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
Sunday 20th June – 3rd Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – Job 38.1-11, Psalm 107.23-32, 2 Corinthians 6.1-13 & Mark 4.35-41
The Collect
Almighty God, you have broken the tyranny of sin and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts whereby we call you Father: give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service, that we and all creation may be brought to the glorious liberty of the children of God; 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.
First Reading: Job 38.1-11
38 The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
2 ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
4 ‘Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. 5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? 6 On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone
7 when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
8 ‘Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb? — 9 when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, 10 and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors, 11 and said, “Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stopped”?
From Psalm 106
Refrain: O give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever.
Some sailed on the sea in ships to trade on the mighty waters. Those who have seen the Lord’s deeds, the wonders he does in the deep. Refrain. For he spoke; he summoned the gale, tossing the waves of the sea up to heaven and back into the deep; their soul melted in their distress. Refrain. Then they cried to the Lord in their need and he rescued them from their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper: all the waves of the sea were hushed. Refrain. They rejoiced because of the calm and he led them to the haven they desired. Let them thank the Lord for his love, the wonders he does for his people. Refrain.
New Testament: 2 Corinthians 6.1-13
6 As we work together with Christ, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says, ‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’ See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation!
3 We are putting no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, 7 truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 in honour and dishonour, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet are well known; as dying, and see — we are alive; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
11 We have spoken frankly to you Corinthians; our heart is wide open to you. 12 There is no restriction in our affections, but only in yours. 13 In return — I speak as to children — open wide your hearts also.
Gospel: Mark 4.35-41
35 When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ 39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. 40 He said to them, ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’ 41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’
For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Bill Duggan, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Gemma Jones, Brenda Lloyd, Paddy MacDonagh, Lillian Magrath,
Ruth Middlesborough, Donald and Mary Sephton & Amanda Soady.
Year’s mind: Barbara Grace Brandreth, James Brown, Dorothy Caunce, Eric Dodd, Frank Dutton, Dorothy Forshaw, Harold Sidney Hammerton, Kathleen Emily Howard, Gertrude Laughton, Robert Rimmer & Jack Stazicker.
🙏🏼 We pray for our cathedral, the dean and canons, the vaccination centre and for those living in Hunter Avenue and the James Mayor boatyard.
Monday 21st June
Today’s readings – Genesis 12.1-9, Ps. 33.12-end & Matthew 71-5
🙏🏼 We pray for the environment ahead of eased travel restrictions.
Tuesday 22nd June – Alban, first martyr of Britain, c250
Today’s readings – Genesis 13.2,5-end, Psalm 15 & Matthew 7.6,12-14
🙏🏼 We pray for those struggling with their mental health
Wednesday 23rd June – Etheldreda, abbess, 678 – Ember Day
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – Genesis 15.1-12,17-18, Psalm 105.1-9 & Matthew 7.15-20
🙏🏼 We pray for foodbanks, those organising them and all who will be donating to them
Thursday 24th June – Birth of John the Baptist
7pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – Isaiah 401.1-11, Psalm 85.7-end, Acts 13.14b-26 & Luke 1.57-66,80
🙏🏼 We pray that each parish may be a beacon of hope and a herald for the gospel in their area
Friday 25th June – Ember Day
Today’s readings – Genesis 17.1,9-10,15-22, Psalm 128 & Matthew 8.1-4
🙏🏼 We pray for those who need a period of rest from their endeavours to give time to reflect
Saturday 26th June – Ember Day
Today’s readings – Genesis 18.1-15, Canticle, Luke 1.46b-55 & Matthew 8.5-17
🙏🏼 We pray for those without a permanent home
Next Sunday 27th June – 4th Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton; also streamed live on the benefice Facebook page
Today’s readings – Wisdom 1.13-15; 2.23-24; Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8.7-end & Mark 5.21-end
🙏🏼 We pray for the archbishops of Canterbury and York, and their support teams.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we for those living in Janes Meadow.
