pewsheet - 7 december 2014 (oakham)

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All Saints O

akham

Weekly Pewsheet Service Details and Notices

Second Sunday of Advent

Sunday 7 December 2014

Oakham 8:00am Holy Communion (CW Trad)

10:30am Parish Communion

6:00pm Evensong

Whissendine 11:00am Holy Communion

Ashwell 4:00pm Evensong

Teigh 9:00am Matins

Market Overton 9:00am Holy Communion

Langham 6:00pm Carol Service

Braunston 11:00am Holy Communion

Brooke 6:00pm Evensong

Hambleton No service

Egleton 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 [email protected]

Revd Janet Tebby

Team Vicar (Whissendine, Teigh, Ashwell, Market Overton)


Revd Hildred Crowther

Assistant Priest


Revd Dr Dominic Coad

Curate


Lay Ministers

Mr Vyv Wainwright Reader – 01572 759157 [email protected]

Mr Alan Rudge Reader – 01572 755570 [email protected]

Mr David Pattinson Reader – 01572 723884 [email protected]

Ms Robin Robson Reader – 01572 757404 [email protected]

Mrs Gail Rudge Parish Evangelist – 01572 755570 [email protected]

Mrs Jenni Duffy Parish Evangelist – 01572 720064 [email protected]

Mrs Madeleine Morris Pastoral Assistant – 01572 868418 [email protected]

Director of Music

Mr Kevin Slingsby – 01572 898242 [email protected]

Oakham Team Office

Mrs Janine Weaver Team Administrator


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 [email protected] or delivered to the office

by Wednesday at 11 am.

www.oakhamteam.org.uk

www.facebook.com/oakhamteam

[email protected]

@oakhamteam

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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. Ye servants of the Lord,

each in his office wait,

observant of his heavenly word,

and watchful at his gate.

2. Let all your lamps be bright,

and trim the golden flame;

gird up your loins as in his sight,

for aweful is his name.

3. Watch! ‘tis your Lord’s command,

and while we speak, he’s near;

mark the first signal of his hand,

and ready all appear.

4. O happy servant he

in such a posture found!

he shall his Lord with rapture see,

and be with honour crowned.

5. Christ shall the banquet spread

with his own royal hand,

and raise that faithful servant’s head

amid the angelic band.

Words: Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)

Music: Narenza, from Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum 1584 (J Leisentritt),

adapted William Henry Havergal (1793-1870)

(Ancient & Modern – 57)

Advent Wreath Hymn

1. Advent candles tell their story

as we watch and pray,

longing for the Day of Glory,

‘Come, Lord, soon,’ we say.

Pain and sorrow, tears and sadness

changed for gladness on that Day.

2. Prophet voices loudly crying,

making pathways clear;

glimpsing glory, self-denying,

calling all to hear.

Through their message - challenged, shaken –

hearts awaken: God is near!

Words: Mark Earey (b 1965)

Music: Angel Voices, Edwin George Monk (1819-1900)

© Mark Earey


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Collect

O Lord, raise up, we pray, your power

and come among us,

and with great might succour us;

that whereas, through our sins and wickedness

we are grievously hindered

in running the race that is set before us,

your bountiful grace and mercy

may speedily help and deliver us;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

to whom with you and the Holy Spirit,

be honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

First Reading – Isaiah 40.1-11

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry

to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received

from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: ‘In the wilderness

prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven

ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the LORD

shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has

spoken.’ A voice says, ‘Cry out!’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ All people are grass,

their constancy is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades,

when the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass

withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand for ever. Get you up

to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength,

O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah,

‘Here is your God!’ See, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him;

his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will feed his flock like a

shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and

gently lead the mother sheep.

Second Reading – 2 Peter 3.8-15a*

Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand

years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise,

as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all

to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the

heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire,

and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed. Since all these things

are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives

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of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God,

because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will

melt with fire? But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a

new earth, where righteousness is at home. Therefore, beloved, while you are

waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish;

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation.

Gradual Hymn*

1. Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding;

‘Christ is nigh,’ it seems to say;

‘cast away the works of darkness,

O ye children of the day.’

2. Wakened by the solemn warning,

let the earth-bound soul arise;

Christ, her Sun, all ill dispelling,

shines upon the morning skies.

3. Lo! the Lamb, so long expected,

comes with pardon down from heaven;

let us haste, with tears of sorrow,

one and all to be forgiven;

4. That when next he comes with glory,

and the world is wrapped in fear,

with his mercy he may shield us,

and with words of love draw near.

