Sunday 6th March: 1st Sunday of Lent
8am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments
The Collect
Almighty God, by the prayer and discipline of Lent may we enter into the mystery of Christ’s sufferings, and by following in his Way come to share in his glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
First Reading: Deuteronomy 26.1-11
26 Moses spoke to the people, saying:
1 When you have come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. 3 You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, ‘Today I declare to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.’ 4 When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the Lord your God, 5 you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. 6 When the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, by imposing hard labour on us, 7 we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors; the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. 8 The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with a terrifying display of power, and with signs and wonders; 9 and he brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O Lord, have given me.’ You shall set it down before the Lord your God and bow down before the Lord your God. 11 Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house.
Psalm: 90
Response: Be with me, Lord, in my distress.
NT Reading: Romans 10.8b-13
10 8b What does scripture say?
‘The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
11 The scripture says, ‘No one who believes in him will be put to shame.’ 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him. 13 For, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Gospel: Luke 4.1-13
4 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. 3 The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become a loaf of bread.’ 4 Jesus answered him, ‘It is written, “One does not live by bread alone.”’ 5 Then the devil led him up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. 7 If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’ 8 Jesus answered him, ‘It is written,
“Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.”’ 9 Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written, “He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you”, 11 and “On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.”’ 12 Jesus answered him, ‘It is said, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”’ 13 When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time.
Father God, King of all nations, we cry out to you now for the people of Ukraine. We ask you to rescue those who are vulnerable from the hands of their enemies that they may live without fear before you all their days. Amen
Prayer intentions: UP↑ and ←OUT→
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Peter Houghton, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Susan Mahoney, Donald and Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton & Amanda Soady
🙏🏼 We give thanks that Bp Julian is free from painkillers
🙏🏼 Years mind: John Aughton, Joseph Beresford, James Helm Buck, Elizabeth Dandy, Elizabeth Dandy, Keith Eccleston, Alexander John Fairbrother, Richard McLeo, Nelie Pickervance, William Rigby, George Spencer, Margaret Sutton, Frank Vickers, Mary Ellen Whittle & Elizabeth Wilson
🙏🏼We pray for peace in the Ukraine and in our cycle of prayer we pray for those who live in Church Road.
Monday 7th March: Perpetua, Felicity and Companions, martyrs,203
2pm Mothers’ Union Prayer Meeting, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Leviticus 19.1-2,11-18, Psalm 19.17-end & Matthew 25.31-end
🙏🏼 Pray for peace in the Ukraine and for government leaders and advisors.
Tuesday 8th March: Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, 1910, Day of prayer for vocations
10am Holy Hour, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
2pm Eucharist, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
7.00pm: Choir practice, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Isaiah 55.10-11, Psalm 34.4-6,21-22 & Matthew 6.7-15
🙏🏼We pray for peace in the Ukraine and for vocations
Wednesday 9th March: Ember Day
10am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
12pm on, Lent Lunch, Rufford Cricket Club
2pm: Mothers’ Union, Parish Room, Holy Trinity, Tarleton – Janet Pope: “30 years police service.”
Jonah 3, Psalm 51.1-5,17-18 & Luke 11.29-32
🙏🏼 Pray for peace in the Ukraine and for the ministry of all Christian people
Thursday 10th March
6pm Stations of the Cross, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
7pm: Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Isaiah 55.6-9, Psalm 138 & Matthew 7.7-12
🙏🏼We pray for peace in the whole world, especially for the Ukraine
Friday 11th March: Ember Day
10am-12noon: Coffee & Chat: Parish Room, Holy Trinity, Tarleton: all welcome.
7.00pm: Holy Hour, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Ezekiel 18.21-28, Psalm 139 & Matthew 5.20-26
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine and for vocations
Saturday 12th March: Ember Day
10am-12noon: ‘Who Let the Dads Out?’ Rufford Scout Hall
Deuteronomy 26.16-end, Psalm 119.1-8 & Matthew 5.43-end
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine, for all being ordained and for the ‘Who let the Dad’s out’ event
Next Sunday 13th March: 2nd Sunday of Lent
8am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford; 9.15am All-Age Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments
10.45am All-Age Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments
Genesis 15.1-12,17-18, Psalm 27, Philippians 3.17-4.1 & Luke 13.31-end
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine and in our cycle of prayer we pray for those who live in Church View
