Transcript Pew Leaflet - Parish of Harpenden

The Second Sunday of Epiphany
Sunday 18 January 2015
Services and Preachers in the Parish Today
St Nicholas Church
8.00am
Holy Communion
Revd Linda Williams (Associate Vicar, All Saints)
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
Revd Linda Williams
11.30am
Morning Praise
Revd Shaun Speller (Assistant Curate)
All Saints Church Celebrating 50 years in the heart of the community
9.00am
10.30am
Communion Service
Worship Service
Revd Becky Leach (Associate Vicar, St Mary’s)
Revd Becky Leach
St Mary’s Church
9.15am
Sung Eucharist
Revd Canon Dennis Stamps (Rector)
11.00am
Morning Praise
Revd Canon Dennis Stamps
4.30pm
Simply Worship
Jenny Goulding (Reader, St Mary’s)
6.30pm
Ecumenical Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Revd Linda Williams
All our churches are fitted with an induction loop. Those wearing a hearing
aid should switch to “T” in order to benefit from it.
A collection will be taken during the Offertory Hymn. If you are a UK tax
payer, please use the white Gift Aid envelope in the pew, remembering to
date it and print your details.
If you give by standing order or the like please put a token in the offering in
the offering bags as they go around as an act of worship and as a token of
what you give in thanks to God.
Children are welcome at every service. If your child becomes restless during
the service, please feel free to go in and out.
You are warmly invited to join us for coffee after our morning services.
Please tell the Parish Office about next week’s meetings, events and notices by
12 noon on Wednesday on 01582 765524 or [email protected]
More information can be found at www.parishofharpenden.org
This pew leaflet is available in large print form at the back of church and
can be downloaded from the website: www.parishofharpenden.org
Collects and Readings
COLLECT
Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the
riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Or ADDITIONAL COLLECT
Eternal Lord, our beginning and our end: bring us with the whole creation to your glory,
hidden through past ages and made known in Jesus Christ our Lord.
FIRST READING 1 Samuel 3.1–10
The boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in
those days; visions were not widespread. At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to
grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; the lamp of God had not yet
gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was.
Then the LORD called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ and he said, ‘Here I am!’ and ran to Eli, and said,
‘Here I am, for you called me.’ But he said, ‘I did not call; lie down again.’ So he went and lay
down. The LORD called again, ‘Samuel!’ Samuel got up and went to Eli, and said, ‘Here I am,
for you called me.’ But he said, ‘I did not call, my son; lie down again.’ Now Samuel did not
yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. The LORD
called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, ‘Here I am, for
you called me.’ Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. Therefore Eli said to
Samuel, ‘Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, “Speak, LORD, for your servant is
listening.”’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Now the LORD came and stood there,
calling as before, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ And Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’
SECOND READING Revelation 5.1–10
I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on
the back, sealed with seven seals; and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?’ And no one in heaven or on earth or
under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. And I began to weep bitterly
because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then one of the
elders said to me, ‘Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has
conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.’ Then I saw between the
throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been
slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent
out into all the earth. He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was
seated on the throne. When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty
-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense,
which are the prayers of the saints. They sing a new song: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
saints from every tribe and language and people and nation; you have made them to be a
kingdom and priests serving our God, and they will reign on earth.’
Psalm, Gospel Reading and Post Communion
PSALM Psalm 139.1-5, 12-18
O LORD thou hast searched me ‘ out and ‘ known me : thou knowest my
down-sitting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my ‘ thoughts ‘ long be’fore.
Thou art about my path and a’bout my ‘ bed : and ‘ spiest out ‘ all my ‘ ways.
For lo there is not a word ‘ in my ‘ tongue : but thou O Lord ‘ knowest it ‘ alto’gether.
Thou hast fashioned me be’hind and be’fore : and ‘ laid thine ‘ hand up’on me.
2nd Such knowledge is too wonderful and ‘ excellent ‘ for me : I ‘ cannot at’tain unto ‘ it.
Part For my ‘ reins are ‘ thine : thou hast covered me ‘ in my ‘ mother’s ‘ womb.
I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and ‘ wonderfully ‘ made :
marvellous are thy works, and that my ‘ soul ‘ knoweth right ‘ well.
My bones are not ‘ hid from ‘ thee : though I be made secretly, and ‘
fashioned be’neath in the ‘ earth.
Thine eyes did see my substance yet ‘ being un’perfect : and in thy book
were ‘ all my ‘ members ‘ written;
2nd Which day by ‘ day were ‘ fashioned : when as yet ‘ there was ‘ none of ‘ them.
Part How dear are thy counsels unto ‘ me O ‘ God : O how ‘ great is the ‘ sum of ‘ them!
If I tell them, they are more in number ‘ than the ‘ sand : when I wake up ‘ I am ‘ present
with ‘ thee. GLORIA
GOSPEL John 1.43–51
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, ‘Follow me.’
