, Christine Griggs

  
  

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
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

Stonework repairs to St. Dunstan’s
Good progress continues to be made on the masonry repairs. Work will continue until the beginning of August and we continue to do our best to minimise any disruption to Sunday services. Morning Prayer and the Thursday Communion service are still being held at the Rectory until further notice whilst the church is closed during the week to visitors. The total cost of this project will be in excess of £20,000. I apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused and please feel to chat with me or Keith Gibbons about any questions you may have. James

Silent Prayer Meeting, Monday July 21st at 8pm:
We need silence to help us to get a proper perspective on our lives; to hear the still, small voice of God, and to refresh our inner being. All are welcome to these meetings of any faith or none. The meeting starts in the church hall with some simple relaxation exercises, a short passage from the Bible to reflect upon in the half hour of silence, followed by a time of sharing of our experiences if people wish. For further information please contact James

St. Dunstan's Fellowship
The next walk is on Tuesday 22nd July – please meet in the layby off the A4010 at 9.15am. Knit-ins will be in the Church Hall on the 4th Thursday of each month at 2.00pm.On August 14th at 8.00pm in the Church Hall, Malcolm Dodds will speak about a “Tanzanian Charity”. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments – Sue McKay

World War One Commemoration
A special service will be held at St. Dunstan’s Church on Sunday August 3rd at 6 pm, the eve of the outbreak of war. The service will include readings, music, prayers and hymns to help us to reflect upon this tragic event. This will be followed on the 11th day of each month at 11 am starting on August 11th with a short act of commemoration and commitment to peace at the war memorial at the top of Mill Lane. The church bell will also be tolled 100 times on each of these occasions.

Friendship Group
We meet in the church hall on the third Wednesday of the month at 2.30 pm. The next meeting is Wednesday 20th August.

Bucks Historic Churches Trust Ride or Stride, Sept 13th
St Dunstan’s has received £11,500 in 2014 from this charity towards repairs to be carried out on the stonework. Please help by raising money as a sponsored rider or walker. If you would be interested in participating or organising a group, please contact Rosemary Woodward Court on 01844 344417 for riders, or Morna Hinch on 01844 345169 for walkers. P.S. There are 12 participating churches/chapels to visit within a 4 miles radius of St. Dunstan’s (with no steep hills).

Say Farewell to Bishop John
At the Diocese of Oxford’s Grand Day Out on Saturday 20th September, 2014: 10.00 – 17.00, Oxford City Centre. For full information about the day, please go to www.oxford.anglican.org/granddayout

Representative for Lighthouse for St. Dunstan’s needed
This involves: - attending committee meetings, ensuring your church's flyers etc. are distributed, helping to recruit volunteers, supporting fundraising events mainly through promoting them in church, if possible volunteering in some aspect during the week, supporting and promoting Lighthouse prayer meetings. This is an important role so that St Dunstan’s can support fully the excellent work of the Lighthouse Christian Holiday Week for children. If you would like more information please speak with James.

Further works completed and anticipated
The outside of the church hall has now been redecorated so that it looks like new! The inside has also been touched up to refresh its appearance. By the end of the month it is hoped that work will have started to create the path into the churchyard extension followed by the final levelling and seeding of this area as wild meadow that will slowly be brought in to use as a burial site.

Monks Risborough Society – Newly Formed
The vision is a community led, non-party political organisation that will promote and protect all that is great about Monks Risborough, while campaigning for improvements that are in keeping with the village’s character and are supported by its members. If you live, work or have a legitimate interest in Monks Risborough then we want to hear from you! www.monksrisborough.org

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer will take place at The Rectory on Mondays (except Bank Holidays), Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45 whilst repairs to the stonework of St. Dunstan’s are being undertaken. On Wednesday July 23rd and Monday July 28th Morning Prayer will start at 8.15 to accommodate the school service and Lighthouse respectively.

Mon 21st July	8.00pm Silent Prayer meeting (church hall – see notices)
Wed 23rd July	9.30am Monks Risborough School Leavers Service
Thurs 24th July	9.30am Holy Communion at the Rectory
Sun 27th July	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Lighthouse Commissioning Service on Princes Risborough Secondary School Playing Fields
Mon-Fri July 28th to Aug 1st	Lighthouse Week on Princes Risborough Secondary School Playing Fields
Mon 28th July	8.00pm PCC Meeting (church hall)
Thurs 31st July	9.30am Holy Communion at the Rectory
Sat 2nd Aug	1.00pm Wedding 3.00pm Wedding
Sun 3rd Aug	8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Family Communion and Christening 6.00pm Service to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WW1
Thurs 7th Aug	9.30am Healing & Holy Communion
Sun 10th Aug	10.00am Parish Eucharist 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Choral Evensong
Mon 11th Aug	11.00am Service of Commemoration and Peace at the war memorial (see notices)
Thurs 14th Aug	9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 17th Aug	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Choral Evensong