Royston Parish Church (Herts)

Royston Parish Church News - Sunday 14th June -2nd Sunday of Trinity

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

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Diary

Friday 12th June

13:45 St Mary's School Visit to Churchyard

Saturday 13th June

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

12L00-17:00 Royston Choral Society Set Up

19:00-21:00 RCS Summer Concert

Sunday 14th 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

12:30-13:30 Baptism Service for Polly Cooney

17:00-18:00 Taize Service

Tuesday 16th June

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

19:00-21:00 Taize Service

Wednesday 17th 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

Thursday 18th June

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 Meeting at 11 Middle Drift

Friday 19th June

15:00-16:00 Wedding Rehearsal for Bright Uduji and Olivia Thomas

19:30-21:00 Hymns and Pimms

Saturday 20th June

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

12:00-12:45 The Marriage between Bright Uduji and Olivia Thomas

15L00-19:00 Rehearsal for Concert

19:30-21:30 An evening with Faversham Musical Theatre Choir

Sunday 21st June

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

10:30-12:00 Patronal Festival Service with the Bishop of Hertford with music/choir, children's groups/toy area, followed by refreshments

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 - CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances

Intercessions

We pray for all Christians worldwide:

For all Christians in Botswana and Zimbabwe
For all who worship at Royston Parish Church and all who minister to us here
For the work of our mission partners: Vietnamese Church; Pastor Na

We pray for the community of Royston:

For our local health centres
For our local Royston baby and toddler groups
For all our young people revising for their exams at this time
Those being confirmed and received into Holy Communion during the Patronal Festival Service

We pray for our world and ECO projects:

We pray for people taking part in nature surveys in churchyards and burial grounds across Britain as part of "Churches Count on Nature" (6th-14th June).

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
Peter Foster
Katie
Susan Bowles
William & Ruth and Baby
Max Elliott
William
Cobi Smith
Mike Askew
Revd Anne Abok

We pray for those who have died in the faith of Christ:
Deceased Bereaved
Lance Corporal James Freeman Family and friends
Pam Turner Barbara Wilcox, family and friends
Margaret Green Neal, family and friends
Maria Morton Arthur, family and friends

We pray for those whose anniversaries fall at this time:

Rosina Wilson, John Coates

NOTICES

THE FUNERAL FOR THE LATE MARGARET GREEN: Margaret’s funeral will be at Cam Valley Crematorium on Tuesday 30th June 11.30 am.

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 £15 will be made. Please sign up on the list at the back of church, and pay either Kay or Richard.

HELLO EVERYONE. Thank you for booking your seat on the coach to St. Albans to support Jaime. I’m afraid the number of people who have said they are coming is fewer than expected, meaning that the cost of the coach is falling on church funds. I don’t want to say please could we have another £5 each, but if you would like to contribute a bit more, would you please see me, an additional £5 would be much appreciated?
Very many thanks. Kay

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.

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.

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.

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.

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SUNDAY MORNING READING SHEET 14th June 2026

A reading from Paul’s letter to the Romans

Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:1-8

GOSPEL

Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.’ Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has come near.” Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. Matthew 9:35-10:8

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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