Weekly Pewsheet
Service Details and Notices
The Baptism of Christ Sunday 10 January 2016
All Saints Oakham
Services in the Team today: Oakham
8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30am Parish Communion 6:00pm Evensong
Whissendine Teigh
8:00am Holy Communion 11:00am Family Service No service
Ashwell
8:00am Holy Communion
Market Overton Langham Braunston Brooke
4:00pm Evensong 11:00am Holy Communion 11:00am Morning Prayer 8:00am Holy Communion
Hambleton 9:15am Holy Communion (CW Trad) Egleton
No service
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Oakham Team Clergy Revd Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani Team Rector (Oakham) 01572 722108 lee@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Janet Tebby Team Vicar (Whissendine, Teigh, Ashwell, Market Overton) 01664 474096 janet@oakhamteam.org.uk Revd Canon Julie Hutchinson Team Vicar (Langham, Braunston, Brooke, Hambleton & Egleton) 01572 868816 julie@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 Michael Hinman Reader – 01572 722061 michael@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Phillip Hutchinson Reader – 01572 868816 phillip@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr David Pattinson Reader – 01572 723884 david@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Robin Robson Reader – 01572 757404 robin@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Alan Rudge Reader – 01572 755570 alan@oakhamteam.org.uk Mr Vyv Wainwright Reader – 01572 759157 vyv@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Jenni Duffy Parish Evangelist – 01572 720064 jenni@oakhamteam.org.uk Mrs Gail Rudge Parish Evangelist – 01572 755570 gail@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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8:00am Holy Communion 10:30am Parish Communion* The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book.
Opening Hymn*
1. Awake, awake: fling off the night! for God has sent his glorious light; and we who live in Christ’s new day must works of darkness put away.
3. Let in the light: all sin expose to Christ, whose life no darkness knows. Before his cross for guidance kneel; his light will judge and, judging, heal.
2. Awake and rise, with love renewed, and with the Spirit’s power endued. The light of life in us must glow, the fruits of truth and goodness show.
4. Awake, and rise up from the dead, and Christ his light on you will shed. Its power will wrong desires destroy, and your whole nature fill with joy.
5. Then sing for joy, and use each day; give thanks for everything alway. Lift up your hearts; with one accord praise God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Words: John Raphael Peacey (1896-1971) Music: Deus tuorum militum, Grenoble church melody, harm Michael Fleming (1928-2006) (Ancient & Modern – 327)
Collect Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit, that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children; 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. Amen.
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First Reading – Isaiah 43.1-7* Thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. Because you are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up’, and to the south, ‘Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth – everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.’
Second Reading – Acts 8.14-17 When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Gradual Hymn*
1. River, wash over me, cleanse me and make me new. Bathe me, refresh me and fill me anew. River, wash over me.
2. Spirit, watch over me, lead me to Jesus’ feet. Cause me to worship and fill me anew. Spirit, watch over me.
3. Jesus, rule over me, reign over all my heart. Teach me to praise you and fill me anew. Jesus, rule over me. Word & Music: Dougie Brown © 1980 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music (The Source – 441)
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Gospel – Luke 3.15-17,21-22 (In the wilderness John proclaimed a baptism of repentance.) As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’ Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’
Offertory Hymn* 1. O love, how deep, how broad, how high! It fills the heart with ecstasy, that God, the Son of God, should take our mortal form for mortals’ sake.
4. For us to wicked men betrayed, scourged. mocked, in purple robe arrayed; he bore the shameful cross and death; for us at length gave up his breath.
2. He sent no angel to our race of higher or of lower place, but wore the robe of human frame, himself, and to this lost world came.
5. For us he rose from death again, for us he went on high to reign, for us he sent his Spirit here to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
3. For us he was baptized, and bore his holy fast, and hungered sore; for us temptations sharp he knew; for us the tempter overthrew.
6. To him whose boundless love has won salvation for us through his Son,, to God the Father, glory be, both now and through eternity.
Words: O amor quam ecstaticus, ascribed to Thomas à Kempis (c1379-1471), tr Benjamin Webb (1819 – 1885) Music: Eisenach, melody Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630), harm Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (A & M – 149)
Communion Anthem* When John baptized by Jordan's river in faith and hope the people came, that John and Jordan might deliver their troubled souls from sin and shame. They came to seek a new beginning, the human spirit's ageless quest, repentance and an end of sinning, renouncing every wrong confessed.
