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THE COLLECT FOR THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
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.
Friday, 1st August – Feria
Saturday, 2nd August – Feria
Sunday, 3rd August – THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 4th August – Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Cure d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859
Tuesday, 5th August – Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
Wednesday, 6th August – THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD
Thursday, 7th August – John Mason Neale, Priest, Hymn Writer, 1866
Tuesday, 8th June – Dominic, Priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
Saturday, 9th August – Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921
Sunday, 10th August – THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 11th August – Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
Tuesday, 12th August – Feria
Wednesday, 13th August – Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, Teacher, 1667; Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Social Reformer, 1910; Octavia Hill, Social Reformer, 1912
Thursday, 14th August – Maximillian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr, 1941
Friday, 15th August – THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Saturday, 16th August – Feria
Sunday, 17th August – THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 18th August – Feria
Tuesday, 19th August – Feria
Wednesday, 20th August – Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153; William and Catherine Booth, Founders of the Salvation Army, 1912 and 1890.
Thursday, 21st August – Feria
Friday, 22nd August – Feria
Saturday, 23rd August – Feria
Sunday, 24th August – BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE
Monday, 25th August – Feria
Tuesday, 26th August – Feria
Wednesday, 27th August – Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Thursday, 28th August – Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430
Friday, 29th August – The Beheading of John the Baptist
Saturday, 30th August – John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688
Sunday, 31st August – THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
www.excitingholiness.org/first-edition is an excellent online resource containing short biographies of the saints, as well as prayers and readings for their day.
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Holy Communion for the The First Sunday of Advent, 2020, celebrated at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Prayers of Intercession for Advent
… and some favourite hymns for this day …
Awake, awake: fling off the night
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
Hark! A herald voice is calling
Lo, he comes with clouds descending
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Our services for the month of August are as follows:
Sunday, 3rd August, THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 10th August, THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30 am Family Service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 11.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. NB the later time for this service. Sunday, 17th August, THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Morning Worship, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 24th August, BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE 8 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 6.30 pm Evensong (Prayer Book) with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 31st August, THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.30 am Benefice Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. Individual Prayer in our churches: St Nicholas’, North Bradley is open in certain days of the week (see current Pew News for details) or by prior arrangement; St Thomas’, Southwick is open by prior arrangement only. St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton, is open during daylight hours throughout the week. |
Morning Prayer is said at St Nicholas’, North Bradley at 10 am every Thursday.If you have a smartphone do consider downloading and using the free Daily Prayer App (Aimer), where you can now also find a recording of each of the three daily offices – Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer. |
| “We lift up in prayer the people of our Benefice each morning; please let us know if you would like us to include in our prayers any particular person or cause.” |
| Worship at home An excellent range of resources can be found at: www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online |
| From our own Diocese, you can find at www.salisburycathedral.org.uk daily reflections and much streamed material, including, on Sundays, a Service of Words and Music (often on the Cathedral YouTube channel). |
| Daily HOPE The Church of England has launched a free national phone line as a simple new way to bring worship and prayer into people’s homes while our church buildings are closed. … |
| Dial in to listen to daily services of prayers and reflections. The service is available 24 hours a day. |