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and
said to him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets
wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth.’ Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come
out of Nazareth?’ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see.’ When Jesus saw Nathanael coming
toward him, he said of him, ‘Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!’ Nathanael
asked him, ‘Where did you come to know me?’ Jesus answered, ‘I saw you under the fig tree
before Philip called you.’ Nathanael replied, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the
King of Israel!’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the
fig tree? You will see greater things than these.’ And he said to him, ‘Very truly, I tell you,
you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son
of Man.’
POST COMMUNION
God of glory, you nourish us with your Word who is the bread of life: fill us with your Holy
Spirit that through us the light of your glory may shine in all the world. We ask this in the
name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Please Remember in your Prayers
Parish Outreach: Living God’s Love: Making New Disciples: Church Missions
The Sick: Kirstin Williamson, Emma Mitchell, Rosie Choueka, Sarah Sherwood,
Andrew, Lin Millins, Jenny, Trevor, Elaine, Ray Meldrum, Myrtle Hughes,
Marion Stubbins, Rosemary Allen and Ann Payne
The Recently Departed: Alfred Prichard, Jean Humphrey, Colin Moxley and
Robin Nisbet
First Anniversary of Death: Bernard Berryman, Eric Anderson and Edna
Wells
Parish News for all three churches
CHRISTMAS EXPERIENCE AT ST MARY'S: There are still some items (fabric etc) that were
kindly lent to St Mary's. Please get in touch with Becky via the Parish Office to arrange to
collect anything that is yours.
X-SITE - a reminder to all children in school years 3-6 that the next exciting X-Site event will
be on Saturday 31st January from 6.00-8.00 pm at High Street Methodist Church. It's an
occasion not to be missed! Booking details available from next week.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY 18-25 January. There are two ecumenical services
in Harpenden to mark this important week: Sunday 18 January, 6.30 pm at St Mary's Church,
Kinsbourne Green; and Wednesday 21 January, 12 noon at URC church in Vaughan Rd,
followed by lunch. The theme of the services is taken from John 4:7 'The Well is Deep'.
Please note that there will be no other evening services in our churches today.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE POST OF PARISH ADMINISTRATOR for the Parish of Harpenden
are now being taken. To receive details, please contact the parish office. Deadline for
applications is midday, 11 February 2015. Interview date to be advised.
JANUARY - APRIL 2015 BRF NOTES are now ready. Please take your copy from the back of
St Nicholas’ Church. New readers always welcome. Contact Marion Pearson, 761073. notes.
CONFIRMATION courses for young people and adults will begin in late February. Young
people will meet on Sunday afternoons; adults on Wednesday evening. Shaun and Dennis
will be leading the course for young people and Linda and Becky the one for adults. Please
let the clergy or parish office know if you are interested and sign up on the list in church.
ST ALBANS CATHEDRAL FLOWER FESTIVAL (MUSIC IN BLOOM): A short film by Neil
Armstrong may be downloaded at : - https://vimeo.com/108990944
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
21 January, 12noon (with lunch), Ecumenical Service for Week of Prayer for Christian
Unity, URC Church, Vaughan Road
24 January, Burns Supper in St Nicholas Church Hall. See notice on next page
30 January, 8-10.30pm, Ecumenical IMPACT prayer meeting at St George’s School,
Assembly Hall. See notice
14-16 February, Wedding Dress Experience at St Mary’s Church
BURNS SUPPER IN ST NICHOLAS CHURCH HALL, 24 JANUARY 2015. .This event is now fully
subscribed. May we remind those attending that if they wish to drink wine, you need to bring
your own. Soft drinks will be provided.
WEDDING DRESS EXPERIENCE St Mary's Church 14 - 16 February 2015. I am making up a
selection of raffle prizes, based around the wedding theme. Donations, including a bottle of
champagne, a bouquet of flowers, champagne glasses or anything 'wedding' related would
be gratefully received. If you can help, please contact Julia Lloyd via the Parish Office.
Thank you.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH (PAST AND PRESENT) WANTED! Please give any
pictures you might have, especially of people and events, to Ellen Hills, via the Parish Office,
by 1 June so that she can compile a display as part of the All Saints Golden Jubilee
Celebrations.
CRAFT @ CORNELIA’S on Monday 19 January, 8-10pm: Join our crafts group for anyone
who enjoys being creative. Bring along any portable, non-messy crafts to chat and share
ideas over a glass of wine whilst working on your own project. There may be a chance to try
out new crafts. So just turn up! There will be a small charge of £3 to cover refreshments. For
more information contact Sarah Cripps or Jane Todd.
PARISH LENT GROUPS will begin the week of 16 February. Please sign up for these parish
groups now (by 8 February at the latest) by filling out the form at the back of church,
available from next Sunday. If you would be willing to host or lead a group, please do
indicate. There will be a choice of two courses, one based on Stephen Cotterill’s book ’The
Things He Carried - A Journey to the Cross’ and the other based on the film ’Chocolat’. You
will be informed of your group in the week commencing 9 February.