5. Honour, glory, might, and blessing

to the Father and the Son,

with the everlasting Spirit,

while eternal ages run.

Words: Edward Caswall (1814-1878)

Music: Merton, William Henry Monk (1823-1889)


Gospel – Mark 1.1-8

The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in

the prophet Isaiah, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare

your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the

Lord, make his paths straight”’, John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness,

proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the

whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and

were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was

clothed with camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and

wild honey. He proclaimed, ‘The one who is more powerful than I is coming after

me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have

baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’

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Offertory Hymn*

1. The kingdom of God is justice and joy,

for Jesus restores what sin would destroy;

God's power and glory in Jesus we know,

and here and hereafter the kingdom shall grow.

2. The kingdom of God is mercy and grace,

the captives are freed, the sinners find place,

the outcast are welcomed God's banquet to share,

and hope is awakened instead of despair.

3. The kingdom of God is challenge and choice,

believe the good news, repent and rejoice!

His love for us sinners brought Christ to his cross,

our crisis of judgement for gain or for loss.

4. God's kingdom is come, the gift and the goal,

in Jesus begun, in heaven made whole;

the heirs of the kingdom shall answer his call,

and all things cry 'Glory!' to God all in all.

Words: Bryn Rees (1911-1983)

Music: Hannover, A supplement to the New Version of the Psalms 1708 – A&M 754

© Alexander Scott


Communion Anthem*

People, look East. The time is near of the crowning of the year.

Make your house fair as you are able, trim the hearth, and set the table.

People, look East, and sing today: Love the Guest is on the way.

Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare, one more seed is planted there:

Give up your strength the seed to nourish, that in course the flower may flourish.

People, look East, and sing today: Love the Rose is on the way.

Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim one more light the bowl shall brim,

shining beyond the frosty weather, bright as sun and moon together.

People, look East, and sing today: Love the Star is on the way.

Angels, announce to man and beast him who cometh from the East.

Set every peak and valley humming with the word, the Lord is coming.

People, look East, and sing today: Love the Lord is on the way.

Words: Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)

Music: Besançon carol melody, arr Malcolm Archer (b 1952)

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Communion Hymn*

1. Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes,

the Saviour promised long:

let every heart prepare a throne,

and every voice a song.

2. He comes, the prisoners to release

in Satan's bondage held;

the gates of brass before him burst,

the iron fetters yield.

3. He comes, the broken heart to bind,

the bleeding soul to cure,

and with the treasures of his grace

to enrich the humble poor.

4. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,

thy welcome shall proclaim;

and heaven's eternal arches ring

with thy belovèd Name.

Words: Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)

Music: Bristol, adapted from a version in Ravenscroft’s The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1621

by Compilers of Hymns Ancient & Modern 1861


Post Communion Prayer

Father in heaven,

who sent your Son to redeem the world

and will send him again to be our judge:

give us grace so to imitate him

in the humility and purity of his first coming

that, when he comes again,

we may be ready to greet him

with joyful love and firm faith;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Final Hymn*

1. Hills of the North, rejoice,

river and mountain-spring,

hark to the advent voice;

valley and lowland, sing.

Christ comes in righteousness and love,

he brings salvation from above.

2. Isles of the Southern seas,

sing to the listening earth,

carry on every breeze

hope of a world’s new birth:

In Christ shall all be made anew,

his word is sure, his promise true.

3. Lands of the East, arise,

he is your brightest morn,

greet him with joyous eyes,

praise shall his path adorn:

Your seers have longed to know their Lord;

to you he comes, the final word.

4. Shores of the utmost West,

lands of the setting sun,

welcome the heavenly guest

in whom the dawn has come:

He brings a never-ending light

who triumphed o’er our darkest night

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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 – 1 Kings 22.1-28

Office Hymn 1 – Creator of the stars of night

Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis – Set 5

Second Lesson – Romans 15.4-13

Hymn after the Prayers 388 – Jesus shall reign, where'er the sun

Hymn after the Sermon 490 – Judge eternal, throned in splendour

Today

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER

6:00pm – CAROL SERVICE

St Peter & St Paul Langham

Joint Carol Service with the Baptists

in the Parish Church, with the Team

Choir Laudamus.

This Week

MONDAY 8 DECEMBER

6:00-8:30pm – LATE NIGHT SHOPPING

All Saints Oakham

Church open for mulled wine and

carols. An oasis of peace from

shopping!

TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER

10:00am -12:00pm – OPEN HOUSE

Home of Pamela & Gordon Woods,

3 Peterborough Avenue, Oakham

All are welcome.

WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER

10:00am –MOTHERS’ UNION

CORPORATE COMMUNION

Chapel of St John & St Anne

Please note this replaces the usual

3rd Wednesday MU service.


1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME

All Saints Oakham

Pianists

A selection of piano music from across

the centuries.

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THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER

12:15-12:45pm – CELTIC MIDDAY PRAYER

St Edmund Egleton

Come and weave a little silence onto

your lips, come and weave a little

silence onto your mind and come and

weave a little silence onto your soul and

join us if you can. All Welcome. For

further details please contact Vyv

Wainwright 01572 755752.


2:15pm – OAKHAM & BRAUNSTON

MOTHERS’ UNION MEETING

All Saints Oakham Church Hall

Communion service followed by

Christmas entertainment. All welcome.

If there are any Tuesday boxes still to

be given in, please bring them to the

meeting.

FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER

6:00pm – CAROL SINGING

Ashwell Garden Centre

Carol singing with brass

accompaniment. Shop open. Mulled

wine and refreshments.

FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER

7:30pm – RUTLAND THREE ARTS

SOCIETY MUSIC GROUP

Methodist Church Hall, Northgate,

Oakham

Desert Island Discs – Dr Laurence

Howard, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland

Non-members welcome (£3 charge).

SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER

2:00pm-4:00pm – CHRISTINGLE MAKING

All Saints Oakham

Come to help make the Christingles

and meet new friends, children

especially welcome.

7:30pm – RUTLAND CHORAL SOCIETY

‘WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS’

All Saints Oakham

Enjoy some seasonal music with

audience participation, and a glass of

mulled wine! Tickets £8 (children free)

from 01572 460000, Music&More or

wegottickets.com.

7:30pm – CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF

MUSIC

St Peter & St Paul Langham

Rutland Concert Band

Doors open and bar from 7:00pm.

Tickets £10 (students £5) from Debbie

(723533), Hilary (757435), Music&More

or wegottickets.com.

SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER

11:00am – CHRISTINGLE SERVICE

St Mary Ashwell

Inspiring childrens service with carols and

the lighting of Christingles. Collection in

aid of the Childrens Society.

2:00pm – BAPTISM

All Saints Oakham

4:00pm – CHRISTINGLE SERVICE

All Saints Oakham


Holy Trinity Teigh

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St Andrew Hambleton


St Peter & St Paul Market Overton

With the Team Choir Laudamus.


1:30pm – MUSIC AT LUNCHTIME

All Saints Oakham

Pupils of Catmose College


St Edmund Egleton

7:00pm – CATMOSE COLLEGE

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

All Saints Oakham


7:30pm – OAKHAM TOWN FESTIVAL

OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS

All Saints Oakham

With the Team Choir Laudamus.

SUNDAY 21 DECEMBER

9:00am – CHRISTINGLE SERVICE

St Peter & St Paul Market Overton

10:30am – SUNDAY SCHOOL

NATIVITY TABLEAU

All Saints Oakham

4:00pm –CAROL SERVICE

St Mary Ashwell

Carols for all the family.

6:00pm –CAROL SERVICE

St Andrew Whissendine

Traditional carol service with Team Choir.

6:00pm –CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT

All Saints Braunston

Carol Service for the whole village.

6:00pm – TRADITIONAL CANDLELIT

CAROL SERVICE

St Peter Brooke

Afterwards stay for mulled wine and

seasonal nibbles.

SATURDAY 3 JANUARY

2:30pm – ANNUAL FAMILY PANTOMIME

Key Theatre, Peterborough

Jack and the Beanstalk. The tickets

are booked – the best seats in the

house! Invitations now available from

the table near the South Door, from

Sunday School Teachers, ASK or ASH

leaders or Beryl Kirtland 01572 724103

Please pray for

The family and friends of Sylvia

Seabrook (funeral at Gilroes

Crematorium on Monday) and Katie

Dickinson (funeral at Oakham on

Tuesday);

Kevin Morrell and Heather

Parsons, married at Market Overton

on Saturday;

The family and friends of the two 7th

Form students at Oakham School who

were tragically killed in a road accident

on Friday;

The people of Ukraine;

The hostages held by religious

extremists and their families and friends;

