Pew Sheet 14th June 2015

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.
Please see our welcome leaflet on the table for all of our services and activities.

Sunday 14th June 2015

Second Sunday after Trinity

Jesus affirmed that great results can grow from very small beginnings. In our worship today let us hold our own vision within the presence of God, knowing that God can induce such growth that the smallest of seeds can grow into a mighty tree.

10.00am Parish Eucharist (Trinity Mass Setting)

Hymns: 565, 19, 636, 13
Communion: 475, 540, 77
Anthem: Above all praise and all majesty, F. Mendelssohn

First Reading Ezekiel 17 v 22-end
Using a gardening metaphor, God promises to produce amazing new growth in his people

Second Reading 2 Corinthians 5:6-17
St Paul reminds us that despite our continuing failures, each of us is a new creation in Christ.

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
Using farming parables, Jesus tells us that through God we can achieve anything. God does the background work, producing an abundant harvest.


11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion
Readings: 2 Corinthians 5 v 6-17, Mark 4 v 26-34

6.00pm Evensong
Readings: Jeremiah 7 v 1-16, Romans 9 v 14-26
Hymns: 343, Psalm 39, 369, 224

Prayer for the week
O God, at whose bidding the seed will sprout and the shoot grow towards full stature, hear the prayer of your assembled people. Make us trust in your hidden ways, that we may pray with confidence and wait for your kingdom now growing in our midst. We ask 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 in the coming weeks for:

• The people of the world that we may learn to live peaceably with others and accept those who are different from us
• A compassionate response to the migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea and for the eradication of people trafficking
• Confectioners for the sticky treats they make, that they may be delicious and a real treat
• Princes Risborough and Whiteleaf Golf Clubs. The Monks Risborough Society.
• Orbell Court (PR) Grubbins Lane (Sp)
• Those who are in need in our parish:
• And also further afield for:
  • Joan Male, Bill Male, Alastair, Uncle Frank, Katy, Albert and Georgina Cole, Gillian Brady, Jane, Denis, Dave Skinner
• The recently departed: Gordon Haynes
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Winifred Baily, Brian Gatensbury, Jan Neelands, Anne Corsham, Gladys Collier, Mollie Whyte

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
The Whitechapel Mission is dedicated to providing a lifeline to the men and women caught in the cycles of poverty, hopelessness and dependencies of many kinds, and to see their lives transformed to hope, joy and lasting Productivity.      www.whitechapel.org.uk

Notices

 

New Musical Setting for St. Dunstan’s
Starting on June 14th we will be using the Trinity Mass Setting composed by David Thorne for the Parish Eucharist. For those who have internet access the setting can be listened to on http://www.culvermusic.com/trinity-mass.html James

The Friendship Group
We meet in the church hall on the third Wednesday of the month at 2.30 pm. The next meeting is Wednesday 17th June. All welcome!

Bucks Arts Week Cream Teas and Exhibitors
The church will be open daily from Saturday June 13th to Sunday June 21st from 10 am (12 am on Sundays) to 5 pm for visitors to browse/buy. We will be serving cream teas from the church hall from 2.30 - 4.30 on June 13th/14th and June 20th/21st over the two weekends of Bucks Open Studios. 

Double Edition of the Pew Sheet – June 21st/28th
Please note that there will be a double edition of the pew sheet to cover the above two weeks so space may be limited and some notices may need to be submitted sooner than usual.

Churchyard Working Party, Saturday June 20th
Starting at 9.30am and finishing by 12 noon please come along for an enjoyable and sociable time working in the churchyard. There is a job for everyone with weeding, sawing, pruning, lopping etc. all needing to be done. Please bring along your own tools. James

Children’s Coffee Charity Event, Sunday June 21st
Martha Alexander and Fern Robbins, two local year 5 girls at Pipers Corner School will be participating in the ‘fiver challenge’ this June, which involves undertaking an initiative within the community to raise money for charity. The girls will be selling homemade fruitcake after 10 am church on Sunday 21st June in order to raise funds in support of Help For Heroes Charity (# 1120920)

Fellowship Group
Copies of the fellowship programme are now available towards the back of the church. The next walk is on Tuesday 23rd June meeting in the lay-by at 9.15am – again everyone is welcome. “Knit-ins” will be in the Church Hall on the 4th Thursday of each month starting at 2.00pm. The Fellowship Summer Party takes in/beside the church hall at 7pm on July 9th. All welcome.

Concert and Afternoon Tea: The Chandos Ensemble
On Sunday July 12th at 3.30pm there will be a concert of popular music for string orchestra including: Elgar Serenade for Strings, Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor and Handel Concerto Grosso Op.6 conducted by Patrick Garrett and leader Marion Garrett. This will be followed by afternoon tea and a raffle (please bring a chair with you if you’d like to sit outside). Tickets are £8/adult and £2/accompanied child available from Pat Kimber 01844 273942 or the Elephant’s Trunk, Duke Street, Princes Risborough

Trips to Westminster Abbey and Canterbury
These trips are now fully booked but I do have a reserve list as some people may drop out. Details of the trips can be found in the parish newsletter. If you have not yet paid for your trip, please can you do so as soon as possible. James

Ideas for the South Aisle
You’ll notice that the altar has been removed from underneath the St. Cecilia window. This has created some space and highlighted the two lovely brasses there. The space will be used by Bucks Open Studios in June and also by musicians when we have concerts. It may be appropriate to install a servery there sympathetic to the rest of the church which doesn’t take up much space. It may be best to leave the space empty to give greater flexibility for hosting events and special services, or you may have some ideas yourself. Any thoughts gratefully received. James

Can you drop off a key in Aylesbury on a Monday/Tuesday in July? 
We are having a duplicate made of one of our medieval keys.  This is a craftsman’s job and is hand filed and could take a month or so.  We need the key for Sundays but it would be helpful for the cutter to have the key for as long as possible during the week.  I would be very grateful if anyone (or two!) could take it in for me (Gatehouse Way industrial area, near the big Tescos) and I can pick it up on Saturdays. Susanne 01844 342746

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer usually takes place on Mondays, Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45am (except Bank Holidays). There will be no morning prayer from Monday June 22nd to Wednesday July 1st (inclusive).

Sun 14th June	10.00am Parish Eucharist 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Choral Evensong
Mon 15th June	8.00pm PCC meeting (church hall)
Wed 17th June	2.30pm Friendship Group (see notices)
Thurs 18th June	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sat 20th June	9.30am Churchyard working party (see notices)
Sun 21st June	10.00 Parish Eucharist (Talk based on Rembrandt’s picture of the Prodigal son) 6.00pm Owlswick Evensong
Thurs 25th June	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (in church)
Sun 28th June	10.00 Parish Eucharist 6.00pm St. Dunstan’s Evensong
Thurs 2nd July	9.30am Healing & Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sun 5th July	8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All age Family Eucharist and Baptisms 6.00pm Choral Evensong
Mon 6th July	8.00pm ‘Open House’ at the Rectory
Thurs 9th July	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall) 7.00pm Fellowship Summer Party (see notices)
Sat 11th July	11.00am World War One Act of Commemoration at the war memorial
Sun 12th July	10.00 Parish Eucharist 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion 3.30pm Chandos Ensemble (see notices) 6.00pm Choral Evensong