3^rd Sunday before Lent
Collect

Almighty God,

who alone can bring order

to the unruly wills and passions of sinful humanity:

give your people grace

so to love what you command

and to desire what you promise,

that, among the many changes of this world,

our hearts may surely there be fixed

where true joys are to be found;

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

Post Communion

Merciful Father,

who gave Jesus Christ to be for us the bread of life,

that those who come to him should never hunger:

draw us to the Lord in faith and love,

that we may eat and drink with him

at his table in the kingdom,

where he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen

 

Luke 5:1-11

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God. ² He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. ³ He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

⁴ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.’

⁵ Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’

⁶ When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. ⁷ So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, ‘Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!’ ⁹ For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, ¹⁰ and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.’ ¹¹ So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. ² By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

³ For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, ⁴ that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, ⁵ and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. ⁶ After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. ⁷ Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, ⁸ and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. ¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. ¹¹ Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

 

 

Verse for the week
 My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the

Lord Jesus has given me….

Acts 20:24

 

Thought for the week
Succeeding is not always winning but it is not giving up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vicar                                     Revd Richard Graham:  Tel: 01442 253681

 Email: revrichardgraham@yahoo.co.uk

Church Wardens                 Linda Capon:       Tel:  01442 218106

                             Email:     lindacapon74@yahoo.co.uk

 Rob Wright:          Tel:  07899 437348

                              Email:                   robw48@hotmail.com

Office Administrator Pauline Worrell (Mon, Wed, Fri: mornings only)

                                Email:    stbarnabaschurchadeyfield@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Churches Together Ramble on Sat 11 Aug at 10:00am.
   See notice for more information.  7:30am

 

Vicar                                     Revd Richard Graham:  Tel: 01442 253681

 Email: revrichardgraham@yahoo.co.uk

Church Wardens                 Linda Capon:       Tel:  01442 218106

                             Email:     lindacapon74@yahoo.co.uk

 Rob Wright:          Tel:  07899 437348

                             Email:                   robw48@hotmail.com

Office Administrator Pauline Worrell (Mon, Wed, Fri: mornings only)

                                Email:    stbarnabaschurchadeyfield@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vicar                           Revd Richard Graham:  Tel: 01442 253681

 Email: revrichardgraham@yahoo.co.uk

 

Church Wardens       Linda Capon:  Tel:  01442 218106

                                   Email:                           lindacapon74@yahoo.co.uk

 Rob Wright:     Tel:  07899 437348

                                   Email:             robw48@hotmail.com

 

Office Manager        Pauline Worrell (Mon, Wed, Fri: mornings only)

Office                        Email:       
                                               stbarnabaschurchadeyfield@gmail.com

 

   Web Site                   www.stb-hemel.info        
    Facebook                 St Barnabas Church, Hemel Hempstead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Blood Clinic on Friday 21 June 2017.

 

* New Telephone Directory – please check draft and tick to
   confirm entry.

 

* ‘We are pleased to announce that Caroline Wainman, the new
   curate in the Hemel Hempstead Team, will be ordained
   deacon on Sun 2nd July in St Albans Abbey. We expect her
   formal welcome to be at St Mary's on Sun 9th July at  4:00pm.

 

* Foodbank – we gave 235KG Apr 16 – Mar 17 - amazing

 

Future dates for the diary:
* Open Air service – 2 July at 10:30pm – PET Service
* Sausage and Sizzle BBQ at Bunnings helped need for Sat 24
  June.

* Outreach based on topical issues. See leaflet. Starts Thurs 22
   June for 5 weeks.
* Deanery Day Out to Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford – see details
   on the notice board. Sat 29 July

* Leadership conference – 25-28 Sept – Growing a Church? One
   place left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Men’s Breakfast 8:00am on 20 May 2017 with Police Sergeant
   Keith Evans

* Leadership conference – 25-28 Sept – Growing a Church?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Church social on Saturday 18 February 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed 23 Nov at 7:30pm Bishop of Bedford, St John’s church. Celebration of the Mission Action Plans in Hemel.

 

 

 

 

  Vicar:                                      Revd Richard Graham:  Tel: 01442 253681

 Email: revrichardgraham@yahoo.co.uk

 

Church Warden:         Linda Capon:               Tel:  01442 218106

                                   Email: lindacapon74@yahoo.co.uk

 

Office: Email             stbarnabaschurchadeyfield@gmail.com

 

   Web Site:                  www.stb-hemel.info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Contacts

Vicar:                         Revd Richard Graham:  Tel: 01442 253681

 Email: revrichardgraham@yahoo.co.uk

Church Wardens:        Sean Pike:                    Tel:  01442 394030

                                   Paul Boggis:                 Tel:  01442 390396   

Office (Mon/Wed/Fri mornings)                         Tel:  01442 217366  

Office: Email              stbarnabaschurchadeyfield@gmail.com

Web Site: www.stb-hemel.info
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