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THE COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Almighty and eternal God,
you have kindled the flame of love
in the hearts of the saints:
grant to us the same faith and power of love,
that, as we rejoice in their triumphs,
we may be sustained by their example and fellowship;
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 November – ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Saturday, 2nd November – Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day)
Sunday, 3rd October – THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Monday, 4th November – Feria
Tuesday, 5th November – Feria
Wednesday, 6th November – Leonard, Hermit, 6th century; William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher,1944
Thursday, 7th November – Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739
Friday, 8th November – The Saints and Martyrs of England
Saturday, 9th November – Margery Kempe, Mystic, c.1440
Sunday, 10th November – THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday)
Monday, 11th November – Martin, Bishop of Tours, c. 397
Tuesday, 12th November – Feria
Wednesday, 13th November – Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
Thursday, 14th November – Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
Friday, 15th November – Feria
Saturday, 16th November – Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240
Sunday, 17th November – THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Monday, 18th November – Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231
Tuesday, 19th November – Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Mechtild, Beguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280
Wednesday, 20th November – Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876
Thursday, 21st November – Feria
Friday, 22nd November – Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c. 230
Saturday, 23rd November – Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c. 100
Sunday, 24th November – CHRIST THE KING
Monday, 25th November – Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century; Isaac Watts, Hymns Writer, 1748
Tuesday, 26th November – Feria
Wednesday, 27th November – Feria
Thursday, 28th November – Feria
Friday, 29th November – Feria
Saturday, 30th November – ANDREW THE APOSTLE
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 November are as follows:Sunday, 3rd November, THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 11 am Shoe Box Service for Operation Christmas Child, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 10th November, THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday) 10.40 am Service of Remembrance, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 10.50 am Service of Remembrance, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 17th November, THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 10.30 am Gift Service for the Salvation Army Appeal, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon at St Thomas’, Southwick. Sunday, 24th November, CHRIST THE KING 8 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) The wearing of face coverings in church by all who attend worship and, in general, by all those who attend church when there may be others present is recommended, though no longer mandatory. Individual Prayer in our churches: St Nicholas’, North Bradley and St Thomas’, Southwick are 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. |
