THE COLLECT FOR THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us
to eternal joy;
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, 22nd May – THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Monday, 23rd May – Rogation Day
Tuesday, 24th May – John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791, 1788. Rogation Day
Wednesday, 25th May – The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735. Rogation Day
Thursday, 26th May – ASCENSION DAY
Friday, 27th May – Feria
Saturday, 28th May – Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089
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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HEADSTONES
IN ST MARY’S CHURCHYARD
If you happen to be responsible for the maintenance of a headstone has been laid flat for safety reasons (i.e. heir-at-law), please let us know either that you are content that the memorial should remain as it is, or that you would be prepared to fund its refixing.
Headstones to the following individuals have been laid flat:
1. Albert Edward Woods MOORE – marked with a stone cross on the western perimeter of the churchyard
2.Thomas Simon HIBBERT – marked with a stone cross on the western perimeter of the churchyard
3.Frederick Archie THOMAS, plot 34
4.Beatrice Mary DIXON, plot 78
5.William GERRISH, plot 95
6.Alice Mary TWINEY, plot 97
7.Hubert BURBRIDGE, plot 103
8.Percy Albert WAREHAM, plot 126
9.George Anthony BROWN, plot 140
10. Thomas SAONSBURY, plot 156
11. William Stephen NOAR, plot 171
12. Emma Lydia HOOPER, plot 182
13. Emma BULL, plot 216
14. Bridget HICKEY, plot 252
15. Emily PEARCE, plot 271
16. James SIMS, plot 275
17. Alfred RUDDLE, plot 328
18. J. Lockyer SEALE – unnumbered plot at the easter end of the old churchyard, marked by a stone cross
19.a headstone with an illegible inscription laid flat next to the table monument of George Ball
The Vicar, churchwarden and PCC of St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
31st July, 2021
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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 May are as follows:Sunday, 1st May, THE THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon and choir, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. Guest Preacher: The Revd Rhona Floate 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon and choir, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Guest Preacher: The Revd Rhona Floate 6.30 am Sung Evensong, with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.
Wednesday, 4th May, English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era 10 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), at St Nicholas’, North Bradley.
Sunday, 8th May, THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 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.
Sunday, 15th May, THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon and choir, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon and choir, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.
Sunday, 22nd May, THE SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 10 am Family Service, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Start of the Rogation Sunday Walk from St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton
Wednesday, 26th May, ASCENSION DAY 10 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 7 pm Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton.
Sunday, 29th May, THE SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 11 am Benefice Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley.
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 for the week of Sunday, 15th May: St Nicholas’, North Bradley, is not open for individual prayer. St Thomas’, Southwick, is not open for individual prayer this week; St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton, is open for individual prayer during the day.
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Morning Prayer will be said at St Nicholas’, North Bradley, Tuesday and Wednesday this week, at 9.30 am.
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). |
| 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. |