There as the Lord, baptized and praying, rose from the stream the sinless One, a voice was heard from heaven saying, “This is my own beloved Son.” There as the Father's word was spoken, not in the power of wind and flame, but of his love and peace the token, seen as a dove, the Spirit came.
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O Son of Man, our nature sharing, in whose obedience all are blest, Saviour, our sins and sorrows bearing, hear us and grant us this request: daily to grow, by grace defended, filled with the Spirit from above; in Christ baptized, beloved, befriended, children of God in peace and love. Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b 1926) Music: Rendez à Dieu, Louis Bourgeois (c1510-1561), harm Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) – A&M 432 © 1984 Timothy Dudley-Smith
Communion Hymn*
1. Just as I am, without one plea but that thy blood was shed for me, and that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come.
4. Just as I am, thou wilt receive, wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve: because thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come.
2. Just as I am, though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt, fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come.
5. Just as I am, thy love unknown has broken every barrier down; now to be thine, yea, thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come.
3. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; sight, riches, healing of the mind, yea, all I need, in thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come.
6. Just as I am, of that free love the breadth, length, depth, and height to prove, here for a season, then above, O Lamb of God, I come. Words: Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) Music: Saffron Walden, A W Godfrey Brown (b 1936) (Ancient & Modern – 451)
Post Communion Prayer Lord of all time and eternity, you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son: by the power of your Spirit complete the heavenly work of our rebirth through the waters of the new creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Final Hymn
1. Lord, the light of your love is shining, in the midst of the darkness, shining; Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us, set us free by the truth you now bring us. shine on me, shine on me.
2. Lord, I come to your awesome presence, from the shadows into your radiance; by the blood I may enter your brightness, search me, try me, consume all my darkness. shine on me, shine on me.
Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Fatherʼs glory; blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire. Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy; send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light.
3. As we gaze on your kingly brightness, so our faces display your likeness, ever changing from glory to glory; mirrored here may our lives tell your story. shine on me, shine on me.
Words: Graham Kendrick (b 1950) Music: Graham Kendrick (b 1950), arr David Iliff (b 1939) © 1987 Graham Kendrick / Make Way Music (Ancient & Modern – 719)
6:00pm Evensong The Order of Service is contained in the separate Service Book, and the hymns are taken from New English Hymnal.
Opening Hymn 137 – Come down, O Love divine
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Psalm 46 deus noster refugium M Luther
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God is our | hope and | strength : a very | pres-ent | help in | trouble. Therefore will we not fear though the | earth be | mov’d : and though the hills be carried | into ∙ the | midst of ∙ the | sea.
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Though the waters thereof | rage and | swell : and though the mountains shake at the | temp-est | of the | same.
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The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the | city ∙ of | God : the holy place of the | taberna-cle | of the ∙ most | Highest. God is in the midst of her, * therefore shall she | not ∙ be re- | mov’d : God shall | help her ∙ and | that right | early.
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The heathen make much ado and the | kingdoms ∙ are | mov’d : but God hath shew’d his voice and the | earth shall | melt a-| way. The Lord of | hosts is | with us : the God of | Ja-cob | is our | refuge. O come hither and behold the | works of ∙ the | Lord : what destruction he hath | brought up- | on the | earth. He maketh wars to cease in | all the | world : he breaketh the bow and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the | chari-ots | in the | fire. Be still then and know that | I am | God : I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be ex- | alt-ed | in the | earth. The Lord of | hosts is | with us : the God of | Ja-cob | is our | refuge. Glory | be ∙ to the | Father, and to the | Son and ∙ to the | Ho-ly | Ghost; As it was in the beginning is | now and ∙ ever | shall be : world | with-out | end, A- | men.
