Pew Sheet 17th June 2018

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:
Johanna Powell 01844 343996 johanna@powellathome.com
Margaret Hunnibell 01844 274366 mehunnibell01@gmail.com

Welcome!

We hope you will appreciate worshipping here with us. Please take away our welcome leaflet on the table for all of our services and activities. The 10 o’clock club for children meets in the church hall where coffee and squash is served after the 10.00am communion service.

Sunday 17th June

Third Sunday after Trinity

 

Whoever we are and whatever we have done in the past, God says, “Welcome”.

10.00am Parish Communion

First Reading: Ezekiel 17:22-end
God takes the top sprig from a cedar tree and plants it on a mountain top, where it grows into a mighty and fruitful tree.

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17
We do not need to judge others, since in God’s generosity everyone is made new.

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
God’s kingdom grows from tiny beginnings, yet is big enough for everyone to find a place.

Hymns: 580, 428, 13
Psalm: 92
Communion: How shall I sing your majesty (choir only), 941, 649


3.00pm Communion service at Cherry Tree Nursing Home, Saunderton  

6.00pm Evensong
First Reading: Jeremiah 7 v1-16
Second Reading: Romans 9 v14-26
Hymns: 297, 224, 587
Psalm: 39 v8-end

6.00pm ‘Later’ youth group BBQ at Princes Risborough Methodist Church

Prayer of 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 this week for:

• The victims of the Grenfell Tower Fire following the one year anniversary of this disaster
• The peaceful holding of the World Cup with thrilling football, well behaved crowds and human rights respected
• An end to the war and suffering in Yemen
• Constructive negotiations and wise decisions regarding Britain’s exit from the European Union
• The waste of people’s lives in the switching of manufacturing from one country to another and those who have been made unemployed by ‘downsizing’.
• All those taking GCSE, A levels and other  exams
• Those who protect our heritage and countryside.  
• Willow Way (PR) Bledlow Road & Chiltern View (Sa)
• Those who are in need in our parish:
  • Joan Ballance, Pam Johnson
• And also further afield for:
  • Alastair, Georgina Cole, Ginny Gibbs, Alex Chauhan, Cathy Owen, Gail, Colin, Suzy Cooper, Anna Ballard, Janet Drurie
• The recently departed:
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • Mollie Whyte, Richard Millard, Jean Pritchard.
    

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

Flower Festival
Thank you to everyone who helped to make this such an incredible event. Words are wholly inadequate to capture the creativity and beauty of all of the arrangements and the hard work that went in not only with regard to the flowers but all of the associated activities such as the refreshments, plant stall, raffle and musical programme. A warm and efficient welcome was provided to everyone and people left amazed at the skill and artistry of the flowers. It was lovely too that people could relax in the shade courtesy of our own mini marquee city and take time out to enjoy this community event. Early indications are that the net profit is likely to be around £7,000 but the figures will naturally take a little time to pull together to give a final total. Thank you again for all of your dedication and commitment. James, Gwen, Jenny and Elaine


Triple Edition of the Pew Sheet
This will cover Sundays June 24th, July 1st and July 8th. Please this in mind when submitting notices

Psalms
Following the Annual Meeting where comments were received about the difficulty of singing the psalm a few blue ‘psalters’ with the pointing (which tells you when you’re likely to change note) and in some copies the music are available for the congregation to use. These are kept with the copies of the hymn books. If you would to know more about the singing/chanting of psalms please ask James

Bucks Arts Week Cream Teas and Exhibitors
The church will be open daily from Saturday June 16th to Sunday June 24th 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 16th/17th and June 23rd/24th over the two weekends of Bucks Open Studios.

Monks Risborough School Summer Fair
The annual Monks Risborough Primary Summer Fair will be held this year on the 23rd June from 12:00-3.00pm. Please come along!

Open Garden, 11 The Paddocks, Wendover
Pamela and Edwin Rye’s beautiful garden will be open again on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June  from 2 until 5pm. Everyone is welcome.

Speaker Evening at St. Peter’s Chapel, Owlswick
Music Hall not Musical by Adam Borzone on: Tuesday 26th June, 7.30pm. Charismatic actor Adam, who’s also Chairman of The British Music Hall Society, will give a potted history of this very British entertainment. The cost for the evening will be £5 per person. Booking by https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rosalind-wates  or contact Roz Wates on 01844 274427 or roz@rosalindwates.co.uk

Monks Risborough School: Kitty Whittingham
With a similar story line to Dick Whittingham, Kitty, an orphan, leaves her countryside home to seek her fortune in London where the streets are paved with Gold. She encounters a mean gang of girls, meets a talking cat and finds herself a new home and friends by the end of the play! A special production by those children leaving Monks Risborough School will be put on for all parishioners on Wednesday July 11th at 10.30am in the school hall.

Volunteers needed for Lighthouse (30/7-3/8)
Registration for helpers at this Christian children’s holiday week in Princes Risborough is now open on the website and various roles are advertised on the porch noticeboard https://www.princesrisboroughlighthouse.co.uk/helpers
 
Stewardship Responses
Thank you very much to everyone who has so far returned their stewardship leaflets. People have been very thoughtful and generous and all of the offers of help both financially and practically are greatly appreciated. James

Would you like to take advantage of Broughton Church’s narrowboat this summer and autumn?
Imagine cruising along the canal with your family or house group and maybe stopping off for a BBQ or a pub meal. If you would like to book the boat for a day or longer, please call Rev. Phil White on 07725 339 236 or email phil@broughtonchurch.org Keith Woodhead from our own congregation used the boat last year and found it an enjoyable experience. Leaflets are available from the table.

The Next Few Weeks 

The Church is open daily to visit from 9.30am–4.00pm
Morning Prayer usually takes place on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8.45am to 9.05am (except Bank Holidays). Everyone welcome

Mon 18th June	7.30pm ‘Open House’ group at The Rectory
Wed 20th  June	2.30pm Friendship Group (church hall)
Thurs 21st June	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sat 23rd June	12 noon – 3.00pm Monks Risborough School Summer Fair
Sun 24th June	10.00am Parish Communion  6.00pm Owlswick Evensong
Mon 25th June	Visit by St. Teresa’s School (pm)
Tues 26th June	9.15 am Fellowship Walk (meet in A4040 lay-by) 7.30pm Owlswick Evening Talk (see notices)
Thurs 28th June	9.30am Holy Communion  2.00pm Monks Monkeys (in church) 2.00pm Knitters (church hall)
Sun 1st July	8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am All Age Family Communion 6.00pm Evensong
Thurs 5th July	9.30am Healing & Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sun 8th July	10.00am Parish Communion 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion 6.00pm Evensong
Wed 11th July	10.30am Monks Risborough School Leaver’s Production – all invited (school hall – see notices for details) 11.00am WW1 Commemoration at the war memorial
Thurs 12th July	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sat 14th July	6.30pm Fellowship ‘Garden’ party (church hall/green lane)
Sun 15th July	10.00am Parish Communion 3.00pm Communion Service at Cherry Tree Nursing Home 6.00pm Evensong
Mon 16th July	8.00pm Silent Prayer Meeting(church hall)
Thurs 19th July	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sun 22nd July	10.00am Parish Communion 4.30pm Cream Teas at Owlswick 6.00pm ‘Songs of Praise’ at Owlswick