THE COLLECT FOR THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
O God the King of glory,
you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ
with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven:
we beseech you, leave us not comfortless,
but send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us
and exalt us to the place where our Saviour Christ is gone before,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Sunday, 16th May – THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Monday, 17th May – Feria
Tuesday, 18th May – Feria
Wednesday, 19th May – Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988
Thursday, 20th May – Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804
Friday, 21st May – Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
Saturday, 15th May – Feria
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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Annual Meetings
The Annual Parish Meeting and the Annual Parochial Church Meeting for the Parish of North Bradley, Southwick and Heywood, and will be taking place at 7pm on Tuesday, 25th May; and for the Parish of Steeple Ashton at 7.30pm on Thursday, 27th May. Locations of meetings will be confirmed shortly.
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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 May are as follows:
Sunday, 2nd May, THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 9.15am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley.
11am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Sunday, 9th May, THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 10.30am Family Service at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton 11am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick
Thursday, 13th May, ASCENSION DAY 10am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley
7pm Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.
Sunday, 16th May, THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
11am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Sunday, 23rd May, THE DAY OF PENTECOST
11am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick
Sunday, 30th May, TRINITY SUNDAY
On account of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) special provisions are in place for our services, including those for the administration of Holy Communion.
Individual Prayer in our churches for the week of Sunday, 16th May: St Thomas’, Southwick, is open for individual prayer on Wednesday between 10.30am and 12.30pm. The Lady Chapel at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton, is open for individual prayer on Saturday and Sunday between 2 and 4pm. |
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Morning Prayer is said remotely, Monday – Wednesday this week at 9.30am.
To join us on Zoom please use the following links: * for Monday https://us04web.zoom.us/j/75150762403?pwd=RE5sSXl1K3QrcVIwNHprWHd5WHZOUT09 Meeting ID: 751 5076 2403 Passcode: s7Hpyj * for Tuesday https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76590269540?pwd=Y3dPekdGQ2YyakVYT2k1cXJGcjhwQT09 Meeting ID: 765 9026 9540 Passcode: Q46uve *for Wednesday https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72330821561?pwd=aG1ZQUc1QzJ1M0NlTkhNd0w2a0w3QT09 Meeting ID: 723 3082 1561 Passcode: AT2YdR
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). |
| Also do look at Bishop Andrew’s vlog (by searching for Andrew Rumsey on YouTube), and the reflections available at www.sarum.ac.uk |
| 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. |
Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child
Pack a Shoebox!
Send Good News And Great Joy Around The World
Thank you for preparing and bringing to St Nicholas’ or St Thomas’ your gift-filled Shoebox.
The Shoeboxes were blessed at Holy Communion at St Nicholas’ on Sunday, 6th December, and at Holy Communion at St Thomas’ on Sunday, 13th December.
We look forward to telling you where they are to be sent!
Do visit samaritans-purse.org.uk for further details, and for alternative ways of giving if you are unable to give a gift-filled shoebox.