Pew Sheet 14th September 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) restarts today.

 

Sunday 14th September 2014

Holy Cross Day

We come together today to worship God in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, seeking the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.

10.00 am          Parish Eucharist

Hymns: 394 (vs. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 11), 97, 511
Psalm 22 v 23-end
Communion: 584, 572, 947

First Reading       Number 21 v 4-9
The rebellious Israelites are punished by God in the wilderness with a plague of poisonous snakes, but God also provides a means of healing for those who believe in his power to save.

Second Reading        Philippians 2 v 6-11

Humility, obedience and enduring a shameful death showed how Jesus gave himself completely to save humankind

Gospel:       John 3 v 13-17

One of the most cruel forms of punishment would enable God’s only Son to liberate people from sin and the fear of death. 

11.30 am           Owlswick Holy (BCP) Communion
Readings: Philippians 2 v 6-11, John 3 v 13-17

6.00 pm            Choral Evensong
Readings: Isaiah 63 v 1-16, 1 Corinthians 1 v 18-25
Hymns: 580, Psalm 110, 434, 288


Prayer for the Week

Almighty God, who in the passion of your blessed Son made an instrument of painful death to be for us the means of life and peace: grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer for his sake; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Your prayers are asked in the coming weeks for:

• The troubled places of the world; especially for Syria, Iraq and Ukraine
• Those working to combat the spread of the Ebola virus in Africa, and for all those suffering from the disease
• The people of Scotland, as they vote in their referendum this week
• Those organisations that protect the countryside, especially the National Trust.
• The Women’s Institutes in Risborough and Bledlow and other organizations for women.
• Those who live in Westmead (PR) Manor Close (B)
• 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, Susan Parkin, Lynn Nicholls
• The recently departed: Lilian Roffey
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Derek Whyte, Maureen Roberts, Daisy Crockett, Tom Rogers, Grahame (John) White, Abigail Wright, Ron Stiff
  
  

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

Distribution of stewardship leaflet, TODAY
This leaflet has been put together to enable us all to review how we contribute to the life of St. Peter’s and St. Dunstan’s. We have tried to address this leaflet personally to everyone in the congregation but inevitably I’m sure that someone will have been missed off the list so please accept my apologies in advance! James

Further works at St. Dunstan’s
The path to the churchyard extension has been seeded with grass so we’ll need to avoid walking on this to enable the grass to establish itself. This will be followed by the creation of a wild meadow. We have also learnt that the condition of the stained glass windows above the high altar at the East End of the church has unfortunately deteriorated. These windows were meant to last for about 100 to 150 years and were erected in the early 1860s as part of the Victorian restoration. The glass will need to be taken out and the lead seals replaced. This also seems a sensible time to clean and restore the tracery panel glass at the top of the windows either side of where the choir sits which have become blackened over time. This is probably the oldest medieval glass there is in the church. All of this work is likely to cost in the region of £9,000 - £16,000. The work is essential for the East End windows which are already buckling, bulging, leaking and cracking. The work is likely to be carried out in 2015 once the necessary permissions and funding have been arranged. James

Next seasonal service booklet
Having introduced new booklets for Easter and Ordinary Time, the next new booklet will cover Advent. The recommendation to the PCC which meets on Monday September 15th is to continue the use of contemporary language for the liturgy and the Addington mass setting for the music. If you have any comments please can you let a PCC member, Rob or I know. James

Friendship Group
We meet in the church hall on the third Wednesday of the month at 2.30 pm. The next meeting is on 17th September. 
      
St. Dunstan's Fellowship
The next walk is on Tuesday 23rd September – please meet in the layby off the A4010 at 9.15am. Knit-ins will be in the Church Hall on the 4th Thursday (September 25th) of each month at 2.00pm.

 
The Bethany House Group
Following the summer break, the Bethany House Group will start again on September 24th at 10.30 am to 12 noon at the home of Mrs. Su Viney, 76 Westmead. There will be 5 fortnightly sessions on some of the ‘minor’ prophets: led by Rose Williams. Further details are available on the card leaflet on the table.

Beetle Drive
Monks Risborough WI are holding a Beetle Drive at the White Cross Hall on Wed 24th Sept - 1.30 from 2pm start. All are welcome. Entry including is refreshments £5.
For information or to book, contact 01844 346345.

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Please join me on Friday 26th September at Nags Head House, Aylesbury Road between 10.30 and 12 noon for delicious coffee and cakes, in aid of Macmillan cancer care. All welcome. June Timms
Harvest Festival Services and the Whitechapel Mission

As in previous years we are delighted to accept your donations for the work of the Whitechapel Mission at or before the Harvest services at Owlswick on Sunday September 28th at 6 pm and St. Dunstan’s on Sunday October 5th at 11 am. The Whitechapel Mission provides hot food and drink, showers, clothing, free toilets and the chance of a wash and brush-up to homeless people in London. To enable its work to continue please log on to their website www.whitechapelmission.org.uk, click on ‘donate’ and scroll down to ‘donations in kind’ for a list of the things most desperately needed. A list of items can also be found in the church porch. Thank you in anticipation of your help. James Tomkins

Harvest Lunch
This takes place on Sunday 5th October from 12 noon onwards at the Scout Hall, Courtmoor Close off Mill Lane, Monks Risborough. Tickets are 6.00 per adult and children under 18 £1.00, available from Pat Kimber at Church or by telephoning 01844 273942.

Confirmation service at St. Dunstan’s
On Sunday November 23rd at 6 pm there will be a confirmation service at St. Dunstan’s led by the Bishop of Buckingham, Alan Wilson. Confirmation marks an important stage in the Christian journey and has often been the entry point to receive Holy Communion. Some sessions will be organised at the end of October/beginning of November to prepare for the confirmation. If you are interested in being confirmed please let James know.

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer will take place on Mondays (except Bank Holidays), Wednesday (except Wednesday September 10th) and Thursday at 8.45.

Mon 15th Sept	8.00pm PCC Meeting
Wed 17th Sept	2.30pm Friendship Group
Thurs 18th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys
Sat 20th Sept	3.00pm Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary
Sun 21st Sept	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Evensong
Thurs 25th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (in the church)
Fri 26th Sept	10.30 Macmillan Coffee morning at Nags Head House (see notices) 1.00pm Wedding
Sun 28th Sept	10.00am Parish Eucharist (God in the life of…Mick White) 6.00pm Owlswick Harvest Festival Evensong
Thurs 2nd Oct	9.30am Healing & Holy Communion 11.00am Monks Risborough School Harvest Festival Practice 2.00pm Monks Monkeys
Sun 5th Oct	8.00am Holy Communion 11.00am All Age Harvest Festival Celebration followed by lunch (see notices) 6.00pm Choral Evensong
Mon 6th Oct	9.30am Monks Risborough School Harvest Festival Service