Royston Parish Church (Herts)

Royston Parish Church News - Sunday 5th July - 5th Sunday after Trinity

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

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Diary

Saturday 4th July

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

14:00-16:00 Revd Jaime's Ordination as a Priest at St Albans Cathedral

Sunday 5th July

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

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

11:45-12:!5 Treble Makers

12:00-13:00 Bring and Share Lunch, Celebration of Jaime's Ordination

Tuesday 7th July

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

17:30-19:00 Fabric Development Committee

19:30-21:30 People's Emergency Briefing Viewing and Discussion

Wednesday 8th July

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

Thursday 9th July

09:00-11:00 Tots in Church

13:00-15:00 Church Cleaner

19:00-21:00 Bell Ringers Practice

19:00-20:00 Julian Prayer with Garden Walk at 11 Middle Drift

Friday 10th July

13:00-17:00 Set up Lumos Experiences Concert

17:00-18:00 Lumos Experiences Concert sitting 1

19:00-20:00 Lumos Experiences Concert sitting 2

21:00-22:00 Lumos Experiences Concert sitting 3

Saturday 11th July

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

17:00-18:30 Royston Town Band Summer Concert Set Up

18:30-21:00 Royston Town Band Summer Concert

Sunday 12th July

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

11:45-12:!5 Treble Makers

15:30-17:00 Tea Time Praise

Intercessions

We pray for all Christians worldwide:

For all Christians in Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda
For all who worship at Barley, Barkway and Reed churches, Revd Mark Bridgen
For the work of our mission partners: The Bible Society

We pray for the community of Royston:

For our local health centres
For all who volunteer at and make use of The Barn
For all our young people revising for their exams at this time

We pray for our world and ECO projects:

As the campaign "Plastic Free July" begins, we pray that we pray that we can move to world without single use plastics and have cleaner streets, oceans and communities.

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
Peter Coates
Peter Foster
Katie
Susan Bowles
Max Elliott
Mike Askew
Revd Anne Abok

We pray for those who have died in the faith of Christ:
Deceased Bereaved

We pray for those whose anniversaries fall at this time:

No anniversaries this week

NOTICES

VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE APPEAL: The recent earthquake in Venezuela killed at least 1,700, people, thousands were injured and many more are still missing. Our mission partner Tearfund is responding by supplying emergency food and shelter to the countless people who have lost their homes and livelihoods, bringing medical care to the injured, and providing post-traumatic stress support to the survivors. As a church we are making a donation from our missions budget. If you would like to add to this by making an individual donation, simply do so via the Tearfund website. THANK YOU

JAIME’S ORDINATION: The coach will be leaving King James Way on Saturday morning at 11am. It is suggested to take a packed lunch as we won’t have time to go into St. Albans to buy any food. Jaime thinks we should take our seats in the cathedral as soon as we get there as she is unable to reserve seats for us.

We will be returning at 4-30 pm and back in Royston at approximately 5-30 ish depending on the traffic. If you haven’t already paid, would you mind having the correct money to give Kay on the coach please? £15 each.

SUNDAY 5TH JULY 9 AM AND 10.30 AM: Jaime will be celebrating her first Communion Service with us at both services, after her Ordination as Priest on Saturday 4th July. We will follow the 10.30 am with a Bring and Share lunch, so please bring an item of food to share

JULIAN PRAYER – JULY: The July meeting will be on Thursday July 9th at 7pm. At 11 Middle Drift. If it's not raining , we will do a prayer walk around the garden with chairs to sit and pray and a prayer prompt , or you can just wander around in silence. The side gate will be open, do just come through. If it rains, I will lead the meeting.

As usual, there will not be a meeting in August.

MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE: There is a Music Questionnaire for everyone to take part it. Please take enough copies for each member of your household that comes to church and put completed questionnaires in the box provided in church by Sunday 26th July. There will then be a Scones of Praise on Sunday 2nd August at 3.30pm where the accumulative results of our church family’s top ten hymns and songs will be revealed.

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. TThis 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. Entry is free but please book your place via https://tickets.myiknowchurch.co.uk/gb/NzcwMi0zNA/t

CHURCH AT HOME (SCHOOL YEARS 7 UP): Our final event of the year will be a barbecue at Beth and Andy's on 12th July for young people and their parents. We would also like to invite any young people who will be in year 7 from September 2026 to come along to the barbecue with their parent(s) to meet the group. (Of course any young people who are in school years 7 to 12 and currently aren't part of the group would also be very welcome). To find out more, please email [email protected] or speak to Reg, Beth or Andy on a Sunday.

WE HAVE A NEW BATCH OF CHURCH MUGS FOR SALE, at £10 each, sales go towards church funds. Available at Saturday coffee, or after church services.

HOLIDAY CLUB 2026 This August would appreciate any boxes you may have, the children love building with them. Please leave them in the creche area in the corner. If the boxes are large, we are happy to come and pick them up. Please see Yvonne.

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SUNDAY MORNING READING SHEET 5th July 2026 5th Sunday after Trinity

A reading from Psalm 145

The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord is good to all,
and his compassion is over all that he has made.

All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord,
and all your faithful shall bless you.
They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom,
and tell of your power,
to make known to all people your mighty deeds,
and the glorious splendour of your kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

The Lord is faithful in all his words,
and gracious in all his deeds.
The Lord upholds all who are falling,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season. Psalm 145:8-15

GOSPEL

‘But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places and calling to one another, “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.”

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He has a demon”; the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners!” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’ At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’ Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

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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]

Reader: Emma Sivyer