WEEKLY NOTICE SHEET -

22nd August

Sunday morning services

Clive is at Frensham this morning. At Rowledge:

8.00am - conducted by Rt Rev Christopher Herbert

10.00am - conducted by Rev Stephen Crabtree

Village Cup Cricket
One more step to reach Lords!
Rowledge compete in the next round - the National Semi-Final, away TODAY (22nd) against Shipton-under-Wychwood (Oxfordshire).

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
19th Sept 6.30pm
“Facing terror”
Major General Tim Cross will be leading our thoughts on the difficult theme of Terrorism and Afghanistan.

Get your tickets now!
Tickets for the “Church Grand Ball” on October 23rd at Frensham Heights are available from Sally Richardson @ £45/head.
Tickets for Kevin and Lorraine’s “Italian Evening” on October 2nd at St James’ are available from Kevin or Lorraine @ £10/head.

Christmas Draw - help needed
We need someone to coordinate this activity this year. Much of the work is done, so it’s not an onerous task. Please see a Churchwarden if you can help. Thanks.

Church cleaners
Can you help? We are in need of two or three more people to help with cleaning the church on a rota basis - NOT onerous! If you can help, or would like to find out more, please contact Linda Nash 794831.

Sept 3rd/4th - A Village Hall First!
A new one-man play taking the audience back to 1920’s New York: “Small Town to Big Apple” written and performed by Greg Chapman. Tickets available from Mike & Lis Randall (792007) or Michael Humphries.

Would you like to be Confirmed?
If you are thinking about the next step in your journey of faith and would like to be Confirmed, please see Clive.
Next Confirmation Service:
7th November at Guildford Cathedral. 6pm.

A journey through song
Kevin and Lorraine are performing “A journey through song” on September 18th at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Dockenfield. Tickets available from Kevin or Lorraine.

Farewell - Alan & Betty Thomas
Last week we said farewell to Alan and Betty Thomas as they start a new chapter of their life in Sussex. The church sent a card and flowers this week, on behalf of all their friends at St James’, after they arrived at their new home.

Youth support
As we develop our youth activities we need a few extra adult helpers to support Becca with occasional activities. Would you be willing to help? If so, please see Becca or a Churchwarden.

Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
Bernard was a Frankish abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian monastic order. After the death of his mother, Bernard sought admission into the Cistercian order. Three years later, he was sent to found a new abbey at an isolated clearing known as the Val d’Absinthe, about 15 km southeast of Bar-sur-Aube. According to tradition, Bernard founded the monastery in 1115, naming it Claire Vallée, which evolved into Clairvaux. There Bernard would preach an immediate faith, in which the intercessor was the Virgin Mary. In 1128, Bernard assisted at the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, soon the ideal of Christian nobility. On the death of Pope Honorius II, in 1130, a schism broke out in the Church. King Louis VI convened a national council of the French bishops, and Bernard was chosen to judge between the rival popes. In 1139, Bernard assisted at the Second Council of the Lateran. Bernard denounced the teachings of Peter Abelard to the Pope, who called a council at Sens in 1141 to settle the matter. Bernard soon saw one of his disciples, Bernard of Pisa, elected Pope. Having previously helped end the schism within the Church, Bernard was now called upon to combat heresy. In 1145, Bernard traveled in Southern France and his preaching there helped strengthen support against heresy.
Following the Christian defeat at the Siege of Edessa, the Pope commissioned Bernard to preach the Second Crusade. The last years of Bernard’s life were saddened by the failure of the crusaders, the entire responsibility for which was thrown upon him. Bernard died at age 63, after 40 years spent in the cloister. He was the first Cistercian monk placed on the calendar of saints, and was canonized by Pope Alexander III in 1174. Pope Pius VIII bestowed upon him the title of “Doctor of the Church”.

15th August

Sunday Club
This week we are thinking about “Noah’s Ark” and making rainbows.
A CHANGE TO THE ADVERTISED PROGRAMME....Sunday Club will not be running for the remaining 2 Sundays in August (22nd/29th)...restarting on September 12th.

Farewell - Alan & Betty Thomas
Today is Alan and Betty’s last Sunday with us before they leave the area. We want to express our thanks to God and them for many years of happy fellowship together. They have been unstinting supporters of St James, for which we are very grateful, and they will be greatly missed by all. Our love and prayers go with them as they start a new chapter of their life in Sussex.

Baptism - 11.30am
Sophie Rose Jelfs-Monje

Village Cup Cricket
One more step to reach Lords!
Continue your support for the next round - the National Semi-Final, another home tie TODAY (15th) against Shipton-under-Wychwood (Oxfordshire) - 1pm start. Full BBQ available.

