Pew Sheet 23rd September and 30th Seprember 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 babies, toddlers and children meet in the church hall during the 10 am Communion service where coffee, squash etc. is served afterwards 

***DOUBLE EDITION***

Sunday 23rd September 2018  
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

 

Let us come together to worship God with joy and wonder, and give thanks for God’s blessing on our lives.

10.00am Parish Communion
First Reading: Jeremiah 11 v18-20.
Second Reading: James 3 v13 to ch4 v3 & v7-8a.
Gospel: Mark 9 v30-37.
Hymns: 16, 572, 531
Communion: 83, 165, 978
Psalm: 54

6.00pm Owlswick Harvest Festival
(followed by drinks and light refreshments)
Readings: 1 Timothy 6 v6-10, Matthew 6 v25-33
Hymns: 259, 264, 261, 265; Psalm: 126

Prayer of the Week
O God, protector of the poor and defender of the just, in your kingdom the last became first, the gentle are strong, and the lowly exalted. Give us wisdom from above, that we may find in your servant Jesus Christ the pattern of true discipleship and the grace to preserve in following him, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.

 

Sunday 30th September
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

The Gospel today challenges us to look beyond our own group, and discover what the Holy Spirit is doing to build the kingdom of God through the lives of other people.

10.00am Parish Communion
First Reading Numbers 11.4-6, 10-16 & 24-29
Second Reading James 5 v13-end
Gospel Mark 9 v38-end
Hymns: 565, 413, 428
Psalm: 19v7-end
Communion: 629, 516, 554

6.00pm Evensong
Readings: Exodus 24, Matthew 9 v1-8.
Hymns: 484, 412, 161
Psalm 121

Prayer of the week
Pour out your Spirit, O God, over all the world to inspire every heart with knowledge and love of you. Grant that we who confess Jesus as Lord may shun whatever is contrary to this faith and give us witness to your love, that has saved us in Christ, for he 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 peace of the world remembering especially the people of Yemen and Syria
• Politicians, diplomats and civil servants involved in the Brexit negotiations that they may agree upon a workable solution for the benefit of all people
• Rev Norbert Mutuku as he is licensed on Sept. 24th as the new vicar of Bledlow, Horsenden and Saunderton
• Those to be ordained deacon or priest this Michaelmas
• 23rd: Theoretical scientists and university faculties who research at the macro and micro levels God’s universe.
• 30th: The poorest nations of the world to be heard and given help to create a non-polluting sustainable economy as a partner amongst the family of countries.
• 23rd: Local members of parliament and those who support their work.
  
• 30th: Local trades people - builders, plumbers, electricians. 
  
• 23rd: Wycombe Road (PR) Lee Road (Sa).
  
• 30th: Thorns Lane & Close, Whiteleaf & Whiteleaf Way (MR) Ilmer and the surrounding area.
• Those who are in need in our parish:
  • Joan Ballance, Pam Johnson, Pam Lidgley
• And also further afield for:
  • Alastair, Georgina Cole, Ginny Gibbs, Alex Chauhan, Cathy Owen, Gail, Suzy Cooper, Anna Ballard, Janet Drurie
• The recently departed:
  • Peggy Mitton, Sheila Botten
• Those whose anniversary of death falls at this time:
  • 23rd Larry Mendy, Lilian Bishop, Helen White, Marjorie Bennett, Evelyn Monaghan, Pat Fisher:
  • 30th Linda Adams, Dave Wheeler, Barbara Wakefield, Cecil Corbin. 
  
  

Please remember the charities that the parish supports:
The Bucks Historic Churches Trust provides grants to help maintain churches in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. 
www.bucks-historic-churches.org

 

Notices

 

