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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 AprilPALM SUNDAY


Monday, 14th April – Monday of Holy Week


Tuesday, 15th AprilTuesday of Holy Week


Wednesday, 16th April – Wednesday of Holy Week


Thursday, 17th April – MAUNDY THURSDAY


Friday, 18th April – GOOD FRIDAY


Saturday, 19th AprilEaster Eve


Sunday, 20th AprilEASTER DAY


Monday, 21st April – Monday of Easter Week


Tuesday, 22nd AprilTuesday of Easter Week


Wednesday, 23rd April – Wednesday of Easter Week


Thursday, 24th April – Thursday of Easter Week


Friday, 25th AprilFriday of Easter Week


Saturday, 26th April Saturday of Easter Week


Sunday, 27th April – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER


Monday, 28th AprilGeorge, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 (transferred from 23rd April)


Tuesday, 29th AprilMark 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

Hills of the north, rejoice

Lo, he comes with clouds descending

O come, O come, Emmanuel










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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.
 
 
 
Daily Hope is just a phone call away