Weekly Pewsheet Service Details and Notices
Oakham Team Ministry
Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday 27 July 2014 Oakham
8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30am Parish Communion 6:00pm Evensong
Whissendine
11:00am Holy Communion
Market Overton Ashwell Teigh
9:00am Holy Communion 11:00am Holy Communion 9:00am Holy Communion
Langham Braunston Brooke
11:00am Holy Communion 2:00pm Fun in the Sun 8:00am Holy Communion
Hambleton 9:15am Holy Communion (CW Trad) If you are new to this church or visiting, please make yourself known to the clergy or churchwardens. If you wish to receive Holy Communion in your pew, or would like a large print version of this Pewsheet, please ask a sidesperson.
Please take this Pewsheet home
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Oakham Team Clergy Revd Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani Team Rector (Oakham) 01572 722108 lee@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Audrey Atkinson Team Vicar (Langham, Braunston, Brooke, Hambleton, Egleton) 01572 723154 audrey@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Janet Tebby Team Vicar (Whissendine, Teigh, Ashwell, Market Overton) 01664 474096 janet@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Hildred Crowther Assistant Priest 01572 767779 hildred@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Dr Dominic Coad Curate 01572 770024 dominic@oakhamteam.org.uk
Lay Ministers Mr Vyv Wainwright Reader – 01572 759157 vyv@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Alan Rudge Reader – 01572 755570 alan@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr David Pattinson Reader – 01572 723884 david@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Gail Rudge Parish Evangelist – 01572 755570 gail@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Jenni Duffy Parish Evangelist – 01572 720064 jenni@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Madeleine Morris Pastoral Assistant – 01572 868418 madeleine@oakhamteam.org.uk
Director of Music Mr Kevin Slingsby – 01572 898242 kevin@oakhamteam.org.uk
Oakham Team Office Mrs Janine Weaver Team Administrator 01572 724007 office@oakhamteam.org.uk The Team Office is staffed on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 9am- 1pm, Thursdays 11am-3pm and Fridays by email. Notices for inclusion in the pew sheet should be sent to notices@oakhamteam.org.uk or delivered to the office by Wednesday at 11 am.
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Collect Merciful God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as pass our understanding: pour into our hearts such love toward you that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
First Reading – 1 Kings 3.5-12 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, ‘Ask what I should give you.’ And Solomon said, ‘You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart towards you; and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love, and have given him a son to sit on his throne today. And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?’ It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. God said to him, ‘Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches, or for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, I now do according to your word. Indeed I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you and no one like you shall arise after you.’
Second Reading – Romans 8.26-39 The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.
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What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel – Matthew 13.31-33,44-52 Jesus put before the crowd another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.’ He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Have you understood all this?’ They answered, ‘Yes.’ And he said to them, ‘Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.’
Post Communion Prayer God of our pilgrimage, you have led us to the living water: refresh and sustain us as we go forward on our journey, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Today SUNDAY 27 JULY 2:00pm – FUN IN THE SUN Braunston Village Hall
This Week WEDNESDAY 30 JULY 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Emma Heseltine piano Bach – Allemande and Gigue from French Suite 4 in E Flat Major Brahms – Intermezzi No 1 and No 2 from Op. 118 Shostakovitch – Prelude and Fugue No 7 in A major and Prelude and Fugue No 24 in D Minor Op 87
SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2:30pm – COUNTY WWI COMMEMORATION SERVICE All Saints Oakham An opportunity for the County of Rutland to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of World War I. The preacher will be The Very Revd Charles Taylor, Dean of Peterborough.
Looking Ahead WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Yvonne Bloor and Cécile Joly guitar
THURSDAY 7 AUGUST OAKHAM & BRAUNSTON MOTHERS’ UNION BUS TRIP Why not come to Rutland Water with the MU? For details contact Meg Dyer on 01572 771564 2:30pm-4:30pm – COME & CHAT BEREAVEMENT GROUP Oakham Church Hall For all going through bereavement. You’ll be able to meet others who are also going through the bereavement journey or chat to our volunteers. Clergy & other experienced listeners will also be present. If you think this might suit you, you’ll be most welcome to join us.
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2:00pm – FRIENDS OF ALL SAINTS OAKHAM STRAWBERRY TEA PARTY Oakham Church Hall Guest speaker Revd Dr Dominic Coad. Cost £5 – please sign up on the list on the table by the South Door. Contact Beryl Kirtland 01572 724103.
WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST 10:00am -12:00pm – OPEN HOUSE Home of Joy Cant, 23 Vicarage Road, Oakham. All are welcome.
SUN 17 – SUN 31 AUGUST WALK RUTLAND FOR JESUS Churches & Villages of Rutland Walk Rutland calls us to walk together and share fellowship as we walk through the villages of Rutland. It is an opportunity to talk about God with
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friends and strangers. Walk Rutland is supporting the Churches that already exist in the villages, and we hope that they will engage with us in witness. The fortnight starts with a commissioning service at Hambleton Church on 17 August at 2:30pm, and ends with a celebration service at Uppingham Methodist Church on 31 August at 2:30pm. Please pray about joining us for some time between 17 and 31 August. We would appreciate volunteers for stewarding, support driver, banner carrying and for leading worship/singing and prayers at various venues. Full upto-date details are available from the website at www.walkrutland.uk.
