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THE COLLECT FOR THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern
both our hearts and bodies
in the ways of your laws
and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Monday, 1st July – Henry, John and Henry Venn the Younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873
Tuesday, 2nd July – Feria
Wednesday, 3rd July – THOMAS THE APOSTLE
Thursday, 4th July – Feria
Friday, 5th July – Feria
Saturday, 6th July – Thomas Moore, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535
Sunday, 7th July- THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 8th July – Feria
Tuesday, 9th July – Feria
Wednesday, 10th July – Feria
Thursday, 11th July – Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
Friday, 12th July – Feria
Saturday, 13th July – Feria
Sunday, 14th July – THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 15th July – Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop, Teacher, 1274
Tuesday, 16th July – Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099
Wednesday, 17th July – Feria
Thursday, 18th July – Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883
Friday, 19th July – Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers, c.394 and c. 379
Saturday, 20th July – Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century; Bartolome de las Casas, Apostle to the Indes, 1566
Sunday, 21st July – THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 22nd July – MARY MAGDALENE
Tuesday, 23rd July – Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373
Wednesday, 24th July – Feria
Thursday, 25th July – JAMES THE APOSTLE
Friday, 26th July – Anna and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saturday, 27th July – Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901
Sunday, 28th July – THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 29th July – Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord
Tuesday, 30th July – William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners, 1833, 1797, 1846
Wednesday, 31st July – Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556
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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Welcome to our website !
Our services for the month of July are as follows:Sunday, 7th July, THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 14th July, THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 10.30 am Family Service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. Sunday, 21st July, THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9.15 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, 28th July, THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 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.
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. |