FOR THE CELEBRATION OF ALL SAINTS JUBILEE YEAR members of the parish are invited to
make a donation: 50 for 50, such as 50 pennies or 50 £1 coins. or even 50 £50 notes. Please
put any donation in an envelope marked ‘All Saints Jubilee’. If you wish to gift aid please
indicate this and give your name and address.
IMPACT Harpenden Friday 30 January, 8.00-10.30pm in St George’s School Assembly Hall.
Most of the churches in Harpenden are involved in this ecumenical initiative. It is an evening
of prayer for our town, interspersed with worship. There is no need to be there for the whole
time; just drop in for as long as you would like / are able.
PARISH OFFICE AND ST NICHOLAS CHURCH WEEKDAY OPENING HOURS :
Monday: closed
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 10.00am to 3.30pm
Thursday: 10.00am to 12.30pm (manned by volunteers)
Church Notices
St Nicholas Church
MUSIC TODAY
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
Setting:
Motet:
Rutter
Videntes stellam magi (Poulenc)
FAIRTRADE GROCERIES STALL TODAY in St Nicholas Church Hall between the
9.30am and 11.30am services.
BOOK STALL today (postponed last week), following the 9.30am service, in
St Nicholas Church Hall.
A FRIENDLY TEA GROUP FOR THE BEREAVED today at 3pm in St Nicholas
Church Hall. All welcome.
ON 25 JANUARY our preacher for the 9.30am service will be Monsignor Harry
Turner from Our Lady of Lourdes as we conclude the week of prayer for
Christian Unity.
VOTIVE CANDLE STAND is now in place. Thank you to those who gave
donations to purchase this for the church. Please feel free to light a candle and
say a prayer any time the church is open or before or after services. A
donation towards the cost of the candles is appreciated.
St Mary’s Church
JANUARY MISSIVE, CALENDAR FOR 2015 and SOCIAL CALENDAR - are all
available to collect from the back of church.
Church Notices Continued
All Saints Church Celebrating 50 years in the heart of the community
BIBLE READING NOTES: Please order from Rosemary (761322).
ALL SAINTS EMERGENCY PRAYER CHAIN: Please call 622862.
THANK YOU to all who helped to make Christmas at All Saints so special,
especially the Flower Team, the Social and Catering Team and Musicians. Bless
you. You might be interested to know more people came to all our Christmas
Services than in 2014.
Revd Linda
A REMINDER: If you would like a visit or to receive Holy Communion at home,
please contact Revd Linda.
50 FOR 50: Launched on 11 January to raise funds for our Golden Jubilee events
and projects. We suggested donations in multiples of 50 – from 1p pieces to £50
notes! Whatever you are able to give will help the fund. Envelopes to fill are
available at the back of the church – or a Smarties tube for school age people.
(We recommend eating the Smarties before trying to get the money in.)
Thank you from the Jubilee Committee.
Please follow & interact with our Parish:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@ParishHarpenden
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Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/parishharpenden
Blog: http://parishofharpenden.blogspot.co.uk
You can also access them all through the church website: www.parishofharpenden.org
If you have anything to go on our sites please email Rachel at:
[email protected]
What’s on This Week
Monday:
8.00pm
Craft @ Cornelia’s - see Notice
Tuesday:
10.00am
Holy Communion at St Mary’s
Wednesday:
10.30am
8.00pm
Thursday:
Holy Communion at St Nicholas
Mothers’ Union in St Nicholas Church Hall, Cunningham Room: Foodbanks Jennifer Owen
9.30am
Toddler Time in St Nicholas Church Hall
9.30am
Busy Bunnies in All Saints Church Hall
9.30am
Holy Communion at All Saints
Friday:
8.00am
2.00pm
Holy Communion at St Nicholas
St Nicholas Wednesday Group (Large Hall): Agewise; Living a Happy and Healthy
Life - Dr Diana Kingham. Visitors welcome
Saturday:
10.30am
7.30pm
Sunday:
Holy Communion at St Nicholas
Burns Supper in St Nicholas Church Hall - see Notice
The Conversion of Paul- Services and Preachers in the Parish
St Nicholas Church
8.00am
Holy Communion
9.30am
Sung Eucharist
11.30am
6.30pm
Revd Canon Dennis Stamps (Rector)
Monsignor Harry Turner (Our Lady of Lourdes)
Morning Praise with Holy Communion
Choral Evensong
Revd Canon Dennis Stamps
Heather Richards (Reader, St Nicholas)
All Saints Church
9.00am
10.30am
Communion Service
Revd Shaun Speller(Assistant Curate)
Worship Service
Revd Shaun Speller
St Mary’s Church
9.15am
Sung Eucharist
Revd Nick Goulding (St Mary’s)
11.00am
Morning Praise
Revd Nick Goulding
Readings:
Jeremiah 1: 4–10
Acts 9 : 1-22
Matthew 19 : 27-30
To be a lively community connecting with God’s love in new and imaginative ways