Pew Sheet 28th August 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:
Charlie Fairall 07584 264573 crmfairall@yahoo.co.uk
Johanna Powell 01844 343996 johanna@powellathome.com

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. There is a corner for children to colour and play during the 10 am service. Coffee, squash and biscuits are served in the church hall after the service.

Sunday 28th August
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

 

Today’s readings invite us to look deep into the meaning of hospitality, recognising its place at the heart of the kingdom of God. Our place in it depends on God’s infinite and generous hospitality, and we are called to reflect that same hospitality in our relationships with others.

10.00am Parish Communion
Hymns: 382, 489, 572, 19
Prayers: 931
Communion: 610, 540

First Reading Jeremiah 2:4-13
Here we glimpse God’s agony at being abandoned by the people of Israel. They exchange God’s faithful, passionate love for false gods who do not even exist.

Second Reading Hebrews 13:1-8 & 15-16
Here is some practical instruction about how to live the life of faith. We learn what it means for all our relationships, both those most intimate and those more distant.

Gospel Luke 14:1 & 7-14
Jesus tells two parables that call us to examine our hearts and see what place humility has within us.

2.30pm Naming and blessing service

6.00pm Owlswick Evensong
Readings: Isaiah 33 v 13-22, John 3 v 22-36
Hymns: 431, Psalm 119v 81-88, 146, 463, 461

Prayer of the Week
God and judge of all, you show us that the way to your kingdom is through humility and service. Keep us true to the path of justice and give us the reward promised to those who make a place for the rejected and the poor. We ask 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.

Your prayers are asked for:

• The victims of the earthquake in Italy: for all those who have died, been left homeless, injured or bereaved
• The peace of the world in places like Turkey, Syria and Iraq following further violence and indiscriminate killings
• All those receiving exam results this summer and for their next steps in education, training or work
• Those who lead and organise adventurous holidays, for the thrills and safety of exciting and challenging activities
• The Bledlow Belles and Bledlow Village Fete Committee
• Westfields (MR) Long Hide (PR), Lower Icknield Way (L)
• Those who are in need in our parish:
• And also further afield for:
  • Alastair, Katy, Georgina Cole, Robert, Dave Skinner, Henry
• The recently departed:
  • Barbara Neaves, Vicki McKenzie, Dereck Ridgway
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Roy Pearce, Harry Purver, Bill Greaves, Mary Ann Copcutt, Phyllis Gibbons

  
  

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
Parents and Children Together (PACT), working to build and strengthen families in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and across the UK and internationally www.pactcharity.org

Notices

 

Bucks County Show, Aylesbury: Thurs September 1st
Mick and Anne White are helping out in the hospitality tent. If you would like to join them or provide a cake for them to take with them please contact them on 01844 346536

A celebration of British music and words
This informal concert will be held on Sunday 4th September at 3.00 pm at St Dunstan's. Contributors will be Margaret Pitman, Sarah Fairall, Rowena Gibbons plus a surprise guest.  There will be a great range of music from John Dowland through to Karl Jenkins; as well as words from William Shakespeare through to John Betjeman. Entry is free with a retiring collection in aid of The Blue Cross and St Dunstan's. Light refreshments will also be available.

Fellowship Talk by locally renowned art historian!
On September 8th at 8 pm in the church hall Susanne Carr will be investigating the paintings by Impressionist model and friend of Renoir, Suzanne Valadon (1865/7-1938). Everyone is welcome. The cost is £2 per meeting to include refreshments. “Knit-ins” will be in the Church Hall on the 4th Thursday of each month starting at 2.00pm (next one September 22nd) and the next walk is on Tuesday 27th September – please meet in layby at 9.15am. All welcome.

Fun Day September 10th, 2.00-4.30pm
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).
• High quality raffle prizes (Pat Kimber 273942) 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 (Gwen Miles 345230).
• Books are also required for the book stall being run by Morna Hinch (345169)
• Home grown produce, jams, cakes of all sizes needed for the "Cake Stall". Please contact
  Ros (344166) or June (344966).
• Delivering flyers by putting your name next to the street(s) you wish to deliver to and taking some flyers from the table near the south door.

Sponsored 'Ride and Stride' September 10th 10.00am - 6.00pm: participants and helpers required
You can ride a bike, a horse or walk for Bucks Historic Churches Trust/St Dunstan's and St Peter's. Sponsor forms are on the table at the back. We shall also need some folk to sit in the porch and welcome those taking part by offering drinks and noting their arrival time. If you could do an hour or two please sign the form in the porch or let me know. Rosemary 344417

Confirmation
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. There will be a confirmation service at St. Mary’s on Sunday September 18th at 6.00pm. Whatever age you are, if you’re interested in taking this step in your Christian journey please speak with 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 21st September. All welcome.

Help required - clippings, weeding and cuttings On September 24th from 9:00 -11:00am help is required in the churchyard extension to collect the grass that has been scythed and to carry out some weeding. If you are available please can you come along for a couple of hours (with any tools if you have them) to help out. Mick White (346536).

St. Albans Cathedral Pilgrimage
Owing to popular demand there will be a second pilgrim tour of St. Albans Abbey on Wednesday September 28th. The coach will leave from the lay-by off the A4010 in Monks Risborough at 5.30 pm and return there at about 10.15pm. Full details can be found in the August/September edition of the newsletter. The last chance for booking is September 4th.

Sustaining the Sacred Centre
As part of this initiative there are various opportunities to try different forms of prayer during August. A leaflet is available on the table towards the back of the church giving more details. Please take some time out during August to come to one or more of these services. There is also a limited special offer of David Adam’s Celtic daily Prayer book called ‘The Rhythm of Life’ at £5 to accompany this initiative. The books are on the wooden table and the money or an I-owe-you can be passed to James.

Free entry to Westminster Abbey – worth up to £80!
I have again secured a pass to enable up to four people to visit the Abbey free of charge. If you have visitors over the summer period or wish to enjoy a visit yourself please let me know and you can make use of this pass. James

The Next Few Weeks 

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

Tues 30th Aug	6.00pm Service of reflection, Owlswick
Thurs 1st Sept	9.30am Holy Communion & prayers for healing
Fri 2nd Sept	2.30pm Funeral of Dereck Ridgway
Sat 3rd Sept	3.00pm Wedding
Sun 4th Sept	8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Family Communion and Baptisms 3.00pm Concert (see notices) 6.00pm Evensong
Mon 5th Sept	8.00pm PCC Meeting (Church Hall)
Thurs 8th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys restarts 8.00pm Fellowship meeting: talk given by Susanne Carr: not to be missed!
Sat 10th Sept	2.00pm Fun Day – see notices
Sun 11th Sept	10.00am Parish Communion 11.15am WW1 Commemoration at the war memorial 11.30pm Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Evensong
Mon 12th Sept	8.00pm Silent Prayer Meeting (church hall)
Thurs 15th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sat 17th Sept	12noon Visiting bell ringers
Sun 18th Sept	10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm Evensong 6.00pm ‘Later’ at Princes Risborough Methodist Church 6.00pm Confirmation Service at St. Mary’s, Wendover (see notices)