THE COLLECT FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Almighty Father,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of all:
govern the hearts and minds of those in authority,
and bring the families of the nations,
divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin,
to be subject to his just and gentle rule;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Wednesday, 1st November – ALL SAINTS’ DAY
Thursday, 2nd November – All Souls’ Day
Friday, 3rd November – Richard Hooker, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600
Saturday, 4th November – Feria
Sunday, 5th November – THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Monday, 6th November – Leonard, Hermit, 6th century; William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944
Tuesday, 7th November – Willibrord of York, Bishop, Apostole of Frisia, 739
Wednesday, 8th November – The Saints and Martyrs of England
Thursday, 9th November – Margery Kempe, Mystic, c. 1440
Friday, 10th November – Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461
Saturday, 11th November – Martin, Bishop of Tours, c. 397
Sunday, 12th November – THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday)
Monday, 13th November – Charles Simeon, Priest, Evangelical Divine, 1836
Tuesday, 14th November – Samuel Seabury, first Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796
Wednesday, 15th November – Feria
Thursday, 16th November – Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240
Friday, 17th November – Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
Saturday, 18th November – Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, Philanthropist, 1231
Sunday, 19th November –THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT
Monday, 20th November – Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876
Tuesday, 21st November – Feria
Wednesday, 22nd November – Celia, Martyr at Rome, c. 230
Thursday, 23rd November – Clement, Bishop of Rome, c. 100
Friday, 24th November – Feria
Saturday, 25th November – Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century; Isaac Watts, Hymn Writer, 1748
Sunday, 26th November – CHRIST THE KING
Monday, 27th November – Feria
Tuesday, 28th November – Feria
Wednesday, 29th November – Feria
Thursday, 30th November – ANDREW THE APOSTLE
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 November are as follows:Sunday, 5th November, ALL SAINTS’ DAY (transferred from 1st November) THE FOURTH SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 11 am Shoebox Family Service and In Loving Memory of the Faithful Departed, at St Thomas’, Southwick. 11 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 12th November, THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT (Remembrance Sunday) 8 am Said Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order Two – “BCP”), with sermon, at St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. 10.40 am Remembrance Sunday Service, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 10.50 am Remembrance Sunday Service at Holy Communion St Mary’s, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 19th November, THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT 9.15 am Holy Communion (Common Worship, Order One – modern language), with sermon, at St Nicholas’, North Bradley. 10.30 am Family Gift Service, Steeple Ashton. Sunday, 26th November, CHRIST THE KING 8 am Said 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. 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 Thomas’, Southwick 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. |
