Pew Sheet 30th August 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 30th August 2015

Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

 

As we come into our Lord’s presence, let us offer our whole selves in worship: our mind, our heart, our soul, our strength.

10.00am Parish Eucharist

Hymns: 631, 629, 286, 104
Communion: 145, 82, 77

First Reading Song of Solomon 2 v 8-13
A woman and her beloved rejoice in the end of the winter and the coming of the spring

Second Reading James 1 v 17-end
James calls his readers to be active in their faith, to hear the word and bear fruit in their lives. Not merely to hear the world but also to do the word

Gospel Mark 7 v 1-8, 14-15, & 21.23
Jesus scolds the Pharisees for their interest in insincere rituals of external purity which, he argues, mask impurity form within the human heart.

6.00pm Evensong

Readings: Exodus 12 v 21-27, Matthew 4 v 23- ch 5 v 20

Hymns: 327, Psalm 119 v9-16, 637, 171

Prayer for the week
Father of light, giver of every good and perfect gift, bring to fruition the word of truth sown in our hearts by your Son, that we may rightly understand your commandments, live your law of love, and offer you worship that is pure and undefiled. Grant 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 hundreds feared dead as result of further boats carrying migrants capsizing off Libya  
• Christians in sport and for the positive example of faith shown by so many leading sports men and women
• Local trades people - builders, plumbers, electricians.
• Thorns Lane & Close, Whiteleaf & Whiteleaf Way (MR) Ilmer and the surrounding area
• Those who are in need in our parish:
• And also further afield for:
  • Joan Male, Bill Male, Alastair, Uncle Frank, Anne Clark, Katy, Georgina Cole, Jane
• The recently departed: Peg Norris, Shana Stonell, Suzanne Mitchell
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Harry Purver, Lilian Braisher, Bill Greaves, Mary Ann Copcutt, Phyllis Gibbons, Sue Avery
    

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
ABC works tirelessly to increase awareness and understanding of eating disorders through talks, training and campaigns for change. www.anorexiabulimiacare.org.uk

 

Notices

Fun Day September 5th & Churchyard Consecration
This will be from 2.00-4.30pm concluding with the consecration of the churchyard extension by the Bishop of Buckingham. Help is needed in many areas

• Please sign up on the list in the porch in one or more spaces if you can set up, serve or help clear up the refreshments and/or provide a cake(s).
• Raffle prizes e.g. fine wine, gift vouchers or luxury box of chocolates can be left in the box in the church as can bottles e.g. squash, sauce, bubble bath, wine etc. for the bottle stall.
• Home grown produce, jams, cakes of all sizes needed for the "Cake Stall". Please contact
  Ros (344166) or June (344966).
• Distributing flyers along Mill Lane and Dovecote Close in the parish. Please sign your name against either or both roads and take enough flyers

Triple Edition of the Pew Sheet
There will be a triple edition of the pew sheet to cover September 6th/13th and 20th so please submit your notices earlier than usual.

Newsletter
Copy date for contributions is 10th September. Please send entries to john@jamckay.demon.co.uk or morna.hinch@btinternet.com.

Ride and Stride for Bucks Historic Churches 12.09.15
If you would like to take part by bike, horse or foot, please contact me for a list of participating churches and for sponsor forms. If you could do a stint welcoming the participants at St Dunstan's /St Peter's please let me know. Rosemary 344417

WI Centenary Celebrations!
Monks Risborough WI invite you to a Cream Tea on 19/20th September at Whitecross Hall, Aylesbury Road. Time: 12.30pm – 4pm. Enjoy a cream tea whilst watching vintage cars and motorcycles go by (see posters). Be part of the WI Centenary Celebrations!

Proposed parking restrictions in Mill Lane
There are proposals to change parking arrangements within and around Princes Risborough. One of these includes a no waiting restriction in Mill Lane on Monday-Friday between 10-11am and 2-3pm. Parking can be a bit chaotic in Mill Lane but as there is no suitable alternative parking available for those attending funerals, other midweek services, visitors to the church and users of the hall I have decided not to support this initiative. If you would like to express your views please write to Transport for Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury Vale Area Office, Corrib Industrial Park, Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, HP19 8BP or email tfb@buckscc.gov.uk Details of the scheme can be found on plan 7 of the link below and in the porch. Informal public exhibitions are also being held at St. Mary’s Church Hall on September 1st from 10.00am to 4.00pm and on September 4th between 4pm and 7 pm at which you are encouraged to express your views. James http://www.transportforbucks.net/Roadworks-Centre/Schemes-and-projects/Our-schemes-and-projects/Princes-Risborough-ammendments-to-parking.aspx
 
Upgrading of Heating and Installation of New Boiler
Starting on Monday September 28th with completion due by Friday October 2nd work will be undertaken to install some new radiators and a new boiler. The disruption should be minimal as the work will take place between the two weekends although the 9.30 am Holy Communion service on Thursday and Morning Prayer on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45 will take place at The Rectory, Mill Lane. James

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 our before the Harvest services at Owlswick on Sunday September 27th at 6 pm and St. Dunstan’s on Sunday October 4th 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 4th 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. A list will go up in the porch in due course for people to sign up to help with setting up or providing puddings.

Confirmation Sessions and Service 
A confirmation class for adults and children is being held at the Rectory on Saturday October 17th and Saturday October 24th from 2.30-4.30pm. The Confirmation service itself will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Bledlow on Sunday November 1st at 6pm. If you would like to consider being confirmed please contact James. Confirmation is often seen as the entry point to receive Holy Communion as a person ‘confirms’ the promises made on their behalf at their Baptism.

Reform and Renewal – the significance of St. Dunstan
A fascinating one day course is being offered by the department of continuing education at Oxford University on Saturday October 24th. The course fee is £65 (50% of this can be subsidised). Further details are available in the porch, www.conted.ox.ac.uk, emailing ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk or phoning 01865 270368

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 September 7th until Wednesday September 23rd (inclusive)

Wed 2nd Sept	12 noon Funeral of Peg Norris
Thurs 3rd Sept	9.30am Healing and Holy Communion 2.30pm Funeral of Shana Stonell (Committal Service at Chilterns Crematorium at 5 pm)
Sat 5th Sept	2.00pm Fun Day and Churchyard Consecration – see notices
Sun 6th Sept	8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) 10.00am All Age Family Communion and Baptisms 12 noon Naming and Blessing service 6.00pm Evensong
Thurs 10th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys restarts 6.30pm Choir (open to everyone to practise the Trinity Mass setting)
Fri 11th Sept	11.00am WW1 Commemoration at the war memorial
Sun 13th Sept	10.00am Parish Eucharist 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Evensong
Mon 14th Sept	1.30pm Funeral of Roy Pearce
Thurs 17th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sat 19th Sept	3.00pm Visiting bell ringers
Sun 20th Sept	10.00am Parish Eucharist 6.00pm Evensong