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THE COLLECT FOR THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
God, who in generous mercy sent the Holy Spirit
upon your Church in the burning fire of your love:
grant that your people may be fervent
in the fellowship of the gospel
that, always abiding in you,
they may be found steadfast in faith and active in service;
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.
Sunday, 1st September – THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 2nd September – The Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901 and 1942
Tuesday, 3rd September – Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604
Wednesday, 4th September – Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650
Thursday, 5th September – Feria
Friday, 6th September – Allen Gardiner, Founder of the South American Mission Society, 1851
Saturday, 7th September – Feria
Sunday, 8th September – THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 9th September – Charles Fuge Lowder, Priest, 1880
Tuesday, 10th September – Feria
Wednesday, 11th September – Feria
Thursday, 12th September – Feria
Friday, 13th August – John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407
Saturday, 14th September – HOLY CROSS DAY
Sunday, 15th September – THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 16th September – Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c. 432 Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882
Tuesday, 17th September – Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
Wednesday, 18th September – Feria
Thursday, 19th September – Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
Friday, 20th September – John Coleridge Patteson, first Bishop of Melanesia, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Saturday, 21st September – MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
Sunday, 22nd September – THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 23rd September – Feria
Tuesday, 24th September – Feria
Wednesday, 25th September – Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Sergei of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, 1392 Ember Day
Thursday, 26th September – Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army, 1942
Friday, 27th September – Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660
Saturday, 28th September – Ember Day
Sunday, 29th September – MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS / THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Monday, 30th September – Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher, 420
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 !
Provisionally, our services for the month of September are as follows:Sunday, 1st September, THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 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, 8th September, THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 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, 15th September, THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 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. Sunday, 22nd September, THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 10 am Family Service/ Morning Worship, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. Sunday, 29th September, ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS/THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY Details to be confirmed.
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. |