First Lesson – Isaiah 55.1-11 Office Hymn 407 – Lord thy word abideth
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Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis – set 7 Second Lesson – Romans 6.1-11 Hymn after the Prayers 114 – Now is eternal life
Hymn after the Sermon 56 – Songs of thankfulness and praise
This Week TUESDAY 12 JANUARY 10:00am – BIBLE STUDY 25 Willow Crescent, Oakham 10:00am -12:00pm – OPEN HOUSE Home of Jan & Ian Williamson, 10 Edmonton Way, Oakham All are welcome to call in for tea or coffee and a friendly chat. 12:30pm – LANGHAM LUNCH The Wheatsheaf, Langham A simple two course lunch – all are welcome, especially if you might at home on your own otherwise. Cost £7.50 – please call 01572 869105 to book a place. 7:30pm – WOMEN IN WORLD WAR I Rutland County Museum, Catmos Street Speaker – David Humberstone, Western Front Association; Exhibitions by Women’s Institute and County Museum. Refrehments from 6:45pm, admission free. Mor information from Peter Lawson (07970 649259 or polawson@gmail.com)
WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Imogen Fell harp Dizi Etude no 21 David Watkins Petite Suite 7:30pm – HOME GROUP 19 Ashwell Road, Oakham
THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 12:15-12:45pm – CELTIC MIDDAY PRAYER St Edmund Egleton Come and weave a little silence onto your lips, mind and life, and enjoy a time of prayer and silence. All Welcome. For further details please contact Vyv Wainwright 01572 755752. 1:00pm – OAKHAM & BRAUNSTON MU All Saints Oakham Church Hall Fish & Chip Lunch followed by AGM. To book your lunch please contact either Meg Dyer (771564) or Pamela Woods (755371). Cost £5. Friends and family welcome.
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SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 4:00pm – CHRISTINGLE SERVICE St Peter & St Paul, Langham Come and celebrate the light of Christ!
Looking Ahead TUESDAY 19 JANUARY 12:30pm – LANGHAM LUNCH The Wheatsheaf, Langham A simple two course lunch – all are welcome, especially if you might at home on your own otherwise. Cost £7.50 – please call 01572 869105 to book a place.
Patrick Wilson (01572 723288 or pcw@macace.net), and numbers are needed by Monday 18 January.
SUNDAY 24 JANUARY 4:00pm – SING SUNDAY All Saints Braunston An informal gathering to sing hymns and songs old and new, and put them into practice in a short service. A chance to worship God through music in a variety of styles, and to learn some new material. Everyone is welcome from across the whole Team, and there will be refreshments afterwards.
SATURDAY 30 JANUARY
7:30pm – GOOD NEWS VAN Common Room, St John & St Anne, South Street Come and use the mobile library to freshen up on what you believe! Please note change of venue.
7:30pm – PENNYLESS FOLK GROUP IN CONCERT Langham Village Hall Tickets £10 from Debbie (723533) or Hilary (757435). Doors open at 7:00pm. Licensed bar and nibbles.
WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY
SUNDAY 31 JANUARY
1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME All Saints Oakham Flautists Debussy Syrinx Enesco Cantabile & Presto Poulenc Sonata mvt 1
SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 8:30am – PRAYER BREAKFAST Victoria Hall, Oakham Welcoming the Stranger – with Andy Worthington, Director of Church Relations at Open Doors. Arranged by Churches Together in Oakham & District. Tickets (£3) are available from
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11:00pm – TEAM COMMUNION FOR CANDLEMAS – St Andrew Whissendine Also 8:00am Communion and 3:00pm Baptism at Oakham, and 6:00pm Evensong at Brooke, but no other services in the Team.
WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 7:30pm – TEAM ASH WEDNESDAY COMMUNION St Andrew Hambleton There will also be 10:00am Holy Communion at St John & St Anne, and 12:00pm Litany & Holy Communion at Oakham.
Please pray for The family and friends of Evelyn Mary Bailey, David Gowling, John Charles Robert Reed and Valerie Hood, whose funerals take place in the coming week; For those affected by the floods; For the victims of terrorist atrocities; For those trapped under extremist regimes and the hostages held by religious extremists and their families and friends; For a just solution to the immigration problem and those desperate to start a new life in Europe; Victims of religious extremism and persecution especially in Sudan, CAR, Kenya, Syria, Somalia, Eritrea, North Korea, China, India, Northern Nigeria, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, and Pakistan; The people whose lives are torn apart by war and violence, especially in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq; The Rutland Food Bank; The Drop-in Centre; Justin and John our Archbishops and Donald and John, our Bishops; Lee, Janet, Julie, Hildred & Dominic, our Team Clergy, and all lay members of the Ministry Team; Madeleine McCann and her family and all missing children.
New Team Website The new Team website is now live, but we need your help to make sure that it is kept up-to-date and as fully informative about what is going on as
possible. If you already send reports for the magazine please let us have them for the website as well, preferably with some good pictures too (send them to notiices@oakhamteam.org.uk). We need good pictures as well, so if you have any please let us know, and if you are organising an event please take some pictures, or ask us if you would like someone to come and take some. please talk to Kevin Slingsby or one of the Communications Group if you have any questions.
Langham Lunches A simple two course lunch will be held at The Wheatsheaf in Langham every Tuesday. All are welcome, especially if you might be at home on your own otherwise. Cost £7.50 – please call 01572 869105 to book a place.
