Pew Sheet 6th March 2016

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. Coffee, squash and biscuits are served in the Church Hall afterwards

 Sunday 6th March 2016

Fourth Sunday of Lent - Mothering Sunday

Today is Mothering Sunday. It may seem to be a day taken over by the secular world. It may seem to be all about celebrating people’s biological mothers. It’s certainly a day that as many people find difficult as find it wonderful. The Church is the place that holds all this together and invites us to look more deeply at the family God calls us to be.

8.00am Holy Communion
Readings: Exodus 16 v 2-7a, John 6 v 1-14

10.00am Mothering Sunday Service
Hymns: 6, 67, 54, 856, 332

Reading 1 Samuel 1:20-end
Samuel’s mother is Hannah, who was barren for years until she gave birth to her beloved son, Samuel. Out of gratitude and faithfulness, she gave him to the Lord, a huge sacrifice that prefigures the sacrifice made centuries later by Mary, the mother of Jesus.

6.00pm Evensong
Hymns: 580, Psalm 30, 350, 333
Readings: Prayer of Manasseh, 2 Timothy 4:1-18

Prayer of the week
God of love, passionate and strong, tender and careful: watch over us and hold us all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Your prayers are asked this week for:

• The people of Syria, for those who are seeking to bring an end to the conflict there, for those forced to leave their homeland as a result of violence, poverty and oppression:
• Those who have nurtured and ‘mothered’ us in our home life and faith journey
• The work of Hospices, for all who manage the pain and bring comfort to the terminally ill
• Dentists, physiotherapists, chiropodists and other health practitioners.
• The Crescent (PR) Church End & Lyde End (B)
• Those who are in need in our parish:
• And also further afield for:
  • Alastair, Uncle Frank, Katy, Georgina Cole, Robert, Dave Skinner, Bill Maley
• The recently departed: Babs Dudley, Jean Taylor, Brian Watts
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Ethel Galley, Marjorie Browne
    

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
Relief for Oppressed People Everywhere (ROPE) is committed to combating the impact of poverty across the world. www.rope.org.uk.

Notices

Newsletter
Copy date for the next newsletter is 10th March. Please send contributions to: john@jamckay.demon.co.uk  or morna.hinch@btinternet.com. Many thanks

Fellowship Group
On March 10th there will be a service of Holy Communion at 7.30pm, a short AGM at 8.00pm followed by… 8.15pm a talk by Ann Tomkins on the work of PACE, a local, ground-breaking children's charity which helps children with sensory motor disorders such as cerebral palsy. You do not need to be a member of the Fellowship Group to attend this talk.

Electoral Roll
This notice applies to persons not already on the roll and wishing to enrol and to those on the roll but wanting their name removed from it. The annual revision will take place from 8th February 2016. If you wish to have your name included please complete an application form, available in the Church porch or from the table, and return to me by 14th March 2016. Keith Barnes, 5, Windsor Lodge, Wellington Avenue, Princes Risborough, HP27 9EE.

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 16th March. All welcome!

Pilgrim Course starts – Thursday March 17th
Meeting at The Rectory, Pilgrim is a major new teaching and discipleship resource from the Church of England. It aims to help create a place where people can explore the Christian faith together and see how it can be lived out each day. Pilgrim takes a different approach to other Christian programmes. It approaches the great issues of faith not through persuasion, but participation in a pattern of contemplation and discussion with a group of fellow travellers. Please come along at 8.00pm with your Bible for the first session which reflects on the attraction of Jesus Christ and what happens when people meet him?

Soup-makers needed!
Yes, it's time for the Christian Aid Super Soup Challenge! It's all happening on March 18th from 12.15-1.45pm. Soup, crusty roll and a hot drink for £4.50 in the hall. If you can make some soup please let me know. Thanks, Rosemary 344417.


Quiet Day of Prayer
Take time out on Monday 21st March at St Michael and All Angels Church, Horsenden Lane between 10am and 4pm. Drop in for as long as you wish. Prayer focuses and suggestions available. Short reflective prayers will be lead at 12 noon and 3-45pm. (NB there is no toilet at the church). For more details contact Rise Williams (274225).

Easter Lilies in Memory of a Loved One
If you would like to donate the cost of an Easter lily as part of an arrangement in memory of a loved one please write your name and the person(s) whom you wish to remember IN BLOCK CAPITALS on the list in the Church or contact Jenny Masterton-Smith on 01844 273538 or Gwen Miles on 01844 345230. To make your donation, please put your contribution into a blue gift aid envelope and write “Easter Lily” on it (with your name & address on it if you are a taxpayer). Please put the envelope into the wooden chest on the pillar or hand it to James.

Celebrate St. George’s Day
Sway’ a 6 piece jazz band will be playing in St. Dunstan’s on Saturday April 23rd at 7.30 pm. Sway is a mix of Swing, Latin, Popular Show tunes and a sprinkling of Ballads, Beatles and Boogie that will have your toes tapping and who knows?  You may even fancy a turn on the dance floor! Tickets cost £8. There is a complimentary glass of wine/soft drink with tickets available from Johanna Powell 01844 343996 or Rachel Ungi 01844 761535.

Stewardship Letter
Last year the parish accounts showed a deficit of about £30,000 and this year’s deficit is projected to be about £26,000. This is partly owing to a huge amount of expenditure on our church buildings which is unlikely to be repeated in the short term and a significant increase in the parish share which enables the Oxford Diocese to pay the cost of a full time priest in the parish. A letter will be going to members of the congregation in the next month or so explaining all of this in further detail so that people can make an informed decision about their financial giving to St. Dunstan’s/St. Peter’s. The average weekly outgoings of the church are about £2,500 and the average Sunday collection at services about £250. James

The Next Few Weeks 

Morning Prayer takes place on Mondays, Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45am (except Bank Holidays).
 

Mon 7th Mar	2.30pm Lent Course (see notices) 8.00pm PCC meeting (church hall)
Thurs 10th Mar	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall) 7.30pm, Fellowship Holy Communion, AGM and talk (see notices)
Fri 11th Mar	11.00am First World War One Commemoration at the war memorial (monthly)
Sun 13th Mar	10.00am Parish Communion and Baptisms 11.30pm Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Evensong
Wed 16th Mar	2.00pm Funeral of Brian Watts 2.30pm Friendship Group (church hall) 5.30pm Pilgrimage to St. Albans Abbey, leaving from the lay-by (trip now full)
Thurs 17th Mar	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall) 8.00pm ‘Open House Group’ at The Rectory (see notices)
Fri 18th Mar	12.15pm Super soup lunch in the church hall (see notices)
Sun 20th Mar Palm Sunday	10.00am Parish Communion starting in the A4010 lay-by with the procession of palms followed by the Passion Narrative in church. 6.00pm Evensong 6.00pm ‘Later’ for years 7-11 at Princes Risborough Methodist Church
Mon 21st Mar	8.00pm Stations of the Cross
Tues 22nd Mar	8.00pm Compline (night prayer)
Wed 23rd Mar	8.00pm Compline (night prayer)
Thurs 24th Mar Maundy Thurs	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (in the church) 8.00pm Parish Communion (including the washing of hands, stripping of the altar and silent vigil)
Friday 25th Mar Good Friday	11.00am Churches Together in Risborough ‘Walk of Witness’ starting at the library 2.00pm Service of Readings, Music and Reflections ‘at the foot of the Cross’
Sunday 27th Mar Easter Day Clocks have gone forward 1 hour	6.00am Sunrise Service at Whiteleaf Cross (with bacon rolls and hot drinks) 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Family communion and Easter Egg hunt 3.00pm Evensong, Owlswick