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THE COLLECT FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT

Merciful Lord,

absolve your people from their offences,

that through your bountiful goodness

we may all be delivered from the chains of those sins

which by our frailty we have committed;

grant this, heavenly Father,

for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Moses and the Serpent on the Rod

Friday, 1st MarchDavid, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601


Saturday, 2nd March Chad, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672


Sunday, 3rd March – THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT


Monday, 4th March – Feria


Tuesday, 5th March – Feria


Wednesday, 6th March – Feria


Thursday, 7th March – Perpetua, Felicity and their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203


Friday, 8th March – Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910; Felix, Apostle to the East Angles, 647; Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Priest, Poet, 1929


Saturday, 9th March – Feria


Sunday, 10th March – THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday)


Monday, 11th March – Feria


Tuesday, 12th March – Feria


Wednesday, 13th March – Feria


Thursday, 14th March – Feria


Friday, 15th March – Feria


Saturday, 16th March – Feria


Sunday, 17th March – THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Passiontide begins)


Monday, 18th March – Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, Teacher, 386


Tuesday, 19th March – JOSEPH OF NAZARETH


Wednesday, 20th March – Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687


Thursday, 21st MarchThomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation Martyr, 1556


Friday, 22nd March – Feria


Saturday, 23rd March – Feria


Sunday, 24th MarchPALM SUNDAY


Monday, 25th March – MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK


Tuesday, 26th MarchTUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK


Wednesday, 27th March – WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK


Thursday, 28th MarchMAUNDY THURSDAY


Friday, 29th MarchGOOD FRIDAY



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

Hills of the north, rejoice

Lo, he comes with clouds descending

O come, O come, Emmanuel










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Our services for the month of March are as follows:

Sunday, 3rd March, THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT

9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 

11 am  Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.  

11 am  Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick.

Sunday, 10th March, THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT (Mothering Sunday)

8 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.

10.30 am Mothering Sunday Service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.

11 am Mothering Sunday Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick

Sunday, 17th March, THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT

9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley.

11 am  Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 

Sunday, 24th March, PALM SUNDAY   

10 am  Family Service, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 

11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick.

11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.

Wednesday, 27th March, WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK   

7 pm  Compline, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 

Thursday, 28th March, MAUNDY THURSDAY 

6 pm  Compline, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 

7 pm  Evensong, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 

Friday, 29th March, GOOD FRIDAY 

12 noon  Reflection, St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 

2 pm  Reflection, at St Mary’s’, Steeple Ashton.

Sunday, 31st March, EASTER DAY

9.15 am Easter Day Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley.

11 am  Easter Day Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.

11 am  Easter Worship, at St Thomas’, Southwick.

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 Thomas’, Southwick 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.
 
 
 
Daily Hope is just a phone call away