Donations for the Refugee Crisis Christian Aid is working with churches and other agencies in supporting humanitarian efforts taking place in Europe and the Middle East. Donations to Christian Aid will be gratefully received by the treasurer, or you can donate through their website directly at http://bit.ly/refugeeappeal.
Lent Groups Lent starts early this year, so it’s not too early to start thinking about the ecumenical Lent groups – see the poster overleaf for full details.
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Regular Groups & Activities CHILDREN’S GROUPS
CHOIR
Pram & Toddler Service (age 0-4) Mondays 2:00pm during term-time Oakham Church Tiny Tots (age 0-4). Thursdays 9:45am during term-time. Oakham Church Little Angels (age 0-4) Thursdays 10:30 (term-time) Market Overton Church Sunday School (up to age 10) Sundays 10:30am (except 3rd) Oakham Church Hall Fishes Club (up to age 10) Sundays 11:00am (except 2nd) Whissendine Church ASH (All Saints Hub – aged 11-13) Sundays 10:30am (10 January) Oakham Church ASK (All Saints Kids – aged 14-16) Sundays 10:30am (as announced) Oakham Church
Laudamus Joint Choir Practice Tuesdays 7:00-8:30pm Whissendine Church Langham Choir Practice Tuesdays before 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays 12:00-1:00pm Langham Church
HOME GROUPS Leader: Catriona Drye (770429) 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 10:00am 25 Willow Crescent, Oakham Leader: Stan Bruce (756656) 2nd & 4th Wednesdays 7:30pm 19 Ashwell Road, Oakham Leader: Patrick Wilson (723288) 2nd & 4th Thursdays 2:30pm 6 Peterborough Avenue, Oakham Leader: Jenni Duffy (720064) & Monica Compton (755734) 2nd & 4th Mondays 7:30pm Oakham Leader: Alan & Gail Rudge (755570) Mondays fortnightly 7:30pm 34 Church Street, Braunston Leader: Revd Janet Tebby & Lin Ryder (01572 767666) Thursdays fortnightly 2:00pm Market Overton
BELL RINGING Oakham Bells Tuesdays 7:30-9:00pm Langham/Braunston/Brooke Bells Wed 7:30pm 20/6/13 Jan Whissendine Bells as announced
MOTHERS’ UNION Oakham & Braunston 2nd Thursday 2:15pm Oakham Church Hall
OTHER GROUPS Drop-In Centre Tea, coffee, chat & lunch Wednesdays 10:00am-4:00pm Oakham Congregational Church Come & Chat Bereavement Group 1st Thursday 2:30-4:30pm Oakham Church Hall Oasis Tea, coffee, biscuits and & chat Fridays 10:30-11:30am Oakham Church Mayhew Room Open House Monthly coffee morning in someone’s home – see Diary for details.. Prayer Chain Requests in strictest confidence to Mary Willows (01572 756264) who will then inform the chain.
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Services During The Week Monday 11 Jan
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham
Tuesday 12 Jan
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 04:00 Evening Prayer Oakham 10:00 Holy Communion Oakham
Wednesday 08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 13 Jan 10:00 Holy Communion J&A 11:00 Holy Communion Ashwell*
02:00 Pram & Toddler Oakham 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham
04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 05:30 Meditation J&A
Thursday 14 Jan
09:00 Team Communion Oakham 12:00 Ecumenical Prayer Oakham 09:45 Tiny Tots Oakham 12:15 Celtic Prayer Egleton (2) 10:30 Little Angels Market Overton 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham
Friday 15 Jan
08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham 04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham 10:00 BCP Communion Oakham
*The Croft, Cottesmore Road
Services Next Sunday 17 January (The Baptism of Christ) Oakham Whissendine Teigh Market Overton Ashwell Langham Braunston Brooke Hambleton Egleton
08:00 Holy Communion (CW Trad) 10:30 Family Communion 11:00 Holy Communion
12:15 Baptism 06:00 Evensong 06:00 Evensong
09:00 Family Service 11:00 Family Service 04:00 Christingle 11:00 Holy Communion 06:00 Evensong 09:15 Holy Communion (CW Trad)
Next Sunday’s Readings
The Second Sunday of Epiphany: Isaiah 62.1-5; 1 Corinthians 12.1-11; John 2.1-11 Oakham Evensong: 1 Samuel 3.1-20; Ephesians 4.1-16
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