Royston Parish Church (Herts)

Royston Parish Church News - Sunday 31st May

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ROYSTON PARISH CHURCH - where all are welcome and God's love is shared

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Diary

Saturday 30th May

10:00-11:30 Church Café (Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate only £2 - Free Biscuits)

Sunday 31st May - TRINITY SUNDAY

09:00-09:45 Communion Service that is Quiet and Reflective

09:30-11:30 Churchyard Tidy up - bring gardening gloves and tools, and help us clear ivy etc in the churchyard

10:30-11:40 Communion Service with music/choir, children's groups/toy area, followed by refreshments

Tuesday 2nd June

09:00-09:30 Morning Prayer (incorporating prayer requests that have been left in church)

Wednesday 3rd June

11:00-11:25 Communion Service that is quiet and reflective followed by refreshments

13:00-15:30 Knit and Natter (where all are welcome to meet and chat)

18:00-19:30 Chorister Practice

18:45 - 20:00 Choir Practice

19:00-21:00 Men's Group at Wetherspoons (turn up at any time, all men welcome to drink & chat)

Thursday 4th June

09:00-17:00 Church Architect Interviews

09:00-11:00 Tots in Church

13:00-15:00 Church Cleaner

14:30-16:00 Ladies' Group (all ladies are welcome for refreshments and chat)

19:00-21:00 Bell Ringers Practice

Friday 5th June

09:30-10:00 Celtic Prayer (A simple form of Morning Prayer from the Northumbria Community)

Saturday 6th June

10:00-11:30 Church Café (Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate only £2 - Free Biscuits)

Sunday 7th June

09:00-09:45 Communion Service that is quiet and reflective

10:30-11:40 Communion Service with music/choir, children's groups/toy area, followed by refreshments

15:30 -17:00 Tea Time Praise

Dates for the Diary/Upcoming Events

UPCOMING EVENTS :There are a number of events coming up over the next few months to look forward to.

19th June - Hymns and PIMM’s
20th June - Songs from the Musicals Concert - an evening with Faversham Musical Theatre Choir
21st June 10:30am Patronal Festival Service with the Bishop of Hertford
21st June 5pm Come and Sing Vivaldi Gloria (with a rehearsal for those who wish to sing from 2:30pm)

Intercessions

We pray for all Christians worldwide:

For all Christians in Angola, Mozambique
For all who worship at Therfield Chapel; Paul Dutton
For the work of our mission partners: Royston Home Start

We pray for the community of Royston:

For our local health centres
For all who work on our local farms and land workers
For all our young people revising for their exams at this time

We pray for our world and ECO projects:

We pray for World Environment Day - held annually on 5 June to encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment

We pray for the sick and suffering:

Emma Thompson
Jackson Herbert
Marion
Laura O'nyamul (On-Ya-Mul)
Peggy Dawes
Ted Rayment
Pat Tidey
Mike Brown
Keith & Elaine Edwards
Val Brown
Angie & Ken Rushall
Paula Walker
George N.
Peter Coates
Margaret Green
Peter Foster
Katie
Susan Bowles
William & Ruth and Baby
Max Elliott
William
Cobi Smith
Mike Askew

We pray for those who have died in the faith of Christ:
Deceased Bereaved
Wendy Smith Sue Canon, family and friends

We pray for those whose anniversaries fall at this time:

Jean Rice, Pauline Gates

NOTICES

CLIMATE EMERGENCY BRIEFING & DISCUSSION: You are warmly invited to an important and thought-provoking evening on Tuesday 7th July at 7:30pm, as Royston St John the Baptist Parish Church Sustainable Living Committee joins with the Royston Environmental Group to host a screening of the National Climate Emergency Briefing.

This event is an opportunity to come together as a community to better understand the challenges facing our world today, and to reflect on what they mean for us locally and personally. The briefing will be followed by an open, friendly discussion, where everyone is welcome to share thoughts, ask questions, and listen to different perspectives. Whether climate change is something you feel strongly about, are curious to learn more about, or are still forming your views on, we encourage you to come with an open mind. These conversations matter not just globally, but for how we care for our neighbours, our environment, and future generations. By coming along, you’ll be part of a supportive space where we can explore how faith, community, and practical action can come together in response to one of the most pressing issues of our time.

All are welcome, please invite friends, family, and neighbours.

JAIME’S ORDINATION: We are offering a coach to take people to Jaime’s Ordination on Saturday 4th July in St. Alban’s Abbey. To help towards the cost a charge of £10 will be made. Please sign up on the list at the back of church, and pay either Kay or Richard.

BAGS FOR LIFE: We are planning to store books left from the Book Fayre in the attic above the vestry. To make this a simple process, we are asking if anyone can spare at least 1 Bag for Life? If so, please bring and give to either Kay, Richard or Joanne. Thank you.

CONFIRMATION: Bishop Jane will be leading our Patronal Festival at 10.30 am on Sunday 21st June. If you are interested in being confirmed or to receive communion for the first time please speak to Steven.

PATRONAL FESTIVAL RAFFLE: Raffle tickets are now on sale at £1 each, they are available at the back of church. Please take some extras to sell to family, friends, neighbours and work colleagues if you are able.
We are also seeking donations of luxury food items for the 2nd prize hamper. Please leave items in the kitchen or with Joanne in the vestry. Please note, the hamper will be put together during Church Cafe on Saturday 13th June so we will need the items before then! Thank you from the Events Committee.

CHURCHYARD TIDY UP! We are having a tidy up of the churchyard around the head stones and tombs, on Saturday 30th May. Richard and Kay will be there at 10-30 but if others are going to Saturday coffee, they can join us afterwards. We request that they bring some gardening tools with them such as strimmers, shears, secateurs and definitely gloves. We would like to remove the Ivy growing around the stones and remove invasive weeds.

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SUNDAY MORNING READING SHEET 31st May 2026 TRINITY SUNDAY

A reading of Psalm 8

O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants
you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?

Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honour.
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,
all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Sovereign,
how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8

GOSPEL

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’

Matthew 28:16-20

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STAFF TEAM

Vicar: Revd Steven Sivyer (rest day MONDAY)

Telephone no. 01763 580242

Email: [email protected]

Curate: Jaime Roberts (rest day FRIDAY)

Telephone: 01763 580241

Email: [email protected]

Assistant Priest: The Reverend John Fidler

Telephone no. 01763 241886

Email: [email protected]