Pew Sheet 26th July 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.
During the summer holidays the 10 o’clock club for children is taking a break but babies and children are most welcome to make use of the toys and the colouring sheets in the children’s corner at St. Dunstan’s during the service. 

Sunday 26th July 2015

Eighth Sunday after Trinity

Our focus today is on the Christian life as a travel adventure, and thinking about the resources we need for our journey 

10.00am Parish Eucharist

Hymns: 114, 163, 689
Psalm: 14 (chant 54)
Communion: 81, 245, 156
Anthem: The Lord bless you and keep you, J. Rutter

First Reading 2 Samuel 11 v 1-15
The story of how David seduces Bathsheba, who conceives a child. He attempts to cover it up, but when that fails he plots to kill her husband Uriah

Second Reading Ephesians 3 v 14-end
The writer prays that God grants the Ephesians strength through the Holy Spirit, that Christ lives in their hearts through faith. He prays for them the power to comprehend the fullness of Christ’s love and be filled with God.

Gospel John 6 v 1-21
John describes the feeding of the 5,000. After this, Jesus withdraws to the mountain by himself. That evening, his disciples take a boat across the sea. When a storm blows up they see Jesus walking on the sea towards them. They are terrified but he tells them not to be afraid. Immediately the boat reaches land.

6.00pm Lighthouse Commissioning Service, Princes Risborough Top School
 


Prayer for the week
God, you open wide your hand, giving us food in due season. Out of your never-failing abundance, satisfy the hungers of body and soul and lead all peoples of the earth to the feast of the world to come. We make this 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:

• All of the children, teenagers and adults attending or helping out at Lighthouse
• Peace among the nations, that God may rid the world of violence and let peoples grow in justice and harmony
• Those who operate technology to make our roads safer and to help motorists keep to appropriate speeds
• The vulnerable, elderly and infirm
• Upper Icknield Way (MR) Jasmine Crescent and Lime Road (PR)
• Those who are in need in our parish:
• And also further afield for:
  • Joan Male, Bill Male, Alastair, Uncle Frank, Katy, Georgina Cole, Jane, Dave Skinner
• The recently departed:
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Margaret Ashby, Robert Shephard

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
Parents and Children Together (PACT) is one of the UK’s leading charities in its field, building and strengthening families through community projects across London and the South-East of England, and creating new families though fostering and adoption throughout London and south.          www.pactcharity.org

Notices

The restoration of the East Windows
This has been enormously successful with the windows being much more vivid in their colour and more importantly much more securely fixed so that there will be no danger of them falling out for at least another 60 years! Please do take a closer look at them so that you can really appreciate the difference. James

The Chandos Ensemble and Cream Teas
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this such an enjoyable afternoon. The music was delightful and the seamless serving of the cream teas a marvel to behold. One of the strengths of the church is its hospitality and this came across in many different ways. Around £900 was raised towards the cost of the restoring the East Windows (the total cost of this project is about £9,000). 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 19th August. All welcome!

Fellowship Group The next walk is on Tuesday 28th July, meeting in the lay-by at 9.15am – everyone is welcome. The next Thursday evening meeting will take place on 13th August.  Please bring along a favourite poem or piece of prose to share. 8pm in the Church Hall. “Knit-ins” will be in the Church Hall on the 4th Thursday of each month starting at 2.00pm. All are welcome to the Fellowship Group’s activities.

‘Open House’, Wednesday August 12th at 8pm at the Rectory
Under the umbrella of “The Jesus lifestyle” we shall continue to look at a DVD about the radical teaching found in the Sermon on the Mount and apply it to the 21st century. The DVD on ‘how to stop worrying and start living’ lasts approximately 35 minutes and leaves plenty of time for discussion at the end. Everyone is welcome. James

Churchyard Work Party, 9.30am Saturday August 15th
Once again we will be meeting to ensure that we keep the churchyard and the extension looking its best. Apart from the regular pruning, cutting and sawing tools, if you have a stiff brush (but not wire) and/or a shovel, some lichen and moss growth needs to be removed from the stonework surrounding the church. We will probably also undertake some general weeding/tidying up in the churchyard extension ready for its consecration. All welcome and refreshments will be provided. James


Bucks County Show Hospitality Tent and Cakes
Once again many of the local churches are getting together to offer hospitality to those who come to this show held at Weedon Park (north of Aylesbury on the A413) on Thursday August 27th. The hospitality tent provides a space to rest (a while), with a free cup of coffee or tea and cake and also children’s craft activities.  Last year around 1,000 drinks were served and 100 cakes eaten! Mick and Anne White (346536) are co-ordinating the help from this parish. If you can donate a cake or help on the day please let them know. The cakes should not contain cream or buttercream as these are difficult to transport but these are the only exceptions!

Fun Day September 5th and Churchyard Consecration
Plans are beginning to take shape for this event which takes place from 2.00-4.30pm. There will be a whole variety of stalls and in due course a list for items required will be put up including cakes, home produce, good quality books, plants, bottles, tombola and raffle prizes, such as a fine wine, luxury box of chocolates or gift vouchers.

New Musical Setting for St. Dunstan’s
We have begun 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. After you’ve had a chance to sing/listen to it several times I’d be very grateful for any comments. There are copies of the music available for those who would like to have one. James

Prayer Diary Available
Prayer is fundamental to the health and development of all churches. If you would like to take a laminated prayer card from the tables and spend a few moments each day praying for different aspects of church/chapel life you would be most welcome.

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer usually takes place on Mondays, Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45am (except Bank Holidays and Wednesday August 5th – parish trip to Canterbury!)

Mon 27th – Fri 31st July  Mon 27th July	Lighthouse Christian Holiday Week (see notices) 8.00pm PCC meeting (church hall)
Thurs 30th July	9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 2nd August	8.30am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Family Communion  and Baptism 6.00pm Evensong
Wed 5th Aug	8.30am Trip to Canterbury
Thurs 6th Aug	9.30am Healing and Holy Communion
Sat 8th Aug	2.00pm Wedding
Sun 9th Aug	10.00am Parish Eucharist 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion and Baptism 6.00pm Evensong
Tues 11th Aug	11.00am WW1 Act of Commemoration at war memorial, Mill Lane
Wed 12th Aug	8.00pm ‘Open House’ Group at the Rectory
Thurs 13th Aug	9.30am Holy Communion
Sat 15th Aug	9.30am Churchyard working party (see notices)
Sun 16th Aug	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Evensong
Thurs 20th Aug	9.30am Holy Communion
Sat 22nd Aug	2.00pm Wedding
Sun 23rd Aug	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Owlswick Evensong