Bookstall
Thanks to some excellent carpentry skills from Bob Blackman, we now have a new bookstall in the Octagon. If you have any spare books you are happy to donate, please simply bring them along with you to church and place them on the book shelf...and if you see one you would like to take, just leave a suitable donation in the box. All proceeds to church and youth funds.

The Blessed Virgin Mary
Anglicans believe that Jesus was both human and God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity, and so within the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, Mary is accorded honour as the theotokos, literally the God-bearer or one who gives birth to God. Anglicans of evangelical or Low Church tradition tend to avoid honouring or discussing Mary. Other Anglicans respect and honour Mary because of the special religious significance that she has within Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ. This honour and respect is termed veneration.
Mary always held a place of honour within the English Church, but many of the doctrines surrounding her in Roman Catholic and Orthodox theology have been called into question over the centuries, most as the result of the Protestant Reformation. While Protestantism is based upon interpretation of scripture by a variety of 16th century reformers, who mostly rejected the practice of speaking directly to Mary and other saints, Anglicanism has allowed for Mary and the saints to be addressed.
Perhaps the most important point is that in the Bible Mary points to Jesus, and maybe the best way of thinking about Mary and her place in Christian devotion is to ‘love Mary as Jesus did, and love Jesus as Mary did’ (The Revd. Kamal Farah).

8th August

Sunday Club
This week we are thinking about “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” and making lion masks. Come along to find out more. Contact Jo Chipperfield: 794416
Sunday Club will run throughout the summer holidays looking at lots of favourite Bible stories...EXCEPT 22/29th August. Please come along to find out who built the Ark and who found the lost sheep.

Do you care about Rowledge?
Residents Association AGM
Methodist Church Hall - 11th August 8pm
All residents welcome - come and meet your local councillors.

Memorial Service - 12th August 2.30pm
Memorial service for Jane (Evelyn) White who lived in Rowledge until 15 years ago. Died last week, age 98 in Cirencester. All welcome.

Wedding - 14th August
Patrick Collins & Louise Harnet.

Next Sunday
15th August 6.30pm
“Who cares?”
Clive Richardson will be leading our thoughts on this difficult theme looking at God after The Holocaust, following his visit to the concentration camp in Auschwitz.

Would you like to be Confirmed?
If you are thinking about the next step in your journey of faith and would like to be Confirmed, please see Clive.
Next Confirmation Service:
7th November at Guildford Cathedral. 6pm.

Village Cup Cricket
Another win! Congratulations to the team vs Bentley, Essex...Rowledge are now in the last 4 of the country....one more step to reach Lords!
Continue your support for the next round - the National Semi-Final, another home tie NEXT SUNDAY (15th) against Shipton-under-Wychwood (Oxfordshire) - 1pm start. Full BBQ available

How well do you know your church?

Last week’s question:
Where can this cross be seen?
Answer: In the church porch over the War Memorial.

Today’s Collect
Almighty God, whose servant Dominic grew in the knowledge of your truth and formed an order of preachers to proclaim the faith of Christ: by your grace give to all your people a love for your word and a longing to share the gospel, so that the whole world may come to know you and your Son Jesus Christ 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
(for private prayer after returning to pew)
Merciful God, who gave such grace to your servant Dominic that he served you with singleness of heart and loved you above all things: help us, whose communion with you has been renewed in this sacrament, to forsake all that holds us back from following Christ and to grow into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Dominic. Founder of the Order of Preachers St. Dominic (1170-1221) was born in Spain, studied in Palencia, was probably ordained there while pursuing his studies and was appointed canon at Osma in 1199. There he became prior superior of the chapter, which was noted for its strict adherence to the rule of St. Benedict. In 1203 he accompanied Bishop of Osma to Languedoc where Dominic preached against the Albigensians (heresy) and helped reform the Cistercians. Dominic founded an institute for women at Prouille in Albigensian territory in 1206 and attached several preaching friars to it. When papal legate Peter of Castelnan was murdered by the Albigensians in 1208, Pope Innocent III launched a crusade against them headed by Count Simon IV of Montfort which was to continue for the next seven years. Dominic followed the army and preached to the heretics but with no great success. In 1214 Simon gave him a castle at Casseneuil and Dominic with six followers founded an order devoted to the conversion of the Albigensians; the order was canonically approved by the bishop of Toulouse the following year. He received Pope Honorius III’s approval in the following year, and the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) was founded. Dominic spent the last years of his life organizing the order, traveling all over Italy, Spain and France preaching and attracting new members and establishing new houses. The new order was phenomenally successful in conversion work as it applied Dominic’s concept of harmonizing the intellectual life with popular needs. He died on August 6, after being forced by illness to return from a preaching tour in Hungary. He was canonized in 1234 and is the patron saint of astronomers. His Feast day is August 8.