Churches open for private prayer
Sunday 9th January: Baptism of Christ/ Plough Sunday
8am: Eucharist, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9.15am All-Age Eucharist for Plough Sunday: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford. Sorry no refreshments.
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments
The Collect
Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit, that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children; 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: Isaiah 43.1-7
43 1 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Because you are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life.
5 Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you; 6 I will say to the north, ‘Give them up’, and to the south, ‘Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth — 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.’
Psalm: 103
Refrain: Bless the Lord, my soul! Lord God, how great you are.
NT Reading: Acts 8.14-17
8.14 Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. 15 The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit 16 (for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Gospel: Luke 3.15-17, 21-22
3. 15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16 John answered all of them by saying, ‘I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing-fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.’
21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’
Prayer intentions: UP↑ and ←OUT→
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Sheila Bryan, Colin Brown, Andy Glanville, Rt Rev Julian Henderson, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Alison Marshall, Susan Mahoney, Donald and Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton & Amanda Soady
🙏🏼 Years mind: James Ashcroft, Ellen Ann Chadwick, Annie Cross, Graham Steven Jarvis, William Norris, Harold Sephton, Edith Spencer, George Sutton & Margaret Alice Taylor
🙏🏼 Pray for all working in agriculture and for those living in Bannistre Court and Bannistre Mews
A Collect for any time in the Epiphany season
Eternal Lord, our beginning and our end:
bring us with the whole creation to your glory, hidden through past ages and made known in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Monday 10th January – William Laud, archbishop, 1645
1 Samuel 1.1-8, Psalm 116.10-15 & Mark 1.14-20
🙏🏼 Pray for political leaders and their advisers
Tuesday 11th January – Mary Slessor, missionary, 1915
7pm: Choir Practice, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
1 Samuel 1.9-20, Canticle: 1 Samuel 2.1,4-8 & Mark 1.21-28
🙏🏼 Pray for Christians in West Africa
Wednesday 12th January – Aelred, abbot, 1167
10am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
1 Samuel 3.1-10,19-20, Psalm 40.1-4,7-10 & Mark 1.29–39
🙏🏼 Pray for all Christians in our Northern Province
Thursday 13th January – Hilary, bishop, teacher of the faith, 367
7pm Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
1 Samuel 4.1-11, Psalm 44.10-15,24-25 & Mark 1.40-end
🙏🏼 Pray for Christians in Western Europe
Friday 14th January
1 Samuel 8.4-7,10-end, Psalm 89.15-18 & Mark 2.1-12
10am-12noon: Coffee & Chat in the Parish Room, Tarleton, all welcome.
🙏🏼 Give thanks for food banks and those running and supporting them
Saturday 15th January
1 Samuel 9.1-4,17-19,19.1a, Psalm 21.1-6 & Mark 2.13-17
🙏🏼 Pray for those leading worship tomorrow
Next Sunday 16th January – Epiphany 2
8am: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, sorry no refreshments
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments
Epiphany 2, Isaiah 62.1-5, Psalm 36.5-10, 1 Corinthians12.1-11 & John 2.1-11
🙏🏼 Pray for those living in Barronwood Court and Beech Close;