Harvest Time at St. Dunstan’s and St. Peter’s

• Services are taking place at St. Peter’s Chapel, Owlswick on Sunday September 23rd at 6 pm (followed by drinks and light refreshments) and at St. Dunstan’s, Monks Risborough on Sunday October 7th at 11.00 am.
• Harvest Festival Lunch will be held in the Scout Hall in Courtmoor Close, Monks Risborough at 12:30pm Sunday October 7th. Tickets are available (until Sunday September 30th) from Rachel Ungi (01844 761535) or Susanne Carr (01844 346827): adults £6, children 18 or under £3. Please sign up your name on the list in the porch if you are able to help out with a pudding or in another way.
• The Whitechapel Mission provides hot food and a drink, showers, clothing, free toilets and the chance of a wash and brush-up to homeless people in London. We are delighted to accept your donations for their work at or before the Harvest services. Please log on to their website www.whitechapel.org.uk, click on ‘donate’ and scroll down to ‘donate gifts in kind’ for a list of the things most desperately needed. A list of these items can also be found on a separate sheet in the porch. Thank you in anticipation of your help.
  

New Bible Study Group has started
The group meets on Tuesday evenings at 7.30 - 9.00 initially fortnightly and will be looking at Luke’s Gospel. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd October (at 7 Mead Acre, Monks Risborough - home of Sue and Stuart). For more information please call Jill Iredale 346488


Big Band Swing Concert, Saturday October 13th, 7.30
Much loved music and great tracks by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra etc. that encourages audience participation! There will be a complimentary glass of wine/soft drink, prize raffle. Tickets £10 from Sally’s Sewing Box (Duke Street, Princes Risborough), Rachel Ungi (01844 761535), Jackie Highe (01844 343755) or www.ticketsource.co.uk/st-dunstans-church

Will Aid 2018
Have your Will professionally written by a good solicitor and you’ll have the added feel-good factor of supporting nine leading UK charities too. Instead of paying a fee, the solicitor will invite you to make a donation to charity. Suggested voluntary donations are £95 for a basic Will, or £150 for a pair of basic mirror Wills. Please log on to www.willaid.org.uk/ to find your nearest available Will Aid solicitor. If you do not have access to the internet then the nearest Will Aid solicitor to St. Dunstan’s Church is Blackstone Legal, The Old Courthouse, 2nd Floor Hughenden Road, High Wycombe, HP13 5DT
Telephone: 01494 443 204 and ask for Ms. Sabrina Maini,

Fabric Projects at St. Dunstan’s and St. Peter’s
In the next few months we hope to undertake a number of projects. These include the redecoration of the whole church; the conservation of the pulpit; the conservation of the tin arch at St. Peter’s; repairs to the stonework and protecting the path past the church hall down the ‘Green Lane’ for when the churchyard extension comes into use. We hope to meet the cost of these projects through existing funds, legacies and previous fund raising activities. Longer term we are looking to create additional toilets at the back of the church hall to cope with the large number of visitors that come to events, funerals, weddings and other services at St. Dunstan’s. James

The Next Few Weeks 

The Church is open daily to visit from 9.30am–4.00pm.
Morning Prayer will only take place on Thursdays for w/c September 24th and October 1st. Everyone welcome

Tues 25th Sept	9.15am Walking group (A4010 layby)
Thurs 27th Sept	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Knitters and Natterers (church hall) 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (in church)
Sun 30th Sept	10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm Evensong
Thurs 4th Oct	9.30am Healing & Holy Communion 1.30pm Memorial Service for Sheila Botten 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall)
Sat 6th Oct	12 noon wedding
Sun 7th Oct	8.00am Holy Communion 11.00am All Age Family Service without Communion  12.30pm Harvest Lunch (see notices)  6.00pm Evensong
Mon 8th Oct	9.30am Monks Risborough School Harvest Festival Service 1.00pm Funeral of Peggy Mitton
Thurs 11th Oct	9.30am Holy Communion 11.00am WW1 Commemoration at the war memorial 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall) 7.30pm Curry Evening and Talk (church hall)
Sat 13th Oct	7.30pm Big Band Swing Concert (see notices)
Sun 14th Oct	10.00am Parish Communion and Baptisms 11.30am Owlswick Holy Communion  6.00pm Evensong
Mon 15th Oct	8.00pm PCC  Meeting
Thurs 18th Oct	9.30am Holy Communion 2.00pm Monks Monkeys (church hall) 7.30pm ‘Pilgrim Course at The Rectory
Sun 21st Oct	10.00am Parish Communion 6.00pm Evensong