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THE COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Almighty Father,
you have given your only Son to die for our sins
and to rise again for our justification:
grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness
that we may always serve you
in pureness of living and truth;
through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Tuesday, 1st April – Frederick Denison, Priest,, Teacher, 1872
Wednesday, 2nd April – Feria
Thursday, 3rd April – Feria
Friday, 4th April – Feria
Saturday, 5th April – Feria
Sunday, 6th April – THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Monday, 7th April – Feria
Tuesday, 8th April – Feria
Wednesday, 9th April – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Pastor, Martyr, 1945
Thursday, 10th April – William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761; William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347
Friday, 11th April – George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878
Saturday, 12th April – Feria
Sunday, 13th April – PALM SUNDAY
Monday, 14th April – Monday of Holy Week
Tuesday, 15th April – Tuesday of Holy Week
Wednesday, 16th April – Wednesday of Holy Week
Thursday, 17th April – MAUNDY THURSDAY
Friday, 18th April – GOOD FRIDAY
Saturday, 19th April – Easter Eve
Sunday, 20th April – EASTER DAY
Monday, 21st April – Monday of Easter Week
Tuesday, 22nd April – Tuesday of Easter Week
Wednesday, 23rd April – Wednesday of Easter Week
Thursday, 24th April – Thursday of Easter Week
Friday, 25th April – Friday of Easter Week
Saturday, 26th April – Saturday of Easter Week
Sunday, 27th April – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Monday, 28th April – George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 (transferred from 23rd April)
Tuesday, 29th April – Mark the Evangelist (transferred from 25th April)
Wednesday, 30th April – Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922
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 April are as follows:
Sunday, 6th April, THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 9.30 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), St Mary’s Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 13th April, PALM SUNDAY 10.00 am Blessing of Palms; Procession of Palms departs from St Nicholas’, North Bradley for St Thomas’, Southwick. 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. Monday, 14th April, MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK 7 pm Compline, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 7 pm Compline, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Tuesday, 15th April, TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 7 pm Compline, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. Wednesday, 16th April, WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 7 pm Compline, at St Thomas’, Southwick. Thursday, 17th April, MAUNDY THURSDAY 7 pm Holy Communion with Sermon, Washing of Feet, followed by Watch, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 7 pm Compline, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Friday, 18th April, GOOD FRIDAY 12 noon Service of Readings and Meditation for Good Friday, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 2 pm The Last Hour, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 2 pm The Last Hour, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 20th April, EASTER DAY 8 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 9.30 am Festival Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. After the service there is an Easter Egg Hunt. 11 am Festival Family Service, at St Thomas’, Southwick. After the service there is an Easter Egg Hunt. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 27th April, THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, 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. 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. |