The girls kidnapped in Nigeria and

other victims of religious extremism;

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The victims of the Ebola outbreak and

those working to stop it and to

develop a vaccine;

The people of Hong Kong;

Simon Tyler and the MSF team in Burma;

The people whose lives are torn apart by

war and violence, especially in Syria and Iraq;

The Rutland Food Bank;

The Drop-in Centre for more people

to join the cooking team;

Justin and John our Archbishops and

Donald and John, our Bishops;

Lee, Janet, Hildred & Dominic, our

Team Clergy, and all lay members of

the Ministry Team;

All who are persecuted for their faith,

especially in Sudan, CAR, Kenya, Syria,

Somalia, Eritrea, North Korea, China,

Indonesia, Northern Nigeria, Iran,

Iraq, Egypt and Pakistan;

Madeleine McCann and her family and

all missing children

Oakham Christmas Cards

The annual Church Christmas card with

donation to church funds will commence

on Sunday 7 December. Please put cards

in usual box in the narthex.

Oakham PCC Minutes

The minutes of the recent PCC Meeting

(18 November) are now displayed on

the noticeboard by the North door.

Thank You

A huge thank you to all who have knitted

sheep in support of the Oakham Travelling

Nativities which begin their journeys today.

All three sets now contain a full flock of

lovingly created sheep sporting an array of

colours and personalities.

The Bible Society Action Group

has raised £585 from their recent

Sponsored Walk and Songs of

Praise. We would like to say thank

you to all who supported either or

both events. Sally Blythin & Stephan

Johnson.

Langham Book Sale

There is now a selection of books and

magazines for sale in Langham Church

in aid of church funds. If you have any to

donate please ring 01572 757080 for

collection. The books (including

children’s) and magazines are on the old

piano near the font. Have a browse and

donate what you can. For any other

details contact Gill Manning - 757080

Give As You Live

We would like to share with you a new

way you can support the church - at no

extra cost to you. It's called Give as you

Live, and all you have to do is shop

online with your favourite stores, just

like you already do. Give as you Live

brings together thousands of retailers

that have signed up to donate to our

church a percentage of every online

purchase you make. Just by shopping

online with stores including John Lewis,

Amazon and Expedia, you could raise

money for your local church, without

adding to the cost of the shopping.

It is easy to sign up – go to

http://www.giveasyoulive.com/join/

allsaintsoakham and support us every

time you fill your basket (donations will

be credited to your own church). If you

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have any problems, please speak to

Beryl Kirtland or Kevin Slingsby.

Foodbank Christmas

Hampers

Sponsor a Hamper for £15. Rutland

Foodbank will be giving Christmas

Hampers to those who will struggle to

buy the extra food items that make

Christmas a treat. For this project we

are asking for donations of cash, rather

than food. £15 will sponsor one hamper.

If you can help, please give your donation

to Revd Dominic Coad – please make

cheques payable to Rutland Foodbank.

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Services During The Week

Monday

8 Dec

08:30 Morning Prayer Oakham

09:00 Morning Prayer Langham

02:00 Pram & Toddler Oakham

04:30 Evening Prayer Oakham

05:00 Evening Prayer Langham

Tuesday

9 Dec


10:00 Holy Communion Oakham


Wednesday

10 Dec



10:00 Holy Communion J&A

10:30 Holy Communion Ashwell



05:30 Meditation J&A

Thursday

11 Dec

09:00 Team Communion Oakham

09:45 Tiny Tots Oakham

10:30 Little Angels Market Overton

12:00 Ecumenical Prayer Oakham

12:15 Celtic Prayer Egleton


Friday

12 Dec



10:00 BCP Communion Oakham

12:30 Village Prayers Braunston



Services Next Sunday – 14 December (3rd of Advent)

Oakham 08:00 Holy Communion (CW Trad)

10:30 Parish Communion

02:00 Baptism

04:00 Christingle

06:00 Evensong

Whissendine 08:00 Holy Communion

11:00 Family Service

Teigh

04:00 Carol Service

Market Overton

06:00 Carol Service

Ashwell 11:00 Christingle Service

Langham 11:00 Holy Communion

Braunston 11:00 Matins

Brooke 08:00 Holy Communion (BCP)

Hambleton

05:00 Carol Service

Egleton

Next Week’s Readings at Holy Communion

Advent 3: Isaiah 61.1-4,8-11; 1 Thessalonians 5.16-24; John 1.6-8,19-28

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