Sunday 7th November – Third before Advent
8am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments.
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton. Preacher: the Ven. Mark Ireland, who will also bless the new lighting (feed to Facebook), then refreshments.
The Collect
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.
First Reading: Jonah 3.1-5,10
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 ‘Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.’ 3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, ‘Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!’ 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.
10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.
From Psalm 145: Refrain: My soul, give praise, give praise to the Lord;
It is the Lord, who keeps faith for ever, who is just to those who are appressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free. Refrain. It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down. It is the Lord who loves the just, the Lord, who protects the stranger. Refrain. The Lord upholds the widow and orphan, but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, Zion’s God, from age to age. Refrain.
Epistle to the Hebrews 9.24-28
24 Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgement, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Gospel: Mark 1.14-20
14 After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15 and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’
16 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake — for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.
Prayer intentions: UP↑ and ←OUT→
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Andy Glanville, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Paddy McDonagh, Alison Marshall, Susan Mahoney, Donald & Mary Sephton and Lavinia Sephton.
🙏🏼Years mind: Jeffrey Abram, John Marsh Barron, Allan Maurice Bowness, Ellen Bridge, Charlotte Draper, Harold Gant, Robert David Harris, Willi Homer, James Townsend Leacy, Frederick William Lee, Florence Theobold & Daniel Wright.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those living in Tabby Nook and The Beeches.
Monday 8th November – Saints and Martyrs of England
Titus 1.1-9, Psalm 24.1-6 & Luke 17.1-6
🙏🏼 We give thanks for their example.
Tuesday 9th November – Margery Kempe, mystic, c1440
7pm: Choir Practice
Titus 2.1-8,11-14, Psalm 37.3-5,30-32 & Luke 17.7-10
🙏🏼 We give thanks for those close to God.
Wednesday 10th November – Leo the great, bishop, teacher of the faith, 461
10am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
2pm: Mothers’ Union, including Talk on Fire Safety, Parish Room, Tarleton.
Titus 3.1-7, Psalm 23 & Luke 17.11-19
🙏🏼 We give thanks for those who preach the humility of Christ.
Thursday 11th November – Martin, bishop, c397
10.55am: Armistice Day Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial; all welcome
7pm: Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Philemon 7-20, Psalm 146.4-end & Luke 17.20-25
🙏🏼 We pray for Christians in the armed services.
Friday 12th November
10-12noon ‘Coffee & Chat’ in Holy Trinity Parish Room. All welcome.
2 John.4-9, Psalm 119.1-8 & Luke 17.26-end
🙏🏼 We pray for the climate conference
Saturday 13th November – Charles Simeon, priest, evangelical divine, 1836
Romans 16.3-9, 16, 22-end, Psalm 145.1-7 & Luke 16.19-15
🙏🏼 We pray for those leading worship tomorrow: ‘Sir, we would see Jesus’
Next Sunday 14th November- REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
Daniel 7.9-10,13,14, Psalm 16, Hebrews 10.11-25 & Mark 13.1-8
🙏🏼 We give thanks for those who served their country and pray for those living in The Chimes and The Cloisters.
