BOOKING ESSENTIAL FOR LIVE WORSHIP: (by 5pm the day before). Rufford, Roy (01704)821464: Tarleton, Neil (01772)816390
Churches open for private prayer
Monday: Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Tuesday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
Wednesday: Tarleton, 10.30am-3pm
Thursday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
Friday: Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Saturday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
Week of Sunday 30 May – TRINITY SUNDAY
8am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.30am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton (Virtual on the benefice Facebook Page) Visiting preacher: Fr Alan Rimmer
The Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity: keep us steadfast in this faith, that we may evermore be defended from all adversities; 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.
Todeay’s readings – Isaiah 6.1-8, Psalm 32, Romans 8.12-17 & John 3.1-17
First Reading: Isaiah 6.1-8
New Testament: Romans 8.12-17
Gospel: John 3.1-17
3 There was a Pharisee named Nicode- mus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.’ 3 Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from
above.’ 4 Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ 5 Jesus an- swered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must be born from above.” 8 The wind blows where it choos- es, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.’ 9 Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these things be?’ 10 Jesus an- swered him, ‘Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
11 ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimo- ny. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil- derness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
17 ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in or- der that the world might be saved through him.
6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And one called to another and said:
‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.’
4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said: ‘Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!’ 6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: ‘Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.’ 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me!’
From Psalm 32
Refrain: Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own. The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted. The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. Refrain. By his word the heavens were made, by the breath of his mouth all the stars. He spoke; and they came to be. He commanded; they sprang into being. Refrain. The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. Refrain. Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield. May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. Refrain.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Bill Duggan, Wayne Jackett, Jimmy Johnstone, Mark Kinley, Gemma Jones, Brenda Lloyd, Paddy MacDonagh,
Lillian Magrath, Ruth Middlesborough, Roland Orr, Donald Sephton, Mary Sephton & Amanda Soady.
🙏🏼 Faithful departed: Lilias Wignall & June Golding.
🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Douglas Charles Baldwin, Elizabeth Tiffin Baybutt, Mary Ellen Dandy, Jack Greenwood, Sue Turner Hume, Cyril Gordon Mills, Emily Mills, Elizabeth Paget- Riley, Alice Ann Parkinson, Harold Pilkington, Erick Radcliffe, Simon Roberts, Jeff Rowland, Tom Spencer, John Sumner, Richard Henry Sumner, Brian Tildesley & Barbara Vickers.
🙏🏼 We give thanks for those who inspire our worship and for those who worship regularly with us, but live outside the benefice.
Monday 31st May – Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
Today’s readings – Zephaniah 3.14-18, Psalm 113, Romans 12.9-16 & Luke 1.39-49 (50-56)
🙏🏼 We pray for all expectant mothers.
Tuesday 1st June – Justin, Martyr, c165
Today’s readings – 1 Peter 1.10-16, Psalm 112 & Mark 12.13-17
🙏🏼 We pray for those who expound the gospel.
Wednesday 2nd June
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – 1 Peter 1.18-end, Psalm 25.1-8 & Mark 12.18-27
🙏🏼 We pray for mature Christians.
Thursday 3rd June – Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion (Corpus Christi)
7.00pm Eucharist and Benediction, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – Genesis 14.18-20, Psalm 116.10- end, 1 Corinthians 11.23-26 & John 6.51- 58
Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you that in this wonderful sacrament you have given us the memorial of your passion: grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may know within ourselves and show forth in our lives the fruits of your redemption; for you are alive and reign with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Friday 4th June – Helena, protector of the Holy Places, 303
Today’s readings – Acts 25.13-21, Psalm 103.I- 2,11-12,19-20 & John 21.5-19
🙏🏼 We pray for the peace of the Holy Land
Saturday 5th June
Today’s readings – Acts 28.16-20,30-end, Psalm 11.4-end & John 21.20-end
🙏🏼We pray for all working again in hospitality jobs.
Next Sunday 6th June – 1st Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
10.30am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – Genesis 3.8-15, Psalm 130, 2 Corinthians 1.1-7 & Mark 3.20-end
🙏🏼 We pray for those conducting worship today and in our cycle of prayer, for those living in Hillside and Holly Grove.
