TODAY
Today: Sunday, 10th June 2018 2nd Sunday after Trinity
8:00am
Holy Communion All Saints' Church, Oval Way
9:30am
Family Service St Peter's Parish Church
11:00am
Sung Eucharist St Peter's Parish Church
1:00pm
Baptism of Christian Rice St Peter's Parish Church
3:00pm
Tea & Hymns St Peter's Parish Church Hall
4:00pm
Evensong St Paul's Church, Horn Hill
7.00pm
Contemporary Service St Peter's Parish Church
Wednesday, 13th June 2018
10:00am
Holy Communion St Peter's Parish Church
Encounter God, Encourage Others, Engage Our World
Chalfont St Peter Parish Churches
Welcome to this service, a time to encounter God, gather together and worship.
Q) Why is there an armour helmet in the sanctuary of the Parish Church?
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Feast Day This year's event will take place on Gold Hill Common on Saturday, 23rd June and will be the 10th Anniversary of the event moving back to the Common. The Church Stall is coming together and we now need you to volunteer for at least an hour at some point through out the day. Please sign up on the sheets at each church. Also, we need to collect the following items: Oddments of red, green and black DK wool Black buttons Knitting needles for DK wool (3.5-4.5mm) Needles for sewing wool If you have any of the above, please drop them to Sandra in the Church Office. If you can knit or crochet and are happy to help during the day showing people how to knit or crochet poppies then please let Sandra know. You can either pop into the church office or contact her on sandra@csp,church or 01753 880067.
Melody Makers Melody Makers takes place in All Saints' Church Hall on Tuesdays at 10am. All are welcome to join this fun and relaxed community choir. Toys are available to keep little ones busy. We are planning visits to residential homes to lead some sing-a-longs.
A) The helmet is an example of a funerary helmet or "mort helm” - part of a suit of armour placed near the carved memorial of knights or members of the nobility in a tradition that ran from at least the 14th through to the 18th century. It was cleaned and painted during the refurbishment of the church in 1965 and placed above a wooden plaque bearing the coat of arms of Sir Henry Gould, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in the early 18th century.
Home Groups News The next Graham Home Group will be at 10.00am on Monday, 18th June at The Box, Hillfield Road. We shall be continuing our series on the Twelve Disciples. If you would like to join us please contact the Rev Wendy Graham on 01753 885066.
Yr 6 Retreat Day - Monday 2nd July Luke is looking for volunteers to help with a retreat day for year 6 children (10-11 years old) from Robertswood and the Junior schools. The event is hosted in partnership with Gold Hill Baptist Church and gives the children an opportunity to reflect and prepare themselves before they move on to secondary school. Please contact Luke if you would be able to support with leading small group discussions, serving refreshments, or logistics on the day.
LATE SPRING CLEAN! St Paul’s churchyard is in need of its yearly clearance of leaves etc. It is planned to do this on Saturday 16th June at 9.30am. ‘Many hands make light work’, if you can help contact Ann Middleton on 01494 874287. Thank you.
Sunday 17th June at All Saints' Church All are welcome to join The Friends of All Saints for a glass of wine following the 6.30 pm service on Sunday 17th June. There will be a short AGM afterwards.
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Next week: Sunday, 17th June 2018 3rd Sunday after Trinity
6.30pm
Sung Eucharist All Saints' Church, Oval Way
Wednesday, 20th June 2018
COLLECT Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth: send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you. Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. FIRST READING 1 Samuel 8.4–15 A reading from the first book of Samuel. 4 All the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5 They said to him, ‘You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.’ 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, ‘Give us a king to govern us.’ Samuel prayed to the LORD, 7 and the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you. 9 Now then, listen to their voice; only – you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.’ 10 So Samuel reported all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, ‘These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots; 12 He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plough his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers. 15 He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers. SECOND READING 2 Corinthians 4.13 – 5.1 A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 13 Just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture – ‘I believed, and so I spoke’ – we also believe, and so we speak, 14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. 15 Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. 16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, 18 because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. 1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. GOSPEL Mark 3.20–35 Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. 20 The crowd came together again, so that Jesus and his companions could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.’ 23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. 28 Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin’ – 30 for they had said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’ 31 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, ‘Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you.’ 33 And he replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ 34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.’ POST COMMUNION Loving Father, we thank you for feeding us at the supper of your Son: sustain us with your Spirit, that we may serve you here on earth until our joy is complete in heaven, and we share in the eternal banquet with Jesus Christ our Lord.
Readings for 10th June 2018 2nd Sunday after Trinity
MINISTERS Vicar Revd John Goodman 01753 882389 john@csp.church Revd Wendy Graham 01753 885066 wendy@csp.church Children and Families Minister Luke Maxted 01753 206172 luke@csp.church PARISH VERGER Gerry Hanham 01494 874940 PARISH OFFICE Open Mon - Fri: 9.30am-12.30pm Katherine Melling Samantha Carter 01753 880067 office@csp.church MISSION OPERATIONS MANAGER Sandra Clark 01753 880067 sandra@csp.church
FAIRTRADE Don't forget that you can purchase a small range of Fairtrade chocolate and biscuits throughout the week from the Parish Church Office. We also have some beautiful handmade cards and, new in, a range of sympathy cards that are availablee to just £1 each. Pop in and have a look today!
