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THE COLLECT FOR ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love you;
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.
Saturday, 1st November – ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Sunday, 2nd November – THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Monday, 3rd November – Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600; Martin of Porres, Friar, 1639
Tuesday, 4th November – Feria
Wednesday, 5th November – Feria
Thursday, 6th November – Leonard Hermit, 6th century; William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944
Friday, 7th November – Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostle of Frisia, 739
Saturday, 8th November – The Saints and Martyrs of England
Sunday, 9th November – THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday)
Monday, 10th November – Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
Tuesday, 11th November – Martin, Bishop of tour, c.397
Wednesday, 12th November – Feria
Thursday, 13th November – Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
Friday, 14th November – Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
Saturday, 15th November – Feria
Sunday, 16th November – THE SWECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Monday, 17th November – Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
Tuesday, 18th November – Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231
Wednesday, 19th November – Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680; Mechtild, Beguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, 1280
Thursday, 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
Friday, 21st November – Feria
Saturday, 22nd November – Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c. 230
Sunday, 23rd November – CHRIST THE KING
Monday, 24th November – Feria
Tuesday, 25th November – Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century; Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748
Wednesday, 26th November – Feria
Thursday, 27th November – Feria
Friday, 28th November – Feria
Saturday, 29th November – Feria
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Sunday, 30th November – THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
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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, 2nd November, ALL SAINTS’ DAY (transferred from 1st November) 9.30 am Holy Communion for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Family Service for Operation Christmas Child and All Souls’ tide, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s Steeple Ashton. 4 pm All Souls’ service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 9th November, THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday) 9.30 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), at St Thomas’, Southwick. 10.40 am Remembrance Sunday Service, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 10.45 am Remembrance Sunday Service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 16th November, THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 10.30 am Family Service, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 23rd November, CHRIST THE KING 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. Sunday, 30th November, THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Morning Worship, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 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. |
