Sunday 13th November – Remembrance Sunday
8am Said Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9:15am All Age Service of the Word – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Act of Remembrance followed by All Age Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton – Preacher Rev’d Michael Tindsley (Methodist Superintendent Minister)
COLLECT FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT – Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son was revealed to destroy the works of the devil and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life: grant that we, having this hope, may purify ourselves even as he is pure; that when he shall appear in power and great glory we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
COLLECT FOR REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY – Lord of the ages, our hope in times of trouble, and our consolation in grief; bring us a spirit of renewal, so that Your people may honour those who have given their lives in service to their country in conflict.
May their service kindle in us the desire for peace and unity, which is Your hope for all people. This we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
FIRST READING: Micah 4:1-5 – In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills. Peoples shall stream to it, and many nations shall come and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. For all the peoples walk, each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
SECOND READING: Romans 8:31-end – What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL: John 15:9-17
Hear the Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, O Lord.
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ.
INTERCESSIONS Pray for:
🙏🏼The work of the Royal British Legion and other charities working with Armed forces veterans.
🙏🏼The Sick: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Karr, Winnie Turner, Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady, Brian Soady, Stuart Drysdale, Joseph Donlan, Rose Wilson & Karen Hartnett
🙏🏼The recently departed: Eva Patricia Scregg.(Tarleton Nov 17th), Brian Moore, Rose McNeil, David Walmsley, John Webster & Andy Shaw (priest)
🙏🏼Year’s Mind: Moira Trees, Mary Elizabeth Becconsall, Neville Bradshaw, Walter Amos Moss, Andrew Glenn Jackett, Florence Theobald, Ernest Richard Williams & Gladys Jarvis.
Monday 14th November – Samuel Seabury, Bishop, 1796
Revelation 1:1-4, 2:1-5; Ps. 1 & Luke 18:35-end
Please pray for our Bishop Philip, and for the person called to be Bishop of Blackburn
Tuesday 15th November
Revelation 3:1-6, 14-end; Ps. 15 & Luke 19:1-10
Please pray for our link Dioceses of Bloemfontein, South Africa and Braunsweig, Germany.
Wednesday 16th November – Margaret, Queen, philanthropist, 1093
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Revelation 4; Ps. 150 & Luke 19:11-28
Please pray for His Majesty the King, Charles III and the Queen Consort, Camilla
Thursday 17th November – Hugh, Bishop, 1200
6:30pm Diamond Disciples Youth Group – Holy Trinity, Tarleton parish room
7pm Eucharist – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Revelation 5:1-10; Ps. 149:1-5 & Luke 19:41-44
Please pray for all involved in Youth Ministry, and in particular for the work of the Diamond Disciples team.
Friday 18th November – Elizabeth, princess, philanthropist, 1231
10am-12noon Coffee & Chat – Holy Trinity, Tarleton & Rufford Cricket Club
Revelation 10:8-11; Ps. 119:65-72 & Luke 19:45-end
Please pray for our cathedral church of St. Mary the Virgin with St. Paul, Blackburn and for the Dean, Fr Peter Howell-Jones
Saturday 19th November – Hilda, abbess, 680
3 John 5-8; Ps 112 & Luke 18:1-8
Please pray for the Society of St. Wilfred and St. Hilda, and for our Rector, Fr. Mark Soady.
Sunday 20th November – Christ the King
8am Said Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9:15am Service of the Word – St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10:45am Sung Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
CONTACTS
Rector: The Rev’d Canon Mark Soady SSC
Rest Day: Monday
Tel: (01772) 814431 07968 753978 E-Mail: rector@rsmtht.church
Curate: The Rev’d Fr. Tristan Meares
Rest Day: Tuesday
Tel: (01772) 590803 07547 973527 Email: curate@rsmtht.church
Ordinand: Danny Abraham
Rest Day: Saturday. Study Days: Monday, Tuesday & Friday.