SATURDAY 23 AUGUST 7:30pm – PIANO DUO CONCERT Lyddington Church In aid of Oakham based Rutland Rotaract Family Support Centre (RRFSC) – this supports about 200 children and young people aged 0 to 25. It was set up in 2005 and is only funded by grants and by donations. It aims to provide social, recreational and therapeutic support to them and their families. The exciting evening’s entertainment is provided by international piano duo James Redfern, of Hallaton, and Laura Pauna, of South Africa. To reflect the summer evening they will perform 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Mendelssohn and 'The Rite Of Spring' by Stravinsky. Concert tickets will be £15 per person including a welcome drink and canapes in the interval. Tickets from Uppingham
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The Falcon Hotel, Oakham Music & More, Stamford Music Shop, or by ringing Elaine Redfern 01858 555465
MONDAY 25 AUGUST 11:15am – BANK HOLIDAY ORGAN RECITAL – All Saints Oakham Robert Gower. Followed by lunch in the Church Hall (cost £5). Please note that the afternoon concert in Egleton previously advertised will not now take place. In aid of RCO 150 for 150 appeal.
SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 11:00am -6:00pm – PRAYER BOOK DAY St Peter Brooke & All Saints Braunston Sung Matins at 11:15am in Brooke Church, is followed by a talk on the church at 12:15pm and a chance to view the 17th Century Book of Common Prayer. After some time to explore the church and village we move to Braunston, with lunch at the Old Plough (if pre-booked). At 3:30pm there will be a talk about Braunston Church, followed at 4:30pm by Evensong and Compline. For details and to book lunch, please phone Mary Stewart on 01664 474353 by 31 July. The services will be sung by members of Laudamus, joined by other choir members from the Deanery – music will include a setting of the Te Deum by Tallis and his anthem ‘If ye love me’, and a fauxbourdon setting of the evening canticles by John Holmes. Please contact Kevin Slingsby (01572 898242) if you would like to join the choir for the day or part of it.
Pewsheet Notices The Weekly Pewsheet will be taking on a new shape for a trial period in the villages (as has already been running at Oakham for some time). We would like to encourage more notices from every Church in the Team, whether they need advertising around the whole Team, or just the local Church. Help us to make it YOUR pewsheet, so that we are all more aware of what is going on throughout the Team. Please email notices, by preference, to notices@oakhamteam.org.uk by 11am on Wednesday. If you don’t have email access, they can still be delivered to the Team Office in person or by phone to Janine during weekday mornings by the same deadline.
Byron’s Last Journey Did you know that the ‘mad, bad, dangerous to know, scholar, freedom fighter, athlete, lover and poet Lord Byron’s body rested in The Crown Hotel in Oakham on its way to Hucknall Church, for burial? Newstead Abbey still retains its idyllic charm and it is easy to see how it inspired Byron to write some of the most romantic poetry of his time. Visitors can see Byron’s private apartments as well as letters, objects and furniture that belonged to him. The Abbey still retains the original medieval cloisters, a Gothic Revival
Library, a baronial Great Hall and the original façade of the old priory church on the West Front. The Abbey with over 300 acres of parkland and formal gardens for all tastes was Byron’s home from 1808 to 1814. Due to Byron’s tempestuous past it was considered not fitting for him to be buried in his ancestral home of Newstead Abbey and that the nearby Hucknall Parish Church was to be his final resting place. St. Mary Magdalene attracts visitors from all over the world as well as being a worshipping church with a full range of services and its literary connections. The church has impressive Kempe stained glass windows, memorials to Byron are both inside and in the churchyard. The 19th Century Lady Chapel reveals the story of the computer connections of Byron’s daughter Ada, Contess of Lovelace. Should you be tempted to a warm welcome at St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall, experience the romance and mystery of Newstead Abbey, a beautiful historic house set in glorious landscaped gardens, note Tuesday 23rd September in you diaries. The Friends of All Saint’s Church, Oakham are arranging a coach trip to see both. Posters and further information to follow. Beryl Kirtland
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Services During The Week Monday 28 July
09:00 Morning Prayer Oakham 09:00 Morning Prayer Langham
Tuesday 29 July
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 04:00 Evening Prayer Oakham 10:00 Holy Communion Oakham
Wednesday 08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 30 July 09:00 Morning Prayer Langham 10:00 Holy Communion J&A
04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 05:00 Evening Prayer Langham
04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 05:00 Evening Prayer Langham 05:30 Meditation J&A
Thursday 31 July
09:00 Team Communion Oakham 12:00 Ecumenical Prayer Oakham 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham
Friday 1 August
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 12:30 Village Prayers Braunston 09:00 Morning Prayer Langham 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 10:00 BCP Communion Oakham 05:00 Evening Prayer Langham
Services Next Sunday – 3 August (Seventh after Trinity) Oakham
08:00 Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30 Parish Communion
Whissendine Teigh Market Overton Ashwell Langham Braunston Brooke Hambleton Egleton
11:00 Holy Communion 09:00 Matins 09:00 Holy Communion
02:30 County WW1 Commemoration 06:00 Evensong
06:00 Evensong 06:00 WWR 11:00 Holy Communion & Baptism 06:00 Evensong 09:15 Holy Communion (CW Trad)
Next Week’s Readings at Holy Communion Isaiah 55.1-5; Romans 9.1-5; Matthew 14.13-21
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