Royston Parish Church (Herts)

Royston Parish Church News - Sunday 29nd June 2025

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You can download the paper copy of our news sheet from the link at the side of this page.

The diocese’s Living God’s Love Prayer:

Living God, draw us deeper into your love;
Jesus our Lord, send us to care and serve;
Holy Spirit, make us heralds of good news.
Stir us, strengthen us, teach and inspire us
To live your love with generosity and joy,
Imagination and courage;
for the sake of your world and
in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Please note: The Parish Office email is admin@roystonparishchurch.org.uk. If you would like regular copies of the Notice Sheet emailed to you please email this account.

Diary

Sunday 29th

9 am Said Communion Service

10.30 am Service of the Word, with Church Choir, Children’s Church followed by refreshments.

2.30 pm Ordination Service at St. Albans Cathedral

Monday 30th

6 pm – 10 pm Summer Craft evening for Tots in Church parents/Carers

– Pudding and Pimms

Tuesday 1st July

9 am Morning Prayer

Wednesday 2nd

9.30 am Celtic Prayer

11 am Said Communion Service followed by refreshments

1 pm Knit and Natter

4.30 pm Choristers practice

6.30 pm Choir practice

7 pm Men’s Group meeting in Wetherspoons

Thursday 3rd

9 am – 11 am Tots in Church

2.30 pm Ladies Group

Saturday 5th

10 – 11.30 am Church Café

12 noon Royston Choral Society Setup for Concert

7.30 pm Royston Choral Society Concert – Dido and Aeneas (see poster for details)

Sunday 6th July

9 am Said Communion Service

10.30 am Sung Communion with Church Choir, Children’s Church followed by

Bring and Share Lunch to welcome Revd. Jaime as our Curate

3.30 pm Tea Time Praise!

Dates for the Diary/Upcoming Events

Thursday 26th June - Julian Prayer meeting at 7 pm at 11 Middle Drift

19th July - Sparkling Cream Tea

26th September - Organ recital

4th October - Harvest Supper

8th November - Remembrance themed lunch time concert. Ruth Savage

Intercessions

We pray for all Christians worldwide:

For all Christians in Kenya, Tanzania

For all who are worship at the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist:

Revd. Dr. Steven Sivyer and all the Ministry team.

For the work of our mission partners: Vietnamese Church

We pray for the community of Royston:

For our local health centres

For all our local Civic amenity Centre and Sewage Plant.

We pray for our world and ECO projects:

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

NOTICES

Our new curate, JAIME

PLEASE NOTE THAT JAIME’S REST DAY WILL USUALLY BE ON FRIDAYS

Jaime’s email address is [email protected]

We will be able to share phone details once this is set up. In the mean time, if you do not have access to emails, then messages can be passed to Jaime through calling the church office or Steven.

CHURCH CLEAROUT DAY:

Thursday 31st July 10 am – 4 pm.

We ar having a bug clear out at church during this day to create and to streamline what we have in storage. Please contact Richard if you can offer part or all of the day to help.

AS OF THE EVENING OF MONDAY 30TH JUNE: Richard Marais officially becomes a Churchwarden here. This also means that Judy Rodgers formally steps down from this ministry. We are hugely grateful to Judy for offering herself for this role and for all she did in her year as being Churchwarden.

SPARKLING CREAM TEA is being hosted by Carol Cardwell on 19th July, 2:30 - 4pm. There are only 20 spaces available as that is how many can comfortably be accommodated indoors if the weather is inclement. If you would like to book a space, please speak to Ruth Savage, or email [email protected] . There is no entrance fee, however there will be the opportunity to make a donation at the event, and any profits will go towards funds for Children's Church.

MAGAZINE

The latest magazine is available form this link https://www.roystonparishchurch.org.uk/church-life/magazine/

We pray for the sick and suffering:

Jenny Burchell
Chris Christou
Val Brown
Peter Coates
Carey & Pat Pritchard
Margaret and John Coates
Angi and Ken Rushall
Emma and Phil Heath
David Gower
Paul and Pat Tidey
Mike Brown
Peter Foster

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

John Coates

Margaret, Peter and Ruth, family and friends

Bet Burchell

Phil and Jenny, family and friends

We pray for those whose anniversaries fall at this time

30th June Evelyn Mills (Barry)

SUNDAY READING SHEET 29th June 2025 2nd Sunday after Trinity

A Reading from Paul’s Letter to the Galatians

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Galatians 5:1, 13-25

GOSPEL

As they were going along the road, someone said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’ To another he said, ‘Follow me.’ But he said, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’ Another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’

Luke 9:57-62

STAFF TEAM

Vicar: Revd Steven Sivyer (rest day MONDAY)

Telephone no. 01763 243145

Email: [email protected]

Curate: Jaime (rest day FRIDAY)

Email: [email protected]

Assistant Priest: The Reverend John Fidler

Telephone no. 01763 241886

Email: [email protected]

Reader: Emma Sivyer

Telephone no. 07851 688610