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.
Sunday, 11th April – THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER
Monday, 12th April – Feria
Tuesday, 13th April – Feria
Wednesday, 14th April – Feria
Thursday, 15th April – Feria
Friday, 16th April – Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923
Saturday, 17th April – Feria
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.
Lenten Study Course
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS
– exploring ecological justice
This six-session study course is devised by USPG.
For further details please do collect a course booklet from any of our churches or visit: www.uspg.org.uk/forsuchatime
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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 until the end of April are as follows:
Sunday, 28th March, PALM SUNDAY
Monday, 29th March, MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK 7pm Compline at St Thomas’, Southwick 7pm Compline at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Tuesday, 30th March, TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK 7pm Compline at St Nicholas’, North Bradley 7pm Compline at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Wednesday, 31st March, WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK 7pm Compline at St Thomas’, Southwick 7pm Compline at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Thursday, 1st April, MAUNDY THURSDAY WEEK 7pm Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), Stripping of the Altars and Vigil at St Nicholas’, North Bradley 7pm Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), Stripping of the Altars and Vigil at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Friday, 2nd April, GOOD FRIDAY 12 noon Service of Reflection at St Thomas’, Southwick 12 noon Service of Reflection at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton 2pm Veneration of the Cross and Meditation at St Nicholas’, North Bradley
Saturday, 3rd April, EASTER EVE 8pm Service of Light (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) at St Nicholas’, North Bradley
Sunday, 4th April, EASTER DAY 9.15am Festival Communion with incense (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) at St Nicholas’, North Bradley 11am Festival Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton 11am Festival Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language) at St Thomas’, Southwick
Sunday, 11th April, THE SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 10.30am Family Service at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Sunday, 18th April, THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
Sunday, 25th April, THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
On account of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) special provisions are in place for our services, including those for the administration of Holy Communion.
Individual Prayer in our churches for the week of Sunday 11th April St Thomas’, Southwick, is open for individual prayer on Wednesday between 10.30am and 12.30pm. The Lady Chapel at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton, is open for individual prayer on Saturday and Sunday between 2 and 4pm. |
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Morning Prayer is said remotely, Monday – Wednesday at 9.30am.
To join us on Zoom please use the following links:
for Monday: Meeting ID: 852 7407 7614 Passcode: 000840
for Tuesday: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81369097033?pwd=RFVkWmVIU2FFMmdwRnFrTVkyeTdCdz09 Meeting ID: 813 6909 7033 Passcode: 796945 for Wednesday:
Meeting ID: 820 5478 1893 Passcode: 358592 |
| “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). |
| Also do look at Bishop Andrew’s vlog (by searching for Andrew Rumsey on YouTube), and the reflections available at www.sarum.ac.uk |
| 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. |
Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child
Pack a Shoebox!
Send Good News And Great Joy Around The World
Thank you for preparing and bringing to St Nicholas’ or St Thomas’ your gift-filled Shoebox.
The Shoeboxes were blessed at Holy Communion at St Nicholas’ on Sunday, 6th December, and at Holy Communion at St Thomas’ on Sunday, 13th December.
We look forward to telling you where they are to be sent!
Do visit samaritans-purse.org.uk for further details, and for alternative ways of giving if you are unable to give a gift-filled shoebox.